the fact higher hz monitors have gotten so cheap is so good now. Wish we had these prices ten years ago.

ive had my setup for 4 years and ive never turned on 240 hz in my settings i cant believe this my whole life is changed

Glass mouse pads are a personal preference thing. Not a straight upgrade like you're suggesting.

It’s probably an entirely separate topic but technically you could put “gaming chair”. Yes the traditional gaming chairs are not going to make you better at the game, but getting an ergonomic chair can be a huge upgrade for some people who have their arms jammed into the desk or are slouched

One upgrade that is super underrated is a headset with proper surround sound. I got my steel series arctis pro wireless headset after desiring one for 5-6 years and boy when I say it's worth it, I mean it. I went from barely being able to understand whether someone is upstairs or downstairs in some games to being able to keep track of the exact location of every sound naturally without moving my perspective an inch and it's mainly thanks to the software that comes with the headset and its ability to adjust whether the surround sound aspect is immersing you in the game or simply making extremely accurate and separate sound queues in addition to being able to adjust the distance at which sounds are heard from the user. I've had an issue where when I can hear the sounds accurately, they end up scaring me when they are too close, but with the adjustable settings that Steel Series provides with their software I was able to make the sounds far enough to not scare me, but accurate enough to tell exactly where every enemy is at all times without shifting my in-game view from where I'm aiming.

Glass mousepads are a no go for tac shooters, I'll fight you on that.

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My dislike for glass mousepads is my sweaty arm being stuck to the surface. I need my cloth mousepad to make sure my whole arm can glide freely. But that's just for my case. Great video mate!

I have the ASUS TUF Gaming VG249QM1A monitor. It's 240 hz and it only costs 192 on a discount on amazon rn (original price is 223) I have this monitor for around 2 years now and it doesn't disappoint me

Ive done quite a bit of testing with what causes arm/elbow pain from gaming, and the mouse is actually quite far down the list. I had this confirmed by an ergo therapist, but the main reasons you get pain in your arm is seating position and your relation to the table more than anything

I just need a wooting keyboard and an oled and im set for life man Also a nice comfortable office mesh chair is a major part of a setup to be enjoyable

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recommending glass mousepad is a crime

As an American, I appreciate you giving the mousepad measurements in hotdogs.

You are an inspiring creator. Really love the humor and storytelling you have in your videos.

Glass mousepads are not necessarily an upgrade. It's personal preference and for most fps shooters where you need not only fast flicks but also good tracking, glass mousepads can be worse

For everyone, glass mousepad doesn’t wear down mouse skates unless your mouse skates are glass themselves, for example, don’t use superglide mouse skates on glass mousepads

the huge shift that got to me was when we all suddenly moved to superlight mice. I have long spider hands and every mouse is so tiny and feel a little too light. I feel like 90g is as low as I would want it to be without feeling cheap and flimsy

As someone with a 120hz monitor, I can say for sure that 60fps gaming is absolutely fine, and if you're comfortably hitting that fps with quality visuals you have fun with, stay there. Having a 120hz monitor will force you into wanting or needing a GPU to run at that rate, or you'll have to lower your quality settings. For those of us who are used to higher refresh, dropping down is instant "ew" because we're used to the higher refresh, but 120 to 60 isn't all that bad. I've been put in a situation where I had to do just that and honestly, I got over it in an hour. This isn't like 60 -> 30fps, where even desktop Windows at 30fps is an eyesore to me based on the mouse movement. Point here is: the people that see the difference are used to higher. I can recall that going from a 60hz monitor to 120hz was nothing something that made me feel there was any difference. Again, I only noticed when I dropped down for a bit, but it was still very playable. Mouse weight is not something that matters like this guy says it does. The weight of your hand and arm dwarfs a mouse and anything reasonably respectable for "gaming" is going to be lightweight enough. Categorically, this guy is wrong about ergonomics. If you have pain after a few hours of gaming on your mouse hand, the problem is your form and a lighter weight mouse is not gonna solve it. Look into a radically different device/shape like a trackball, or Azeron mouse (yes, expensive). Maybe you can try changing your grip. Yes, get a gaming mouse, but don't go bonkers looking for the most fly weight thing out there and spend on it. If you're watching a comparison video and the reviewer says something about "oh, this one is heavier" and penalizes for a difference that isn't nearly double the weight of the next, you won't feel it. Choose the mouse you want/need based on something else. My recommendation if you're well pocketed and enjoy having fun with gaming peripheral is a SwiftpointZ mouse. WASD gaming, though "standard" involves a lot of finger dancing. The SwiftpointZ has the same amount (actually more) buttons than MMO gaming mice, but they aren't just tacked on your thumb. It legit has functions to enable you to control a lot with your right hand leaving on the most convenient of functions for the left to handle WASD and a bit extra as you please. Where you do want your mouse motion to improve: focus on your mouse pad (fps gaming, low dpi, large mouse pad, whole arm movement), consider a gaming sleeve for your arm, and yes, skates matter so I agree with the video on that. Don't be fully caught up on how "easily" it slides across the pad in terms of no force == better. The real goal is making sure the friction is even across movement, and there isn't a noticably higher amount of force needed to get it moving to break static fiction over kinetic (moving) friction. Also that no parts of the surface generate more or less friction.

The importance of a good sound card paired with good headphones can't be overstated and I'm surprised neither made the list.

I’ve literally never even seen a 120 Hz monitor in person. In fact, the only time I’ve seen something higher than 60 Hz, it was on an old VGA CRT, at 82 Hz.

A good controller is really good upgrade if you dont play compatative or shooting games The fun doubles in every game other than shooting

A high refresh rate monitor (OLED's now are meta) and a relatively powerful PC plus a lightweight mouse is all you need for competitive play. And at least 1K polling on mouse and keyboard. But I think finding the right mouse shape that fits ones own hands and playstyle is more of a larger factor. As if you can't physically aim and click accurately, no amount of hardware upgrades are going to help to such a degree of making you a better player. But yeah moving mice to lets say an old and dated & heavy wired/wireless mouse; to a 2023/2024 mouse, with a 3395/3950 sensor and at sub 59g one. Would be a massive upgrade I suspect.

I've been gaming for over 20 years I only played on CRT for 13 years because most LCD monitors have too much ghosting and motion blur which is not good for competitive gaming investing money on Fastest available CPU and lowest response time low motion blur monitor are the most important thing for me .

also be careful if you are mainly playing tac fps. here a glass mousepad might not be an upgrade... depending on your willingness to learn using it...

I believe an ergonomic chair should always be put first or second to a 144hz monitor. You can sit longer, with least back problems, and comfortable as well.

Bro made this entire vid in his storage closet now that's old school.

as a competitive gamer i agree with evrything you say except the glass mousepad part, ptfe mouse feet with cloth pads are not bad at all and the speed of glass pads might be too much for most of us, i for example use a superlight with a pair of corepads skates and a G740 since i want more control than speed, its a personal preference

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The right gear makes all the differenece in a session.

Recommending monitor cheaper than the peripherals is crazy recommend 240hz upwards

I have been doing a ton of research and have looked at countless videos about glass mousepads, specifically the wallhack sp-04, and the one thing that is mostly consistent with a lot of people is how your arm or wrist sticks to the mousepad. The only exception to this rule is if you live in a colder climate or wear an arm sleeve, which I am not going to do either. Also the fact that I live in Florida and how it is usally very humid also makes it worse for me maybe I might buy a glasspad sometime in the future, but I decided to buy the artesian raiden mid and I am willing to maintain it weekly with washes.

Endgame Cordura pads are endgame for me as it offers both control and speed at the same time when I need them. Press down harder on the pad for control and relax a bit for speed.

I am late to this but for mouse skates and mouse pads they all depend on what game you play, e.g. I play valorant and it’s better to have good stopping power and control pads rather than rly smooth/slippery skates and mouse pads. I use the g pro super light 2 and a cloth mousepad and imo the stock skates r rly good bc it’s both smooth and has good stopping power, it is just my opinion. For games like Fortnite, apex or any tracking game it’s better having glass skates or glass pads.

For a good Hall Effect keyboard, try the Gamakay TK75HE, I’ve been using it now for a couple months and it really changed performance in everything not just gaming. Obviously, there’s better HE keyboards like the Wooting, but i wanted to get out of the 60% layout since i also need other keys for work stuff (plus the price is nuts). The software is decent, theres two switch options (Silent and linear), it can be wireless and also pretty sure it comes factory lubed. Overall, a pretty decent keyboard for the price. It does only come in one colour but the actual housing is only white so keycaps are the only issue for me.

I bought the skypad 3.0 like 2 years ago and when ur considering buying one aswell then you should keep a few things in mind and those are mainly what games ur gonna play and the dust as for the games, when ur playing valo or cs dont buy it, u need slow consistent aim not fast and flashy however if ur playing OW then its good the dust buildup is the most annoying because you will feel every single bit of dust or anything at all it could be as small as it gets u will still feel it and dont even get me started on even the slightest handsweat in summer when you have honeycomb design on your mouse

I was skeptical of upgraded gear making a difference, but I got my parent a cheap Razer mouse with 1000Hz to replace their office mouse that died recently, and loaded up a cheeky game just to check, and it was nice. It's got me thinking a higher refresh monitor than 60 would probably be good as well. Not really any more expensive than a 60Hz one, either. Might as well get one eventually. (I am cheap about spending.) Thanks for the video, it's always nice to see the insights of someone who, I am legally obligated to note, is very cool and not bald. Much appreciated! Have a good one.

I think there’s another big reason why people get pain other than just heavy mouse with slow pad. And that’s terrible ergonomics. I used to be guilty of this. I aimed with my wrist, while sitting too low and it fucked my wrist so bad. I had so much tension. Getting the right chair height, desk height and position makes aiming with your full arm possible and easy. That’s the biggest aspect to reducing pain or strain. Yes. Lightness is better in general but I think with good posture and form one could avoid pain easily despite a ‘heavy’ mouse. That said, aiming precisely would be harder and I’d recommend a light mouse AND changing seating position for someone experiencing pain.

A lot of people don’t like glasspads, and I still don’t understand why😅. I personally am using the Razer Atlas and I’ve never wanted to return to cloth. It gives me such consistency cloth can never provides. People might not like it’s low friction, but I love it and don’t really have problems aiming or feeling reactive with it. (Speaking from someone who plays FPS)

I went from a random steel series mouse pad and a 120g mouse to a super light 2 with glass skates and artisan raiden, it makes an insane difference. I actually ranked up in ow from the difference on my aim alone.

That is why I like the strike pad from Fantech. Almost as fast as the skypad without the annoying scratches. I’ve been using a slow pad for CS2 and being old my wrist is feeling. Will try to get used to the strike pad again as for Apex it was my choice.

Priorities for me: HE kb, Monitor or mouse (interchangeable), glass pad (probably the next thing i will try)

Very based take on mousepad, despite many in here disagreeing. Glass mousepad is genuinely the biggest mousepad you can upgrade and truly is endgame IMO. It will make your aim better with time and far better than cloth mousepads when you get the hang of them. Also skates can make the mouse feel more controlled on glasspads if control is an issue, making the glass pads more usable to noobs.

I love the lamzu thorn, probably the best mouse I've used, it's got amazing ergonomics. The logitch superlight has a problem where the internal battery will come lose a lot of the time and rattle. The grips and stock slides are pretty solid

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Ive never tried a glass pad, but I like cloth for the slow control they give. I feel it has worked for me very well, I tried glass skates but for valorant and CS2 it feels a bit too smooth for my liking. it is nice knowing they wont need to be replaced like the PTFE ones mind you. i got the wooting UwU for rhythm games and love the switches, Im now waiting on the wooting 80HE as my next serious upgrade

My only concern with glass pads is my arm getting stuck to it due to sweat

I got a - yes - 180 hz 1440 p monitor for 180 dollars. I can confirm that this is the biggest upgrade there is to make. I also swapped from a trust celox to a model o 4 years ago... That was worth it as well

Good suggestions here. I'd only push back on lighter mice being strictly better. I think weight is very preferential and isnt going to make a difference for most people in terms of arm pain. Ergonomics are what matters there imo. Also would say that smoother buttery mouse skates are also preference. Personally I dont like skates where I can't at least some what feel the texture feedback. Makes quick repetitive cuts more accurate for me anyway.

Just to be clear to anyone in the comments, everything he said is an undisputed fact, except for the glass mousepad thing. That one is totally preference, look more into it.

1:50 wtf, his hand's floating

Easy ones are monitor arms especially for FPS games glass mouse pads aren’t worth it at all for most games wooting 60he yeah 240hz monitor for FPS a good pair of headphones or IEMS decent mouse and that’s all you need

Upgrade order depends on what you play As someone who has both: Tac FPS? Wooting > Glass Pad Anything else? Glass Pad > Wooting Please dont buy a superlight Incredibly overpriced The shape is very restrictive The clicks, especially on the new revision are awful The side buttons are mushy, they feel terrible My personal mouse picks Budget: VXE R1 Pro Endgame: Wlmouse BeastX (if your mouse wont reconnect after flashing firmware press leftclick, rightlick, mouse side button forward, hold that for a bit, mouse will start flashing green, plug the dongle back in)

I think one upgrade you haven't talk about is Audio; for me it matters as much as monitors or mice and keebs. By the way I've finally tried IEMs and they destroy almost every single gaming headset I've used; it's totally worth the money.

You dont need to enable high refresh rate in Windows. If you play your game in fullscreen mode (which you should anyway) the game applies its own refresh rate / overrides the windows settings. From my experience with two monitor setup, when one is 144hz and other is 60hz, it introduces problems in windows. It's just a preference, but i dont think its really nescesary, to run windows in 140hz... Just a waste of gpu power and recources. Also for best response times, cap your game framerate a bit under your max framerate (so that your GPU isnt always at 100% load) + enable Nvidia Reflex or Radeon AntiLag2. Also Variable Refresh rate in monitors makes is so that you can run the game at whatever frame rate you want

5:53 is disgusting! But I think this is one of the best videos you have made. Very simple and everything is pretty much spot on. I think the glass vs cloth might be a bit more nuanced than you say, but I switched to glass for exactly the reasons you said. Super consistent and so easy to clean.

in my opinion the sensor matters to me, I had a superlight and went to a viper v2 pro which seemed to have a way nicer sensor, then from that to an op1 8k which seemed to be another really good jump. also binding my usb hub and mouse to a non 0 cpu core made it feel much nicer especially on high polling rate.

Nah, 100+ Hz is still smoother and more responsive, if you have less frame rate than the refresh rate. A big mousepad is unnecessary, if you have high sens. I wouldn't call an S or M sized Artisan low quality. True, glass is the most consistent, but it also has drawbacks. The sound, especially with not top tier skates, the coldness in winter, the stickyness in the summer (so you might want to use a sleeve or some kind of a wrist rest) and you have to prepare yourself buying PTFE way more frequently than with cloth/hybrid pads. It also severly limits your feet options in terms of material (to basically virgin grade PTFE and a special plastic, but I don't remember the manufacturers name for the latter).

I've always been stubborn about my mouse. I've been using a Bloody A70 for years, ever since I got into the Minecraft high cps scene. I just don't want to lose drag clicking, or destroy a LOGITECH mouse by trying to drag click on it. The only thing I hate about the new Wooting 60HE and others, as that none are ortholinear.

I agree with the glass mousepad! Love them! But I disagree with the hate on waifus!! GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!!!! Great video fam.😁

I love my Atlas glass pad. It’s really great.

I was wondering if you could find the absolute cheapest possible glasspad on the market and see if it's any good?

Ok. I cant agree with the super light having the worst stock skates, its the sora V2. Ive had this mouse for about 2 months and the skates have already gotten worn down, and its visibly worn down as well.

If youre not getting an HE its crazy. Many of them are even the same price as mechanical.

Currently rocking a "Endgame gear cordura pad" with glass skates. For the moment, it's probably the best combo of pad+skates I tried so far! Try it in one of your videos if you can!!! :)

ive got a corsair strafe rgb mk2 is going to a wootig 60he really worth it and is getting wooting 60he worth it as there are cheaper options like the apex pro tkl is like £109 and mini is like £120 while the wooting is £150

Or do what I do, play on Dota2 on a steam deck and tank your MMR

Glass mousepads are not recomended for tac fps.

Yesterday i ordered a skypad 4.0 on amazon with prime day and i can't wait......IMO the best mouse is wlmouse beast mini and fabolous with 8000hz.....ninjutso sora v2 withouth the dongle 8k makes any sense and you see the difference with 8000hz.....when the dongle comes out I will consider it....for the keyboard wooting is always the best yesterday was released also rappy snappy :),like monitor at the moment i have a 4k 27" lg 144hz...but i hope that with gpu 5090 someone will do a 360hz xD xD

Bro i needed this vid, i always thot i had fomo when it came to peripherals, ty dawg

I believe except for the Monitors, everything else you've suggested can be subjective to the player

I can't do light mice they feel so cheap

If we are talking about gaming keyboards, When are you going to review the VXE ATK68 and ATK75?

Yaa I could never return to cloth mousepad

Great vid thanks

would get a glasspad but I main valorant so that aint happening

I went from 60hz monitor to 240hz last year, and since that moment my eyes bleed when I use another 60 hz

how do you get your arm to glide on a glass mouse pad tho? do you use a sleeve?

Wait a minute nonono what do not get a super light as your first gaming mouse. Get a lamzu Atlantis or ninjutso soraaa. These are far cheaper and tbh just better than the superlight

i dont think i could ever use a keyboard without HE, and i dont think i could ever use a mouse that weighs more than 80g ever again. even for not gaming. you just cant beat the feel.

Thanks, I'm going to buy all of this and go to prem

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i will buy a glass mousepad with a cute anime girl on it now just to spite you LOL

Brother when u were a pro these mice werent that light yet, were they?

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I agree. Consider a frame as a datapoint, 60 fps vs 120fps you get twice as much data to interpret and act upon + twice the realtime reactive capacity.

"at least 144Hz to benefit" Well you should be aiming for, but already 90-100Hz VRR is actually a massive advantage over 60Hz fixed.

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Agree with everything except glass mousepads. Makes zero sense for most people. There's a reason why most pros don't use them.

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would 10/10 xraypad's Obsidian dot mouse skates on glass pads

can confirm by the long break that we are in a similar age group 😂

my flaming hot take: why bother with mouse skates and mouse pads when you can use a controller with gyro aim and literally only worry about air resistance

Nah bro glass mouse pads arent good for games like CSGO. Too much glide will make your aim bad.

240hz monitors are the standard today cause there verry affordable tthese days

any glass mousepads recommendations that aren't like over 100$ like razer and other gaming brands?

dude you have such a sick sleeve, and you are right on all the accessories and upgrades 100%

I'd propose that a decent headset is essential, especially in first person shooter

If you're a Rhythm game player, the keyboard is placed second, I would say.