Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

[mb23100]

Ordered a Ps Portal and an Anbernic retro games console. Seems too good to be true but for $70 it's worth a shot.

 

[Madmick]

Ordered a Ps Portal and an Anbernic retro games console. Seems to good to be true but for $70 it's worth a shot.

Which Anberic did you get? I just watched RGC's "Favorite Handhelds of 2025" yesterday, so I saw his comments about his pick for the best retro handheld, the Anberic RG Slide, but it's listed at their website as $150 on a Christmas sale, so unless you caught a crazy sale from another retailer like on Amazon, I'm guessing that isn't the one you got. They have tons below $100.

 

[Slobodan]

Just about anything, then. You definitely don't need to spend more than $50 for a flawless mouse sensor with those criteria. Just pick the one with the shape & button configuration you like most.

Wired
Logitech G502 X (the basic wired version; maybe more buttons than you want, but it is Logitech's analogue to the Basilisk)
Steelseries Rival 3 Gen2
Steelseries Rival 3
Glorious Model D 2
Glorious Model O 2
Glorious Model O
Endgame Gear XM2 8K
HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2

Wireless
Logitech G309 Lightspeed
Logitech G305 Lightspeed
Keychron M7
Keychron M6
Keychron M3
Keychron M3 Mini

Thoughts on this?

 

[Madmick]

Thoughts on this?

Sounds pretty cool in theory, I guess, but I just plug my mouse in at night. I don't really have an issue with this. On the rare occasion I have to plug it in in the middle of gaming, I don't find the wire that obnoxious.

 

[Slobodan]

Sounds pretty cool in theory, I guess, but I just plug my mouse in at night. I don't really have an issue with this. On the rare occasion I have to plug it in in the middle of gaming, I don't find the wire that obnoxious.

He was playing at 8000hz polling rate and only getting like a day out of the battery which sounds pretty shit.

 

[mb23100]

Which Anberic did you get? I just watched RGC's "Favorite Handhelds of 2025" yesterday, so I saw his comments about his pick for the best retro handheld, the Anberic RG Slide, but it's listed at their website as $150 on a Christmas sale, so unless you caught a crazy sale from another retailer like on Amazon, I'm guessing that isn't the one you got. They have tons below $100.

RG40XX H (horizontal) saw a review that said it was the best one.

 

[Madmick]

RG40XX H (horizontal) saw a review that said it was the best one.

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LMFAO at offering a financing plan for a $74 purchase. Unreal.

Looks sweet. I'm not sure "best" is all that relevant with these. They all have a niche appeal with their form factors like the Slide RGC liked; that design reminds me of some of the old cellphones before the iPhone came along. Just a matter of not paying more for what you need, and whether or not it has the juice to emulate the systems you want to emulate. Looks like you got one that is for the PS1 and earlier generations. I'm sure it will be dope.

 

[KaNesDeath]

He was playing at 8000hz polling rate and only getting like a day out of the battery which sounds pretty shit.

Battery life is expected to last that long at such a polling rate. Gotta remember the device is updating every 0.125 milliseconds.

If you have a home security system that uses wireless devices. The drastically reduced health status report rate to the base station is why their batteries last so long. For every one time that device reports. A 8K polling rate mouse has reported 14.4 million times.

 

[mb23100]

LMFAO at offering a financing plan for a $74 purchase. Unreal.

Looks sweet. I'm not sure "best" is all that relevant with these. They all have a niche appeal with their form factors like the Slide RGC liked; that design reminds me of some of the old cellphones before the iPhone came along. Just a matter of not paying more for what you need, and whether or not it has the juice to emulate the systems you want to emulate. Looks like you got one that is for the PS1 and earlier generations. I'm sure it will be dope.

Doesn't arrive for another week. I'll give a review.

 

[jefferz]

Does anybody have mice recommendations? My Logitec G203 developed some right-click weirdness so I bought a Razer Basilisk V3 and the damn thing had connectivity issues where it wasn't always connecting on startup (it's a wired mouse) so I'm returning it and going back to the flaky Logitec for now. I'm looking for a basic-bitch mouse: left/right, scroll/middle, forward/back, dpi, wired is fine. I don't play competitive games and don't want to spend more than $50, and would prefer to keep it under $40. I have a wrist-rest and use a fingertip grip so shape isn't all that important. Based on previous experience I won't touch Corsair products and don't feel like giving Razer a second chance. Any thoughts?

rtings.com has a tool where you can compare the shape of mice if you're looking for something similar shaped.
For example