Gaming PC for Fortnite and homework

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I do have this 20-year-old pair of AKG headphones that I use on my computer in the office.

They are good considering their age.

Maybe I’ll take those home and let him try them on his console tonight…

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Oh, but then I just realised they don’t have a microphone on them.

My Bose quiet comfort 25 headphones have a built-in microphone that works on his console.

That leaves the thorny issue of what keyboard to get…

If he is only pressing a few buttons, I don’t really see the point of having a full keyboard.

I suppose it would make sense to get a Logitech one to go with the mouse and speakers.

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My techie says this:

Keyboard and mouse matching brand doesn’t matter at all.

Just choose one that you like the look of. All keyboards will perform the same. You push the key, it happens in the game. There aren’t faster keyboards.

You could look at mechanical keyboards for quality/longevity. Most gamers prefer cherry mx red switches as they are linear.

I like TKL keyboards that don’t have a number pad, as I don’t need one for gaming.

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Holy mackerel!

He has set Fortnite at the maximum 160 FPS for his screen, and at that speed the picture quality is superb.

We’ve only just realised how good that screen is!

It’s very fast.

He’s going to play it with the controller until he reaches a plateau again then move to mouse and KB.

The machine boots up in about one second.

And he’s got RGB disco lights.

He said it’s the best day of his life :grinning::boom::dart::nerd_face:

Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this thread.

You’ve saved me from screwing the whole thing up and wasting a load of money.

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A dumb question perhaps but if you sell a console on eBay, do you just wipe the hard disk before you send it to the Buyer, ie a factory reset?

And then they just switch it on and just put their own details in?

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I’d say- ‘yes’; and eject the last disc used…

I’ve bought a few piles of games, second hand, and the Minecraft case is ALWAYS empty.

Toying with PSVR2 (headset) on PC is fantastic- like the first Playstation VR; tech shines when given ‘brute force’ PC capability.

Had thought to place my PCs Graphics Card in an external enclosure and use it with a wee Ayaneo FlipDS (or ROG Ally etc), and have it feed out VR etc… (not quite Quest level ‘untethered’)

Seems like the Steam Deck OS is promised to allow multibooting (on the steam deck, eg with Windoze System also…), and recent beta build has reference to ROG ALLY back button config’ing - AWESOME -
Asus probably won’t sell them with SteamOS onbaord, but a flashdrive with an official image and a driver package would probably become very envogue…

Reason to run the ‘cut down’ Steam OS is better resource usage on the small portable handheld (gaming) PCs…
No doubt the steam os/interface is slimmer/faster/more efficient and more reliable… (but with a games catalogue that is Steam store only);dual booting Windows and SteamOS might be right in front of us…

-=edit=- just found this tab ope in a webbrowser; witha typed reply ready to send///

new info; last few beta drivers for AMD graphics chips talks about leveraging the GPU in a ROG ALLY (etc) with another GPU- can use the inbuilt GPU in the ROG to generate fluidmotionframes2.

having toyed with fluidmotionframes2 (a lot); the idea of an external GPU (in an enclosure) that can be hooked up to the portable PCs with AMD graphics chips, and then have the two products work together.

fluidmotionframes2 has been a gamechanger for me- really netting some incredible playable experiences in a few titles I previously had to run at 30 frames per second.

playing with fluidmotionframes2

talking more about here:

edit: apols not for OP (Jimdog); being these are AMD, assumed this was Allykat thread (ROG user)…