Any decent ones will work nicely. Extra hotkeys are nice on both a keyboard and mouse, for example I have the "back" button on the side of my mouse bound to my teamspeak push-to-talk and the "forward" button bound to in-game radio. I've used the programmable hotkeys on my keyboard for some vehicle commands but I don't have that set up right now. Mechanical keyboards are nice, but if you don't want to spend a bunch of money they aren't necessary. For headphones, a lot of people think over-ears are more comfortable. I have a seperate USB mic but you can pick up an all-in-one headphones/mic combo if you want. If you're ordering soon, Amazon Prime day is today and there are a lot of other sales too like Newegg. I'm sure there are gonna be discounts on peripherals, check around!
Here's my current peripheral setup:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard | Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $95.79 @ Amazon |
| Headphones | Sennheiser HD 429s Headset | $55.53 @ Amazon |
| Microphone | Audio-Technical AT2020 Microphone | $99.99 @ Amazon |
| Mouse | SteelSeries Rival | $44.00 @ Amazon |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $295.31 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 10:39 EDT-0400 |
If you're just starting out and don't have much of a preference, check out these items:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard | Logitech G105 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $41.93 @ Amazon |
| Keyboard | SteelSeries APEX Wired Gaming Keyboard | $74.89 @ Amazon |
| Keyboard | Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse | $29.99 @ Amazon |
| Mouse | SteelSeries Rival Wired Optical Mouse | $44.00 |
| Mouse | Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse | $39.84 @ Amazon |
| Mouse | Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse | $54.99 @ Amazon |
| Headphones | Logitech G230 Headset | $38.99 @ Amazon |
| Headphones | SteelSeries Siberia v2 Headset | $48.48 @ Amazon |
| Headphones | Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset | $79.99 @ Amazon |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 10:45 EDT-0400 |
If you want some other suggestions or have any preferences, let me know!
Steel series rival mouse, best mouse evah!