Buying a soundcard, Harddrive, Mouse and Keyboard. 240Euro budget - Hardware & Software

Hello, I'm looking to find a good soundcard, that can provide a decent sound quality. I've read that the soundcards that are built-into the motherboard take a hit at the CPU performance, primerally I want good sound quality both for games and music. As for the Harddrive, I've had mine for about 4 years and want to upgrade to 1TB of space and good speed, I don't know what qualities I should look for. For the mouse I'm looking for one that has more than two buttons and the wheel, what should I look for and what should I avoid? Now for the keyboard, it must not exceed 45Cm length and 18Cm width and button lights would be convenient. Both the mouse and keyboard I want to be wired. I hope I have provided enough information. The budget is 240 euro +/-30, I live in Estonia but it's not necessary that you look for those available in here, please list products that you know that are good. [url=http://www.gigabyte.ru/products/page/mb/ga-p31-es3g_1x/]My motherboard[/url]. My PSU is 400W.

Sound processing isn't noticeable on the cpu. Only get a soundcard if you will benefit from it, i.e. you have good headphones or speakers. Get a western digital black or samsung spinpoint f3. The logitech g400 is a good budget mouse, or get the g500. Keyboard, do you want mechanical or not?

[QUOTE=QuikKill;36533447] Keyboard, do you want mechanical or not?[/QUOTE] Mechanical, I guess. As for the soundcard, I am going to buy good speakers later, not asking for them since there's a thread on buying those.

HDD ~93: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-western-digital-wd1002faex-caviar-black-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms[/url] Mouse ~28: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/logitech-g400-black-gaming-mouse-8-button-3600dpi-usb[/url] Keyboard ~63: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/steelseries-6g-v2-gaming-keyboard-mechanical-cherry-switch[/url] This is about 185, go to the headphone thread for soundcard help. It all depends on what you are buying before I can reccomend anything.

Found the Mouse for 36 euro, the HDD for 101 euro, no sign of the keyboard though.

What mechanical keyboards can you get? I'm not familiar with UK stores. ' Or you can go to the logitech online store and get a g400 and a g110 keyboard for 100 euros.

for good soundcards, you wont really notice anything different from onboard unless you go buy something like $170 and up, which is around like 140 euros, but I know tech is more expensive there

[QUOTE=woodchuck34;36536111]for good soundcards, you wont really notice anything different from onboard unless you go buy something like $170 and up, which is around like 140 euros, but I know tech is more expensive there[/QUOTE] It would be pointless unless he has speakers or headphones that would benefit from it.

[QUOTE=QuikKill;36535957]I'm not familiar with UK stores.[/QUOTE] I'm in Estonia. There aren't many I can get, I I'll just take a regular one. [QUOTE=woodchuck34;36536111]for good soundcards, you wont really notice anything different from onboard unless you go buy something like $170 and up, which is around like 140 euros, but I know tech is more expensive there[/QUOTE] It's definitely more expensive here so it looks like I won't be buying one anytime soon, thanks for clearing that up.

The mouse is the successor to the g5, which was an amazing mouse. And I have one of those hard drives and it's a really great drive.

[QUOTE=QuikKill;36536796]The mouse is the successor to the g5, which was an amazing mouse. And I have one of those hard drives and it's a really great drive.[/QUOTE]Good to know, what about the g500 mouse, I found it aswell. Also, what keyboard manufacturers would you recommend? SteelSeries only has one portable keyboard here.

[QUOTE=Kaelazun;36537093]Good to know, what about the g500 mouse, I found it aswell. Also, what keyboard manufacturers would you recommend? SteelSeries only has one portable keyboard here.[/QUOTE] g500 is the better than the g400 (clearly), has a higher dpi and more buttons I think. If it's in your budget, go for it. If you want a mechanical, look at this thread: [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1160608[/url] Has lots of good info.

I have a G500, have had it for over a year now, great mouse, will buy another one when this one breaks.

Allright, thanks for all the help, I hope my MOBO can support the HDD.

If your mobo was made in the past 5 years it will have sata.

Ok, bought the mouse and the HDD. Is it better to make the new, faster HDD the primary one for my windows, and use my old one to store some files?