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in today's video we're going to talk about a different topic that I've never really talked about in the past and I'm also going to give a lot of examples because one thing that I do come across is other reviewers who make their recommendations and they do differ to mine and it's especially when we come to things like peripherals and also other tech products in the field certain types of products do incorporate a lot more subjectivity in my opinion so today I'm hopefully going to establish some baselines in what to look for in that particular product category as well as giving you guys some really good examples for instance the first example I can throw at you guys is it a good friend here on the Gold Coast rocketjump ninja he reviews mice and he does a fantastic job whenever I need to look at a mouse I'll just go to raka John ninjas channel see if he has a review on it we'll see if he's in the works or if he's tried it before and ask him his opinion on it because he's really experienced in that field but then when he came to my studio and checked out my keyboard he saw that I was using the creative ko8 and in the past he's taken a look at it I've taken a look at it he didn't like it and I actually love this keyboard it's one of my favorite keyboards I've ever used and sort of that God was both thinking like okay what did you like about it what didn't you like about it but we both came to an understanding that the baseline for that keyboard was pretty good it had mechanical switches it had low input lag it had media features on board and the consistency of those keys the way they've implemented them was quite good what about some other products in the field let's dig a little deeper welcome back to tech yes City I'm we're gonna move on to headphones because I recently did the world of warcraft build where I got triple monitors surround setup and a lot of people were sort of for it and against it as well some people didn't like the bezels some people didn't mind the bezels like myself but there was one sort of thing that came out of that video and that was there was people who really liked it people who didn't like it and there wasn't really an in-between there and I guess that again comes down to the individual so while we're on the topic of monitors I guess we'll start there and talk about the best things to look for when it comes to purchasing a monitor especially for gaming and the first thing of course is faster response times the faster these are that's the pixel to pixel transition the better it will be for your eyes in the long run also the higher the refresh rate in general this is considered a better thing to and the lower the input lag the better it is for competitive gaming but also for your reaction of seeing things come out on the screen which will naturally make it feel better and more raw in terms of its reaction spots of what's coming out to computer but we'll quickly talk about the vo-tech monitor that came in recently and I gave it a negative review and now actually was a solid monitor in its specs it had a VA panel was pretty good high refresh rate slow input lag but the response times really let it down big time and that was my biggest sort of problem with that monitor and especially coupling that with the fact that they advertised it as a gaming monitor was what led me to the outcome of giving it a negative review but also the build quality was a little bit lackluster too next up here we've got headphones and headsets and when I did the battle for Azeroth gaming PC I actually tried these HS seventies out and I was blown away the comfort was really good which is one thing you should look for how comfortable are the headphones and also the sound coming album was surprisingly really good as well now when you're looking for sound this is where things get ridiculously subjective what my ears like might be different to what someone else's ears will like however on that note there are still things you should definitely look for when you're buying a set of headphones and more importantly if they have their own receiver and whether it has its own built-in DAC an amp solution which in this case the HS 70s you have and so it's important to see the frequency response curve and measure that for any real big spikes for instance these here you're looking more civically at the two kilohertz and seven kilohertz range a lot of cheap DAC and ant solutions will spike these levels not because they intend to because the components they're using just aren't that good and so they create real big peaks at these levels and they can actually damage your ears in the long term I'm happy to report with HS 70s for example the one kilohertz frequency was actually a bit louder than the two kilohertz frequency and the eight kilohertz frequency was actually quite a bit louder than the seven kilohertz frequency so it means that there didn't use cheap components in the making of these headphones but also on that note when we look at the 8 kilohertz frequency this is a very popular level they're companies like to artificially bump it gives the music and also the headphones a more clearer sound and also companies that record tracks will actually boost these frequencies in the EQ artificially higher too though for the mic quality on the headset itself should look for the noise and also how warm the sound coming in of course this mic is not going to sound anywhere good as $100 dedicated mic but for a headset and if you want your mates just to hear you while you're playing games this is gonna be ample fine think of it as one of those tinny mics that does its job ok next up we've got mice and this is another field that's very very subjective because you've got a lot of different grips within mice themselves I'm more of a fingertip grip of however I do like to use palm grip when I'm playing games that are FPS based however when I'm video editing I'd like to use my fingertip grip just like I'm playing RTS or MOBAs for example but when it comes to this field you're looking for things again like low input lag does it have any input like I know from experience Logitech usually have the best input lag in the game and some mice even in 2018 will implement up to 10 milliseconds of input lag where if you're a competitive gamer this could be the difference between a win and a loss if you're in a clutch situation should also look at sense of performance what sense are they using does it have angles snapping which is generally not considered a good thing unless you're doing graphic design work and you've also got things like lift off distance and built-in Mouse acceleration me personally I actually like a bit of mouse excel raishin believe it or not it's a weird thing that I got used to when I first started using pcs so your mileage may vary with that some people absolutely hate it I don't mind it at all of course when it comes to mice keyboards and headsets always looking for someone who's had a lot of experience in the field definitely does make their opinion carry more weight for instance rocketjump ninja who I mentioned in the intro does fantastic mice reviews and he's been doing them for a very long time now so he knows all the ins and outs he knows what to look for when it comes to making a good decision next up we're going to go to the main channel steam and that is enthusiast tech things like CPUs gravis cards and also motherboards for example these carry a lot more objectivity than subjectivity I'd say the subjectivity portion of these products is mainly the aesthetics when it comes to a motherboard for example does it look good does the RGB function well but for me personally in a lot of other reviews that I know that look at these products that really doesn't carry anywhere near the weight as the main function itself for instance is the vrm implementation is that good does it get too hot especially when we're testing for instance a 32 core rise in CPU that was recently released when we look at Intel site does that motherboard provide the features in the BIOS enabling you to get a better overclock and then going back to the CPU itself the numbers are very simple we'd run benchmarks and those benchmarks give us numbers that we can compare against other CPUs and then compare against the price point itself and tell you guys if you're getting good value for money you can also test them in games with things like point 1% 1% lows an average FPS and tell you if this CPU is going to hold up at 1080p high refresh rate gaming which is on CPUs itself why a lot of reviewers will drop the settings to low and it's a very important thing that I do believe in personally because we want to see how the CPU in a CPU review the forms we don't want the graphics card introducing any sort of bottleneck whatsoever when we're doing that CPU review and then last up we go gravis cards and just like CPUs we get the numbers and they're very objective in nature so what kind of FPS will be getting but also we can look at the cooler implementations introduced from the board partners and see whether they're keeping the noise low and also if they're keeping the heat under control but I was glad to see that practically everyone that I know in the review scene didn't really give the r-tx mm high rating scores that's because for the money it was a very expensive purchase especially the r-tx 20 atti and then when it came to the r-tx 2080 that didn't really perform any better than the 1080 TI and the new features that weren't implemented properly are yet to really add any value to the 2000 series cards but when it all boils down to it certain products in certain categories in the whole tech review space definitely carry a lot more subjectivity than others and I know when we've got differences between different reviewers especially when it comes to headphones our example we have to look at what that reviewer likes for insta the headphones I love a nice warm sound I love my bass and mids coming through and then not a whole lot of treble and if it is treble then I don't like it to be overpowering especially compared to the bass in the mids certain other reviewers may like a lot more treble and that's just up to that individual but ultimately there's some recommendations I'm gonna make within this video itself and that is if you can always try out a product before you buy it but if you're buying online also don't be afraid to buy from a place like Amazon or Ebay where if you really don't like the product and it doesn't give you what you intended then don't be afraid to return it as well I know in the past I've bought some things where the information is said it can do this it's going to be so good for this and then when I bought it it just didn't do that at all when I was left really disappointed and instead of saying okay person X may have recommended this product I don't really care about person X this product is not doing what I want it to do so I want to return it and get my money back and find something different but ultimately you will know what's best for you and if you don't you can always just ask a question in the comments section below either myself especially around Tokyo city or the great viewers will be more than happy to give you a hand and if you enjoyed today's video then be sure to hit that like button and on that note of questions to get any questions about today's video especially things like the testing and the methods I use and be sure to drop a question in the comment section below and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye