Never been too into this but had friends who were.
All I can really say is that the advice to ignore mouse and keyboard seems VERY wrong to me. Gamers love a good mouse and keyboard. They generally value chunky mechanical keyboards (lot's of flashy gamer versions of these out there) and a good laser mouse with the right amount of buttons. I think Logitech is still a good brand for those?
I'm sure there's some reasonably priced and serviceable options out there but they're definitely not components that gamers ignore. In fact I remember them being highly prioritized similar to the rest of the specs. And those giant mousepads!
― Evan, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link