can you recommend me a budget friendly but good bluetooth controller please

[russy23]

Not really clued up about controllers and what to look for but the current powerx argos controller isnt amazing, i can order of aliexpress if need be, thankyou

probably £30 max, should get something decent right?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For what purpose?
Do not use BT stuff for PC Gaming. It's terrible on PC.

8bitDo has these, very good for the pricing.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSP5BB7Y
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XY8H9D5

[russy23]

Bad 💀 Motha lähetti viestin:

For what purpose?
Do not use BT stuff for PC Gaming. It's terrible on PC.

8bitDo has these, very good for the pricing.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSP5BB7Y
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XY8H9D5

thanks, yea for pc gaming, hard wired is better then?

[smokerob79]

if you need a clue of how bad controllers are on PC understand i still use Xbox 360 rockcandy controllers as the 360 controllers are about the only ones that work with every game.......yeah its that bad.....and no matter what controller it is you are better off with the wired version.....

FYI i am beyond happy i got a lot of 7 360 rockcandy controllers on EBAY for 20 dollars....none of them had cords and all were dirty coming from a used gaming store in Ohio but they all work and 5 out of the 7 were almost new.......

[r.linder]

Get a wired controller for PC, 8bitDo is indeed a very good brand

[Electric Cupcake]

Xbox controllers are worthless. Not even worth the reclaimed silicon and metals from the PCB.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Electric Cupcake lähetti viestin:

Xbox controllers are worthless. Not even worth the reclaimed silicon and metals from the PCB.

Maybe the MS ones but there are other brands.
8bitDo and Razer make them way better.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

r.linder lähetti viestin:

Get a wired controller for PC, 8bitDo is indeed a very good brand

Most of the ones from 8bitDo can work; Wired USB, 2.4Ghz (via USB dongle), and/or BT

They have some affordable controllers that can do all 3.

I have used this one many hours and it was great.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DB4LXDP7

*Yes I know the above WUKONG model just came out, but I linked that one cause I couldn't find the one I had purchased before, but mine is the same layout and overall features as the one linked*

It works via USB DataSync Cable if you want Wired method.
It works via 2.4Ghz Wireless (USB dongle is included)
It works via BT (2.4 vs BT switch on the back) for if you would like to use via Android devices such as Phone, Tablet, TV.
The Lithium battery pack is sealed inside, like DS4/DS5 controllers and lasts longer then attempt to use wasteful AA batteries.
Does not come with USB cable. Buy your own USB Cable or use one you already have from a Phone or Tablet. It needs to be Type-C at the controller end. If you are to use it as a wired controller then the cable needs to be DataSync; not ChargeOnly.

[russy23]

Thanks for the advice..

There's 2 being released on 31st September on Amazon UK..the wired and wireless models of the 8bitdo 2c..the wired one will be £17.99..so just as cheap as importing ..I think I'll grab that one

Wireless is £24.99

[UserNotFound]

I'm using the 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4 wireless and it's pretty darn good....

[Trout]

Bad 💀 Motha lähetti viestin:

Do not use BT stuff for PC Gaming. It's terrible on PC.

it's fine as long as you're using an external USB adapter and not whatever's in your motherboard, onboard solutions are usually pretty bad. latency on my dualshock 4 via the UB500 is just fine

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Trout lähetti viestin:

Bad 💀 Motha lähetti viestin:

Do not use BT stuff for PC Gaming. It's terrible on PC.

it's fine as long as you're using an external USB adapter and not whatever's in your motherboard, onboard solutions are usually pretty bad. latency on my dualshock 4 via the UB500 is just fine

You must just have terrible Motherboards then; all of mine that have built in WiFi + BT use Intel Chipsets, even the AMD based Motherboards. Those are some of the best chipsets you can have. Others such as Broadcom or Realtek are all junk.

If your Motherboard has built in BT, it's using the WiFi based antenna, so you might need to go purchase a better after-market antenna so you not only get better WiFi but also BT signal + coverage since those short antennas that connect to the Motherboard can be poor sometimes, especially when for most users, the PC Case could be blocking most of that signal and cause problems, especially in a Living Room situation where the PC Tower is like 6-10 feet away with the PC Tower between you and the BT antenna.

I don't see not one single reason anyone would use or want to use BT anything on a Windows OS based PC. It's just terrible all-around. The BT really is meant to be used on things such as Phones, Tablets, maybe a SMART TV that has Android.