Best 3rd-Party Wireless 360 Receiver?

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I have several PC games both Steam and non-Steam that support local mulitplayer, and I have a bunch of wireless 360 controllers for my Xbox that I'd like to use for that. But, I found out I need a wireless receiver to use them.

I've looked for a place to buy the official Microsoft receiver, but I've only found it bundled with a contoller ($60 I don't want to spend), amongst a flood of fakes/knock-offs. I then checked Amazon, and there's a whole lot of 3rd party receivers there.

Can you guys tell me the best one to buy? I'd like to spend no more than $15, but if it's really good, I may spend more.

Thanks in advance!

[SundownKid]

The fakes are all the same - fake.

Your best bet is to canvass Ebay for used official ones, like this for example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-Microsoft-Xbox-360-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-for-Windows-VG-Genuine-/121776875362?hash=item1c5a77a762:g:9nAAAOSw4HVWDt4b

[Air]

The official one is the best route.

I have a knock-off which works fine, except that Windows doesn't recognize the device right away, so I have to sometimes manually assign the driver to get the thing working.

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Alright, thanks for the replies!

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The official MS one is cheap enough; do not take the "fake" route. They are junk and do not work as well (or at all) like the Microsoft one does. Many reviewers warned about buying a non-official receiver and it's all for good reason.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DRQN8TE

And just in case u are buying elsewhere, here are some good pictures of what the official authentic adapters look like:

> http://www.epic-modz.co.uk/ebay_listing_images/gallery/gaming_reciever.jpg
> http://o6qnow.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWztdw6tgjH5n3Yd_VE07t7iqmkOR0AfKa3TQteeC5hMWM4Q9Z8NVZ2biT0q6dJcr2jhX-Mk23WoTY6wpkacClWmQ6z3_jMNK/aa.jpg


Ones as shown below, are generic/fakes:
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71SA7h69AJL._SX355_.jpg
> http://74.86.127.114/media/catalog/product/1/2/12619945143_2.jpg
> http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_129230_3.jpg

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Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

The official MS one is cheap enough; do not take the "fake" route. They are junk and do not work as well (or at all) like the Microsoft one does. Many reviewers warned about buying a non-official receiver and it's all for good reason.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DRQN8TE

And just in case u are buying elsewhere, here are some good pictures of what the official authentic adapters look like:

> http://www.epic-modz.co.uk/ebay_listing_images/gallery/gaming_reciever.jpg
> http://o6qnow.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pWztdw6tgjH5n3Yd_VE07t7iqmkOR0AfKa3TQteeC5hMWM4Q9Z8NVZ2biT0q6dJcr2jhX-Mk23WoTY6wpkacClWmQ6z3_jMNK/aa.jpg


Ones as shown below, are generic/fakes:
> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71SA7h69AJL._SX355_.jpg
> http://74.86.127.114/media/catalog/product/1/2/12619945143_2.jpg
> http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_129230_3.jpg

Thanks for the heads up! :)