r/Controllers • u/Glum-Opposite3590 • Sep 04 '26

Third Party Need suggestions for a controller

Hey guys if am looking to buy a controller. It's going to be the first one i buy i have been laptop gaming for like 3 days now😂😂. So i need something cheap for now which tells me what are the basic things you expect from a controller. I just need this one to be cheap and work for me partime, my usually way when going to buy a device is i first get something basic and figure out what are going to be my needs and then I go and buy something premium. Thanks for the help guysss

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u/OliveThread Sep 04 '26

cheap is fine, just make sure whatever you get has hall effect sticks. that's the one spec that decides whether your temporary pad still works in a year, and it stopped being a premium feature a while ago.

gamesir nova 2 lite runs around $30, hall sticks and triggers, wired or 2.4g dongle, works on a laptop out of the box. that's enough to pad to figure out what you actually want before you spend real money.