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The g9x and other avago 9500 mice have non disable positive acceleration as pointed out by other forum user. Until a firmware update for it is released, the mouse is unless for gaming.
The hard-to-press scroll wheel you talked about is present on every current logitech gaming mouse except for...
You can detach the numkeys on the Microsoft SideWinder X6. It can be had on amazon for around 35. As for tenkeyless mechanical keyboards I don't think you can go lower than the same price of the Deck. Maybe you can try finding a used filco/deck on the classified section of the geekhack forums or...