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    THEQCKBRWFXJEVRTHELAZYG --- Keyboards General Advice Thread

    Sooooo i'm tired of my orange g15 that cant even type THEQCKBRWFXJEVERTHELAZYG.


    http://www.amazon.com/Razer-BlackWid...bs_402051011_2

    http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengea...bs_402051011_7

    http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-920-0...bs_402051011_8

    http://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Gaming-...s_402051011_12

    So far seriously considering the g510 and the BlackWidow. i play a lot of dota so the mechanical keyboard seems like a good bet... but... can't decide. thoughts?

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    Vandole, if I recall correctly there is a lot of great information in this thread. I ended up buying the Black Widow Ultimate last year and I still love it. I'm sure there are higher quality mechanicals out there, but I really liked the blue leds and the keyboard has held up remarkably well. I was actually considering buying the new Stealth version of the keyboard (it's supposed to have quieter switches) for work because typing on a laptop after typing on a mechanical is a soulless, empty experience.

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    i "almost" got a steelseries 6gv2 just now.

    Then i noticed the kayboard layout

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...S._AA1271_.jpg

    nope.jpg


    thoughts on this?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823162014

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    After looking at all those, personally I'd go with the Corsair.
    Unless I'm missing something, it seems to be the best balance of all the features and price.

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    Do you actually want all those macro buttons? If not, you're linking overpriced shit. Hell the Corsair isn't even 100% mechanical, as a lot of its keys are straight up rubber domes.

    It depends on what kind of switch you want. If you like Reds like I do, then a CM Storm Quickfire is a good bang/buck option: http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/k...kfirerapidred/. Their OEM is high quality and shared with several more expensive mechanical brands.

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    I'm definately willing to give it a try, but no numpad is a breaker for me. i have to do data entry as part of my work with school so i need that. cooler master products are the shit though.


    Can't decide between blue or red switches though.

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    I prefer tenkeyless once I went to it, but they're making a Quickfire Pro with a numpad/backlit keys. Apparently it just came out like yesterday, I'm not even sure what switches are available for it: http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/prod...uickFire%20Pro

    However, I believe CM changed their OEM between the Quickfire and the Quickfire pro.. so it's no longer Costar (the high quality shit). The original Quickfires were crazy low prices for Costar boards, and everyone loved them. I don't want to vouch for the new OEMs quality, and it would probably be hard to research since it just came out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celeras View Post
    I prefer tenkeyless once I went to it, but they're making a Quickfire Pro with a numpad/backlit keys. Apparently it just came out like yesterday, I'm not even sure what switches are available for it: http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/prod...uickFire%20Pro

    However, I believe CM changed their OEM between the Quickfire and the Quickfire pro.. so it's no longer Costar (the high quality shit). The original Quickfires were crazy low prices for Costar boards, and everyone loved them. I don't want to vouch for the new OEMs quality, and it would probably be hard to research since it just came out.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k%20fire%20pro

    brown switches. hmm

    everywhere i'm finding says brown switches are ideal for games. think this is the one. got free 2 night shipping cause of shoprunner too. fancy.

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    Hope you ordered already cos its out of stock now, new/hot item I guess. And if you did, I hope you used Neweggs promo code to get 15% off all keyboards: EMCNFND98 (you can probably edit the order if you didn't)

    And yeah, I prefer Reds because I got used to not having any feedback.. but browns would be my #2.

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    I only use flicos now and topre. The quality is worth the price. I have a Tenkeyless with blues and a 104 with reds.

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    i couldn't edit the order for the discount, oh well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boyiee View Post
    Deck legend

    I only use flicos now and topre. The quality is worth the price. I have a Tenkeyless with blues and a 104 with reds.
    Filco would be one of the aforementioned boards using the same exact OEM (Costar) as the original CM Quickfires, for double the price.

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    I almost went with the Steelseries at one point too, but I hate the oversized enter key layout as well.

    I wound up buying one from WASD Keyboards - no macro/media keys, no backlighting, but I've been happy with it. Only thing is the body of the keyboard has a very light texturing that wears off really fast. Unfortunately, they are also currently backordered >_>;

    On the plus side, they seem to offer more customization than most for a fairly reasonable price (for a mechanical).

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    Quote Originally Posted by hey View Post
    The customization on that site is amazing.

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    THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG

    yay i love this keyboard

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