Keyboard suggestions, Mechanical vs Traditional

**Boyiee** · 2011-12-22 13:06

Any other week I would have, but I just bought my dad a laptop, ordered a years supply of contacts, bought new glasses, and bought a new pair of sennheiser HD650's, all within the last 1-3 weeks.

Thats like 1000-1200$ lol, although I'm supposedly getting some of the money back (600?) so maybe.

**avelle** · 2011-12-22 13:14

Originally Posted by Boyiee

Any other week I would have, but I just bought my dad a laptop, ordered a years supply of contacts, bought new glasses, and bought a new pair of sennheiser HD650's, all within the last 1-3 weeks.

Thats like 1000-1200$ lol, although I'm supposedly getting some of the money back (600?) so maybe.

Ugh, I know how you feel. Just built a new system in October and this round of Christmas presents really massacred my wallet. Well, get some money and then pull the trigger! They sound pretty cool.

**Mayareira** · 2011-12-24 08:40

Thanks to you guys I no longer like my Logitech as much as I did before.

Mechanical, man it's been a loooong long time since I used one. So damn tempted.

**Boyiee** · 2012-01-17 19:06

So, I felt the need to bump this thread since I finally got my new PBT keycaps for my main board, a Filco 104 with Red switches... also I wanted to show it off.

Before (note: keyboard is dirty due to waiting a month for new keys and not cleaning it cause I thought theyd be in within a week).

Spoiler: show

AFTER!!!!

Spoiler: show

**Caiyuo** · 2012-01-17 19:23

niiiiiceeee

reminded me to post a few things I found awhile ago:

overclock.net Mechanical Keyboard Guide
geekhack Mechanical Keyboard Guide

Visual reference guides for the common switch types:

**Boyiee** · 2012-01-17 19:26

The geekhack wiki/guide link is posted on the first page duder

**Caiyuo** · 2012-01-17 19:34

selectively believing that is false based on the fact you paid like a hundred bucks for keycaps

**Boyiee** · 2012-01-17 19:36

What? and no these are PBT's not dyesub'd so they didn't run nearly that much.

Think the dyesub keycaps were around 80-85$ plus 10-20$ depending on shipping method. For some reason imsto's groupbuys on keycaps seem really expensive. A lot of people didn't pull the trigger on that one, as other dyesub buys are less cost.

edit: groupbuys are amazing, and save you a lot of money. Those o-rings were also from a groupbuy and were really cheap.

**Caiyuo** · 2012-01-17 19:37

keymantics

**Boyiee** · 2012-01-17 19:41

I meant to emphasize "nearly" since they were even less than half the price with shipping. Gotta love Asia.

**bluefan** · 2012-01-17 20:34

Finally got around to using my Razer promo code to get a Black Widow. I toyed around with one when I was at PAX earlier and liked it. I like the feeling of the keys and the layout of it. It's not overly bloated with macro keys like a lot of other models. I prefer wireless goodies but I can live with this.

**Kryssan** · 2012-01-17 21:01

I actually have one of the cherry-blue TE keyboards, the 104 key model variant. Pre-ordered it forever ago, came in around the middle of December. I love it, even if the keys take some getting used to due to placement.

**Astarael** · 2012-08-30 07:47

Bumping an old thread to save making a new one - Are there any new contenders/models/brands in the mechanical keyboard race?

I'm looking at something mostly for gaming, and from what I read it makes a difference what kind of gaming, so it's MMO's and MOBA's pretty exclusively. I play most types occasionally, but not enough to dedicate a keyboard for.

From what I can find, the contenders are:

Das Keyboard pro
Filco majestrix
Razer blackwidow
Steelseries 6Gv2
Corsair V90

I'm leaning towards the razer at the moment but I really need more input before I decide for sure.

**Jojimbo** · 2012-08-30 08:43

Razer has QA issues witha lot of their products, I would go Corsair K90 if looking for a gaming mechanic, or Das/Filco if looking for a high quality board.

**Isiolia** · 2012-08-30 09:51

Originally Posted by Astarael

Bumping an old thread to save making a new one - Are there any new contenders/models/brands in the mechanical keyboard race?

WASD Keyboards is also worth looking at, plus you have a lot of options with regard to keycaps instead of modding later.

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