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buy a cherry G80-3000LPC (this one has cherry-black switches)

i have to admit, that it looks like a keyboard from the 60’s and not worth 50€ but the feeling of the keys is awesome.

It is like a Formula 1 Car, it looks like shit, but it drives like *insert favorite thing here*

CHEERS!

Quoted from Shintaz

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Quoted from Mark

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This. I bought a Steelseries 7G and regret it – it gave my hands severe cramp/ache/discomfort after about 30 minutes of playing. Went back to a cheapo Logitech and it’s awesome.

Lol? it’s called black mechanical switch. It’s meant to have a lot of force to press any keys. Nice to see you found your old gear still useful though.

Quoted from SteveyJJ

My housemate had to shout at me because my nerd mechanical typing skills was keeping her up one night. As nice as they are to type on, mechanical keyboards make a fair bit of noise.

That only depends on what switch, brown switches aren’t too bad when it comes to noise but blue switches are a absolute killer.

Quoted from atmo

Razer keyboards are shit, don’t buy them.

Judge the product. Not the brand. The standard blackwidows is actually surprisingly nice on your wallet for a mechanical board.
P.s. Razor blackwidow is actually 2KRO regardless of which model you get.

Quoted from GibbZ

Get a filco majestouch. Best keyboard I’ve ever used and I honestly wouldn’t trade it for anything. If there’s one thing that’s made gaming more comfortable, enjoyable and that makes a difference (especially in hon atleast) its a mechanical keyboard. So nice.

Filco’s are some quality boards but they are pretty damn pricey. Also at the endo f the day you cannot just say ‘it’s good for gaming’ especially when filco is involved not because they make bad boards but they make boards with all types of switches.

Mechanical boards all come down to preference of switches.

As with all gaming equipment however I say this:

You can give a fisherman the best tennis racket ever, but it can mean he still sucks at tennis… badly.

Skill>equipment but it does give an edge, just don’t depend on it.

switches … switches…

can somebody give a round-up of different switch types please? :/

Quoted from ash

switches … switches…

can somebody give a round-up of different switch types please? :/

Red – super light, linear
Brown – very light, tactile
Blue – light, tactile + click
Black – heavy, linear
Clear – heavy, tactile

Linear = like a piano key
Tactile = like a regular rubber dome
Click = like a retractable pen

http://www.recycledgoods.com/product_images/a/058/s_p_21922_1__40901_zoom.jpg

Stole this from school, been using it for 1½ years. Amazing keyboard.

if you are really on a tight budget just get a standard keyboard with alps switches not cherries. They are still far superior to rubber dome keyboards just do nothing flashy. generally they are thought to wear out faster than cherries. but it still takes several years.