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Mechanical keyboards: BlackWidow vs Steelseries

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SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 16:53:55
April 29 2011 22:57 GMT
#1


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Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
April 29 2011 23:10 GMT
#2
I'm going to have two roomates and three suitemates next year. Is a mechanical keyboard a bad choice?
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
April 29 2011 23:16 GMT
#3
On April 30 2011 08:10 Rotodyne wrote:
I'm going to have two roomates and three suitemates next year. Is a mechanical keyboard a bad choice?

Not if you get the das keyboard silent
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BobGayman
Profile Joined April 2011
89 Posts
April 29 2011 23:16 GMT
#4
I rate this post as completely pointless and concur to your opinion of the clicks being "insanely fucking loud".
The fact that it sounded similar to a Das Keyboard might be a result of the fact that they use the exact same switches.
Your research on the Blackwidow being half as loud as the Das thus comes out as being complete bullshit.
Regarding the 7g: "however on thing i really love aboout this keyboard is that you dont have to push the keys down very far for it to register." You don't have to push the buttons all the way down on the Blackwidow either.
PS/2 adapter-wise I don't know about the Blackwidow, but the Das comes with one.

I agree, the Blackwidow has a bunch of shit nobody needs but purely looking at the mechanical aspect, I consider it superior to the 7g.
I base that solely on the fact that I prefer Cherry blue switches.
And without any judgement: please, PLEASE read up on the meaning and usage of the words "there", "their" and "they're". And various other spelling issues.

I appreciate the effort but I somehow felt compelled to criticize it. Don't take it personally, except for the parts where it's appropriate.
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
April 29 2011 23:17 GMT
#5
Thanks, I'll look into it.
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 16:54:26
April 29 2011 23:18 GMT
#6
SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-29 23:53:51
April 29 2011 23:21 GMT
#7
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-29 23:29:19
April 29 2011 23:24 GMT
#8
You didn't make any mention of the difference between the mechanical keyswitches, which is the most important part of the keyboards O_o.

EDIT: Keke thanks for editing that in.
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SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 16:54:40
April 29 2011 23:32 GMT
#9
LanTAs
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1091 Posts
April 30 2011 00:49 GMT
#10
On April 30 2011 08:16 BobGayman wrote:
I rate this post as completely pointless and concur to your opinion of the clicks being "insanely fucking loud".
The fact that it sounded similar to a Das Keyboard might be a result of the fact that they use the exact same switches.
Your research on the Blackwidow being half as loud as the Das thus comes out as being complete bullshit.

Regarding the 7g: "however on thing i really love aboout this keyboard is that you dont have to push the keys down very far for it to register." You don't have to push the buttons all the way down on the Blackwidow either.
PS/2 adapter-wise I don't know about the Blackwidow, but the Das comes with one.

I agree, the Blackwidow has a bunch of shit nobody needs but purely looking at the mechanical aspect, I consider it superior to the 7g.
I base that solely on the fact that I prefer Cherry blue switches.
And without any judgement: please, PLEASE read up on the meaning and usage of the words "there", "their" and "they're". And various other spelling issues.

I appreciate the effort but I somehow felt compelled to criticize it. Don't take it personally, except for the parts where it's appropriate.


BlackWidow has double insulated keys that make it much more silent than normal blues mate. i had one, very enjoyable.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13422 Posts
May 04 2011 03:08 GMT
#11
Im selling my 6GV2 to get a blackwidow. After about 6 months, I have decided that working on a thesis and typing for hours at a time on a 6GV2 is not very enjoyable. The actuation force is pretty high for the black switches and while it feels great while playing SC2 I hate it after typing all day. Using the blackwidow is far more comfortable when typing for long periods of time.

Also, if you are a person who fully depresses buttons like me the Steelseries keyboards sounds like a machine gun going off a la Geoff Incontrol Robinson. The blue switches on the blackwidow are much quieter in MY case compared to the Steelseries keyboard :p
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