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AcrosstheSky
Profile Joined January 2011
United States237 Posts
March 04 2012 09:40 GMT
#2001
Is there such a thing as a cheap mechanical keyboard? I'm looking for one at around 30 dollars at the moment. Not sure if im grossly off price though.
TwilightRain
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany351 Posts
March 04 2012 09:52 GMT
#2002
No, there are none around 30 dollars. The cheapest ones, both about 70$-80$ worth, are the Cherry G80-3000 and the Adesso MKB-125B.
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
March 04 2012 09:59 GMT
#2003
On March 04 2012 18:40 AcrosstheSky wrote:
Is there such a thing as a cheap mechanical keyboard? I'm looking for one at around 30 dollars at the moment. Not sure if im grossly off price though.

Ducky 1008 w/ green alps are $50 USD

JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-04 13:51:42
March 04 2012 13:51 GMT
#2004
SIIG makes one that can be found for ~$60ish, no idea on quality or switches, I've just seen it around.

By mech standards, that's pretty cheap.
vanatir
Profile Joined May 2008
Germany355 Posts
March 04 2012 15:49 GMT
#2005
one of the cheapest with good references it the CM Storm QuickFire Rapid ~80$
aka EnjoYmE - streaming on http://www.twitch.tv/myprobe
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
March 04 2012 16:19 GMT
#2006
On March 05 2012 00:49 EnjoYmE wrote:
one of the cheapest with good references it the CM Storm QuickFire Rapid ~80$


At that price range, I'd be looking for a 6GV2, personally. But then, I'm a huge fan of a keyboard that can double as a baseball bat in a pinch.
NokCha
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)410 Posts
March 04 2012 18:34 GMT
#2007
Just got me some keycaps~
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Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
March 04 2012 21:57 GMT
#2008
how important is NKRO when playing sc2?
Jaso
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2147 Posts
March 04 2012 22:10 GMT
#2009
So I've had my Noppoo Choc Pro for about a month now and I absolutely love it; MX Red switches might not be as drastic of a switch (haha, so punny) from membrane as others, but it's still a world of difference.

If I ever plan on getting another board, what would you guys recommend? I was looking at the Filco Proffesional Silent.
derp
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
March 04 2012 22:17 GMT
#2010
On March 05 2012 06:57 Eee wrote:
how important is NKRO when playing sc2?

standard membranes will only register certain keystrokes together, aswd, wasd, etc. Some get up to 17 keys but they are not all convienent for sc2.

NKRO will allow you to press any combo of keys and they will register so it makes a difference depending on howw you play.
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
March 04 2012 22:23 GMT
#2011
On March 05 2012 07:17 Boblhead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2012 06:57 Eee wrote:
how important is NKRO when playing sc2?

standard membranes will only register certain keystrokes together, aswd, wasd, etc. Some get up to 17 keys but they are not all convienent for sc2.

NKRO will allow you to press any combo of keys and they will register so it makes a difference depending on howw you play.

So It's not really a big deal playing without NKRO if you've been using a you laptops integrated keys the latest 5 years...
Jaso
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2147 Posts
March 04 2012 22:24 GMT
#2012
Considering a lot of pro SC players use the DT-35 which is a membrane keyboard I doubt NKRO is very important.
derp
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
March 05 2012 09:40 GMT
#2013
On March 05 2012 06:57 Eee wrote:
how important is NKRO when playing sc2?


Not important at all, I play with a 2kro keyboard.

Almost all the times you have to press multiple keys involve modifiers such as cntrl, shift etc and these always register with other keys on every keyboard I have ever used.

You could possibly have problems if you use nonstandard bindings on a 2kro keyboard, but almost all keyboards are 6kro atm so it shouldnt be an issue.
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
March 05 2012 09:44 GMT
#2014
Also, 2KRO doesn't mean that any combination of 3 keys is unrecognized. It means that there are some combinations of 3 (or more) keys that aren't recognized. Chances are that a lot of key-combinations with more than 2 keys are still picked up properly. Modifiers such as CTRL, SHIFT and ALT don't count towards the "2" in 2KRO.

NKRO is a bit overhyped, a lot of people make a bigger deal out of it than it actually is. There are some applications where it's very useful / required (for example: making music where each key represents a note / sound), but most people will never need it.
Such flammable little insects!
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
March 05 2012 10:56 GMT
#2015
NKRO is more of a sales trick than anything. It can be useful but most often it's not the thing you should look at first.
spree
Profile Joined August 2010
United States86 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 11:41:21
March 05 2012 11:40 GMT
#2016
I just bought a CoolerMaster quickfire tenkeyless off of ncix. It's really good quality, and the tenkeyless is good cuz I wanted a smaller kb for space. It has blue switches which I like a lot and the build quality seems top notch. I think it's the same manufacturer for filco. Got it for 65 bucks.

http://us.ncix.com/products/index.php?usaffiliateid=1000031501&sku=67069&promoid=1009 . Highly recommend it!
Hell, it's about TvP.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 12:56:59
March 05 2012 12:56 GMT
#2017
On March 05 2012 06:57 Eee wrote:
how important is NKRO when playing sc2?


It's not important at all I would say. Aside from modifiers like Ctrl and Shift, you never have to hold down several keys at once, it's more of a rapid succession of single strokes, so NKRO does not help.
NKRO is rather important for FPS though.

Edit: and MMORPG maybe.
vanatir
Profile Joined May 2008
Germany355 Posts
March 05 2012 13:44 GMT
#2018
On March 05 2012 20:40 spree wrote:
I just bought a CoolerMaster quickfire tenkeyless off of ncix. It's really good quality, and the tenkeyless is good cuz I wanted a smaller kb for space. It has blue switches which I like a lot and the build quality seems top notch. I think it's the same manufacturer for filco. Got it for 65 bucks.

http://us.ncix.com/products/index.php?usaffiliateid=1000031501&sku=67069&promoid=1009 . Highly recommend it!


hope they release this keyboard in europe soon (other layouts)
aka EnjoYmE - streaming on http://www.twitch.tv/myprobe
ZackAttack
Profile Joined June 2011
United States884 Posts
March 06 2012 03:56 GMT
#2019
I would just like to say I bought a daskeyboard about 8 months ago, and it is one of the best perchases I've ever made. Mechanical keyboards are worth it. It is a huge difference.
It's better aerodynamics for space. - Artosis
LatsyrC
Profile Joined November 2011
Haiti76 Posts
March 06 2012 05:09 GMT
#2020
hi, have anyone of you try out the Cosair Vengeance K60 ?
can someone tell me if this is good? im thinking on getting it, since its look nice to me
but i dont know about how is it when gaming and stuff
SyT3Kro
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