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On March 28 2012 19:09 Blaec wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 18:59 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 11:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 10:50 EienShinwa wrote:
Are there any good mechanical keyboards that are below $90 in the US? I see a lot of people talking about the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire keyboard. Is it the best for its price range? Any advice? I spent most of today and yesterday doing research on exactly that and yeah, it looks like it in my admittedly inexperienced opinion. Same price as a Black Widow and way better quality, basically. Bluh. I'm reading a bunch of concerns about double tapping on blue switches. Problematic for starcraft? Would red switches theoretically be better? If only I could find a cm storm with browns. D: I don't have any problems with them, but i cant predict if you will. Red switches have no chance of you having problems with doubletapping but then you don't get the glorious sound of blue switches under high apm.
Maybe. I did some more digging and it looks like CoolerMaster is in the process of releasing the version with brown switches, but there was a bit of a holdup for some reason, so they should show up at some point during April. So if the blues in the store feel odd, I can simply wait. ^_^
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Blues are in my opinion switches you want to try before purchasing. You like it or you hate it. Browns are pretty neutral and most people don't hate them if they sound good to them, same with reds. Blacks might be too stiff, Blues might be too clicky and tough to doubletap with.
You can still doubletap with blues by the way but it takes more precision and you probably can't do it fast enough unless you spend a while practicing it.
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On March 27 2012 23:25 Blaec wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 22:00 Fluxinator wrote:
I've got the razer black widow (I got the ultimate for the price of the expert because it was 3 weeks late so they gave it me as compensation). I don't regret getting it, it's cheaper than most of the other mechanical keyboards I was considering.
I was going to post this in a new thread but I can't because I'm a new member. I have a couple of questions:
1) Can I use keycaps off the WASD keyboards site with the BWU? (for all keys? Also what about the backlighting?)
2) Are there any keycap sets that anyone would recommend for SC2? I was considering doing something standard like WASD, esc, Fn and arrow keys blank black with the rest white. I think I want at least some blank keys on there, I think they look really good. I was also considering the chequered effect as that's also an option. I tried designing one with protoss hotkeys but it looked stupid. Ideas? 1) Somewhat. The regular keys should, numbers and letters. But BWU spacebar is different as well as the alt,cntrl etc ( Source). So you can't change the spacebar, but I don't know exactly how many keys would be changeable. Also the WASD keys are apparently taller than BWU keys, so keep that in mind. 2) Go on the WASD facebook and check out the albums of customer designed keyboards there. Lots of great ideas and designs. Get some inspiration and then go try stuff out with the designer, you are bound to come up with something you like eventually.
is there anyone that knows how many keys are changeable? I mean I could just buy a whole keyset of white keycaps but i might want a chequered one from WASD, and if I ask for that it's no good if when it gets here the few that can't be changed spoil the pattern.
I guess I could buy all the white keycaps and then try them out. If CTRL, TAB, spacebar don't work, I could just change all the letter/number keys to white or something.
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i <3 my WASD w/ browns it is my main gaming board. 2nd would have to be my steel series 6gv2 followed by my leopold tkl otaku w/ reds and lastly my KBC PBT caps poker with blues...
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zxku83&s=5
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On March 29 2012 03:41 rabiddog wrote:i <3 my WASD w/ browns it is my main gaming board. 2nd would have to be my steel series 6gv2 followed by my leopold tkl otaku w/ reds and lastly my KBC PBT caps poker with blues... http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zxku83&s=5
nice rainbow XD
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On March 28 2012 20:56 Shikyo wrote:
Blues are in my opinion switches you want to try before purchasing. You like it or you hate it. Browns are pretty neutral and most people don't hate them if they sound good to them, same with reds. Blacks might be too stiff, Blues might be too clicky and tough to doubletap with.
Blacks would be too stiff, yeah. I'm basically torn between red and brown at this point. Tried blues in the store and immediately felt what was being talked about re: the double tap, didn't like that at all. Has someone noticed any real difference between brown/red switches, gaming-wise?
I really shouldn't be agonizing this much over a minute difference in a fucking keyboard. >.<
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Reds are really sensitive, noticeably very sensitive. Browns are probably the most middle ground
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On March 28 2012 19:21 Odds wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 19:09 Blaec wrote:On March 28 2012 18:59 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 11:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 10:50 EienShinwa wrote:
Are there any good mechanical keyboards that are below $90 in the US? I see a lot of people talking about the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire keyboard. Is it the best for its price range? Any advice? I spent most of today and yesterday doing research on exactly that and yeah, it looks like it in my admittedly inexperienced opinion. Same price as a Black Widow and way better quality, basically. Bluh. I'm reading a bunch of concerns about double tapping on blue switches. Problematic for starcraft? Would red switches theoretically be better? If only I could find a cm storm with browns. D: I don't have any problems with them, but i cant predict if you will. Red switches have no chance of you having problems with doubletapping but then you don't get the glorious sound of blue switches under high apm. Maybe. I did some more digging and it looks like CoolerMaster is in the process of releasing the version with brown switches, but there was a bit of a holdup for some reason, so they should show up at some point during April. So if the blues in the store feel odd, I can simply wait. ^_^
I wouldn't count on it. They've been saying there will be more switch types available in the US "soon" since November of last year. So I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you.
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On March 29 2012 07:54 Sovano wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 19:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 19:09 Blaec wrote:On March 28 2012 18:59 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 11:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 10:50 EienShinwa wrote:
Are there any good mechanical keyboards that are below $90 in the US? I see a lot of people talking about the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire keyboard. Is it the best for its price range? Any advice? I spent most of today and yesterday doing research on exactly that and yeah, it looks like it in my admittedly inexperienced opinion. Same price as a Black Widow and way better quality, basically. Bluh. I'm reading a bunch of concerns about double tapping on blue switches. Problematic for starcraft? Would red switches theoretically be better? If only I could find a cm storm with browns. D: I don't have any problems with them, but i cant predict if you will. Red switches have no chance of you having problems with doubletapping but then you don't get the glorious sound of blue switches under high apm. Maybe. I did some more digging and it looks like CoolerMaster is in the process of releasing the version with brown switches, but there was a bit of a holdup for some reason, so they should show up at some point during April. So if the blues in the store feel odd, I can simply wait. ^_^ I wouldn't count on it. They've been saying there will be more switch types available in the US "soon" since November of last year. So I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1102940/cm-storm-quick-fire-rapid/410#post_16831480
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On March 29 2012 08:06 Odds wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 07:54 Sovano wrote:On March 28 2012 19:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 19:09 Blaec wrote:On March 28 2012 18:59 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 11:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 10:50 EienShinwa wrote:
Are there any good mechanical keyboards that are below $90 in the US? I see a lot of people talking about the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire keyboard. Is it the best for its price range? Any advice? I spent most of today and yesterday doing research on exactly that and yeah, it looks like it in my admittedly inexperienced opinion. Same price as a Black Widow and way better quality, basically. Bluh. I'm reading a bunch of concerns about double tapping on blue switches. Problematic for starcraft? Would red switches theoretically be better? If only I could find a cm storm with browns. D: I don't have any problems with them, but i cant predict if you will. Red switches have no chance of you having problems with doubletapping but then you don't get the glorious sound of blue switches under high apm. Maybe. I did some more digging and it looks like CoolerMaster is in the process of releasing the version with brown switches, but there was a bit of a holdup for some reason, so they should show up at some point during April. So if the blues in the store feel odd, I can simply wait. ^_^ I wouldn't count on it. They've been saying there will be more switch types available in the US "soon" since November of last year. So I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you. http://www.overclock.net/t/1102940/cm-storm-quick-fire-rapid/410#post_16831480
Hm I haven't seen this yet, interesting. If it arrives at my store anytime soon, I'll go and check it out, and return my blues for that if they seem better. Thanks for the link.
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On March 29 2012 08:15 Sovano wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 08:06 Odds wrote:On March 29 2012 07:54 Sovano wrote:On March 28 2012 19:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 19:09 Blaec wrote:On March 28 2012 18:59 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 11:21 Odds wrote:On March 28 2012 10:50 EienShinwa wrote:
Are there any good mechanical keyboards that are below $90 in the US? I see a lot of people talking about the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire keyboard. Is it the best for its price range? Any advice? I spent most of today and yesterday doing research on exactly that and yeah, it looks like it in my admittedly inexperienced opinion. Same price as a Black Widow and way better quality, basically. Bluh. I'm reading a bunch of concerns about double tapping on blue switches. Problematic for starcraft? Would red switches theoretically be better? If only I could find a cm storm with browns. D: I don't have any problems with them, but i cant predict if you will. Red switches have no chance of you having problems with doubletapping but then you don't get the glorious sound of blue switches under high apm. Maybe. I did some more digging and it looks like CoolerMaster is in the process of releasing the version with brown switches, but there was a bit of a holdup for some reason, so they should show up at some point during April. So if the blues in the store feel odd, I can simply wait. ^_^ I wouldn't count on it. They've been saying there will be more switch types available in the US "soon" since November of last year. So I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you. http://www.overclock.net/t/1102940/cm-storm-quick-fire-rapid/410#post_16831480 Hm I haven't seen this yet, interesting. If it arrives at my store anytime soon, I'll go and check it out, and return my blues for that if they seem better. Thanks for the link.
newegg will probably have them in stock as soon as they are released. I might get one.
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Hey, I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard:
- With a switch to turn off Windows key. (I'm using Alt as my "Warp" key when I play Toss)
- With backlight. Blue woul be awesome!
- With a few macro keys on the left. I don't need 18 of them.....
- With real mutimedia keys, and no just extra functions on the "F" keys. I want a complete panel!
Do you know if there is something looking like this on earth? I searched but nerver found 
Thx in advance :D
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Can anyone with a Das keyboard tell me which parts are glossy? I can't really find a good picture to answer my question. I'm just curious because glossy surfaces tend to be fingerprint/dirt magnets...
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On March 29 2012 12:01 Cdtf wrote:Hey, I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard: - With a switch to turn off Windows key. (I'm using Alt as my "Warp" key when I play Toss) - With backlight. Blue woul be awesome! - With a few macro keys on the left. I don't need 18 of them..... - With real mutimedia keys, and no just extra functions on the "F" keys. I want a complete panel! Do you know if there is something looking like this on earth? I searched but nerver found Thx in advance :D
You can turn off your windows key in the Starcraft II Options menu under Gameplay or Controls I think.
http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.235197900/categoryId.35156900
+Blue backlighting
+5 macro keys
-Multimedia keys are alt functions on F keys. I'm not sure if you're going to find any keyboards that fill all of these desires. :O
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On March 29 2012 13:02 Odds wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 12:01 Cdtf wrote:Hey, I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard: - With a switch to turn off Windows key. (I'm using Alt as my "Warp" key when I play Toss) - With backlight. Blue woul be awesome! - With a few macro keys on the left. I don't need 18 of them..... - With real mutimedia keys, and no just extra functions on the "F" keys. I want a complete panel! Do you know if there is something looking like this on earth? I searched but nerver found Thx in advance :D You can turn off your windows key in the Starcraft II Options menu under Gameplay or Controls I think. http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.235197900/categoryId.35156900+Blue backlighting +5 macro keys -Multimedia keys are alt functions on F keys. I'm not sure if you're going to find any keyboards that fill all of these desires. :O
The BWU fits your specs pretty well.
There is also the Corsair K90, it does have independent media keys but has alot of macro keys.
You can turn off the windows key with software also, I have my left windows key disabled with sharpkeys.
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On March 29 2012 13:37 Blaec wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 13:02 Odds wrote:On March 29 2012 12:01 Cdtf wrote:Hey, I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard: - With a switch to turn off Windows key. (I'm using Alt as my "Warp" key when I play Toss) - With backlight. Blue woul be awesome! - With a few macro keys on the left. I don't need 18 of them..... - With real mutimedia keys, and no just extra functions on the "F" keys. I want a complete panel! Do you know if there is something looking like this on earth? I searched but nerver found Thx in advance :D You can turn off your windows key in the Starcraft II Options menu under Gameplay or Controls I think. http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.235197900/categoryId.35156900+Blue backlighting +5 macro keys -Multimedia keys are alt functions on F keys. I'm not sure if you're going to find any keyboards that fill all of these desires. :O The BWU fits your specs pretty well. There is also the Corsair K90, it does have independent media keys but has alot of macro keys. You can turn off the windows key with software also, I have my left windows key disabled with sharpkeys.
The only flaw I found with this keyboard is the fact that the macro keys are not mechanical they are rubberdome. For me this was a deal breaker.
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On March 29 2012 14:33 Son of Gnome wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2012 13:37 Blaec wrote:On March 29 2012 13:02 Odds wrote:On March 29 2012 12:01 Cdtf wrote:Hey, I'm looking for a mechanical keyboard: - With a switch to turn off Windows key. (I'm using Alt as my "Warp" key when I play Toss) - With backlight. Blue woul be awesome! - With a few macro keys on the left. I don't need 18 of them..... - With real mutimedia keys, and no just extra functions on the "F" keys. I want a complete panel! Do you know if there is something looking like this on earth? I searched but nerver found Thx in advance :D You can turn off your windows key in the Starcraft II Options menu under Gameplay or Controls I think. http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.235197900/categoryId.35156900+Blue backlighting +5 macro keys -Multimedia keys are alt functions on F keys. I'm not sure if you're going to find any keyboards that fill all of these desires. :O The BWU fits your specs pretty well. There is also the Corsair K90, it does have independent media keys but has alot of macro keys. You can turn off the windows key with software also, I have my left windows key disabled with sharpkeys. The only flaw I found with this keyboard is the fact that the macro keys are not mechanical they are rubberdome. For me this was a deal breaker.
Yeh I should have mentioned that, also the F key row and the insert, delete etc cluster are also rubberdome.
Rest of the keyboard is cherry reds.
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On March 29 2012 12:40 jnkw wrote:
Can anyone with a Das keyboard tell me which parts are glossy? I can't really find a good picture to answer my question. I'm just curious because glossy surfaces tend to be fingerprint/dirt magnets...
Basically the whole top of the board is glossy. Keycaps aren't glossy, bottom's not glossy.
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On March 29 2012 12:40 jnkw wrote:
Can anyone with a Das keyboard tell me which parts are glossy? I can't really find a good picture to answer my question. I'm just curious because glossy surfaces tend to be fingerprint/dirt magnets...
I don't have a Das Keyboard but i've seen this video:
Looks pretty glossy to me. Wich is the same glossyness as my Blackwidow Ultimate. That's probably why i won't buy a Das. I have no problems with having one glossy keyboard but having two is one too much ^^. I also have a problem accepting that "wing" on the upper left right corner. But the keyboard sounds amazing from what i can hear from that video. Very silent!
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So are there any progamers or high level foreigners that use red switches? It looks like most are either blue or brown for some reason.
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