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slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-26 14:39:28
May 26 2012 14:34 GMT
#2821
On May 26 2012 20:08 wairai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2012 19:47 GTR wrote:
could anyone state the differences between a leopold fc500 and a fc700? looking into getting a red board to replace my blackwidow.


FC500 is fullsize keyboard 104 keys
FC700 is a new addition and it is 87 keys or tenkeyless

More differences between the 2 are FC500 keycap is made by ABS materials (cheaper and easier to get shiny looks) and FC700 will come with PBT (higher quality material and more durable)


That's not the whole story though. PBT keycaps have a slightly rougher feel than ABS.

Fight!

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:16648

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?13179-ABS-PBT-POM,which-type-keycap-do-you-prefer

These pages get really technical here but if you want the low-down, there it is.
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tymt
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden293 Posts
May 26 2012 15:47 GMT
#2822
On May 26 2012 02:36 oGoZenob wrote:
I just got my celeritas, it's awesome !! Now I want to custom the keycaps, you know, with white caps, red caps... Is there a website where you can order your keycaps one by one ? I don't want to buy two or three complete sets just to use 10 caps

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com try here.
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
May 26 2012 15:51 GMT
#2823
On May 27 2012 00:47 tymt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2012 02:36 oGoZenob wrote:
I just got my celeritas, it's awesome !! Now I want to custom the keycaps, you know, with white caps, red caps... Is there a website where you can order your keycaps one by one ? I don't want to buy two or three complete sets just to use 10 caps

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com try here.


Of course, they get considerably more expensive per key the fewer you buy.
Stiluz
Profile Joined October 2010
Norway688 Posts
May 26 2012 16:09 GMT
#2824
On May 26 2012 21:40 Sovano wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2012 21:11 Stiluz wrote:
Anyone else experienced a kind of slow spacebar on the SS 6GV2? Haven't used mine much, but feels like the spacebar is slower than the rest of the keys at popping back up. Emailed Steelseries about it, but they haven't gotten back to my ticket yet. Don't want to go the trouble of RMAing/sending it back and whatnot if it's avoidable.

It could possibly be the costar stabilizer is not greased.


Could you extrapolate on that? I'm a noob with the technicalities.
m1rk3
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada412 Posts
May 26 2012 16:30 GMT
#2825
On May 26 2012 21:11 Stiluz wrote:
Anyone else experienced a kind of slow spacebar on the SS 6GV2? Haven't used mine much, but feels like the spacebar is slower than the rest of the keys at popping back up. Emailed Steelseries about it, but they haven't gotten back to my ticket yet. Don't want to go the trouble of RMAing/sending it back and whatnot if it's avoidable.



I felt the same way when I had a 6gv2. I would have kept the keyboard, but the spacebar and enter key took so much force and felt so much slower than all the other keys.
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Sovano
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1503 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-26 16:34:15
May 26 2012 16:32 GMT
#2826
On May 27 2012 01:09 Stiluz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2012 21:40 Sovano wrote:
On May 26 2012 21:11 Stiluz wrote:
Anyone else experienced a kind of slow spacebar on the SS 6GV2? Haven't used mine much, but feels like the spacebar is slower than the rest of the keys at popping back up. Emailed Steelseries about it, but they haven't gotten back to my ticket yet. Don't want to go the trouble of RMAing/sending it back and whatnot if it's avoidable.

It could possibly be the costar stabilizer is not greased.


Could you extrapolate on that? I'm a noob with the technicalities.

Sorry I meant just stabilizer. I'm off today. Just to be clear, when you say slow does that mean it takes a while for the spacebar to return back to normal height after pressing it or something else? Anyways the stabilizer is that metal thing you find under your larger keys like the spacebar, shift, and enter key. I'm not entirely sure if the stabilizer is your problem, but that's where I would look to first. Here's a really helpful link about removing stabilizers.
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:12649
It's also a damn good community as they are all about mechanical keyboards. You may want to actually post there instead and hope someone like Ripster will help ya.

Edit: The guy above me posted while I was posting. So from the sounds of it you're not alone. You can always RMA it for another mechanical keyboard.
wairai
Profile Joined May 2012
Malaysia1000 Posts
May 26 2012 20:30 GMT
#2827
On May 26 2012 23:34 slytown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2012 20:08 wairai wrote:
On May 26 2012 19:47 GTR wrote:
could anyone state the differences between a leopold fc500 and a fc700? looking into getting a red board to replace my blackwidow.


FC500 is fullsize keyboard 104 keys
FC700 is a new addition and it is 87 keys or tenkeyless

More differences between the 2 are FC500 keycap is made by ABS materials (cheaper and easier to get shiny looks) and FC700 will come with PBT (higher quality material and more durable)


That's not the whole story though. PBT keycaps have a slightly rougher feel than ABS.

Fight!

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:16648

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?13179-ABS-PBT-POM,which-type-keycap-do-you-prefer

These pages get really technical here but if you want the low-down, there it is.


For that, its really depend on personal preferences tho. I do only own FC500 Blue Switch .
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Norris_is_GODLY
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom46 Posts
May 27 2012 18:31 GMT
#2828
does anyone own a QPAD MK-50? looking into getting one, as im up for trying out the red switches. The black ones on my 6gv2 start to really ache my hand/wrist after a while of playing
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
May 27 2012 21:15 GMT
#2829
On May 28 2012 03:31 Norris_is_GODLY wrote:
does anyone own a QPAD MK-50? looking into getting one, as im up for trying out the red switches. The black ones on my 6gv2 start to really ache my hand/wrist after a while of playing

I also switched from the 6gv2 to a MK-50 (with browns though, not with reds, looking back I would have chosen reds), for the reasons you mentioned but also because the printing was starting to fade. The MK-50 is decent, looks pleasantly simple and feels good (regarding keys and stabilizers). Yet, it is too light (not enough metal plating in the case) and the key printing is not optimal either. This is my opinion only ofc, but if you have other options to look into, I would do so.
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Azn_Christian
Profile Joined September 2010
United States153 Posts
May 27 2012 22:08 GMT
#2830
Which of the ducky or das mechanical keyboard do people prefer (I'm switching from a blackwidow), now that ducky keyboards are in stock finally? I can't make up my mind D;
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Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
May 27 2012 22:12 GMT
#2831
On May 28 2012 07:08 Azn_Christian wrote:
Which of the ducky or das mechanical keyboard do people prefer (I'm switching from a blackwidow), now that ducky keyboards are in stock finally? I can't make up my mind D;

depends, das keyboards are really 1 base price. Ducky keyboards have several different models with several different pricepoints.
Womb
Profile Joined May 2011
68 Posts
May 27 2012 22:12 GMT
#2832
I've never used a das keyboard, however I do use a ducky shine red switches green led board. The left shift and spacebar has stabalizers but other than that, it's a solid board. Benefits the shine has over das? backlit led, media keys, multiplier keys, calculator, homepage, my computer and mail keys. So that's important to me!
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-27 23:25:11
May 27 2012 23:24 GMT
#2833
Hey guys, I have a question. I get a discount from Corsair and get their mechanical keyboard for 65$. It isn't however a full mechanical keyboard.

[image loading]

Apparently these are the only mechanical keys. I only play RTS games and might play D3 later on, do you think it is bad to sacrifice the full mechanical keyboard or is the price good enough?
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oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
May 27 2012 23:32 GMT
#2834
It was just shown on the red bull lan stream, bomber has a zowie celeritas, just like me =)
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m1rk3
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada412 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-28 01:31:16
May 28 2012 01:30 GMT
#2835
On May 28 2012 08:24 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Hey guys, I have a question. I get a discount from Corsair and get their mechanical keyboard for 65$. It isn't however a full mechanical keyboard.

[image loading]

Apparently these are the only mechanical keys. I only play RTS games and might play D3 later on, do you think it is bad to sacrifice the full mechanical keyboard or is the price good enough?


It's a nice keyboard and the price is good for what you're getting. Personally, I want a full mechanical keyboard (includes F keys), even if I don't use the the F keys as often as the 'A' key. I still use the escape and F1 key for sc2, and I noticed the difference when pressing the membrane switches on the k60.
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Thezftw
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland116 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-28 11:45:14
May 28 2012 11:42 GMT
#2836
On May 28 2012 06:15 ACrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 28 2012 03:31 Norris_is_GODLY wrote:
does anyone own a QPAD MK-50? looking into getting one, as im up for trying out the red switches. The black ones on my 6gv2 start to really ache my hand/wrist after a while of playing

I also switched from the 6gv2 to a MK-50 (with browns though, not with reds, looking back I would have chosen reds), for the reasons you mentioned but also because the printing was starting to fade. The MK-50 is decent, looks pleasantly simple and feels good (regarding keys and stabilizers). Yet, it is too light (not enough metal plating in the case) and the key printing is not optimal either. This is my opinion only ofc, but if you have other options to look into, I would do so.
6gv2 with reds is quite good. I've got one, its simply awesome.

Lighter key than the black version, yet the board weights a ton and feels solid.
hefeteig
Profile Joined February 2012
6 Posts
May 28 2012 13:55 GMT
#2837
the 6gv2 is available with red switches? i thought it has blacks
exousia_7
Profile Joined December 2011
Taiwan215 Posts
May 28 2012 14:48 GMT
#2838
On May 28 2012 22:55 hefeteig wrote:
the 6gv2 is available with red switches? i thought it has blacks


I just found out recently that SS actually made a limited edition 6Gv2 with red switches. I don't know where you can get them though....
slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
May 28 2012 16:23 GMT
#2839
On May 28 2012 23:48 exousia_7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 28 2012 22:55 hefeteig wrote:
the 6gv2 is available with red switches? i thought it has blacks


I just found out recently that SS actually made a limited edition 6Gv2 with red switches. I don't know where you can get them though....


Meh, they shouldn't bother. Just get a leopold or ducky if you want Reds.
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Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-28 17:22:33
May 28 2012 17:20 GMT
#2840
Has anybody found a CM Storm quickfire rapid brown switch? The tenkeyless version for about ~80$. I have no issue finding blues and to a lesser extent blacks, but I would really like the brown version. This is the only one I found, but it's out of stock now. They do have the numpad version for 98$ or so. Would that be worth it? Or are there any equally good keyboards in that range?

Edit: In the event that it just isn't available:

Rosewill for 94$ or Numpad version of the CM Storm for 98$?

Unless this ducky is equally good?
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