EPTMechanical Keyboard Guide - Page 212
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ObliviousNA
United States535 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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ASie
United States777 Posts
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ObliviousNA
United States535 Posts
On October 18 2012 15:27 Ropid wrote: Search for "rosewill cherry mx blue" at amazon.com as another option in the US. The Rosewill look like standard keyboards instead of flashy gaming like the Razer. I liked what I saw, and it got superb reviews. I'm getting the Rosewill, thanks~ | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On October 18 2012 15:56 ASie wrote: So for blue switches, would you guys recommend either the CM Storm QFR, Rosewill Cherry MX Blue, or a Leopold? All similar in quality and price. Go with the smaller company, Leopold. | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On October 18 2012 15:56 ASie wrote: So for blue switches, would you guys recommend either the CM Storm QFR, Rosewill Cherry MX Blue, or a Leopold? Just get the cheapest, they are all pretty equivalent. Remember the CM doesn't have a numpad. | ||
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ASie
United States777 Posts
On October 18 2012 16:13 slytown wrote: All similar in quality and price. Go with the smaller company, Leopold. Well, Leopold is $90 - $100 (before tax). The Rosewill and CM are about $75 on amazon. I know the CM Storm QFR often goes on sale, so if I were to buy at these prices, I might steer away from it. Also, what's the difference between the Rosewill RK-9000 and Rosewill RK-9000I? | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On October 18 2012 16:37 ASie wrote: Well, Leopold is $90 - $100 (before tax). The Rosewill and CM are about $75 on amazon. I know the CM Storm QFR often goes on sale, so if I were to buy at these prices, I might steer away from it. Also, what's the difference between the Rosewill RK-9000 and Rosewill RK-9000I? From a quick googling it looks like the 9000I has a white body. Don't think there is any other difference. It looks pretty snazzy. | ||
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ASie
United States777 Posts
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Fragile51
Netherlands15767 Posts
On October 18 2012 17:34 ASie wrote: After reading a couple reviews on the Rosewill RK-9000, it has said that the USB connection for the keyboard is very poor and will break easily, so for those interested in buying it, take that into consideration. Knowing that, now I need to look for another keyboard. Might go with the Leopold seeing as how a couple people have already told me it's a reliable keyboard. Leopold is known for being pretty solid, yes. There are people who don't care for the type of stabilizers they use on their longer keys (backspace, tab etc) but for someone who's going to buy their first mechanical i'm fairly sure you won't notice the difference. Rosewills are indeed known for having the detachable USB problems, but unless you'll be using that very often i doubt you're going to have a lot of problems with that. | ||
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ASie
United States777 Posts
On October 18 2012 17:37 Fragile51 wrote: Leopold is known for being pretty solid, yes. There are people who don't care for the type of stabilizers they use on their longer keys (backspace, tab etc) but for someone who's going to buy their first mechanical i'm fairly sure you won't notice the difference. Rosewills are indeed known for having the detachable USB problems, but unless you'll be using that very often i doubt you're going to have a lot of problems with that. Well as a college student, I only have a laptop, so the USB port is kind of a big deal for me. :p Are there any other suppliers of Leopolds besides elitekeyboards? | ||
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Fragile51
Netherlands15767 Posts
On October 18 2012 17:44 ASie wrote: Well as a college student, I only have a laptop, so the USB port is kind of a big deal for me. :p Are there any other suppliers of Leopolds besides elitekeyboards? Ah yes, well then i'd say that's pretty much a dealbreaker. Personally i don't live in the US so i don't know of any other one except for elitekeyboards, i know that they are very widespread in korea but apart from that i've never heard of any retailer or e-tailer that sells them. | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
On October 18 2012 17:44 ASie wrote: Well as a college student, I only have a laptop, so the USB port is kind of a big deal for me. :p Are there any other suppliers of Leopolds besides elitekeyboards? I hear you. I had a lot of USB connections, but I bought a solid monitor that included four USB slots that I could use. If it really persists to be a problem, consider buying a USB hub. Anyways, you're not going to find an online RETAILER outside of EK, unless you plan to buy it from Korea or Japan. The only other way is to buy Leopolds second-hand off forums like GeekHack, DeskThority, and Overclock.net. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
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mokumoku
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Bought the white version with red switches. Main thing I bought it for is the F key placements, which all go in line with the numbers at the top ofthe board. (since I find it hard to use the F keys in SC2 because of the spacing and placement). | ||
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ASie
United States777 Posts
 If any deals come up, I'd appreciate it if someone pm'd me the details! :DAnd does anyone know if any mechanical keyboards ever go on sale during Black Friday/Cyber Monday? | ||
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
On October 19 2012 06:12 ASie wrote: Since you all recommend the cheapest, do you know how often there's a sale for the CM Storm QFR? I missed it when it was $50-$60. If any deals come up, I'd appreciate it if someone pm'd me the details! :DAnd does anyone know if any mechanical keyboards ever go on sale during Black Friday/Cyber Monday? QFR does not go on sale often for $50-$60. maybe once for every 3 months. The QFR blues should be 69 at newegg and that may be cheap. but it's high qaulity. Especially compared to the BW. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On October 19 2012 06:12 ASie wrote: Since you all recommend the cheapest, do you know how often there's a sale for the CM Storm QFR? I missed it when it was $50-$60. If any deals come up, I'd appreciate it if someone pm'd me the details! :DAnd does anyone know if any mechanical keyboards ever go on sale during Black Friday/Cyber Monday? I recently got the CM Storm QFR while it was on sale,. From my understanding it's every few months. Mechanical keyboards are a pretty niche markets, and like most niche markets are less likely to be influenced by Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Though you may see some Rosewill Keyboards on sale, as Newegg is known to put their products on sale, as a way to draw in customers. Just make sure if you want to get QFR, that you're absolutely okay with the fact that it is TKL (10 key less). I don't necessarily regret getting QFR, but there are definitely random ass times where I'm like "damn, i wished i had numpad" | ||
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
On October 19 2012 04:31 mokumoku wrote: Guys, any thoughts on the Noppoo Choc Mini? Bought the white version with red switches. Main thing I bought it for is the F key placements, which all go in line with the numbers at the top ofthe board. (since I find it hard to use the F keys in SC2 because of the spacing and placement). It's compact. That's it's best trait. | ||
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HyDrA_solic
Portugal491 Posts
What do you guys think of this one? | ||
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