EPTBut I am interested in a basic, no bells-and-whistles keyboard with black or brown switches, can you direct me to one? or are they around that price range anyway?
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dementrio
678 Posts
But I am interested in a basic, no bells-and-whistles keyboard with black or brown switches, can you direct me to one? or are they around that price range anyway? | ||
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Valashu
Netherlands561 Posts
Thing is, I am now thinking about buying a cherry brown Filco as well T-T 175 euro for the keyboard and the caps, stuff is so expensive in Europe. (Thats like over 9,000 dollars) | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On October 11 2011 06:24 dementrio wrote: what I mean is that I don't care for the gold-plated contacts of the 6gv2, which looks to me as a useless addition to jack up the price for a "gaming keyboard" , the same way "audiophile" cables are just wires that sell at ridiculous prices. But I am interested in a basic, no bells-and-whistles keyboard with black or brown switches, can you direct me to one? or are they around that price range anyway? Every Cherry MX switch has the same contacts. The Steelseries keyboards are not special in that regard. No keyboard manufacturer builds the switches themselves, they all buy switches from Cherry. The contacts are engineered to not break by oxidation, and mentioning "gold" is them writing stuff for marketing. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On October 11 2011 06:24 dementrio wrote: what I mean is that I don't care for the gold-plated contacts of the 6gv2, which looks to me as a useless addition to jack up the price for a "gaming keyboard" , the same way "audiophile" cables are just wires that sell at ridiculous prices. But I am interested in a basic, no bells-and-whistles keyboard with black or brown switches, can you direct me to one? or are they around that price range anyway? elitekeyboards.com, if you're in the US it's 110 dollars for either a tenkeyless or fullsize in black/brown/red/blue, they're getting tenkeyless reds and clears for preorder next week. Cheapest price I know for a decent keyboard, ignoring Steelseries and Razer cause people have complained about the build quality of those keyboards before. | ||
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zeeQue
United Kingdom184 Posts
Does anyone know when the Blackwidow Stealth is gonna be released in the UK Shops? Amazon doesn't have it and neither does ebay, I want a brown switch mech keyboard and it seems to be the cheapest I can get atm. | ||
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Ricemagical
270 Posts
On October 11 2011 23:58 zeeQue wrote: So my Saitek Eclipse 3 keyboard packed in this morning, really gutted cos it was a good rubber dome keyboard, compared to this shitty £10 one. Does anyone know when the Blackwidow Stealth is gonna be released in the UK Shops? Amazon doesn't have it and neither does ebay, I want a brown switch mech keyboard and it seems to be the cheapest I can get atm. According to the razer site, the stealth is exclusively to the razer store, meaning their not going to be redistributing the keyboards and you'll have to buy through razer. | ||
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m4gdelen4
United States416 Posts
however, i did hear a lot about the keys fading very quickly. if i needed to replace the keycaps, does any one know where i could get a set that fits the celeritas perfectly? | ||
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zeeQue
United Kingdom184 Posts
On October 12 2011 00:24 Ricemagical wrote: According to the razer site, the stealth is exclusively to the razer store, meaning their not going to be redistributing the keyboards and you'll have to buy through razer. Oh joys, cheers for your help | ||
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Hashbaz
United States340 Posts
On October 11 2011 05:54 dementrio wrote: I'm sorry if this has popped up already. I'd like a mx-black type keyboard, but I'm not the least interested in things like gold plating or metal frames. Does such a keyboard exist, and am I still required to spend $100 for it? I got a used Cherry keyboard with black switches on geekhack.org for less than $50 shipped. They can be found on ebay too. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On October 12 2011 00:49 m4gdelen4 wrote: hi guys i was thinking about getting a celeritas. however, i did hear a lot about the keys fading very quickly. if i needed to replace the keycaps, does any one know where i could get a set that fits the celeritas perfectly? I'm pretty sure that Zowie's keyboards are standard Cherry Co. sized, which means that any set from wasdkeyboards should fit just fine, although sets are pricey at $60. | ||
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Glockateer
United States254 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
Hi. I read somewhere that they're coming out on October 14th or 16th, I forget where, but I swear that I saw it somewhere. That'll probably be in the USA first though, so you're looking at possibly December before it hits UK. This is assuming I didnt go crazy and saw it wrong... Sorry in advance if I'm mistaken. Actually screw it, I'm not going to say anything I can't verify myself. I don't know where I saw it from. | ||
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slained
Canada966 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/soulbreaker_/keyboard-1.jpg) | ||
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TortoiseCa
Canada104 Posts
![[image loading]](http://lanoc.org/images/stories/Reviews/Steelseries_6Gv2/Image_9.JPG) (Sorry if there's another version not like this, but this is the one I bought) Notice the \ and / keys next to each other. Absolutely silly to design a keyboard like this. qwerty keyboard layouts are standard for a reason. If you're designing a keyboard, what would posses you to change this? I'm not going to re-learn how to type on one specific keyboard because some numbskull engineer said "ITS A GAMING KEYBOARD LETS TAKE THIS TO THE MAX!" If you want to customize keyboard layouts - then don't mass produce them and sell them in big chains as gaming keyboards, like gamers in general want fucked up key layouts. Such a shame , the keyboard was solid and I enjoyed typing on it and it's actually the only brand that I've seen sold in stores locally. But they had to crunch the keys together and screw up the spacing, huh.. /rant | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On October 13 2011 08:46 TortoiseCa wrote: + Show Spoiler + To those who disagree with me about the SteelSeries 6 - That's fine. But you can't deny that the question mark key is out of place (Sorry if there's another version not like this, but this is the one I bought) Notice the \ and / keys next to each other. Absolutely silly to design a keyboard like this. qwerty keyboard layouts are standard for a reason. If you're designing a keyboard, what would posses you to change this? I'm not going to re-learn how to type on one specific keyboard because some numbskull engineer said "ITS A GAMING KEYBOARD LETS TAKE THIS TO THE MAX!" If you want to customize keyboard layouts - then don't mass produce them and sell them in big chains as gaming keyboards, like gamers in general want fucked up key layouts. Such a shame , the keyboard was solid and I enjoyed typing on it and it's actually the only brand that I've seen sold in stores locally. But they had to crunch the keys together and screw up the spacing, huh.. /rant Why buy it if u didn't like the layout?  | ||
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QuackPocketDuck
410 Posts
What I find more silly is when certain producers play around with placement of function keys, "F2" is to be above "3" as standard as it gets. | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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QuackPocketDuck
410 Posts
, still the big Enter key like the one on SS has been around for decades its not like SS are messing up the layout. DT35 has the same size enter key and is as standard as a keyboard gets. I really dont care that much about the enter size in the end proper placement of function keys and no separate keys for media is a winner for me | ||
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michaelhasanalias
Korea (South)1231 Posts
http://www.xenics.co.kr/main1/goods/detail.asp?lIdx=3&mIdx=0&goods_code=10023 If you're looking for a good korean/english mechanical keyboard, this is only about $80 US and it's just blissful. Others may like the blue better though. | ||
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Nortac
United States375 Posts
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