EPTMechanical Keyboard Guide - Page 249
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TwilightRain
Germany351 Posts
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On January 29 2013 01:05 TwilightRain wrote: On another note: is there anything special about the Leopold FC500R that would justify it's cost being 40€ more than a Qpad MK-50 or a CM Storm QuickFire ? Its better quality than the Qpad, and a little bit better than the CM keyboards. But definitely not 40 euro more. | ||
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
On January 29 2013 01:57 Blaec wrote: Its better quality than the Qpad, and a little bit better than the CM keyboards. But definitely not 40 euro more. Could you explain the "little bit better" please. | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On January 29 2013 03:46 m1rk3 wrote: Could you explain the "little bit better" please. CM keyboards are higher quality than Qpad keyboards o: | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On January 29 2013 03:46 m1rk3 wrote: Could you explain the "little bit better" please. after looking around prior to my pruchase (qpad mk80) i often got recommended expensive basic ones cause of quality. tbh i dont know what they are talking about. the switches are same quality evrywhere, thats what matters most. the general build quality seems overall very high for mechanical keyboards and they mostly seem tank like compared to evry usual keyboard youve seen around. seems like you pay more for super tanky boards cause you could throw them out of the window and the street would be damaged instead of they keyboard. question is how often do you do that, is that worth paying 50%+ more and wouldnt you have to pay dmg done to the street? i mean my old logitech 20€ keyboard survived many years of daily usage just fine. my new qpad is way sturdier and like 3times as heavy. do i need a keyboard that endures nuclear winter? also often the "not so quality" complaints are about macro/media keys beeing flimsy or stuff like the qpads wristrest clickinbits maybe beeing not super durable, but usually that is stuff the tanklike expensive ones dont even have. point is, do some research, if there isnt anything hidden problem with some worthy board the "build quality" is easily high above normal keyboards and it will die way earlier to spillage or dirt then the case etc ending up broken. | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On January 29 2013 03:46 m1rk3 wrote: Could you explain the "little bit better" please. Nicer case and keycaps usually. I don't actually know because I don't have a CM or a Leopold, so I am just judging off reputation. | ||
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kuruptt
Canada168 Posts
On January 29 2013 13:40 Blaec wrote: Nicer case and keycaps usually. I don't actually know because I don't have a CM or a Leopold, so I am just judging off reputation. Well your totally wrong because CM quickfire is the highest quality you can get. It has costar stabalizers which leopolds don't which in my opinion is huge when picking a mechanical keyboard. Honestly these mechanical keyboards are so overpriced because it has to be imported from Asia usually when you can just get a CM that is made in NA and get it for way cheaper =/ | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On January 29 2013 17:42 kuruptt wrote: Well your totally wrong because CM quickfire is the highest quality you can get. It has costar stabalizers which leopolds don't which in my opinion is huge when picking a mechanical keyboard. Honestly these mechanical keyboards are so overpriced because it has to be imported from Asia usually when you can just get a CM that is made in NA and get it for way cheaper =/ CM just isn't the highest quality you can get. You can however make an argument that spending more for a filco etc is inefficient because you gain only small margins of quality. You do have a point about the stabilisers, but lots of people do just fine with cherry stabilisers and if its a first mech keyboard you are unlikely to notice. I did tell him that the leopold was overpriced, but here in Aus they are a great deal. | ||
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derpface
Sweden925 Posts
Really nice with PBT keycaps and that grey version looks supergood. | ||
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RoranRock
France294 Posts
i usually dirty pretty quickly my keycaps and the Qpad ones seems pretty cheap... | ||
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llIH
Norway2144 Posts
Also: The keys seemed to not fit when I placed them back to the same key they were sitting on. They felt loose. I have seen others complain about it. But it did not affect my games at all. It felt like the keys didn't sit the exact way they were from the package. | ||
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Havik_
United States5585 Posts
Cherry MX keys? Good. Metal backplate? Good. Done. Beyond that. There isn't much reason to spend more unless you want macros, back lighting or another feature. | ||
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slained
Canada966 Posts
I'd like to try mx reds sometime. | ||
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TwilightRain
Germany351 Posts
On January 30 2013 15:12 slained wrote: Any recommendations for a 10 keyless keyboard thats popular right now? I have a WASD mx brown for a while I use for starcraft, but my works going to need a keyboard so I'm bringing it there, I need a keyboard for occasional lans and home gaming use. I'd like to try mx reds sometime. Take a look at either Noppoo Choc Mini or CM Storm Quickfire Rapid. | ||
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RoranRock
France294 Posts
in france, websites are selling the CM storm quickfire Pro/TK or the trigger but i've never seen the rapid, which is the most interessant CM keyboard... | ||
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frostdr
Germany42 Posts
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Lirving91
France5 Posts
The cons of the cooler master is the lack of wriste pad . So i might consider buying the QPAD but i don't know if it worth it ? | ||
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Havik_
United States5585 Posts
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frostdr
Germany42 Posts
http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/keyboards/quickfiretk/ its as small as a tenkeyless but has both options (arrows or Num Pad) - not at the same time though. it can have all MX switchs (blue brown red etc) I am quite interested. it also has N-Key Roll Over in USB Mode too...(not quite sure whats better: 1000Hz USB Polling or interrupt mode PS/2 Mode - both N-Keyrollover?!) the thing I dont like though is the area with the num lock lights... but thats only looks, and in EUrope we have not so many TKL sized Mechnaical Keyboards for a lower price we can choose from. one let down is the low weight - only ~500g but it seems to be stable enough according to this video: -- anyway I ordered a version with MX Red ones (currently using MX BLues) - so I may let you know what I encounter during Starcraft playing with this one... | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
For the poster above the only difference between the TK and other mechanical keyboards would be the format. The zero key is smaller than normal, but other than that I think it'd be easy to adjust to if you're used to TKL already. The Razer Marauder had a very similar if not exact same layout. I'm not sure how practical it is, but I love the concept nonetheless. USB and PS/2 with the NKRO ability doesn't mean much if you aren't hitting more than 6 keys simultaneously. Weight may be issue as you said, but I'm willing to bet it has good grips to compensate. | ||
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