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lestye
United States4209 Posts
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Varanice
United States1517 Posts
I don't mind helping out, but I have a few more questions. I noticed the keyboard that he has right now is wireless, would he be fine with a USB-keyboard or does it have to be wireless? You mention that you want to buy a KB with "clone switches" to his current keyboard, his current keyboard is not a mechanical keyboard, however, so are you looking for a membrane or mechanical keyboard? I'm not as knowledgeable about mice, but typically the lower end of gaming mice run around $35-45. It's unfortunately pretty difficult to get a decent mechanical keyboard for under $70. Typically to go under that you're either buying something of questionable quality, or used. Depending on how much of a hurry that you're in, there's a really good guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/buying_guide It's pretty far down on the page, they have a list of keyboards in the $0-100 range. I think you'll probably have to stick to just getting a keyboard, or up the budget a bit to fit in a mouse. It will be difficult to fit a mechanical keyboard and gaming mouse into a $70 budget. Edit: I mananged to find a used Steelseries 6VG2 for 50$~ on Amazon. It's not very flashy (doesn't have any backlighting if that's something you're looking for.) but it's a very solid keyboard with Cherry Black switches. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0038X3ZVM/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all | ||
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Nabe
51 Posts
On June 09 2017 19:40 lestye wrote: I have a Logitech G70, I completely broke the Caps lock key. Is there a place where I can purchase an individual key? It seems all the other places I've looked for want me to buy all the keys for 30 dollars or so. I assume you mean the G710+? Contact Logitech. They will replace them as this was a serious issue for that keyboard. There used to be a massive forum thread about it where it went on for probably 15 pages before they even acknowledged it, but they were kind enough to delete that when they switched over the forums... Unfortunately Logitech has at least twice denied people an RMA when the person mentioned they took the cap off at one point in time. They did eventually make right, but only after the people posted on forums and created a bit of a problem. So make sure that you are clear that you never had the cap off EVER, not for cleaning, not for anything. It just broke with normal typing... (Which is beyond crazy, no other company that offers a warranty would void you for that.) | ||
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JimSocks
United States968 Posts
On June 10 2017 06:11 Varanice wrote: I don't mind helping out, but I have a few more questions. I noticed the keyboard that he has right now is wireless, would he be fine with a USB-keyboard or does it have to be wireless? You mention that you want to buy a KB with "clone switches" to his current keyboard, his current keyboard is not a mechanical keyboard, however, so are you looking for a membrane or mechanical keyboard? I'm not as knowledgeable about mice, but typically the lower end of gaming mice run around $35-45. It's unfortunately pretty difficult to get a decent mechanical keyboard for under $70. Typically to go under that you're either buying something of questionable quality, or used. Depending on how much of a hurry that you're in, there's a really good guide here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/buying_guide It's pretty far down on the page, they have a list of keyboards in the $0-100 range. I think you'll probably have to stick to just getting a keyboard, or up the budget a bit to fit in a mouse. It will be difficult to fit a mechanical keyboard and gaming mouse into a $70 budget. Edit: I mananged to find a used Steelseries 6VG2 for 50$~ on Amazon. It's not very flashy (doesn't have any backlighting if that's something you're looking for.) but it's a very solid keyboard with Cherry Black switches. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0038X3ZVM/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all aukey has deals all the time (slickdeals.net) for their otemu blue switch on amazon. i had a 6vg2 for about 4 years. a long time, but i had to keep replacing keycaps because they would keep falling off or breaking (which always bugs me about people complaining blacks are too hard to press, i literally broke at least 2 caps just simply typing on it so i must have strong fingers or some shit.) | ||
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
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Nabe
51 Posts
I'd say go with something that is at 45-55 if you don't have much experience with with MX brown/reds or clones. A uniform 35g is no joke light, really at the extreme edge of switches and definitely not for everyone. | ||
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
I'm really happy with my 45g realforce atm, guess i'll just wait and pray that they release a 45g version soon. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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Nabe
51 Posts
Or get a Leopold. It's a Korean company so they are widely available there with good customer support, and is only slightly more expensive than the Ducky. Pretty much every Korean pro who isn't sponsored by a keyboard company is using a FC700R or FC750R. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
http://item2.gmarket.co.kr/English/detailview/item.aspx?goodscode=758334743 how are these? thinking about getting blue switches edit: these are even cheaper and look great!: http://item2.gmarket.co.kr/English/detailview/item.aspx?goodscode=997785392 | ||
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
https://i.imgur.com/uIiPiht.jpg https://i.imgur.com/s5vWjY1.jpg Also i just bought a Plum 75 nano w/ 45g // PBT caps from alienexpress, cant wait till it gets here, layout looks so good! https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Plum-nano75-45g-84-87-35g-electrostatic-capacitive-mechanical-keyboard-bluetooth-BT-mini-gaming-keyboard-PBT/818123_32823957286.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.5bdadf47lwhEVj | ||
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Thalandros
Netherlands1151 Posts
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Divine-Sneaker
Denmark1225 Posts
There are some stores that have leopold keyboards within EU, and even have some models in ISO formats at this point. https://www.candykeys.com/leopold-international/ https://mykeyboard.eu/catalogue/category/leopold/leopold_7/ Were the ones I remembered just off the top. | ||
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Demurity
United States424 Posts
If it's good and I stick with it, does anyone want to buy my Winkeyless B.87 custom korean keyboard? | ||
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
edit: It's between the following: - Filco Majestouch Ninja TKL - CM Storm QuickFire Rapid - Ducky G2Pro Tenkeyless | ||
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Nabe
51 Posts
I love Filcos but they are dated. It's just a good quality keyboard that works, with absolutely nothing else to say about the MJ1. Also if the badge is silver it's only 2KRO, which is definitely not something I think you'd want. The Ducky, while pretty old itself, it has a removable cable, media keys, some DIP switches for small things, (full NKRO over USB, disable Winkeys, etc.) depending on the specific variant the caps might be very high quality, and optional WASD backlighting. The QFR is very similar to the Ducky as far as features go, just without the DIP switches and backlighting. It's not a bad choice if you like the looks of it more than the Ducky. | ||
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
On September 27 2017 13:39 Nabe wrote: I love Filcos but they are dated. It's just a good quality keyboard that works, with absolutely nothing else to say about the MJ1. Also if the badge is silver it's only 2KRO, which is definitely not something I think you'd want. My impression is that the Ninja model wasn't introduced until Majestouch 2 was released, making all the Ninja TKL boards NKR, but maybe I'm wrong. Going to ask the owner about it. Otherwise, thanks for your input. I'm also quite interested in the Ducky as it looks good. (And looks aren't that important anyway...) edit: Owner says the sticker has a circle for NKR on the label, whatever that means, and a 2 in the model name. I suppose that means it's a new one? | ||
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Nabe
51 Posts
It does change things. For that I think it depends on what you want to do with it. The Filco is the best build quality. The Ducky still has the edge on the features, though it's possible you might not even use them. The removable cord is useful and much safer for travel. It's build quality is honestly not far off the Filco. There are some more differences. Costar stabilizers on the Filco, Cherry on the Ducky. Also the MJ2 was a go to keyboard for many years in the enthusiast community so there's a ton of aftermarket stuff out there for it that very few other keyboards have. Controllers, plates, cases, etc. The Ducky has none of that. | ||
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
On September 29 2017 20:38 Nabe wrote: Sorry lol, feeling kind of dumb right now, somehow I missed Ninja and just read Majestouch... You are correct it's besides caps it's identical to the regular MJ2. It does change things. For that I think it depends on what you want to do with it. The Filco is the best build quality. The Ducky still has the edge on the features, though it's possible you might not even use them. The removable cord is useful and much safer for travel. It's build quality is honestly not far off the Filco. There are some more differences. Costar stabilizers on the Filco, Cherry on the Ducky. Also the MJ2 was a go to keyboard for many years in the enthusiast community so there's a ton of aftermarket stuff out there for it that very few other keyboards have. Controllers, plates, cases, etc. The Ducky has none of that. I was offered to meet and test the Filco IRL and it was delightful. I still haven't tried the others, but I bought the Filco and feel happy about it. As you say, I don't really care about the features of the Ducky so I hope I made a good choice anyways. | ||
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