Author Topic: CM Storm Has Realeased 2 More Mechanical Keyboards (Read 5983 times)

Pred · « **on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 13:18:08 »

CM Storm has finally released their two new full-sized keyboards in the US!

CM Storm Trigger:
http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/keyboards/Trigger/

CM Storm Quickfire Pro:
http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/keyboards/quickfirepro/

Elissar · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 16:53:39 »

They look pretty good. It'll be interesting to see their build qualities in comparison to the TKL quickfires. They look A LOT more ricey, which is a marketing gesture at the
very very twitchy gaming scene where everything needs lights and some sort of transformer futuristic look.

Might get reds in one of those boards rather than the TKL if the price is right.

funxion · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 17:04:50 »

Hate the logos or it'd be a bargain.

stingrae · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 17:07:47 »

Yay for selling out to peer pressure...

The exact thing which made the quickfire so popular here has been abandoned in favour of ultra flashy marketing gimmicks. I guess they work extremely well.

18K gold plated ultra low latency USB plugs must make things faster!

Razer fanboys are why we can't have nice things..*says this using a razer mouse -.-*

mkeeley · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 17:22:39 »

Gave up waiting for them to come to the UK and have just bought a Filco.

fossala · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 17:32:19 »

Quote from: mkeeley;566962

Gave up waiting for them to come to the UK and have just bought a Filco.

At least you now have a keyboard that wasn't desigined for a 11 year old.

jellowiggler · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 17:36:10 »

The trigger looks like an iOne board. (just like a Razer Black Widow, expecting similar quality).
The QFP looks iOne as well.

It's too bad. At least they built one very high quality unit with Costar. (QFR!)

We have to keep in mind that we are super picky and favour the less flashy boards. Even the lowest mech board (BW, BWU, PLU, ABS, etc...) is better than having 99% of the rubber domes. (Sidewinder X4 the exception?) If they are cheap and let people get on a good board, then more power to them. Maybe this will finally push Razer to get all of their BW variants onto their 6kro design instead of staying all on the 2kro. Can you tell that the BWU (not stealth) being 2kro still ticks me off?

funxion · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:05:07 »

Quote from: mkeeley;566962

Gave up waiting for them to come to the UK and have just bought a Filco.

You got the better board anyway.

Reptile · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:12:12 »

so ugly...

jwaz · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:12:38 »

Ridley Scott X CM Storm COLLABO

Sifo · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:42:48 »

If I had to pick one, I like the Pro better. Minimal backlight and it looks okay... and no macro keys. I remember being like 10 and wanting a Razer keyboard though ^^ I've tried the TKL CM board and it was really good, so maybe these will live up to the expectations.

alaricljs · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:50:56 »

The TKL CM is manufactured by a different company. You might get lucky tho.

Sifo · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:54:34 »

Quote from: alaricljs;567028

The TKL CM is manufactured by a different company. You might get lucky tho.

In that case, that changes everything. Oh well I wasn't planning on getting one, gl to the people who wanna try it. Can't wait to read some reviews on it lol

mkeeley · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 19:43:49 »

Quote from: mkeeley;566962

Gave up waiting for them to come to the UK and have just bought a Filco.

True, but if the CM was MUCH cheaper then I could have lived with the looks or done something about them.

alaricljs · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 19:46:11 »

Yeah, it was that cheap for blues in the US.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 19:59:12 »

Quote from: alaricljs;567095

Yeah, it was that cheap for blues in the US.

Yup,, got mine for $72 USD on amazon.... it was as low as 63.75 on NCIX canada and NCIX USA

ricercar · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 20:14:23 »

> It features an anti ghosting tweaked keyboard matrix with Full NKRO support via USB,

Yah, sure. I'll believe it when it's tested by someone posting here.

audioave10 · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 23:05:22 »

I'd like the Red switches, but not the Red lights on the tenkeyless.

fauxy · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 10:16:29 »

I really wish the Trigger wasn't so hideous. Is it so wrong to want a subtle, high quality mech with macro keys and a backlight?

I'll probably just preorder a KBT Race. I'm a sucker for white LEDs

edit: Crossing my fingers for an all-black board with red switches just like the Quickfire Rapid.

gigibecali · « **Reply #19 on:** Sat, 07 April 2012, 07:55:36 »

I'm following CM for quite some time now and I feel that they are the hit-and-run type.
Their marketing lies somewhere between nonexistent and rubbish.

The "quickfire rapid" was a mistake, most probably.
Lucky for some of us though.

lucidlts · « **Reply #20 on:** Sun, 08 April 2012, 08:49:42 »

here's something which i'm curious about:

if they are able to produce a board with NKRO under USB, why need 6KRO/NKRO switching mode?

fossala · « **Reply #21 on:** Sun, 08 April 2012, 09:16:42 »

Because nkro with usb causes problems.

laffindude · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 09 April 2012, 02:42:52 »

So that feature is back? They said there is no USB nkey at a tradeshow.

audioave10 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 09 April 2012, 11:33:02 »

I've just received the QuickFire tenkeyless Blues. Seems to be good quality and the NKRO is a non-issue for me.
We will see after some weeks of use.

stingrae · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 09 April 2012, 11:57:51 »

Quote from: audioave10;571540

I've just received the QuickFire tenkeyless Blues. Seems to be good quality and the NKRO is a non-issue for me.
We will see after some weeks of use.

The tenkeyless is one of the best boards on the market since it is basicly a FILCO....this thread is about the newer releases which look to be going down the same path as the razer blackwidow.

Tenkeyless has nkro over ps/2, and 6kro over usb. It is a LOVELY board apart from the keycaps...

battlesheep · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 06:08:08 »

Quote from: ricercar;567141

> It features an anti ghosting tweaked keyboard matrix with Full NKRO support via USB,

Yah, sure. I'll believe it when it's tested by someone posting here.

how can i test it? i work at cm so i can get one and test it

in case you dont trust me, who around here does good reviews?
i can suggest our guys to send him a review sample... not sure if theyll do it but i can try...

Quote from: audioave10;567273

I'd like the Red switches, but not the Red lights on the tenkeyless.

quickfire rapid red? its been selling for half a year

Quote from: fauxy;567663

I really wish the Trigger wasn't so hideous. Is it so wrong to want a subtle, high quality mech with macro keys and a backlight?

hah, youd be surprised, a lot of people at gaming events said it looks too subtle ^^
i agree with you, but oh well...

Quote from: gigibecali;569724

I'm following CM for quite some time now and I feel that they are the hit-and-run type.
Their marketing lies somewhere between nonexistent and rubbish.

The "quickfire rapid" was a mistake, most probably.
Lucky for some of us though.

you mean we dont spend countless resources trying to brainwash people like razer? jupp, thats correct...

marketing being rubbish, oh well... distributors and shops dont really know the products they carry, they see all other keyboards advertise gold plated usb plugs, so what do you know, if you ask them for feedback they want a keyboard with gold plated super low latency plugs... as long as the product is alright...

what do you mean with hit and run?
and why would you call the gfr a mistake? its our most successful keyboard...

Quote from: lucidlts;570537

here's something which i'm curious about:
if they are able to produce a board with NKRO under USB, why need 6KRO/NKRO switching mode?

macs dont work in nkro mode, and some pcs dont boot in nkro mode...

Quote from: laffindude;571241

So that feature is back? They said there is no USB nkey at a tradeshow.

sorry, thats what i thought as well... supposedly it is possible, but tricky to implement...
supposedly its hard to tweak the firmware to work with NKRO...

anyways, hands up everybody who presses and holds more than 6 keys with his left hand while playing games... nobody? what a surprise!

but still everybody wants NKRO... so we will work on it and i hope get it working on all future keyboards.
i dont see the point haha, but people want it... theyll never use it, but... they want it

so nobody here has tried trigger? :/

FoxWolf1 · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 07:23:41 »

Quote from: battlesheep;583739

anyways, hands up everybody who presses and holds more than 6 keys with his left hand while playing games... nobody? what a surprise!

But what about games where your right hand is also on the keyboard?

feteru · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 10:20:00 »

I mean, at least they aren't glossy with backlight. IMO that looks terrible, although, I don't use backlight or ever look down at my keyboard, so it doesn't really matter, I guess. Really, we just have to wait for reviews to come out until we can know about the quality of them.

yearn4 · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 17:06:59 »

i just opened my cm storm and it feels like crap compared to my filco

but then again i paid like 3x what i paid for this cm so i guess...

fstop · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 17:27:10 »

Quote from: 4en;584217

i just opened my cm storm and it feels like crap compared to my filco
but then again i paid like 3x what i paid for this cm so i guess...

Which storm?

yearn4 · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 17:43:03 »

i got the quickfire rapid blues

big_bopper · « **Reply #31 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 09:13:08 »

Quote from: 4en;584217

i just opened my cm storm and it feels like crap compared to my filco
but then again i paid like 3x what i paid for this cm so i guess...

What are the differences you noticed that make the Filco a better setup?

yearn4 · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 09:20:07 »

Keyfeel is a lot better on filcos as well as the quickfire having a SLIGHT mush
Also about half as audible as filco too...

laffindude · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 17:51:27 »

I find the Rapid and Filco generally the same. Alot of the different feel is in the softer keycaps.

exousia7 · « **Reply #34 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 21:18:54 »

Quote from: 4en;584217

i just opened my cm storm and it feels like crap compared to my filco
but then again i paid like 3x what i paid for this cm so i guess...

Filcos are way more expensive aren't they?? I would expect the quality to be better if I paid 2x or 3x the price of another keyboard. But you gotta admit for the price the CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid is still pretty good. Just not as great as Filcos I'm assuming? I've never used Filco before so I can't compare =S

Quote from: battlesheep;583739

so nobody here has tried trigger? :/

I've tried the Trigger and Quick Fire Pro before...and honestly I prefer the Quick Fire Rapid. There is a difference in feeling in quality most probably because of the different OEM that made the keyboards. Quick Fire Rapid just feels better for the price.

scriz · « **Reply #35 on:** Sun, 29 April 2012, 00:41:45 »

Quote from: 4en;584217

i just opened my cm storm and it feels like crap compared to my filco
but then again i paid like 3x what i paid for this cm so i guess...

doesn't costar make both? lawl

tobr1an · « **Reply #36 on:** Sun, 29 April 2012, 00:47:41 »

Yep looks pretty good imo.

yearn4 · « **Reply #37 on:** Sun, 29 April 2012, 00:47:49 »

yeah the pricing for the cm storm is really good for any mechanical keyboard just that myself having used higher quality keyboards (filco, das) expect more if that makes any sense~
i don't recommend you buying them if you find the cm storm good because i honestly don't think that the 3x price tag for a slightly better keyfeel is worth it. i'm just spoiled now

and yeah costar does make both i believe

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