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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Jasonszion on Thu, 13 January 2011, 15:58:38
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Hey Guys!
This is my first post here at Geekhack... I have been a long time stalker but never post.. :D
I just ordered a Steelseries 6Gv2 and am waiting for it to come in... I have read great reviews of this keyboard and decided to give it a try...
I currently own a Filco tenkeyless with browns and love it but decided I want to go back to a full size and wanted to try the cherry blacks as I do mainly gaming...
What do you guys think of this keyboard? Have I made a mistake? :D
Thanks,
Jason
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Well, I like mine a lot, it's a very solidly constructed gaming-board .
The keycaps could easily be better and the rather un-usual physical layout makes
changing keys a bit more tricky than a Filco, but then it cost me less than half of
what a Filco would, so ...
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Welcome to Geekhack! Please let us know what you think of the Chery MX Blacks when you get yours. I want a MX Black switch keyboard too, but I want to try the Cherry Blue first. I have always heard that blacks are good for gaming but not for typing.
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Welcome to Geekhack! Please let us know what you think of the Chery MX Blacks when you get yours. I want a MX Black switch keyboard too, but I want to try the Cherry Blue first. I have always heard that blacks are good for gaming but not for typing.
For typing, get blues. I'm using black for gaming and i cant say i dont like typing on them. You can reach 140 wpm on blacks, but...it does hurt. :)
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Thank you guys!
I just got a email saying it was shipped so I cant wait to try it! I do love the browns but really wanted something a tad stiffer for gaming.. I do think I am going to miss the tenkeyless layout... Im a noob to mechanical keyboards but dang since the day my filco arrived I have wanted to kill this dell sk-8155 at work... I think my filco might be coming here...
At least the blank keys will keep people from using my keyboard! HAHAHA
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For typing, get topres or buckling springs.
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Are blues good for gaming, too, if one wants those?
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Are blues good for gaming, too, if one wants those?
My personal opinion is that they are 'usable' ..
But then, so are rubber-dome keyboards.
In the end this question is a matter of more or less subjective personal preferences .
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Mine finally arrived midweek and i've fell in love with this keyboard. Huge step up from the P.O.S Lycosa i had earlier. I had a chance to try out the BlackWidow and while i liked the feel of the blues, i don't think i could've lived with the clickey noise for more than a week.
Also the 6gv2 seemed to be the only keyboard that would fit my budget without having to pay an arm and a leg for shipping fees and such.
Perhaps down the road i'd like to buy a MX Blue board and possibly a MX Red as well (Pretty sure those are the lighter blacks).
I think you'd be very happy with the board as it is just well built and does what it is supposed to do perfectly.
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Mine finally arrived midweek and i've fell in love with this keyboard. Huge step up from the P.O.S Lycosa i had earlier. I had a chance to try out the BlackWidow and while i liked the feel of the blues, i don't think i could've lived with the clickey noise for more than a week.
Also the 6gv2 seemed to be the only keyboard that would fit my budget without having to pay an arm and a leg for shipping fees and such.
Perhaps down the road i'd like to buy a MX Blue board and possibly a MX Red as well (Pretty sure those are the lighter blacks).
I think you'd be very happy with the board as it is just well built and does what it is supposed to do perfectly.
Nice! Thanks for the info! I think mine will be here on tuesday... :) Cant wait!
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Gaming is a priority of mine and I absolutely love linear switches for that
I'm actually starting to really like typing on it as well. I might still give a slight edge to my BlackWidow's cherry blues for that but there's just something about the baby-butt-smooth action of linear that I just love.
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Mine sits in a box, on a shelf. Just prefer the blues for StarCraft so much more than the Blacks. A lot of people really swear by them for gaming though, so I am likely the exception. And could be that I learned to type on an old Model M as well, so the feel just seems more natural to be versus linear switches.
Slightly off topic, how much do you guys think a slightly used 6Gv2 is worth?
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This (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=13992) was my first impressions, when i got the keyboard.
Now couple of weeks later, i feel much more comfortable with 6gv2. It really does what it is supposed to very well and you get what you paid for - a solid mechanical keyboard with MX black switches, with great build quality, minimalistic design (i love it) and no extra gimmick.
I hope you'll enjoy it :)
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My 6gv2 arrived last week ^.^ I think it's great value for the money, the keyboard is definitely very heavy and the rubbers under it make it very stable too. I haven't tested the nkro features but so far i had no troubles. The keys are quite hard to press (they use cherry blacks) which, again, is really great for gaming (for me anyway, that way i don't press any keys by accident).
If i had to criticize it i'd say that the letters on the key caps tend to fade quite fast (at least the keys i use for gaming). I don't mind much but some may. Also i'm having second thoughts about the type of switch: as i said, for gaming it's great for me, but i have also some more serious activities on my computer, and i'm wondering if i shouldn't have chosen a keyboard with cherry mx browns instead. That being said, it's all rather new, this is my first mechanical keyboard and i really like the change from the microsoft comfort curve keyboard i had. I guess i'll give it a few weeks to get used to new keys and layout. Still, the zowie celeritas (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=14113) looks quite interesting too ^.^
Time will tell (and budget too of course...).