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Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: REVENGE on Tue, 05 July 2011, 04:55:52

http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbclickupb.htm

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but here's Fentek's rebrand of the Scorpius 305, which is a compact board with plate mounted Cherry Blue key switches. Layout is essentially G80-1800 with Asian style small Backspace / L Enter. Fentek's version claims to have, among other things, NKRO, an USB hub, and audio ports. Key caps look pad printed, not lasered. Build quality should be on par with, if not slightly better than the Scorpius M10.

$75 shipped in the CONUS is a pretty good deal for what you're getting, as long as you can live with the Backspace.

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Tue, 05 July 2011, 05:39:24

does seem decent. it's such a pity that 1800s aren't easier to find in US layouts.

that backspace would drive me nuts though. too bad, since if they had chosen a normal sized enter key, you could just swap doubleshots off a G81 and call it good.

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: Pylon on Tue, 05 July 2011, 08:44:25

Isn't the Adesso MKB-125 based off this?

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: redpill on Tue, 05 July 2011, 09:56:24

Wow, could they make the arrow key legends any larger?

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: REVENGE on Tue, 05 July 2011, 10:54:23

Quote from: Pylon;373661

Isn't the Adesso MKB-125 based off this?

Oh god no...how did I forget...

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Tue, 05 July 2011, 12:28:43

Is that bad?

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: sordna on Tue, 05 July 2011, 12:56:24

Quote from: Pylon;373661

Isn't the Adesso MKB-125 based off this?

Hmm, they layout looks exactly the same. Why did they go with the large enter and tiny backspace? It would be a great board if the backlslash were in the right place for an ANSI keyboard, right above a slim enter key.

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: REVENGE on Tue, 05 July 2011, 15:29:37

Quote from: False_Dmitry_II;373769

Is that bad?

Well the Adesso at least was falsely advertised as having NKRO, among other things. Who knows, maybe the Fentek one is different, better call them up and double check.

Title: Fentek Qtronix Scorpius 305 $75 shipped
Post by: Grimey on Wed, 06 July 2011, 00:21:59

Quote from: sordna;373784

Hmm, they layout looks exactly the same. Why did they go with the large enter and tiny backspace? It would be a great board if the backlslash were in the right place for an ANSI keyboard, right above a slim enter key.

 
This can not be understated at all.  This keyboard is very nice layout, buy why oh why would they do this?