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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Degree on Thu, 07 June 2012, 22:35:45
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I'm looking to buy my first mechanical keyboard ever, I want to get the MX Browns as it is the most recommended and quietest switch which I want.
Is the Ducky Shines a good pick? Thinking of getting it with White LED.
Thanks!
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if you going to spend $150 for backlit mechanical keyboard that I guarantee you with my head keycaps will get messed up in 6 months if your heavy typist or gamer or maeby 1.5 year if your occasional. Then you will face another problem trying to find the same type of keys + if Ducky finally descide to introduce them or any other brand as a parts order, they will be around $50 maeby more.
Spare your self a headache and order the Deck Legend, they dont have browns but they have clear switches....similar in sound but needs a bit more actuation force to depress a key, maeby 10 more grams. You pay $40 more but you get a board that will never give you any problems and keycaps will never wear off no matter what.
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if you going to spend $150 for backlit mechanical keyboard that I guarantee you with my head keycaps will get messed up in 6 months if your heavy typist or gamer or maeby 1.5 year if your occasional. Then you will face another problem trying to find the same type of keys + if Ducky finally descide to introduce them or any other brand as a parts order, they will be around $50 maeby more.
Spare your self a headache and order the Deck Legend, they dont have browns but they have clear switches....similar in sound but needs a bit more actuation force to depress a key, maeby 10 more grams. You pay $40 more but you get a board that will never give you any problems and keycaps will never wear off no matter what.
I'm just looking for the browns, I looked around some more and I saw the coolermaster keyboards, are they good?
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Deck Legend.. There is no other choice:)
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COOLER MASTER WOULD BE UR BEST PICK WITH BROWNS + IF COOLER MASTER HAVE THE 20% INSTORE DISCOUNT YOU ARE GOLDEN
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Hey Degree,
I just bought a QPad mech keyboard, the MK-85, red back lit, with cherry brown switches. I have it only for one day, but the build quality feels nice, the whole keyboard has a soft rubbery coating, the illumination is uniform. I have one problem with it though: the mic input emits a hi-pitched sound that is generated only when using the LEDs on low, medium and pulsating, so the jacks are useless for me. See here: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?32189-QPad-MK-85-Hi-pitched-Mic-sound (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?32189-QPad-MK-85-Hi-pitched-Mic-sound)
QPad also makes the MK-80 which misses the full NKRO and the MK-50 which isn't illuminated. Qpad is the same with Ione XArmor. Unfortunately I cannot vouch for them but, they seem good.
Cheers
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Thanks for you input vvv850, I'll look into it.
@baze uhhh I guess I'll look into the coolermaster too, but your all cap sentence is intimidating O_O
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If backlighting is not a requirement, then Filco is generally regarded as the highest quality Cherry MX keyboard around $150.
While brown switches are quieter than blues if you're typing without bottoming out, in practice you'll find that reds or blacks will actually be quieter. They're also usually considered the "gaming" switches, although browns and blues are often used for RTS games. Most people prefer the softer red switches, since black switches fatigue some people's hands when they're not used to the extra force required.
It's really all a matter of preference though and you won't know which switch works best for you until you try them all, but I think either browns or reds are a safe place to start.
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If backlighting is not a requirement, then Filco is generally regarded as the highest quality Cherry MX keyboard around $150.
While brown switches are quieter than blues if you're typing without bottoming out, in practice you'll find that reds or blacks will actually be quieter. They're also usually considered the "gaming" switches, although browns and blues are often used for RTS games. Most people prefer the softer red switches, since black switches fatigue some people's hands when they're not used to the extra force required.
It's really all a matter of preference though and you won't know which switch works best for you until you try them all, but I think either browns or reds are a safe place to start.
I would amend this to say costar is highest quality. (Costar OEM's the keyboards for filco)
I have tried both red and black for gaming, and I prefer red, it doesn't make a difference in practice, as I pretty much slam the key. After some work, I had a bit softer touch on the keyboard. That said, Reds or browns aren't that different for gaming in practice.
As always, I recommend the CMstorm Quickfire rapid in Red. It's an awesome keyboard. I use it a lot, and it's not wearing out (thanks to the PBT keycaps I put on there)
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Do you know what OEM makes Ducky?
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If backlighting is not a requirement, then Filco is generally regarded as the highest quality Cherry MX keyboard around $150.
While brown switches are quieter than blues if you're typing without bottoming out, in practice you'll find that reds or blacks will actually be quieter. They're also usually considered the "gaming" switches, although browns and blues are often used for RTS games. Most people prefer the softer red switches, since black switches fatigue some people's hands when they're not used to the extra force required.
It's really all a matter of preference though and you won't know which switch works best for you until you try them all, but I think either browns or reds are a safe place to start.
I would amend this to say costar is highest quality. (Costar OEM's the keyboards for filco)
I have tried both red and black for gaming, and I prefer red, it doesn't make a difference in practice, as I pretty much slam the key. After some work, I had a bit softer touch on the keyboard. That said, Reds or browns aren't that different for gaming in practice.
As always, I recommend the CMstorm Quickfire rapid in Red. It's an awesome keyboard. I use it a lot, and it's not wearing out (thanks to the PBT keycaps I put on there)
Listen to these guys; Filco and the CMstorm Quickfire Rapid are both awesome boards.
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I'd go CM Storm for a TKL board or a WASD for a full sized board
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How about the trigger?
Is it good?
It's $119 at Newegg and seems to have everything I need, MX Browns + backlight
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I wanted the trigger but I desided to go the rapid instead but also check this out
new rosewill with backlit keys :) Rosewill RK-9100
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23062
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I'd go for a Filco or Wasd. See my subforum for a switch picking guide.
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I'd go for a Filco or Wasd. See my subforum for a switch picking guide.
Isn't the CM Storm Trigger the same as the Filco but with CM branding all over?
They are both made from Costar.
I've been researching for the past 2 hours and that seems to be the case.
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the best is definitely kbc poker. when you gaming you need as much mouse space as possible so the smaller keyboard the better
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Isn't the CM Storm Trigger the same as the Filco but with CM branding all over?
They are both made from Costar.
I've been researching for the past 2 hours and that seems to be the case.
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the best is definitely kbc poker. when you gaming you need as much mouse space as possible so the smaller keyboard the better
troll is hungry :preggers:
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Isn't the CM Storm Trigger the same as the Filco but with CM branding all over?
They are both made from Costar.
I've been researching for the past 2 hours and that seems to be the case.
The quickfire rapid would be to the tenkeyless boards yes. The trigger is ugly; Do you really NEED backlighting?
The pure would be the only backlit board I would ever buy, all the other ones are fugly
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filco
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I'm new here, but I really like my rosewill with MX browns.
Same OEM as filco.
They went on sale recently for $90. I bet it'll happen again.
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Can't do FPS with a full-size anymore. Absolutely loving the Race for them, though, I play a fraction of what I used to.
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I'll settle in for the quickfire rapid, thanks for the help!
Even though the branding all over it makes me sick, if I change my mind I'll just pick up a Rosewill.
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I'll settle in for the quickfire rapid, thanks for the help!
Even though the branding all over it makes me sick, if I change my mind I'll just pick up a Rosewill.
You'll like the quickfire rapid as it's a very good board. Definitely try the reds if you have a chance, you might really like the linear over tactile.
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You'll like the quickfire rapid as it's a very good board. Definitely try the reds if you have a chance, you might really like the linear over tactile.
I'm just looking for the quietest keys and going to put in some o-rings on later.
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I'm just looking for the quietest keys and going to put in some o-rings on later.
My understanding is that reds are quieter than browns. (but please let someone else confirm this, I've never used them)
Browns are louder than rubber dome.
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I much prefer the sound of my reds on my cm rapid over the tkl filco in blacks. Just a quieter board overall. Gonna sell the filco and get another cm rapid w reds for work too now. The quality is almost identical so for the price you cannot beat the cm rapids.
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Not to hijack or anything, but where should I buy a Filco in the US?
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Not to hijack or anything, but where should I buy a Filco in the US?
amazon.com they are sold by the keyboard company. see there vendor forum.