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Title: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: daerid on Wed, 26 September 2012, 14:48:32
http://promotions.newegg.com/Rosewill/R12-193/index.html

Looookin sweet. Hopefully these are still Costar. Good prices, too.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: jellowiggler on Wed, 26 September 2012, 15:07:01
Very nice.

Less gaudy than the Razer boards.  No strange font, but no macro keys, and a $20 cheaper.  Good job Rosewill!
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: Hyde on Wed, 26 September 2012, 15:29:33
Sadly they're made by iRocks, I don't know how the quality is on those.  But since I've never heard of them before so I wouldn't hold my hopes up lol.

That and I can't stand how they design the green led num lock / caps lock / scroll lock keys =____=
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 26 September 2012, 18:54:16
iRocks eh?  Well at least it's not iOne.  quality shall be determined... I wouldn't take the risk myself though.. and that logo is still fugly
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: Hyde on Wed, 26 September 2012, 21:48:34
lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 26 September 2012, 22:34:16
lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.


wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.


Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 26 September 2012, 23:33:52
These new backlit rosewills increased in gimmicks and price, but decreased in quality. Reminds me of razer.


lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.
wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.

Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   
If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: neeb on Wed, 26 September 2012, 23:36:07
Some of the cheaper rosewills look like they could be nice for someone's first mech keyboard maybe
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: i3oilermaker on Thu, 27 September 2012, 09:16:59
Just got around the IL ban by ordering on eBay (sold by newegg)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380471471509#ht_2783wt_1397

Oh Snap
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: Hyde on Thu, 27 September 2012, 09:24:57
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wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.


Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.

Uh I might need to look into it, can't remember where I read it from.  Vaguely remember it's some dude with connection to the Rosewill distributor in Singapore or something like that, I'll keep you updated if I find something.

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If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.

Yeah the revised version.  The one plagued with connector issue lol.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 27 September 2012, 10:00:40
These new backlit rosewills increased in gimmicks and price, but decreased in quality. Reminds me of razer.


lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.
wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.

Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   
If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.

Thanks buddy, that would be most gracious...
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: Will@Drop on Fri, 28 September 2012, 00:21:09
The real question is how to get the Rosewill logo off lol. I've considered boards by them many times but I'm not a big fan of logos being right in my face all the time.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: daerid on Fri, 28 September 2012, 11:54:19
If these new boards are not made by Costar, I cannot in good conscience recommend them.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: i3oilermaker on Fri, 28 September 2012, 11:55:33
Mine should come on Monday - I can do a mini review.
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: Hyde on Fri, 28 September 2012, 14:08:30
If you can find out from the sticker from the back regarding where it's made it would help a lot :D

Costar => Taiwan
iOne => China
iRocks => Maybe Taiwan... ???
Title: Re: Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns
Post by: aznsilvrboy on Mon, 01 October 2012, 21:21:48
If you can find out from the sticker from the back regarding where it's made it would help a lot :D

Costar => Taiwan
iOne => China
iRocks => Maybe Taiwan... ???

iOne is also from Taiwan, not sure about iRocks.