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Title: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: rapzeh76 on Wed, 02 January 2013, 18:58:33

Just a cheap brown switch keyboard, my friend said if I am looking for a new keyboard, I should get a mechanical keyboard and it should have brown switches, I am on a £60 budget and in the UK, Scotland, to be more specific, any help is appreciated!  :)

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: Ewanhen on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:01:14

Hello, I am the friend that he has mentioned.  :cool:  :cool:  :cool:

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: rapzeh76 on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:02:05

I can confirm this. Hi Ewan! :D

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: TotalChaos on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:15:06

Does the keyboard have to actually work?
For how long?

Or do u just want the brown switches and don't care if the keyboard breaks in 90 days?

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: rapzeh76 on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:16:43

I want a keyboard that will last long, like, a couple of years.
And yes, it does have to work.

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: jabar on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:20:55

With a tight budget (including shipping) perhaps keep an eye on classifieds here and at deskthority.net (they get more Euro traffic).

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: TotalChaos on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:45:38

Do u want
A: UK Layout
B: US Layout
C: Don't care as long as its a quality keyboard?

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: phillyosophy on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:57:42

I have a Qpad MK50 in Brown switches and ANSI layout. Got it when it was at first introduced by QPad, used for about a week and then kept it. I would say it is 'as new' only one end is dusty cause it stuck out of the bag that I kept it in (opps)  I can give it a good wipe.

And I am based in London, UK. So no worries about crazy shipping costs  ;D

If it sounds good to you or if you want pics/more info, shoot me a PM.

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: MissMurd3r84 on Wed, 02 January 2013, 20:02:21

Quote from: jabar on Wed, 02 January 2013, 19:20:55

With a tight budget (including shipping) perhaps keep an eye on classifieds here and at deskthority.net (they get more Euro traffic).

Hmm.. $92.. CM?

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 02 January 2013, 20:43:50

http://www.keyboardco.com/

Has some for around that price, but doesn't say whether it is blue or brown switches.  Probably blue - they seem to be more common than browns.

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: Ewanhen on Thu, 03 January 2013, 07:49:36

I am also looking for a brown switch keyboard.

Needs:    Under £60
               UK Layout
               Brown switches
               Can be blank.
               Preferably has writing on the keys.

Any help is appreciated.

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: Dgsbllx on Thu, 03 January 2013, 08:11:17

+1 on the classifieds
Also if you're not too worried about second hand i'd keep an eye out on ebay as well. They don't come up too often, but the odd ones do.

Welcome to the forum!

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: bardomudo on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:03:34

Too bad you missed the Rosewills with Reds for $25 on newegg. Could have found a proxy.

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: BearManJim on Thu, 03 January 2013, 13:52:04

Could you stretch your budget to £65?

QPAD MK-50 (Browns) - UK layout
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-009-QP&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2107 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-009-QP&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2107)

or if you don't need a full size;

Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid (Browns) - UK layout
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-cm-storm-quickfire-rapid-mechanical-cherry-brown-mx-gaming-keyboard (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-cm-storm-quickfire-rapid-mechanical-cherry-brown-mx-gaming-keyboard)

Both offer free delivery loyalty schemes;
http://www.avforums.com/forums/scan_offer.php (http://www.avforums.com/forums/scan_offer.php)
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17943556 (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17943556)

Title: Re: Cheapest place to buy a mechanical brown switch keyboard? (Under £60 in UK)
Post by: zulios on Thu, 03 January 2013, 14:25:22

You could as well have a look at the compaq MX 11800.

They have MX browns, an integrated trackball, even PBT caps sometimes and you can find them for around 25£ usually. It's a g80-1800 style layout, so not exactly your standard layout but it's easy to catch and at that price that remains a very good starter board. Thing is, it usually has PS2 connection only so you either need a PS2 port or an adapter.