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Title: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: RadeonHD on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:00:58: Hi i just found this forum and i'd like to know what do you guys preffer, i can buy Meka g1, Blackwidow and 6GV2 but i dont know wich one is better for gaming/typing.
Sorry about misspelling ty
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: NikoGasm on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:05:23: Well what switch would you like to use. Personally I find that Reds are good for gaming, but some others here might argue that Black or Brown would be better switches.

If you're willing to pay the premium for those boards, you might want to look into a higher quality build for the same price or lower.

I recommend something like a CM Storm QFR. You can find them here. (http://www.amazon.com/Storm-QuickFire-Rapid-Mechanical-SGK-4000-GKCL1-US/dp/B0068INSUM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357574699&sr=8-1&keywords=cm+storm+quickfire+rapid)
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: RadeonHD on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:09:34: I Live in Chile, i can only buy those 3 Keyboards. And i have never used a Mechanical keyboard (i had a Tt Challenguer Ultimate).
From those 3; wich one do you recomend ?
PS: I Play sc2 and LoL but sc2 more ^^
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: xyril on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:32:27: If you can, I recommend you get a QFR ^^ ...

last time i had a hard time choosing between your choice of boards too . But when i found out the quality of QFR is merely same like a filco. I'd buy it with 60$ :) !

But if you dont want QFR.... , i think go for MEka G1, i had a friend using it "and he says its a rage proof" keyboard.

In southen East Asia, most people choose MeKA G1 over 7G/6Gv2 :) ....
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: davkol on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:32:38: I think Meka G1 is the best of those three, due to good build quality and standard layout, but Cherry MX Black might not be your cup of tea. 6Gv2 isn't bad either, which is something I can't say about the BlackWidow.

If you can get either Meka G1 or 6Gv2 with red switches, go for it.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: Binge on Mon, 07 January 2013, 10:37:22: The Steelseries keyboard was really nice and very sturdy.

I have a review on the keyboard here,

http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=articles&id=747
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:22:53: Steelseries is perfectly fine if you get the ISO version, not the one with the horrid bigass enter and deranged layout. Otherwise Tt meka G1 is also a fine choice. I would also generally avoid Razer, though if the tournament version is available in your region, that one might be a little better from what I have been hearing.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: exousia7 on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:24:30: ya i seriously dont understand why steelseries decided to go with a large enter key for the US layout on the 6Gv2 and 7G......
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: dachef on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:27:17: Please don't buy a Steel Series or Razer. I know you want to buy those because you saw a lot of advertising but there are far better keyboards than those two brands. With a little bit of reading you will realize a whole new world of keyboards. A great start is this website. Good luck on your adventure.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: davkol on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:31:25: Quote from: lysol on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:22:53
Steelseries is perfectly fine if you get the ISO version, not the one with the horrid bigass enter and deranged layout. Otherwise Tt meka G1 is also a fine choice. I would also generally avoid Razer, though if the tournament version is available in your region, that one might be a little better from what I have been hearing.

Every 6Gv2/7G has big-ass Enter AFAIK. Only some of them have the extra key required by ISO, but Enter remains the same.

Quote from: dachef on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:27:17
Please don't buy a Steel Series or Razer. I know you want to buy those because you saw a lot of advertising but there are far better keyboards than those two brands. With a little bit of reading you will realize a whole new world of keyboards. A great start is this website. Good luck on your adventure.

I guess there aren't many choices in Chile. Probably even less than in Europe.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:40:41: Heh, you're right. I swore I had seen a Nordic version in ISO, but it was older 6G version. I also might have possibly confused it with Zowie, who also use the sucktastic bigass enter on US but they do have ISO.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: davkol on Mon, 07 January 2013, 11:56:55: BTW I was surprised to see big-ass Enter even on CM Storm Trigger. Why is it so popular on gaming keyboards? O.o
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 07 January 2013, 12:06:30: I had to look for it, I hadn't seen any trigger with bigass for sale so I didn't know they even made one with that. I have only seen normal ANSI and ISO version before. I don't really know, seems like it is popular in some parts of Asia for some reason.
Personally I wish it would vanish.
Title: Re: Meka g1, Razer Blackwidow or Steelseries 6GV2
Post by: davkol on Mon, 07 January 2013, 12:14:47: (http://img05.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/27/82/93/32/2782933240)