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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Aufwind on Sun, 13 January 2013, 10:48:24
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After having tested MX-Blues switches on my very first mechanical keyboard, a Cherry G80-3000 (most of the time writing/programming), what would you recommend me to test next?
I am thinking of sending the keyboard back and to get me a G80-3000 with MX-Cleares to rest something clickless/more quiet and with a lower tactile feeling OR to go for Filco with MX-Browns or MX-Reds. The latter would be costly... :-/
I can't decide. Any advice, dear GHers? :-)
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I would try linear and see if you like that. If you do, you might not even want to bother to try the rest of the tactile ones. Money saved haha.
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Get some black stem and spring, and you can test blacks and reds (black stem/blue spring), brown stems (use same spring as blue), clear stems/springs (can also make ghetto greens with blue stem and clear spring)... so you can try pretty much everything and if you do it one at a time you might be able to just trade one for other to keep cost down.
White is another clicky switch and quite different from clear which is what I guess you mean. Cherry dosn't make a model with white themselves yet as far as I know.
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get clear stems and put them into your keyboard. then maybe get red or black stems and do the same.
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Yes, I meant MX-Cleares and not MX-Whites, you guessed right, lysol. Thanks for pointing that out!
I found a Group-Buy-Thread on deskthority.net. If I wanted to order 105 Switches I will be around 70 €. My wallet cries. :D
Is there some kind of table overview over which stems combined with which springs would result in which color?
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Don't buy new full switch, buy or trade for used stem/spring only. Many people sell such after parting out 'junk' G80s, mods and so on, often can find packs of 87-105 around $20-30 depend on type how easy to find, clears usually harder as many people want them.
If you do go for new switch, I suggest only get enough for the primary typing block (62) as it give a good impression of the switch for use while saving some money.
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What exactly are stems? I thought of this as another term for switch in the context of mechanical keyboards but obviously this is wrong. :-)
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Stem in cherry blue mx switch is this blue part with white moving piece of plastic.
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Switch has several parts to them. All of them have the same housing and crosspoint, with only the spring and stems to make a difference. On PCB mount it is simple to open the switch without soldering, and simply exchange the stem (colored part the keycap attach to) and spring inside as needed.
Since there are many that like to make modifications to create combinations not available as a stock switch, many people end up with surplus switch part they may wish to sell or trade. It's a great opportunity to be able to try other types on the cheap.
This G80-3499 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250736821504) would be a good deal to try some blacks, and this one should have nkro unlike your current 3000, so it's technically a better board.