just fyi and neither here nor there, but huge props on this XT. I
finally got around to using it for a few minutes and it feels
genuinely fantastic. hope it's a huge seller.
on a more relevant note, apologies to your contractors but
the keycaps are quite deficient, and don't do the board justice at
all. they're workable, but this board would really really shine with
some high quality keycaps. plate and case rigidity is fantastic out of
the box -- you made exactly the right compromises as far as the case
moldings and plate were concerned. i'm really, really impressed.
Did you notice that there is "x1 x2 x4 x8" on the first row of the numpad? What do they do?
Did you notice that there is "x1 x2 x4 x8" on the first row of the numpad? What do they do?
Apparently it's repeat rate adjustment (PS/2 mode only):
http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/keyboards/QuickFireXT/ (http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/keyboards/QuickFireXT/)
Sweet little overview Mkawa! Cooler Master is definitely making very broad strokes in the mechanical keyboard market and their boards seem to be extremely good value. My Trigger is an absolute beast..... just don't step on the USB cable and rip the mini-USB connection off of the USB hub PCB...... :))
Sweet little overview Mkawa! Cooler Master is definitely making very broad strokes in the mechanical keyboard market and their boards seem to be extremely good value. My Trigger is an absolute beast..... just don't step on the USB cable and rip the mini-USB connection off of the USB hub PCB...... :))
Do yourself a favor and get a L connector mini-USB for it. I use my Tt Meka G-Unit one.Show Image(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6151/cablen.jpg)
Ex:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Mini-USB-Cable-USB2HABM6RA/dp/B004NO0L4O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1373859904&sr=8-4&keywords=right+angle+mini+B
Sweet little overview Mkawa! Cooler Master is definitely making very broad strokes in the mechanical keyboard market and their boards seem to be extremely good value. My Trigger is an absolute beast..... just don't step on the USB cable and rip the mini-USB connection off of the USB hub PCB...... :))this is _exactly_ why they went with a full-sized USB female port with the XT. the PCB-mount SMT full-sized female connector has like an order of magnitude more material strength than the mini A connector.
Sweet little overview Mkawa! Cooler Master is definitely making very broad strokes in the mechanical keyboard market and their boards seem to be extremely good value. My Trigger is an absolute beast..... just don't step on the USB cable and rip the mini-USB connection off of the USB hub PCB...... :))this is _exactly_ why they went with a full-sized USB 1 with the XT. the PCB-mount SMT full-sized female connector has like an order of magnitude more material strength than the mini A connector.
these are also exactly the kind of details that were sweated and can be appreciated by the enthusiast community in this board. the price point and general usefulness makes it a very good buy for the common consumer, but the lessons learned from the enthusiast community were intelligently and thoughtfully applied in the design regardless. the full-sized connector costs a few cents more, and many manufacturers would go with the mini because of that, but CM knew that the device lifetime could be extended by literally an order of magnitude under real conditions by spending those few cents, so they did. for that i applaud them