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Title: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: AscaL on Sun, 27 September 2015, 09:18:47

Hello everyone!
I'm looking to buy a new Mechanical Keyboard, and I was hoping you could help me out with the selection, since my expertise is very poor :D.
I'll mostly use this keyboard for programming, and sometimes gaming (altho writing is the predominant factor).
The features I'm looking for are:

• Macro Keys
• All the keys, not Ten Key Less or compact(?). Full sized would be awesome.
• Around 100 Euro budget, inclined to spend little less if possible.
• I'm a little scared i will grow to dislike the noise of  the keys, so maybe not too loud? (very open to suggestion on this).
• Back-lit is not a requirement, still it would be nice.

That's all I can think about. If you have any suggestions or tips they will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance for the help, hope to hear from you guys soon.
Have a nice day! ;)

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 27 September 2015, 09:57:34

Cherry makes some full size, fully programmable keyboards, the price should be around $120.

If you are worried about the noise, you can buy some o-rings. Red switches with orings are probably the most silent. If you can mod a keyboard, look for jailhouse switches.

In a month corsair will start to sell a full size keyboard with the new cherry silent switches
http://www.cherry.de/cid/MX_Technologie.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=fr&WT.mc_id=#/modules/mx-red-silent-level

Or you can wait until uniqey finally starts to sell is silent keyboard with cherry switches.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: ideus on Sun, 27 September 2015, 10:30:52

Here is a jailhouse  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFAriSuaCc)sound example. It does not seem that silent to me though.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: ideus on Sun, 27 September 2015, 10:34:00

You can check the Matias  (http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_search.asp?SR=matias%20quiet%20pro&UI=matias.ca)silent in its full size version, that is being sold in Europe by the Keyboard Company.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 27 September 2015, 10:38:52

Quote from: ideus on Sun, 27 September 2015, 10:30:52

Here is a jailhouse  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFAriSuaCc)sound example. It does not seem that silent to me though.

That's noisy as hell.

There is a jailhouse mod made with o-rings that is silent. I made of so I can swear by it.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: ideus on Sun, 27 September 2015, 10:41:00

Silent may also be mushy, and I hate my switches to feel mushy.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: blueangel2323 on Sun, 27 September 2015, 18:18:27

I'm not a gamer so I'm not an expert, but I see that most gaming keyboards have lots of extra keys for game shortcuts (like all the "G" keys in the one pictured below). I'm assuming you can use software to program those keys to trigger macros outside of games as well.

(http://gaming.corsair.com/~/media/Corsair/Product%20Photos/keyboards/k95/cg-k95-rgb/small/CGK95RGB_01_A.png)

Most gaming keyboards are also backlit, and come with a variety of switch options, noisy and not, although you're mostly limited to Cherry MX switches and clones of those.

Title: Re: [Advice] Writing Mechanical Keyboard - 100 Euro range - With macros
Post by: AscaL on Mon, 28 September 2015, 11:42:47

Thanks a lot everyone!
I'll take a day or two to check everything and will let you know!
You guys are awesome  :cool:

Have a nice day!