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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: snozberries on Mon, 18 April 2016, 11:55:13
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TLDR; Quickfire Rapid (Blues) & Leopold FC660M (Reds)
Hello everyone,
Hope you all had a great weekend! Found you guys through Google and I'm glad I did. I've had my rig built for about a year now and started with a cheap Thermaltake Commander Keyboard/Mouse combo which got the job done. I was always interested in a real mech keyboard and recently decided to pursue this. I've tested a bunch of MX switches, and don't really have a preference. Ended up grabbing a CM Quickfire last week for $40 and have been loving it so far - has MX Blues. Plans are to keep it and probably paint it and throw some new caps on.
Next up...I found an offer for a Leopold FC660M that I couldn't resist and decided to pull the trigger. It will be arriving today and I cannot wait to test it out. I love the layout because it's basically a 60%, but has the arrow keys and what not. I'm just getting into all this so bare with me.
Can't wait to stick around and keep my wallet thin ;) Cheers!
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too long to read, sorry m8
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too long to read, sorry m8
Haha, added a TLDR for those that don't want to read a few sentences!
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too long to read, sorry m8
Haha, added a TLDR for those that don't want to read a few sentences!
TLDR still too long. :))
Welcome to the forums. :thumb:
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too long to read, sorry m8
If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^
Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)
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too long to read, sorry m8
If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^
Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)
Just got a deal on this that I couldn't pass up and it looked awesome. Didn't want to spend $200+.
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too long to read, sorry m8
If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^
Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)
Just got a deal on this that I couldn't pass up and it looked awesome. Didn't want to spend $200+.
Fair enough. What switches did you go with for your Leopold?
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It came with MX Reds, bought the board for $90 which is a pretty decent deal.
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's an excellent price for the QFR! If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.
By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=152.0). That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them. There are some fantastic results out there!
The white FC660M - looks great! If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's an excellent price for the QFR! If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.
By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=152.0). That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them. There are some fantastic results out there!
The white FC660M - looks great! If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:
Awesome, thank you for the info. I didn't even waste time lurking on here, so I haven't browsed all the forums and what not. I am definitely interested in painting the CM for sure.
Yup, I hear ya. I've heard great things about the FC660C!
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's an excellent price for the QFR! If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.
By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=152.0). That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them. There are some fantastic results out there!
The white FC660M - looks great! If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:
Awesome, thank you for the info. I didn't even waste time lurking on here, so I haven't browsed all the forums and what not. I am definitely interested in painting the CM for sure.
Yup, I hear ya. I've heard great things about the FC660C!
My, second or third modern mechanical keyboard was a QFR with MX blacks. It has performed faultlessly for me. In fact I'm using it right now, although the original keycaps were swapped out a long time ago!