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Title: Ideal gaming keyboard
Post by: mleriche on Mon, 02 May 2016, 08:30:14

What are for you the ideal characteristics for a gaming keyboard ?
If you could put together the best items of different gaming keyboards, what would they be ?
Full size vs 60% ?
Switch linear vs tactile ?
Which backlighting ?
etc etc

Thanks for your answers  :)

Title: Re: Ideal gaming keyboard
Post by: kawasaki161 on Mon, 02 May 2016, 08:51:02

Always depends on what you want to do with it, for example (MMO)RPG/RTS players might need macros. Your perfect "gaming" keyboard is just your perfect keyboard in general. Also, there is no endgame.

Now to my personal characteristics for a keyboard that woild also be used for gaming:

Size: I like the layout of the TK78, I don't need the dedicated F-row for the games I play, but I use the Numpad for either buy-binds in CS:GO or being able to play GTA without having to switch layers too often.

Switch: Zealios 62g. I prefer tactile switches over linears. I don't dislike any switch, but MX Reds, i just can't get along with them.

Backlighting: RGB would be nice. Some lighting effects would be nice too, but an absolute must is either white or green backlight, if it is single color only and any different color I'm out.

So, jsut give me a RGB TK78 and I would have my dream board. For reference I'm currently using a CM QF TK with Zealios 62g and green backlight.

Title: Re: Ideal gaming keyboard
Post by: RobotMalcolmX on Mon, 02 May 2016, 08:54:18

Quote from: kawasaki161 on Mon, 02 May 2016, 08:51:02

Always depends on what you want to do with it, for example (MMO)RPG/RTS players might need macros. Your perfect "gaming" keyboard is just your perfect keyboard in general. Also, there is no endgame.

I think that's really the truth.
I used to game a lot with my Shine 3 when I first got it and I thought it was the best board ever... Then I used my Pok3r a bit too. I'd probably go with a TKL board over a 60% in the future personally though. And always blues, or equivalent, if it's MX.

Title: Re: Ideal gaming keyboard
Post by: KRKS on Mon, 02 May 2016, 16:04:47

1) Never gets in the way and just transports my skill into the machine, even if that skill isn't high because IMO knowing I effed up is better than knowing that I gave my best but input gimped that.
2) Quiet but tactile.
3) 75%+left numpad.
4) Dim single-color backlight because I don't wan a tanning device, but still sometimes look at the keyboard, especially after I take my hands off it.

So basically the same thing as my ideal non-gaming keyboard.