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Title: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 04 December 2016, 11:56:33
http://www.dealerscope.com/article/keyboard-peripherals-manufacturer-cherry-announces-plans-ces-2017/

Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 04 December 2016, 11:57:12
http://www.dealerscope.com/article/keyboard-peripherals-manufacturer-cherry-announces-plans-ces-2017/

Let's hope for g80-1800 with silent switches too...
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: davkol on Sun, 04 December 2016, 14:02:03
I hope it'll be priced similarly to current G80-3000s, and they keep the thick POM caps. €60 is a reasonable price for that.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: harjoat on Sun, 04 December 2016, 17:39:37
I had a Corsair strafe RGB with silents as my first mechanical keyboard and I have to say after trying normal mx reds I hated the silent switches.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Sun, 04 December 2016, 18:06:22
I had a Corsair strafe RGB with silents as my first mechanical keyboard and I have to say after trying normal mx reds I hated the silent switches.

They're a little harder to press. Swapping springs is very easy though.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: harjoat on Sun, 04 December 2016, 18:07:16
I had a Corsair strafe RGB with silents as my first mechanical keyboard and I have to say after trying normal mx reds I hated the silent switches.

They're a little harder to press. Swapping springs is very easy though.
Wasn't the weighting, the dampened and shortened feel was horrible.

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Mon, 05 December 2016, 01:04:31
I had a Corsair strafe RGB with silents as my first mechanical keyboard and I have to say after trying normal mx reds I hated the silent switches.

They're a little harder to press. Swapping springs is very easy though.
Wasn't the weighting, the dampened and shortened feel was horrible.

Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk

That didn't annoy me so much, since I'm used to o-rings
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Moistgun on Mon, 05 December 2016, 01:06:55
I hope it'll be priced similarly to current G80-3000s, and they keep the thick POM caps. €60 is a reasonable price for that.

maybe it will also dispense kitkats  ^-^
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Mon, 05 December 2016, 03:04:41
I hope it'll be priced similarly to current G80-3000s, and they keep the thick POM caps. €60 is a reasonable price for that.

maybe it will also dispense kitkats  ^-^

Given the empty space inside the g80, it could host a server. Plus kitkats.

Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: TalkingTree on Mon, 05 December 2016, 09:43:07
I hope the PCB is universal and supports 6/NKRO.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Giorgio on Tue, 06 December 2016, 05:53:45
From cherry:

Dear Sir or Madam,

there´s a new version of the G80-3000 planned (with silent switches) but to the actual date we can not give you further information to this product because this keyboard will be presented at the CES 2017. But you can always go ahead with the launch.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Puddsy on Wed, 07 December 2016, 14:35:39
G80-3000 is one of my favorite boards, hopefully they can fix the issues with silent switches before they release this board.
Title: Re: G80-3000 with silent switches announced
Post by: Elrick on Wed, 07 December 2016, 23:50:42
From cherry:

Dear Sir or Madam,

there´s a new version of the G80-3000 planned (with silent switches) but to the actual date we can not give you further information to this product because this keyboard will be presented at the CES 2017. But you can always go ahead with the launch.

With the typical RGB nonsense where they will count on it blaring like a demented Xmas Tree instead of making a real, quality G80 keyboard because those days are now long gone to never be repeated again.

Cherry has repeatedly dropped the ball on every so-called 'new' release of a keyboard.  They would rather cut corners or deliver upon shoddily made goods than actually release a quality update able to compete with the likes of Leopold or Filco.