Can't decide on a board...

[AODfan]

Hi all,

I am in the quest to find my first mechanical keyboard and leave the horde of membranes behind....

Ok, anyways I have been researching online and here for about a week.  I have always been using membrane keyboards for the longest I can remember, have had some nice Logitech's in the past but eventually something happened to them.  Got to the point where I would just buy the cheap $10 standard keyboard until it failed on me and I would get another one.  Finally realized how much money I was throwing away and decided that I wanted to get a quality keyboard that would last awhile.  At this moment I am using a keyboard I had stashed away ( Steelseries Merc ), typing on it is horrid.

So, enough of the jabber, I have been trying to keep my eye on a board that will allow me to type and play games as well ( mainly WoW, SC2, and D3 when it comes out ).  I have come down to realize that Blue's are out ( tried the Razer BW at BB and did not feel right ), other than that there is no other place around here where I can test out other switches.  I have read that the medium is Brown, but people have their opinion's I see, some prefer Black.  How is Red's for a medium?

I am willing to spend around $150 on a good board and have looked at and then passed on Razer BW, K60, K90, and some others I cannot remember right now.  I had been looking at the Zowie Celeritas, but have heard bad things about the spacebar.  I have looked at the Rosewill 9000 line, but have read about the USB connection issue.  I have looked at the CM Storm, but it is missing the numpad, also looked at the CM Storm Pro, but it is not in stock anywhere.  I cannot find a place that sells Filco's.

I am also a little worried about ordering from a place other than Amazon or Newegg as I do not know their reputation. I know I am limiting myself.  I also looked into WASD and Leopold, but for what you get vs something like the Zowie it kinds seems lackluster.

So, this is where I end, I cannot decide which board to get.  Please recommend something to me. LOL.

Sorry for all the rambling.

[feetus]

Filcos are on Amazon, bud.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_7?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=filco+keyboard&sprefix=filco+k%2Caps%2C260

[AODfan]

I think I have come down to wanting to get the CM Storm Rapid for gaming and then get a Rosewill RK 9000 for typing purposes ( don't want to lost the numpad ), both of them having a mini USB port on the bottom of the board I can quickly swap out from gaming to typing and such.  But now I need to figure out what switch I want.  Should I get the CM Storm in Blues, Blacks, or Browns. What for the Rosewill, Blues or Red since it will be a dedicated typing, coding, surfing keyboard?

I just really like the features that come with the CM for the price, but still need a board with a numpad, reason looking at a Rosewill ( possibly a Leopold, Rosewill's 3yr warr is enticing though )

What do you guys think?

[jellowiggler]

You could go with a Filco tenkeyless + numpad.

[AODfan]

If you have a Fry's/Microcenter you should be able to at least try out Reds, Blacks, and Blues.   From that you should know enough if you'll like Browns.

Yea, unfortunately, there is not one of those stores here, really the only store here that would have mechanical keyboards is Best Buy and I have already been there.  All they had was the Razer BW.

[nanobadger]

Storm Pro is in stock at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129003

Since you want a numpad I assume you do some typing, I'd get this since it has browns.

[AODfan]

Storm Pro is in stock at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129003

Since you want a numpad I assume you do some typing, I'd get this since it has browns.

Thanks, I had signed up for notification once it came back in stock.  Pulled the trigger on it and awaiting its arrival. :bounce: