Cherry MX White Keyboards

[miroslav]

So I've been looking and I haven't been able to find any MX White boards. Just wondering if anyone knows if there are any boards around or do I have to go with Blue/Greens?

I've also been considering constructing my own out of Phantom PCB with switches from QWERkeys but that may be a project that I do down the track once I have more time on my hands  )

[tribade]

I have a Yellow Ducky 104 I'd probably be willing to sell.

[miroslav]

I have a Yellow Ducky 104 I'd probably be willing to sell.

How much are you willing to sell for? I didn't know you could get the Ducky's in whites :/ I know they did do some for clears with the Ducky Shine II. Can you show me some pictures on the condition of the board?

[rowdy]

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=704 (out of stock)

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=379 (discontinued)

So Ducky definitely did, but MX white keyboards are few and far between.

[blackbox]

I think the easiest way to get a MX white board is to by one board with anything else and buy MX whites from mechanical keyboards.com. another option is to swap switches on one of your existing boards. This is far less work than a phantom

[miroslav]

I think the easiest way to get a MX white board is to by one board with anything else and buy MX whites from mechanical keyboards.com. another option is to swap switches on one of your existing boards. This is far less work than a phantom

Haha yeah I did think of that but if I'm going to like swap switches out from the board I might as well make a phantom/kmac etc. mechanicalkeyboards.com is pretty expensive for shipping for me as I'm from Aus lol but yeah I'll consider that. I might do a switch swap on my CMS QCFS which currently has blue switches. Thanks for the suggestion!

[IvanIvanovich]

AS far as I know there is only limited edition from Ducky and the KBT Race that came with white MX... and there are some vintage ones as well from mid to late 80's but finding one of those is probably even less likely.

[tribade]

I have a Yellow Ducky 104 I'd probably be willing to sell.

How much are you willing to sell for? I didn't know you could get the Ducky's in whites :/ I know they did do some for clears with the Ducky Shine II. Can you show me some pictures on the condition of the board?

Sorry I should have asked where you were first.  I don't think I'll be able to ship to Australia.  That's a very long way. 

[umeboshi]

I think the easiest way to get a MX white board is to by one board with anything else and buy MX whites from mechanical keyboards.com. another option is to swap switches on one of your existing boards. This is far less work than a phantom

This was the path that I took.  I had a Ducky TKL with blues that I converted to whites.  The feel is pretty much like my Ducky with greens, but a bit quieter, so if you don't really care about the extra noise, then it may be easier to just get a green board...

[dorkvader]

I think the easiest way to get a MX white board is to by one board with anything else and buy MX whites from mechanical keyboards.com. another option is to swap switches on one of your existing boards. This is far less work than a phantom

This was the path that I took.  I had a Ducky TKL with blues that I converted to whites.  The feel is pretty much like my Ducky with greens, but a bit quieter, so if you don't really care about the extra noise, then it may be easier to just get a green board...

this mirrors my findings with whites.

They are nice, but probably not worth the extra time / expense. Your best bet is likely to order the whites separately and then swap them.

[miroslav]

Thanks for the advice guys!  I like the feel of greens but green boards are so expensive atm (I'm from Australia) so it's like pretty expensive here. Greens are like a luxury and I don't have much spare cash to fork out for an MX green board which average around $200 each. I can probs get some from PCCG but haven't checked if they have greens in stock yet.

[rowdy]

Thanks for the advice guys!  I like the feel of greens but green boards are so expensive atm (I'm from Australia) so it's like pretty expensive here. Greens are like a luxury and I don't have much spare cash to fork out for an MX green board which average around $200 each. I can probs get some from PCCG but haven't checked if they have greens in stock yet.

Only http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_1361&products_id=26834&zenid=46cb8424ba45c0ab20a8f7609cc52458 ($279) and ... nope, only that.

Not that long ago they did have QFS for $179.

[False_Dmitry_II]

Go buckling spring instead, that'll get you more weight and less linear undertones.

[rowdy]

Thanks for the advice guys!  I like the feel of greens but green boards are so expensive atm (I'm from Australia) so it's like pretty expensive here. Greens are like a luxury and I don't have much spare cash to fork out for an MX green board which average around $200 each. I can probs get some from PCCG but haven't checked if they have greens in stock yet.

If you're looking for MX green board, one just appeared in classifieds:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44841.0

Even including estimated shipping $40 (you might come in less, I think mine was less than that) it would be cheaper than buying one locally.

[EZalybored]

I actually have a set of MX Whites from a group buy long ago....I think I have around 70 of them? Anyways, I don't use them because I actually wanted to make some Pandas with MX Clears but bought MX Whites on accident, thinking that they were the same thing. Whoops.