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Offline Hyde

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SteelSeries 6GV2 Red Switch - Cheapest MX Red board?
« on: Sun, 26 August 2012, 11:57:21 »
http://steelseries.com/us/products/keyboards/steelseries-6gv2-red-switch

If they price it the same as the black switch then this will be one of the cheapest red switch board you can get?  Sounds like a smart move except the key layout is still too weird.

Personally I already owned a Filco mx red full size so doesn't really matter for me but I think I'd recommend this to people who are jumping into their first mechanical keyboard and want a full size mx red board and doesn't have too much money to spend, for tenkeyless cm storm quickfire rapid is till the best :P

Although comparing this to the corsair k60 it feel like watching a 3 legged race, it's like do you want half mechanical keys or do you want weird layouts?  Sigh I guess you really do get what you pay for lol

Budget Full Size:
Blackwidow - MX Blue
CM Storm QuickFire Pro - MX Brown
SteelSeries 6GV2 - MX Red
SteelSeries 6GV2 - MX Black

Budget Tenkeyless:
CM Storm QuickFire Rapid - All Switches

Quality Full Size and Tenkeyless:
Filco - All Switches

Quality Backlit:
Ducky - All Switches

Sounds about right?

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Offline Deekin

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Re: SteelSeries 6GV2 Red Switch - Cheapest MX Red board?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 27 August 2012, 14:18:26 »
Those Mx Red 6g v2 costs like $25 more than the usual Mx Black ones in Sweden.

I think the Rosewill Mx Red is the best cheapest Mx Red board for US people and that for EU the QPAD MK-50 is the "best" one for the cheapest price.

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Re: SteelSeries 6GV2 Red Switch - Cheapest MX Red board?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 27 August 2012, 17:49:46 »
QF Pro also comes in red switch for same price as brown.

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Re: SteelSeries 6GV2 Red Switch - Cheapest MX Red board?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 27 August 2012, 20:27:40 »
Ahhhhhhhh damn too bad they don't have the QuickFire Pro with Red in Canada.  I'll probably ask my friend to get a Rosewill then, he just might need to solder the connector himself to ensure it doesn't break lol

Archiss ProgresTouch Retro - Gateron Yellow  |  Topre Realforce 104UW - 45g Silent  |  Topre Type Heaven  |  Beige Filco Ninja 104 - MX Red  |  Das Keyboard - MX Brown  |  Poker II - MX Red  |  Race II - MX Brown  |  Matias Quiet Pro - Matias Dampened ALPS  |  Logitech K840 - Romer G  |  Cherry MX Board 2.0 - MX Red  |  Cherry G84-4100 - ML  |  IBM Model M
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Re: SteelSeries 6GV2 Red Switch - Cheapest MX Red board?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 27 August 2012, 22:31:01 »
I thought the rosewill was cheaper than the $99 (what the 6GV2 red is at when I checked just now) when it's (Often) on sale.