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Offline spiralsc2

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HELP WITH NEW MECH KEYBOARD
« on: Thu, 30 August 2012, 18:16:56 »
I'm looking for a new keyboard, as my Logitech G110 is rubber dome, and its been a year and a half of well played SC2, but the keys are a little irregular at the moment. I'm looking for a Cherry MX Brown or Blue gaming keyboard for SC2 (I really didnt like Blacks), and I was wondering which keyboards are really good for SC2, that are Brown or Blues. Price cap around $180.
Side note, I really kinda liked something that was a little crazy in terms of just not a normal black keyboard, though those are fine (ex. Pink Filco :P)
thanks in advance!!
« Last Edit: Fri, 31 August 2012, 15:41:32 by spiralsc2 »

Offline boredgunner

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 30 August 2012, 20:50:18 »
What are you looking for, tenkeyless or full?  From your post I'm getting a vibe that you might want macro keys... is this true?
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Offline spiralsc2

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 30 August 2012, 21:03:42 »
i dont really want macro keys, but tenkeyless or full is not a big deal either way.

Offline boredgunner

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 30 August 2012, 21:51:11 »
Oh well, you have quite a bit of options.  I vote for the CM Storm QuickFire Rapid; top notch keyboard for a great price.  You can easily get a whole new PBT keycap set with that budget of yours.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129005
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Offline swagpiratex

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 30 August 2012, 21:56:07 »
If you got to have it now, then CM Quickfire Rapid. $64 for blues is a steal.

If you can wait until the end of Sept, Reddit is having a mass drop on Ducky Shine II's. Now those are gonna be SICK.

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 00:23:21 »
You'll have enough in your budget to get some excellent Dyesub PBT keycaps (for $86 ex. ship), I think! This is an awesome idea, and you should pick out your preferred colour right now.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33416.0

Swagpiratex, Is there a link I can look at? I'm not to good at the reddits, they're not forum-like enough for me.

Offline spiralsc2

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 06:59:30 »
hm... thanks! do you know around what part of september the shine ii's will be dropped, yeah swagpiratex do you have a link?

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 07:49:55 »
The only reason to get a Shine is if you love backlight effects.  The CM quickfire is easily the best value.  It is very similar to a Filco but with gamer-oriented styling.  I prefer the Leopold myself, but most people don't seem to like the softer feel of the space bar compared to the Filco.

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Re: Help me please!!
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 08:25:54 »
Would somebody please give this thread a semi useful title?
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Offline spiralsc2

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Re: HELP WITH NEW MECH KEYBOARD
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 15:46:04 »
hmm i really am just thinking about what i really want. the CM seems to be the same as everything else, but for less, which is really cool, but im just deciding between backlit or not, because i really liked the backlit on this g110
@metalliqaz im really thinking about a leopold also, it seems to be really good quality, and not much more than CM atm.. btw SlayerS_Alicia uses leopold, but idk, the filcos seem overpriced after looking at a wider selection of boards.
@Icarium there u go. heh

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Re: HELP WITH NEW MECH KEYBOARD
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 31 August 2012, 15:51:54 »
If you want backlit and cheap you can get a Keycool 87. Never tried it but heard fairly good things.