Rosewill Illuminated 104 boards w/ Blues and Browns

[daerid]

http://promotions.newegg.com/Rosewill/R12-193/index.html

Looookin sweet. Hopefully these are still Costar. Good prices, too.

[jellowiggler]

Very nice.

Less gaudy than the Razer boards.  No strange font, but no macro keys, and a $20 cheaper.  Good job Rosewill!

[Hyde]

Sadly they're made by iRocks, I don't know how the quality is on those.  But since I've never heard of them before so I wouldn't hold my hopes up lol.

That and I can't stand how they design the green led num lock / caps lock / scroll lock keys =____=

[tp4tissue]

iRocks eh?  Well at least it's not iOne.  quality shall be determined... I wouldn't take the risk myself though.. and that logo is still fugly

[Hyde]

lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.

[tp4tissue]

lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.

wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.


Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   

[WhiteFireDragon]

These new backlit rosewills increased in gimmicks and price, but decreased in quality. Reminds me of razer.

lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.

wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.

Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   

If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.

[neeb]

Some of the cheaper rosewills look like they could be nice for someone's first mech keyboard maybe

[i3oilermaker]

Just got around the IL ban by ordering on eBay (sold by newegg)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380471471509#ht_2783wt_1397

Oh Snap

[Hyde]

wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.


Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.

Uh I might need to look into it, can't remember where I read it from.  Vaguely remember it's some dude with connection to the Rosewill distributor in Singapore or something like that, I'll keep you updated if I find something.

If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.

Yeah the revised version.  The one plagued with connector issue lol.

[tp4tissue]

These new backlit rosewills increased in gimmicks and price, but decreased in quality. Reminds me of razer.

lol yeah they really killed the logo.  Oh I also heard rumour that while Rosewill's non backlit keyboard batch 1 was made by Costar (with non detachable cable), verions 2 (detachable cable) is not by Costar anymore.  Which might explain the ****ty mini B connectors >_____>

But I can't confirm this yet.

wo wo wo wo.... wo wo wo wo slow down there.

Where did you hear this. this is very important information. We geekhackers have to completely stop recommending the rosewill if it isn't costar.   

If he's talking about the new revision of the RK-9000, I have one. I can crack it open and let you know.

Thanks buddy, that would be most gracious...

[Will@Drop]

The real question is how to get the Rosewill logo off lol. I've considered boards by them many times but I'm not a big fan of logos being right in my face all the time.

[daerid]

If these new boards are not made by Costar, I cannot in good conscience recommend them.

[i3oilermaker]

Mine should come on Monday - I can do a mini review.

[Hyde]

If you can find out from the sticker from the back regarding where it's made it would help a lot

Costar => Taiwan
iOne => China
iRocks => Maybe Taiwan...

[aznsilvrboy]

If you can find out from the sticker from the back regarding where it's made it would help a lot

Costar => Taiwan
iOne => China
iRocks => Maybe Taiwan...

iOne is also from Taiwan, not sure about iRocks.