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Offline deazncy

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Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 02:57:21 »
I've really been wanting to buy an mx black kb for my gaming needs, but can't really spend more than ~$60-65 including shipping. I've looked at the HPE and Noppoo boards, but $20 for shipping is a bit much. Anyone know of a 70-75% mech with mx black switches for cheap? Thanks.
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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 08:07:51 »
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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 08:31:51 »
You should be able to get a TG3 BL82 in that budget. It's compact and uses MX Black. Nice quality, too; lack of rollover is probably the main disadvantage if you're going to be gaming.
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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 08:39:20 »
Well, mx cherry and compact and cheap do not go well together, depending of what you consider cheap for a keyboard, of course. I suggest to take a look at ebay using cherry keyboard and see what is available, I hope you find something you may like.


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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 08:41:44 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TG3-Electronics-BL82-Series-82-key-LED-Backlit-KeyboaRD-KBA-BL82-5RBIVS-PS2-/230929437364?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item35c47792b4

Quote from: deazncy on Thu, 21 March 2013, 02:57:21
I've really been wanting to buy an mx black kb for my gaming needs, but can't really spend more than ~$60-65 including shipping. I've looked at the HPE and Noppoo boards, but $20 for shipping is a bit much. Anyone know of a 70-75% mech with mx black switches for cheap? Thanks.
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Offline deazncy

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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 10:45:20 »
Thanks for the replies, I've already looked at the TG3 BL82, but the 2kro was the reason why I haven't already bought it.
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Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 10:48:07 »
Mechanicalkeyboards.com is restocking a few MX black Pures soon after next week. Less than $100 USD.

http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/incoming.php
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Offline whiteduck

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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 16:05:50 »
I'm about to put up some of my kbs and caps for trade/auction.  I have a TG3 BL82 mentioned above I'd part with for around 50$ shipped.
edit - condition is new - I removed the annoying plastic under the keys which ruined the mx black switch feel and replaced the keycaps.  I'll get pics up if you want.

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Offline deazncy

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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 21 March 2013, 18:06:24 »
I was looking at the Pures, but it's still pretty expensive at $97.50 + Shipping.

@Whiteduck - Thanks, but like I said, the 2kro won't work since I'm mainly buying this keyboard for gaming.
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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 24 March 2013, 07:33:48 »
 I really like PLU ML-87's. Should be pretty cheap and a little better quality than HPE.
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Offline mAz

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Re: Anybody know of a cheap, compact MX Black board?
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 24 March 2013, 07:56:01 »
My GF and I both use the CMStorm-QFRapid and I find it to be lovely for gaming and typing on (I do a lot of e-mails as well as playing games). I tried a range of keyboards out at a LAN I went to here in the UK about 6-8 months back and out of all of them, this one was by far the most comfy to use and also compact too!

I would say it is probably good for what you are looking for but then I do think you have to try them out before you buy (Personal opinion).

I could be wrong (Correct me if I am) but the region that you are in dictates what is available to you (I bought mine from the stand at the previously mentioned LAN so I'm not too sure) but I would highly recommend the MXBlack as they do feel the better ones (For me at least) in terms of gaming, I tried my friend's keyboards and they have a variety of different switches and I'm glad with what I got (A couple of them even decided to take their MXBlues and MXreds into work and order a MXBlack for home!)

I bought 3 in total in the same purchase and even my GF (Who doesn't play anything apart from SC2 and browse imgur) says that it is a really nice keyboard.

Hope that helps a bit :)

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