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Sevnn
Candy Cane King
Joined: 22 Mar 2003
Posts: 7711
Location: Kyrat
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What are the 3 components of your computer system that you interact with the most? Your monitor, mouse, and keyboard. The internal components of your system are important, but you don't touch your hard drive, CPU, ram, video card unless you are working on the system. A cheap keyboard does get the job done, but when you type thousands of words a day, having something nicer makes my day nicer and more enjoyable. If I can spend $100 on something that I have my hands on for literally 8+ hours a day and that improvement is day in day out for years, it is well worth the $100.
FWIW: I bought my Corsair at BB using rewards points and a gift card so I was out very little pocket cash, and I bought my CODE keyboard from a coworker who loved the keyboard but couldn't transition from an ergonomic to a flat 104 format.
Between the keyboards, the CODE is more functional for normal typing, and the Corsair has a little more feature comforts. I use the CODE at work for development and the Corsair at home for gaming.
For anyone that is considering moving into a high quality mechanical keyboard, I HIGHLY recommend you pick up a Cherry MX demo board. Cooler Master makes one for $15: http://www.cmstore-usa.com/mechanical-key-switch-demo-board/. WASD makes one for the same price with a different layout: http://www.amazon.com/WASD-6-Key-Cherry-Switch-Tester/dp/B00AZQKCD4/ref=pd_cp_pc_2. These allow you to learn first hand the feel of the switches. You wouldn't think they'd be that different but they really are. The demo won't represent the full keyboard experience but might help you decide which color is best for your use. Some are very loud but give great feedback, some have less spring force or more release once they pass the catch. As I mentioned before I have clear and red, they are similar but have different sweet spots of use.
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Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:13 am
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Drix
SEAT #ASS 10
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 1773
Location: Norman
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I should also mention a third and 4th option.
Brules, I use a Razer Mechanical. They make an RGB version of the one I have, as well as a "Stealth" RGB and regular versions that take a lighter touch and doesn't make the clicky-ness (it also matches the price of the corsair RBG models).
http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blackwidow-chroma-stealth
Mine has their standard switches, a.k.a. their cherryMX equivalent...Though Razer, of course, argues they're better. As for them being better, who knows. All I can say is that I really enjoy mine, and you're welcome to both take a look at it and give it a try. And every review I've seen of the Stealth edition has been good.
The forth item you might want to look into is a CherryMX keyboard with brown switches, as these seem to be what Corsair is putting in place as a quieter option to the red switches. From what I've read they do take about the same amount of press as the blue, only don't act all clickity. _________________ Advocating the end of the world since July 1995.
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Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:04 pm
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Drix
SEAT #ASS 10
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 1773
Location: Norman
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LightningCrash wrote: 2010 - Man listen to that old school clacker keyboard, wtf man?!
2015 - Oh man that mechanical keyboard is awesome! What switches does it have?!
Thing is, LC, the older mechanical designs had a few things going for them. The newer membrane keyboards cannot respond quite as quickly (latency), handle as many key presses at the same time... and the newer, membrane keyboards suffer from something call ghosting where it can, on occasion, read a spot between keys instead of each key when several are pressed at the same time.
The mechanical, individual switch designs suffered/suffer none of that nonsense. And there is something about their responsiveness, not just speed and accuracy, but just how they feel, that I, and many others, just love. _________________ Advocating the end of the world since July 1995.
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:21 am
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LightningCrash
Smile like Bob, order your free LC today
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
Posts: 5020
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Drix wrote:
Thing is, LC, the older mechanical designs had a few things going for them. The newer membrane keyboards cannot respond quite as quickly (latency), handle as many key presses at the same time... and the newer, membrane keyboards suffer from something call ghosting where it can, on occasion, read a spot between keys instead of each key when several are pressed at the same time.
The mechanical, individual switch designs suffered/suffer none of that nonsense. And there is something about their responsiveness, not just speed and accuracy, but just how they feel, that I, and many others, just love.
Preaching to the choir here. I was just contrasting the viewpoint of this forum over time. I posted my mechanicals on here in 2010 or so and just got jokes (including the old school clacker comment).
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Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:02 pm
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