What's a mechanical keyboard when its at home?
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Pete
Bright Spark
i'm guessing it's not sprung like a normal key ?
i just had to find out... http://www.ergocanada.com/ergo/keyboards/mechanical_vs_membrane_keyswitches.html
i just had to find out... http://www.ergocanada.com/ergo/keyboards/mechanical_vs_membrane_keyswitches.html
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Frenchy
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Um I must be misunderstanding you, mechanical keyboards are loud, even when you type correctly. Especially on something liek the razer blackwidow which uses the Cherry MX Blue keys. The keys are noisy but require much elss force to activate them, cherry mx keys require 50g to activate them, as a result I tend to type a lot faster.
Pete
Bright Spark
only you can know that, will you be using it for gaming ? personally i'm not sure that it would make that much difference over a normal keyboard... but then i do have a razer gaming mouse which is just so much nicer to use than you bog standard dell mouse, even for every day clicking. might be worth check if somewhere like pc world do them and you could try it out first. (somehow i doubt it but you never know)
FYI : have a drool over this - Razer Black Widow
FYI : have a drool over this - Razer Black Widow
tom_gr7
Life Serving
@frenchy, Have you got a blackwidow? is it the ultimate version? Is it worth 110quid?
i was thinking of this http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.220723800/categoryId.35156900razer keyboard as its a little cheaper. But don't wanna buy rubbish, esp for that price.
i was thinking of this http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.220723800/categoryId.35156900razer keyboard as its a little cheaper. But don't wanna buy rubbish, esp for that price.
Frenchy
Prolific Poster
I can say this keyboard is very nice, i love it for gaming, id say deffinately worth having a keyboard that can disable the windows key, also its really nice to have on the fly macro creation, I use it quite a lot in games and out of games. You can also readjust the macros you created using the desktop application and set specific timings between keys and even between the down and up stroke of a key.
Petchi b
Well-known member
I thought about getting a mechanical keyboard before I purchased my MS X4. The main difference is they use mechanical keyswitches underneath the keys instead of the usual rubber domes. This apparently makes typing easier as you dont need to push the key all the way down for it to register.
To be honest I didn't think this was really necessary for gaming and if you want to get a mechanical keyboard with backlighting you are looking at towards the £100 mark. For me, that is a lot for a keyboard, if I was a professional typist, maybe it would be worth it, for gaming I didn't really think so. Plus the noise issue put me off.
To be honest I didn't think this was really necessary for gaming and if you want to get a mechanical keyboard with backlighting you are looking at towards the £100 mark. For me, that is a lot for a keyboard, if I was a professional typist, maybe it would be worth it, for gaming I didn't really think so. Plus the noise issue put me off.
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Serendipity
Enthusiast
The keys under the space pad will annoy me for that Razor keyboard. I got the LOGITECH® G110 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH BACKLIGHTING (£58). Before I got it I searched it up on youtube to see reviews, unboxing etc (fantastic if you are keen on any hardware). and looks brilliant so I went with that...
tom_gr7
Life Serving
Serendipity
Enthusiast
Personally 5/5
It doesn't have a screen on the top like a lot of modern ones do, personally that will annoy me more than anything but they did that on purpose for people who prefer not. It has everything you need for gaming, lights, special function keys/shortcut keys. It does have a wrist rest but it's more annoying than anything, good thing is that you can detach it easily. Otherwise if you want a good simple professional keyboard, I wouldn't get anything else tbh.
It did so well it sold out on the first day it was out, I haven't seen any bad reviews in all honesty so you should have a look into it mate.
It doesn't have a screen on the top like a lot of modern ones do, personally that will annoy me more than anything but they did that on purpose for people who prefer not. It has everything you need for gaming, lights, special function keys/shortcut keys. It does have a wrist rest but it's more annoying than anything, good thing is that you can detach it easily. Otherwise if you want a good simple professional keyboard, I wouldn't get anything else tbh.
It did so well it sold out on the first day it was out, I haven't seen any bad reviews in all honesty so you should have a look into it mate.
tom_gr7
Life Serving
thanks dude, will do!
Teaz
Godlike
I have the blackwidow ultimate. At first i thought it was pretty worth it for my use but now im debating to sell it or not due to two things i sort of dislike about it. 1st one is due to the Gloss finish on the keyboard. i dont like the full rim gloss, it leaves finger prints one way or the other. it looks nice but it is a subject to prints. 2nd is the keyboard itself. its really good and the feel is certainly good for each key pressed but they get a tad loud at times so it would be alot nicer if it wasnt this loud.
Reason why im debating to sell it is because, Razer had to be a mug an Released a Newer version of the Blackwidow ultimate which has be redesigned with a full matte keyboard so its no longer glossy. the 2nd is, the mechanical keys are about near silent or just silent. And I want it lol. Problem is, razer are being douchbags seller it for a little higher than the normal blackwidow ultimate.
You can see it on the Razer Website, its Called Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth.
Reason why im debating to sell it is because, Razer had to be a mug an Released a Newer version of the Blackwidow ultimate which has be redesigned with a full matte keyboard so its no longer glossy. the 2nd is, the mechanical keys are about near silent or just silent. And I want it lol. Problem is, razer are being douchbags seller it for a little higher than the normal blackwidow ultimate.
You can see it on the Razer Website, its Called Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth.
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