Enz0man

Looks really good! I like the colour of the case. Very unique

Mail day. This little guy just came in a couple of hours ago.
It's an Obins Anne Pro RGB with Gateron Blues.
 
A couple of pictures:
 

 
I also did a small video showing the light modes and effects.
 
Video:
I am sorry for the poor image and sound quality but this video was filmed with my phone's camera and the camera sucks as you would expect from an android phone camera.

Oooo, that looks nice!
I have just put the top shell of mine out in the sun. I have covered it in Hydrogen Peroxide and going to see if I can lighten it up a bit as its a little yellow...

 

Speaking of click, I got something in the mail today 
Model F XT

 
 

I got into that world of hurt.
 
 
Good news, more time to work on my keyboard now, finished my nixie clock

Made myself a custom male Mini USB to male USB-A connector from Scratch and then Sleeved it using MDPC-X! Came out really nicely! I also bought myself a Mr.Reaper from K3KC which I am going to dye slightly darker! This is all for the arrival of my Royal Navy Keycap set from MechSupply!


Mr.Reaper and Custom Cable by Mathew Teague, on Flickr

Well... I ended up finding the Mini USB connectors I needed... However I also might of "accidentally" bought another Mechanical keyboard! Its a little older one but its a White alps board! Got myself the Dell AT102W. Currently it looks pretty dirty, so I have got some cleaner stuff coming and I am also borrowing some Hydrogen Peroxide to turn the outer finish look like new! I cant wait!!!

Look what i just scored for $80 total.

 
Thats right. 4 Model F's...

Forum ID: Enz0man
 
Build Title: Enz0man's Dream Rig
 
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Description: I have been wanting a badass custom built gaming computer ever since I started watching Linus Tech Tips and getting into the PC world. After recently acquiring sufficient funds to do so, I decided to finally go through with it. There are no amazing mods or any world firsts, but for being my first ever custom rig, running into many unanticipated difficulties along the way, and doing everything with the limited skills and tools that I have, I think it turned out beautifully.
 

Forum ID: Enz0man
 
Build Title: Enz0man's Dream Rig
 
Thread URL: 
Description: I have been wanting a badass custom built gaming computer ever since I started watching Linus Tech Tips and getting into the PC world. After recently acquiring sufficient funds to do so, I decided to finally go through with it. There are no amazing mods or any world firsts, but for being my first ever custom rig, running into many unanticipated difficulties along the way, and doing everything with the limited skills and tools that I have, I think it turned out beautifully.
 

If you are really that worried about the quality of them, I would just save up a bit for the WASD set that you are looking at, and live with whatever keycaps you have currently.
 
On the other hand, it's under $20 so if they turn out to be terrible, the loss isn't too drastic.

The M2's achilles heel is the famous capacitor issue. When it was built, apparently IBM was using very early surface mount components, so the capacitors they used on the controller board didn't last very long. These days, almost every single M2 you buy will have this issue, unless they have been repaired already. It is easy to tell if it has that issue cause when you plug in the keyboard, it won't respond to anything and the caps lock and scroll lock lights will be on constantly. This is the main reason the M2 is so much cheaper than the M. Fixing this problem is actually pretty easy, but taking apart the keyboard itself is a pain in the ass. There are little plastic clips that hold the faceplate to the backplate that break very easily. Which wouldn't be a huge issue, but they are quite integral because there needs to be a decent amount of pressure between everything so the bucking springs can make proper contact with the membranes under them.
 
The build quality on the M2 is a decent amount worse than the original M. There is no metal anywhere in or on the M2, as opposed to the M which has the big curved steel plate inside. Although it's not a deal breaker for me. I still like my M2.
 
They both use the buckling spring switches which feel really nice to type on, but apparently the M just feels more robust and has a more satisfying feel. I have never personally used an original M, but I have an M2 and I still like it. Makes sense that the original one would be better though. Also, the keycaps are much more shallow on the M2. Not sure how this affects the typing feel, but it's something to note.
 
The M2 is also a decent amount smaller than the M so if desk space is a concern, the M2 might be better.
 
So bottom line is the M is a better option, but they are a lot more expensive. If you are willing to maybe do a bit of soldering and deal with taking apart the M2, that might be a better option because it's cheaper.
 
If any of the info here is wrong, anyone feel free to correct me.
 
Here are good video reviews of the M and the M2:
 

The M2's achilles heel is the famous capacitor issue. When it was built, apparently IBM was using very early surface mount components, so the capacitors they used on the controller board didn't last very long. These days, almost every single M2 you buy will have this issue, unless they have been repaired already. It is easy to tell if it has that issue cause when you plug in the keyboard, it won't respond to anything and the caps lock and scroll lock lights will be on constantly. This is the main reason the M2 is so much cheaper than the M. Fixing this problem is actually pretty easy, but taking apart the keyboard itself is a pain in the ass. There are little plastic clips that hold the faceplate to the backplate that break very easily. Which wouldn't be a huge issue, but they are quite integral because there needs to be a decent amount of pressure between everything so the bucking springs can make proper contact with the membranes under them.
 
The build quality on the M2 is a decent amount worse than the original M. There is no metal anywhere in or on the M2, as opposed to the M which has the big curved steel plate inside. Although it's not a deal breaker for me. I still like my M2.
 
They both use the buckling spring switches which feel really nice to type on, but apparently the M just feels more robust and has a more satisfying feel. I have never personally used an original M, but I have an M2 and I still like it. Makes sense that the original one would be better though. Also, the keycaps are much more shallow on the M2. Not sure how this affects the typing feel, but it's something to note.
 
The M2 is also a decent amount smaller than the M so if desk space is a concern, the M2 might be better.
 
So bottom line is the M is a better option, but they are a lot more expensive. If you are willing to maybe do a bit of soldering and deal with taking apart the M2, that might be a better option because it's cheaper.
 
If any of the info here is wrong, anyone feel free to correct me.
 
Here are good video reviews of the M and the M2:
 

Greetings,
 
These are in fact PBT keycaps, and I think they're an absolute steal for the price. They're not as thick as your higher quality PBT caps, but they're not drastically too far off. Being PBT they are a bit more coarse in comparison to ABS ones, and therefore get a bit more dirt especially since they're white, as they catch dirt more easily.
 
But yeh, you won't need to worry about the quality. Besides the warped space bar, which is an easy fix. They just won't be as good as the more expensive PBT caps, which is to be expected. But they are a step up from the stock ABS keycaps. It also gives you an option to dye them in the future, if you wanna have some fun. I think they're a good temporary set, that won't cost you a whole lot.
 
This video briefly reviews the set, and shows the differences in thickness's : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycCWwf3lHAc
 

My Keycaps arrive tomorrow, whenever the plates are done ( they should be done by end if week), i will start a keyboard build log.

Did some mods to my Logitech G710+! I'm super happy with how it turned out  The keycaps look really tasty...
 
http://imgur.com/a/VpLaG


 
Painted the whole keyboard white, then added GeekKeys rainbow keycaps. Had to mod the spacebar and stabilizers to get it to fit, but it works perfectly now  I love it

Did some mods to my Logitech G710+! I'm super happy with how it turned out  The keycaps look really tasty...
 
http://imgur.com/a/VpLaG


 
Painted the whole keyboard white, then added GeekKeys rainbow keycaps. Had to mod the spacebar and stabilizers to get it to fit, but it works perfectly now  I love it

The 1st one (the one on the Esc key) is a Green Poison Warmaster from HotKeysProject (it's my one and only keycap from Martin thus far). The one on the PrtScreen is a semi-opaque Red with Glitter keycap from GloyZ and the other two are both Gem caps from Gen.S (Turquoise and Ruby). I got the Warmaster and the Red w/glitter cherry profile cap from GeekHack and the Gems I got from Massdrop.

I see some artisans! Which ones are those? It's hard to tell with the backlighting

It depends on what mods you want to do, but these 3 get used a lot by modders.

Dremel Rotary tool
Loads of sand paper all different grits
Metal hand files
 

A rotary tool.
A drill.
Sandpaper.
Paint.

Forum ID: Enz0man
 
Build Title: Enz0man's Dream Rig
 
Thread URL: 
Description: I have been wanting a badass custom built gaming computer ever since I started watching Linus Tech Tips and getting into the PC world. After recently acquiring sufficient funds to do so, I decided to finally go through with it. There are no amazing mods or any world firsts, but for being my first ever custom rig, running into many unanticipated difficulties along the way, and doing everything with the limited skills and tools that I have, I think it turned out beautifully.
 

Forum ID: Enz0man
 
Build Title: Enz0man's Dream Rig
 
Thread URL: 
Description: I have been wanting a badass custom built gaming computer ever since I started watching Linus Tech Tips and getting into the PC world. After recently acquiring sufficient funds to do so, I decided to finally go through with it. There are no amazing mods or any world firsts, but for being my first ever custom rig, running into many unanticipated difficulties along the way, and doing everything with the limited skills and tools that I have, I think it turned out beautifully.