Mooru

A 3 pin header controls the fan speed using a constant voltage. This has one big disadvantage. Most fans need a minimum voltage to start spinning. Let's take as an example 5V. If you want your fans to spin really slowly and you set them on the lowest setting it is possible they'll receiver a lower voltage, and won't even start spinning (especially true with a fan speed reducer, tried this with some crappy noisy fans in an attempt to make them quite). A 4 pin header uses PWM to control the fan. This kind of controller will send a pulse of 12 volts to the fan and afterwards turns the output to 0 volts again. This means that the fan will start spinning due the maximum volts applied. But while the voltage is 0, the inertia of the fan will keep it spinning for a while. To increase fan speed, longer pulses will be applied and the 0 volts won't last so long. In general this method can give much better control results and lower rpms. Life span of these kind of fans could be lower, but in todays world with quality components this is hardly an issue anymore. I hope my technical rant is a bit understandable. PWM is alot easier to understand with a drawing. Google is your friend :)

This awesome. Props to Corsair for listening to their consumers :)

I bought a M65 a while ago but didn't get to use it that much yet as I'm currently travelling for a while. But in the time I did use it I did not notice a rattle in the scroll wheel. Compared to my old G5 it actually felt really really solid and well built.

Gorgeous sleeving of the tubes. Actually been wanting to do something similar

But is the market really killing itself? I think you have to look at it from a perspective. The market is shifting to portability. So PC makers don't really make PC's anymore, but they make portable things, like tablets. That's also why Haswell for example isn't a huge leap in performance, but it is in power savings. So we get longer battery lives. This is a shame for many enthousiasts that are on this forum. But enthousiasts are only a small percent of the market. Most people want portable devices with long battery lives and don't need the most beast laptop out there. They want something they can do text processing on the go with and things like that. And for things like web browsing and even basic professional applications, there's no desire for more processing power. I'm personally a gamer and have a pretty decent desktop pc for that. But for work I wanted a laptop that was small, light, long battery life, decent screen, quick wake up from sleep and high build quality so I got a MacBook Pro (I can feel the Apple hate already coming). And I am actually very happy with it. This desire for portability is imho what caused intel to create the ultrabook label. Because that's what consumers want and need these days. Desktop PC's are probably not going anywhere as been said many times before (by Linus too). But they are probably not gonna be the main target for hardmakers. Even regular laptops are starting to become too bulky for most people since tablets became popular. I personally don't think there's much we can do about it so I say embrace the future and make the best out of it. And pray that there will still be awesome high end hardware for the enthousiast. I would like to see some really innovative things happening with laptops and desktops though. It would be awesome, unfortunately, I don't think the big companies will do that as currently the profit is with portable products. This is just my opinion and I'm quite curious to other opinions actually

I like both of those cases but personally have a 650D and while it's true there could've been a bit more space behind the back panel, with some cable ties and a bit of planning it's not too bad at all. My 650D is dead silent. The only thing that produces sounds is the hard drives. The 200mm rad in the front tends to whine a little due to the grill in front of it, but at low rpm you can make that inaudible, and 200mm fans don't have to spin fast at all. Honestly, I'd personally pick what you think looks best.

Not very hard with my thumb :p

ESDF, started using that in world of warcraft because together with the shift and alt modifiers, the Q and W became 6 extra free buttons. + the fact I have rather small hands so I could easier reach 6 which before I could not. ESDF just rocks. Now if they would stop bringing out keyboards I like with WASD, or atleast give regular keys with them like the K70, that would be awesome :p And since I used it for every game actually, can't get used to WASD anymore

You could fix those led cables couldn't you? Just cut a little piece of and solder a new led on it? Looking at the awesome build you're making I'm sure you can handle it :p Very nice build man

I've done quite a bit of work with things like Arduino and raspberry pi's. Useful? Not really. Freaking awesome? Definitely!

Iirc XSPC gives blue leds. It's just 2 leds connected to a molex so you don't have to plug them in. If you want another colour you could cut the leds and solder another colour of led on them. I've done this on the powerled of my 650d. It's not hard, just a bit of heatshrink around it and you're good to go. Or if you don't trust yourself with a soldering iron, XSPC provides them in different colours on their site. Good luck

Yeah a regular azerty keyboard would be close enough, but if BE layouts exist, might as well get those right? So I thought I'd check first. I've actually sent a mail to Ducky's customer service. I will know soon enough :)

Some symbols are in different positions and there are a few extra ones from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY additional symbols (³, ´, `) other symbols in different locations (!, @, -, _, +, =, §) It's not the end of the world, but it would have to relearn typing some symbols and it would be annoying to change between multiple keyboards at work. Not that I want a Ducky per se, but I do like them a lot.

Already checked that, no stores in my country, thanks regardless

Maybe the keyboard is just broken. Have you tried using it on another pc and see if it has the same issue there?

Simple question: Anyone know if these even exist? Been looking for a while but can only find French azerty layouts.

I have a Sabertooth, the little fans are noisy without a doubt, but you can use the drivers to set them so they only turn on when things get a bit toasty during gaming for example. If you're wearing your headset during those moments you won't hear them anyway. Idling they turn off and everything is whisper quiet again. The Sabertooth is expensive though. The reason I took it over another board was because I loved the look of it. If you're not so hot for the thermal armor I advice you get something cheaper with similar features. Bios flashback is awesome!

Hahaha, that's funny man! I have to say, if you're having fun, it was worth the time. It's just important to know your limits. I played WoW for 5 years. I had a good time playing it but now I'm done with the game and I will most likely never play it again. I did get a bit too addicted and it does take a lot of time and effort. Was it worth the time? Probably not. Did I have a good time? Ooh yes I did. I remember competing for Realm First Tribute to Insanity. The adrenaline rush I got when we actually got it was Insane, never I have experienced anything similar in my gaming 'career'. Imho, if you wanna play, give it a shot, just know your limits and don't let it control your life as it does for some people. If you like it, good, if you don't like it, well at least you tried and there's many other games to play :)

Money isn't an issue as long as I know I get something decent. I don't mind paying 150 euros for a keyboard if I know it will be more comfortable and help with the pain (but I guess I'll only know that after using it for a while) I live in Belgium so those stores are not an option. I like the sound of the K750 keyboard. I will have a look at it, i have noticed that keeping hands flat does help with it. I never raise the feet of my keyboard anymore. I might go have a look in a Mediamarkt (not sure if people outside EU are familiar with this store), they usually have stuff on display there.

Well the point is to actually help me with RSI :p so if it wouldn't help with that there's little point in changing currently. I currently have a Logitech G11. While I don't particularly love it, I never disliked it and has no major flaws in my opinion, it is a decent keyboard. I've used it for the last 5 years and it doesn't show any signs of dying anytime soon. So if there's no need to upgrade I won't. I've tried a few keyboards in stores recently, did a razer Blackwidow, didn't really like that. A friend has a filco, that was ok but didn't have a wrist rest, although I am open to buying a separate one if needed. But the main point is to help me with wrist- and fingerpain. If anyone actually has some experience with RSI and how he/she handles it, input would be greatly appreciated!

Ok thanks for all the replies! I will go test a few mechanical keyboards to see what kind of switch I like best. Will probably be reds or blue as they seem to be the easiest to press.

Hello everyone, I used to play WoW a lot. I mean like seriously a lot (those days are over now though) and it was then that RSI hit me. I had massive wrist and finger aches and I was only 17-18 back then. I did a lot to try to reduce the pain. Finger stretches, breaks each hour, a more ergonomic position (and trying to make sure I keep it and don't sit in my chair with a bent back and funny angels for my wrist). I'm 22 now and although it has gotten a lot better I still suffer quite a bit. I'm currently programming and typing basically each day for at least a couple of hours on my crappy MacBook keyboard. I still do the stretches and try to keep my ergonomic position. But the only thing I can do at the moment is take painkillers which is not what I want to do to just be able to work for a few hours. Now my question is would a mechanical keyboard help with wrist and finger strain? And is there a specific key switch that would help? I've been googling but I only have been founding those really funky looking keyboards. I tried one of those split microsoft keyboards at a store once and I just don't like them. My hands really don't like that position. I was looking at a corsair K70 because a: I like the looks of it a lot, would match my setup at home brilliantly and b: I heard that the red switches are very light to type on. I know these are all personal preference but maybe there's a certain switch better than another for RSI, I have no idea though. TL:DR Would a mechanical keyboard help with RSI and if yes, are there switch types that are better for this cause? (besides personal preference) Any input is much appreciated! Mooru

My hat off to you, good sir! This is awesome. Wish I had the skill to do something that was even half as good :p

Using a logitech G5 for 5 years, palm. Loved it for every second I had it. Shame it starts to die now, sometimes left clicks when I'm not even touching it. So I bought a Corsair M65. Palm. Not sure if I'll love it as much as the G5 but only time will tell :)

Cool, thanks for the help; I'll do that.