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markr54632

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  1. An hdmi splitter is going to show the same image on both displays. If you want the displays to be mirrored then you should be golden. If you want the displays to be independent or expanded then as far as I know you will need to get a dual display kvm.
  2. Why not just get a usb hub with individual switches? You can turn each peripheral off as needed. They work fine, just make sure not to but the cheapest one.
  3. I'm very fond of my kemove shadow. Bluetooth wireless, tons of rgb options, hotswappable, comes with your choice of gateron switch, stabilizers are decent quality and pre lubed which is pretty rare for something this cheap, and the keycaps are pretty nice.
  4. You can clip and lube the stabilizers, but that requires soldering if the board isnt hotswappable. If you are going that far you might as well replace them with genuine cherry stabilizers.
  5. I have always liked the desk mats the best. I am kind of digging having a matching mouse mat, desktop background and keycaps. I have used "gaming" mouse pads before, I didnt feel like I was a better gamer or anything. I did have alot of trouble getting the qck heavy I tried to lay flat. It is a year old and has been ironed, left under heavy books, etc and still doesnt lay flat. Just get a mat/pad that looks nice with your setup.
  6. They are plate mount stabilizers. You can desolder the switch, remove the stabilizer, replace with genuine cherry stabilizer, resolder the switch in and enjoy. It is a relatively easy fix if you are comfortable with through hole soldering.
  7. You might look into the office depot workpros. The quantum 9000 and 12000 are pretty adjustable, the armrests move forward and backward with the seat pan, but are otherwise adjustable. It was the only thing left I could try locally and was rated for longer than 8 hours of use. So this is what I am using and it is quite nice for what it is. The ergohuman chairs are also quite nice. If you can find a used Herman Miller aeron in your area that is in good shape I would get it in a heartbeat. In the current situation it has been super hard to find any home office related deals however.
  8. Keep in mind when using a "performance" thermal compound you will need to reapply every 6-12 months as the performance degrades. Thermal compound pumps out rather fast in bare die applications, which is why you see manufacturers use much drier, thicker pastes. You are more limited by the minuscule laptop heatsinks and stock fan curves than the thermal compound. Hopefully you cleaned all of that dust out while you were in there.
  9. If you just want a budget low profile look into the havit keyboards with the low profile kailh choc switches. Super low profile, keys are kind of flat. I haven't tried the havit, but the kailh low profile switches are pretty cool.
  10. Usually it is hardware or liquid damage that causes laptop keyboards to not register. Doesn't take much. A little droplet of sweat will sometimes do the trick. If you have run through the troubleshooting steps that were provided to you on the Lenovo forum to rule out software or driver issues, then you are left with the assumption that it is a hardware issue, and taking it to the service center would be the best solution.
  11. You can get the rounded keycaps for any cherry stem keyboard for around 20-30 usd. I would pick a set of these up if you haven't used them before. To me, even though it looks cool, it makes a keyboard almost unusable. There are a few brands selling boards with these keycaps already on them for a "vintage" look. They mostly appear to be the same or similar cheap boards selling off of a gimmick. There is the qwerkywriter. I thought linus tech tips had done a video about this board? Anyway kind of in the middle. It looks cooler than a keyboard with round keycaps and is more practical than a converted typewriter. There is also the option of converting a real typewriter. There are several videos on how to do this. Again other than the looks and to say you have done it not sure why you would want to do this.
  12. No help, but I would love to hear of there is a viable alternative to logitech wireless gaming mice. So far they seem to be the only ones with a halfway decent product in the category and even they have significant issues.
  13. Is the bump sharper in the kailh box switches than the kailh pro switches? The kailh pro heavy plum almost feels like a linear to me. I swapped the spring in one to a 35g spring and I could barely feel the tactile bump in it.
  14. I 100 percent agree they feel different depending on the board they are in. I have tried just about every brown clone out there. None of them seem to have much if any tactile feedback.
  15. Thank you, that's about what I was looking for.
  16. Is there a good list of tactile mx style switches? I have tried several, but nothing has quite struck me as great or amazing. I just want something with a noticeable tactile feedback. I can list what I have tried, and what I like and dislike about them, but noone likes to read a wall of text. Before someone says to get a switch tester, they haven't been super helpful as they dont feel the same off of a board and they definitely dont sound the same.
  17. Taekeyboards did a good review on the keychron k4 and the keychron k2. Might be worth watching if you are interested in them
  18. The size, at least in my experience, hasn't changed the distance between keys. I would not expect going to a smaller keyboard to help you there unless you go with a different/custom layout. If there is I definitely dont notice much of a difference switching between any of the keyboards I use regularly. Programmable macros and layers can be helpful in that area though as you can program a shortcut to a key combination that is easier for you to reach. As far as wireless goes, usually it is either bluetooth useful for productivity as you can usually pair the keyboard to multiple devices and switch between them with a set of key combinations. However it tends to have more latency (so I am told), so it is not useful for gaming. Most bluetooth keyboards have a wired mode as well that will not suffer from the increased latency. In practice I am not good enough at games to notice this, maybe you are. If you are using this with a laptop or tablet, most of them have integrated bluetooth, shouldn't need an adapter. If you do need a bluetooth adapter any usb dongle from a reputable brand should work well. Just don't buy a no name 2 dollar dongle and expect it to work well. The other common option is some form of proprietary 2.4 ghz dongle. These have less latency, but require a dongle to be plugged in to the device. Some of these have a wired mode as well. Do you need programmable macros or layers? Media controls?
  19. Is there a purpose for it (work, media center, etc)? Does it matter what kind of wireless? How portable does it need to be and how important is silence? I ended up with a kemove shadow for my main keyboard. It is a 60 percent so pretty small. It is bluetooth wireless. Gateron browns, so reasonably quiet. Has media functions and arrow keys marked and on a second layer, which is really easy to use. It is also hot swappable, so you could switch out to silent switches if normal reds or browns aren't quiet enough. For my work keyboard I ended up with a velocifire tkl71ws. It is a 65 percent, so dedicated arrow keys. They also make a full size and a 60 percent. It has a 2.4 ghz dongle. No media controls at all. Very basic keyboard. It only comes with content or outemu browns as far as I am aware. I really like this board for it's intended purpose, but the stabilizers are a little cheap feeling if you are sensitive to that. It is a cheap board, but it is pretty well built and it is something that will frequently spend time in a backpack for me. Both of those are on amazon and under budget.
  20. I really like their mice. They have the most comfortable mouse designs. You pretty much have to install synapse for them to work properly, and that makes them completely useless to me. Also the rgb should be able to be disabled without the software.
  21. Does this site actually work or do I just have weirdly small hands? I tried to use it and it says unfortunately there are no mice that fit these measurements.
  22. You might look into the kemove rk61 shadow or snow fox. It is built really well for the price, is wired and bluetooth. Hotswappable, although I'm still using the gateron browns it came with. More rgb settings than any human really needs. It also has a very tolerable thick set of PBT keycaps, with the only complaint being the secondary functions are etched in a hard to read color. The stabilizers also come pre lubed and fit fairly well. Software is kind of not great, but I will likely only use it once or twice to change a few settings. I'm pretty happy with it.
  23. You can put together a racing sim with triple monitor mount, keyboard, and mouse tray for about that. It would be horizontal, but accomplish pretty much the same thing. That being said if you haven't ever sat in racing and/or sport seats for long periods it isnt exactly a wonderful experience even with expensive seats.
  24. Why not get a switch tester? Try out a bunch of switches and then search for a board with the key switch you like?
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