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Hey guys I was wondering any recommendations you had for cheap mech keyboards like under 50 bucks . Also perhaps Linus could remake this video as there are far more Chinese knock offs for mechs that are seriously better nowadays. 

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Save up another $10 and buy a GSkill KM780.

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It's vary depend where you live, at my place,I can have kail clone for $30 and the quality is fine, not amazing but usable.

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2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Save up another $10 and buy a GSkill KM780.

Yeah welcome to the UK... Also pound is more expensive that dollars but so this is probs like 120 dollars

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14 minutes ago, jhinfex said:

It's vary depend where you live, at my place,I can have kail clone for $30 and the quality is fine, not amazing but usable.

Yeah I can get some aswell but there's so many not just clones at this price range that I don't no which to pick. Like I can get a genuine kahil box white 60% keyboard for less than 50

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30 minutes ago, Lazurus maximus said:

Like I can get a genuine kahil box white 60% keyboard for less than 50

Link? Those switches IMO are better than their Cherry MX variants. 

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6 minutes ago, gloop said:

Link? Those switches IMO are better than their Cherry MX variants. 

Np dude . Get em if you want and post a review maybe?  Help a brother out ;)

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I have tried 2 set of kailh tactile switches and they were far better than the cherry brown I tried.  I have also one outemu linear kit and it's really really good.  I would not be afraid to get some Chinese switches as for the most part they are now equivalent or better than the original cherry.  I would try those kailh box white but I really don't like clicky switches much.  You can easily find reviews tho so you should just check for those. 

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Ahhh. That's why you don't use a different countries currency when asking for something at a certain price ;)

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Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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On 8/15/2020 at 11:44 PM, Dr0y said:

I have tried 2 set of kailh tactile switches and they were far better than the cherry brown I tried.

Well cherry Mx is like the standard, without it we can never have good cheap switch as now so.....

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2 minutes ago, jhinfex said:

Well cherry Mx is like the standard, without it we can never have good cheap switch as now so.....

What? You are being sarcastic? Cherry is not the golden standard anymore. There are plenty of better and cheaper switches.

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4 minutes ago, nox_ said:

What? You are being sarcastic? Cherry is not the golden standard anymore. There are plenty of better and cheaper switches.

You are some kind of Cherry MX hater of some sort, I said they are standard, good enough quality, longevity,etc..I'm not saying that Cherry MX are the best or something like that

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5 minutes ago, jhinfex said:

You are some kind of Cherry MX hater of some sort, I said they are standard, good enough quality, longevity,etc..I'm not saying that Cherry MX are the best or something like that

There are better switches in all those aspects you mentioned while being cheaper, so not really the standard. My first mech had cherry switches because I had a mindset similar to yours, now I know better.

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On 8/17/2020 at 9:45 AM, _thomas said:

Ebay Anne Pro 2 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=anne+pro+2&_sop=12

 

Gateron switches ... I don't know how are those brown but I have the yellow and they are quite good to type on.  Smoothness is probably what describe them best ... and mine are not event lubed yet. 

 

I've bought a anne pro 2 just to try the 60% layout ... my sister pick it up and I'm waiting for her to bring it to me (probably in september).  The seller told me that it had red switches but from the sound of them in the video my sister did they sound more like blue to me.  Well I will find out when I get it. 

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