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Would anybody mind helping me find a backlit Cherry MX blue keyboard that is less than $150 that is on amazon(or any other online retailer)?
(i have student prime)
Full size keyboard
Blue Backlight or able to change to differnet colors would be nice

Also if there are Media Keys that is a bonus
Here is some ideas i had
http://www.maxkeyboard.com/max-keyboard-nighthawk-x7-backlit-mechanical-keyboard.html

Thanks to everyone in advance!

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CM Storm is pretty cheap, yet their keyboard are great. Their LED's are based oin switch type, witch is good in your case, blue led w blue mx.

I have a CM Storm quickfire tk, but if you want a full sized the trigger is pretty good.

 

You also have ducky, wich has imo superior quality, but more expensive. It has TONS of lightning options tho. These also come in the color/switches you want.
ducky's Shine 2's are pretty cheap right now, shine 3's are kinda expensive, but they are great.

 

 

However, there are few(only 1 right now i think) Mechanical keyboard that can change colors.

 

This topic belongs in "peripherals",  someone will move it I think.

Good luck picking one!

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I have a similar keyboard by MAX keyboards with brown switches, they're good keyboards and the usb hub is very useful for devices that don't need direct power such as a mouse, without having to use up two of your PC's usb ports.

Other than that, there's mechanicalkeyboards who are getting a ton of Ducky Shines this month: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/incoming.php

and you could also look into NCIX: http://products.ncix.com/category/keyboards-bb-101.htm

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keyboards: max nighthawk x8 mx brown + blue led; corsair k60 mx red; ducky shine 3 tkl mx blue + orange led | mouse: deathadder black edition | audio: FiiO E10; sennheiser hd558; grado sr80i; sony mdr-nc200d; blue snowball |

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CM Storm is pretty cheap, yet their keyboard are great. Their LED's are based oin switch type, witch is good in your case, blue led w blue mx.

I have a CM Storm quickfire tk, but if you want a full sized the trigger is pretty good.

 

You also have ducky, wich has imo superior quality, but more expensive. It has TONS of lightning options tho. These also come in the color/switches you want.

ducky's Shine 2's are pretty cheap right now, shine 3's are kinda expensive, but they are great.

 

 

However, there are few(only 1 right now i think) Mechanical keyboard that can change colors.

 

This topic belongs in "peripherals",  someone will move it I think.

Good luck picking one!

Thanks! I didn't know where to put this and since it was a gaming keyboard question I thought to put it in here.

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I have a similar keyboard by MAX keyboards with brown switches, they're good keyboards and the usb hub is very useful for devices that don't need direct power such as a mouse, without having to use up two of your PC's usb ports.

Other than that, there's mechanicalkeyboards who are getting a ton of Ducky Shines this month: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/incoming.php

and you could also look into NCIX: http://products.ncix.com/category/keyboards-bb-101.htm

Do you know how trustworthy mechanicalkeyboards.com is?

Also do you know how fast the ship around the US?

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Do you know how trustworthy mechanicalkeyboards.com is?

Also do you know how fast the ship around the US?

I've only ordered keyboard replacement parts from them, but they're part of tigerimports. I believe they ship using regular ground UPS, I've had my packages delivered in a week or so. I think it's 3-5 working days.

[spoiler=pc specs:]cpu: i5-4670k | mobo: z87-pro | cpu cooler: h100i | ram: 8gb vengeance pro | gpu: gtx770 ftw 4gb | case: nzxt switch 810 matte black | storage: 240gb ssd; 1tb hdd | psu: 750w corsair rm |
keyboards: max nighthawk x8 mx brown + blue led; corsair k60 mx red; ducky shine 3 tkl mx blue + orange led | mouse: deathadder black edition | audio: FiiO E10; sennheiser hd558; grado sr80i; sony mdr-nc200d; blue snowball |

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Do you know when they will get their new shipment of Ducky keyboards in?

Also do Ducky Shine 3 have media keys? 

Like Next, Back, Volume Up, Volume Down?

they do but not dedicated media keys, you have to press FN + ( another key that i dont remember) or something like that! Its not bad but dedicated media keys are really usefull while playing games for example, only need to use 1 finger to up or down the volume while with the DS3 you need both hands to press both keys. In my opinion that's the only downside in Ducky shine 3.

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Do you know when they will get their new shipment of Ducky keyboards in?

Also do Ducky Shine 3 have media keys? 

Like Next, Back, Volume Up, Volume Down?

The page says the shipment should be in somewhere this month.

My tenkeyless Ducky Shine 3 only has mute, volume down, volume up keys (non-dedicated, Fn + Del, Fn + End, Fn + PgDn) but I used http://www.autohotkey.com/ to program play/pause, prev, next into it.

Not totally sure if the full sized Ducky has them by default.

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keyboards: max nighthawk x8 mx brown + blue led; corsair k60 mx red; ducky shine 3 tkl mx blue + orange led | mouse: deathadder black edition | audio: FiiO E10; sennheiser hd558; grado sr80i; sony mdr-nc200d; blue snowball |

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