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Im searching a good and not too expensive Cherry MX Blue keyboard that is enough for gaming

Thanks for the help!

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Define "not too expensive". What features do you want...at a guess, i expect you don't want "premium" features such as macro keys, backlighting, dampers etc?

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One of the CM Storm keyboards is around $70 I think. You probably won't get a well-built MX Blue keyboard for any less.

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any of the CM series keyboards are high quality and feel great. they're are also some no name keyboards with cherry mx blues for $55

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Im thinking of getting a cm storm tk with blues. Looks like a great cheap keyboard.

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The Cooler Master Quickfire series has some really nice keyboards for excellent prices... and most of them include Blue keyswitch models

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CM Quickfire like everyone here said, but get the Rapid version which is TKL.  That will be as good as it gets for $70.00.  I own the Quickfire TK and they are good boards for the money.

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I personally have a Quickfire Rapid with Brown Switches and it is amazing. I love the tactility and I got it for a great price. I had a $40 off coupon for OfficeMax, so I got it for $60. Mine also isn't the gray one with logos all over it, they made a design change and now it's blacked out with no logos and it looks much sharper. I'd highly recommend it for the price (with Blue switches for you of course :) ).

 

I tried the Quickfire TK with Blues at a local electronics store and it felt very good too. Felt just like mine but with Blue switches, so I guess I could recommend that too. And the backlight on the TK looks great if you're into that.

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Quickfire would be a good choice. Relatively cheap. Another option if you want full-size would be a standard Razer BlackWidow.

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I think it'll be Quickfire

Thanks everyone!

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Yay! Planning on getting a Quickfire TK myself so this thread helped me out so for that I say thank you as well.

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