Best keyboard for gaming/programming?

[piko_]

I am thinking on buying a new computer, but i dont know what keyboard would be good and not a waste.

[givingtnt]

K70 w/brown keys = best thing ever

[Paralectic]

K70 w/brown keys = best thing ever

The K70 isn't the best thing ever, and it's overpriced.

[piko_]

Yea thats what i was noticing, maybe a little expansive for a fancy keyboard

[givingtnt]

The K70 isn't the best thing ever, and it's overpriced.

Not the rgb version. The actual k70

[Shoob]

What's your budget? Backlit or not?

Do you want a mechanical keyboard? If so, what's your preferable switch type?

[brownninja97]

There really isnt a "best" keyboard and no there never will be, all you can do is attempt to find the switch which you like the most, for some people that is the cherry mx switches like the browns or the blues, for me its a membrane switch. There are tons of keyboards and tons of grips that they use and tons of features that they use on top of that. The list goes on and on, if its possible try to use a switch, try to use some mechanical keyboards unless you want to gamble. 

[Tasuma]

There really isnt a "best" keyboard and no there never will be, all you can do is attempt to find the switch which you like the most, for some people that is the cherry mx switches like the browns or the blues, for me its a membrane switch. There are tons of keyboards and tons of grips that they use and tons of features that they use on top of that. The list goes on and on, if its possible try to use a switch, try to use some mechanical keyboards unless you want to gamble. 

 

What membrane board to you use? I was thinking about switching from mechanical back to membrane. I know I'm weird. Also  to answer the question, look at DAS keyboards. I've heard good things about them!

[brownninja97]

What membrane board to you use? I was thinking about switching from mechanical back to membrane. I know I'm weird. Also  to answer the question, look at DAS keyboards. I've heard good things about them!

i use an alienware keyboard and yes i get a metric ton of flak for it alas i dont care. Anyways my reasoning was for £5 i get a full keyboard, with the media keys like volume, calculator, home, mail etc etc. I also get 5 year warrenty and honestly i dont need anything else, the keyboard works as it should and 5 year warranty(now 3 years), a new logic board costs 20p from them and the membrane switch board costs 50p on ebay. Dont ask how but due to a set of odd circumstances my keyboard ended-up fully submerged in a turtle's water tank, the keyboard lived, the mildly shocked turtle lived and i had a briefly clean keyboard.

 

 

It does in all fairness look like a gaming keyboard which is expected of alienware, im a fan of the shorter keys that they do, they are a bit like chiclet keys but they have a longer distance between registering which is why i have taken an interest in them. 

 

Das keyboards are nice but id say they are £40 nice not £120 sort of quality, he had two instances of the spacebar and number keys failing detection, upon opening up the keyboard we learnt that this logic board had not been fastened down properly(about 3-4mm of movement) meaning its rather easy to not have a full circuit. Its a shame really, their warranty wasnt covered because we opened it up which is expected. We told them about the fault, im not sure if they solved it in the past two years.

[CapricaBuccaneers]

Depends on your budget - if you don't need the backlighting the Cherry MX Board 3.0 is excellent.

Something higher up on the chain with backlighting , Ducky make great keyboards too. I really like the Shine 4, but they do make other models many of which are cheaper.

RGB backlighting tends to come at a premium so I'd avoid those where possible - they're aesthetically pleasing but not necessary.