Trying to find a mechanical keyboard under £80

[Fulgrim]

I'm in dire need of a new keyboard, as my current Microsoft Sidewinder X4 is rather worn, and i really want a mechanical one. So far, i've found two keyboards i'm trying to decide between.

 

#1 Cooler Master Quickfire TK Brown

 

 

#2 Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum

 

 

I'm struggling to decide between these 2, as i really want the RGB, although the white of the Quickfire TK is acceptable. Out of these two, which would you recommend i go for? (don't just blindly vote the Quickfire, due to the Cherry MX keys) And are there any other suggestions you guys can put forth? There's a few requirements i have - 

 

• MUST be QWERTY (UK) layout
• Must have LED's, either White / RGB
• Switches mush be Browns (no preference between Kailh/Cherry MX)
• Must be £80 or under

 

Please state below the reason for your vote.

[failblox]

Personally I think RGB is overrated, and since Cherry MX is the arguably much more reputable brand, I'd say go with the Quickfire TK.

[CalebTheEternal]

Personally I think RGB is overrated, and since Cherry MX is the arguably much more reputable brand, I'd say go with the Quickfire TK.

After having a K70 RGB I kind of agree. I now have the Quickfire Rapid and I love it. Even though they are the same switches it feels so much different. I don't really need the backlighting, but I kind of do like it when it's late at night when I need to look down to see where my hands are. I can see the keys and writing. I also like the shorter style. Without the num pad it's a nice size, but kind of hard to get used to not having it.

[Paragon_X]

A friend had the rapidfire and the leds started shutting off one by one he rma'd it 2 times same thing, so i would not recommend that one.

[olbaze]

After considering my options, I'm thinking that the QuickFire TK is going to be my next keyboard. It's got backlighting, mediakeys, a numpad and a standard ISO Enter key.

 

Gotta say I love the layout, what with fixing the shitty arrow keys on the Numpad (wtf 8462?) and removing the excess keys the get the same width as a TKL while having a Numpad. Not to mention moving the media keys away from the F1-F4 cluster; I have accidentally hit Alt-F4 a few times when trying to pause music on my SteelSeries 6Gv2.