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CM storm quickfire tk for me. Your best bet is to go and try some out and decide for yourself though since keyboards are so objective

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OMG DUCKY SHINE HAHA
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they are good based on your personal perference, I say K70 because I like the aluminum backplate and open design which makes cleaning easy, and also dedicated media keys and awesome wrist rest (K90, which you can put on the K70) 

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All keyboards are good for gaming. The switch you want depends on personal preference so I suggest you go to a store and try them all out.

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I'm using a CM Storm Quickfire Rapid with Brown Switches. I love the browns because their light enough for FPS but the tactility makes the experience very solid. Your budget determines what keyboard you can get. For the $70-$100, you can get CM Storm keyboards, for $100-$150, you can get Corsairs and some Duckys. I think other keyboards Filco may range from there and up as well. I HIGHLY recommend going to this website to search for keyboards: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/ . They have a questionnaire you can fill out which will recommend some models that will suit your needs.

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It all depends you preference over some going "well slick says duckies are good so only buy duckies" it's about what you like. for example i don't have one but i love the black widow ultimate

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Im using the Quickfire TK from cooler master, I really like it cuz it is 10keyless so it is nice for lan with limited room where a full keyboard would take up the precious mouse space.

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Ducky Shine or Logitech G710+, these are my personnal preferences. :)

+1 on the G710+. It is a great choice for a white backlight cherry mx brown keyboard. The Logitech Gaming Software is very easy to use imo.

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No such thing as a gaming keyboard, though as much as I would like to say Topre keyboards are probably the best in all aspects but I can't speak for it since I don't own one yet, that and they top all keyboards in terms of price except for the KMAC. Though I would suggest a QFR since they're some of the cheapest mechanical keyboards you can buy without sacrificing much if any build quality.

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their is no, and never will be a best. Is there a way for you to test out switches? I have small hands, so cherry mx blues are the ones for me. The fact that I can focus solely on an area on the keyboard and just tap on it and get a bunch of keystrokes down is very optimal :D

Blues or Browns have actuation points,

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All keyboards are good for gaming. The switch you want depends on personal preference so I suggest you go to a store and try them all out.

You, sir, are wrong. A lot of keyboards don't have an anti-ghosting functionality in them. So I'd recommend looking  for +6 key anti-ghosting.

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