A good, but budget friendly mechanical keyboard?

[harveylong26]

Looking to buy a mechanical keyboard, what would you guys recommend which is budget-oriented.

I found this on Amazon, don't know if its good or not. Also, what's the difference between the different types of MX switches?

 

[aman0328]

I would recommend the Redragon keyboards, They are budget friendly and very nice for the price. 

[CatFishery]

i would sugest upgrading your 1 gb gpu in your build you got listed there

 

[dobo2001]

4 minutes ago, harveylong26 said:

Looking to buy a mechanical keyboard, what would you guys recommend which is budget-oriented.

I found this on Amazon, don't know if its good or not. Also, what's the difference between the different types of MX switches?

 

Different types of MX switches have different feels to them. Some have a click (blues/greens), some have a bump (browns/clears), some have nothing at all (reds/speeds/blacks). This may sound weird right now, but once you try them you'll get what I'm saying. Also, they have different actuation forces, some take more effort to push down (clears) while some take little effort to actuate (speeds).

[harveylong26]

27 minutes ago, CatFishery said:

i would sugest upgrading your 1 gb gpu in your build you got listed there

 

 

RX470 is coming, sometime after the 15th of this month (hopefully)

[Giffary]

Ducky one, They got backlighting effect and you can choose all available switches

[LazlowRave]

Corsair K70 seemingly hands down on users.

[NullPointerException]

That depends on your definition of "budget-oriented". If you want something around the £30 price point an alternative option is the "Qisan Magicforce". I do not personally own one but I heard it's quite good. The layout is somewhat special so I don't know it this is what you are looking for.

 

The Magicforce is available with different switches. You can get one with real cherry MX switches. But there are also options with Gateron or Outemu switches. These are MX clones. So that means that they are compatible with MX keycaps but some people say that they are of lower quality. 

[knuVe]

If you really want the keyboard, watch the video 

If you want another keyboard watch this video

 

[NullPointerException]

OP asked for a mechanical keyboard. The gaming keyboards in you second video are not mechanical.

[dtaflorida]

On 9/5/2016 at 7:33 PM, harveylong26 said:

what would you guys recommend which is budget-oriented

Find the keyboard you want, then wait and keep an eye out for a sale. 

 

I got:

• Corsair Strafe MX Silent - retail $150 USD, on sale $85 at Best Buy (user posted the deal on this forum)
• Logitech G710 - retail $130 USD, on sale $50 (Best Buy Black Friday, non-door buster, there was a huge stack of em on Saturday)
• Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2016 - retail $110, on sale for $55 (CES 2016 50% off sale, free shipping)

The no-name brands can get away with selling keyboards at these prices all the time, so you know the big name brands are still making a profit even at half off their retail. 

 

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