Keyboard time!

[stealth80]

Hi, I've pretty much revamped my entire PC over the last year, setting on my now:

 

4790k

32gb hyper X fury Ram

Samsung XP941 m.2 SSD 256gb

Crucial MX300 525GB

Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Asus RoG Ranger VII

Palit Gamerock Premium 1080GTX

INWIN 303 White

Custom hard line cooling

Asus RoG Swift G-sync 27 1440P monitor

Corsair M65 RGB Mouse

 

So now I wanna get rid my current 7-8 year old eye sore (Logitech G15). Ive been looking at RGB mechanical keyboards, ones minus the number pad as I just don't use the thing and its excess space taken up on desk, which since downsizing from my Thermaltake X9 (and then putting the INWIN on my desk) and also downsizing my desk, space is at a premium.

 

I'm not gonna bullshit, I have no idea what the difference is between the different Cherry MX etc are. So I turn to you guys, recommend me a keyboard pls, i'm currently quite liking the Asus Claymore

 

[DaBeggad]

i got the razer x chroma and i FKIN LOVE IT... the metal stays quite cool and is high quality... the keys are absolutely awesome IMO and overall the possibilities are endless... i would say buy it you wont regret it  

[Thony]

Youtube it man. Linus, Logan and many other have one of these videos where they let you see and hear the switches. 

 

Tldr;

 

MX Blue strong tactile feedback, loud

MX Red have no tactile feedback and are less loud

MX Brown have decent tactile feedback almost like blues but are lot quiter.

 

These are most comon and easy to find, others are hard to find (black, green)

 

All have different actuation point (how deep you have to press to activate the key). Red are the fastest to respond and therefore best for gaming where APM is important.

[DHelios]

As already mentioned, having a look around the internet will tell you much about the different types of key switches that are out there. But there is no substitute for getting your hands on them. See if there is a local store that has mechanical keyboards on display. While many stores don't, I know of at least one store around this area that has multiple keyboards with different switch types that you can try yourself. (Of course a store in this area will not help you over there, but it should give hope that such stores do exist.)

 

 

As far as noise is concerned: For Cherry switches, blue is the only common switch that you can hear unless you bottom out the keys. If you do bottom out the keys, any mechanical keyboard will be loud. There are options of putting rubber O-rings under each key to keep it from bottoming out loudly, but those are usually sold as aftermarket options, or as an option if you have the board custom built (WASD Keyboards offers it as an option, for instance). The Logitech G710+ is the only 'normal' retail mechanical keyboard I know of that has rubber rings under each key by default, but it's not RGB and it's not tenkeyless, so it won't do for you.

 

[stealth80]

Ok I've decided I want MX red and a compact board (aka no num pad)

 

So at the moment:

 

Corsair K65 RGB ( I have M65 mouse so this would mean less softward)

 

Asus Claymore (preferred option)

 

anyone have experience with these?

[Bouzoo]

You might wanna also check Ducky One TKL RGB and Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S. I personally more prefer their more simplistic design, and Ducky is pretty much as good as keyboards get.