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Thought it would be fun to see peoples dream keyboard.

 

These are the features in my dream keyboard:

  • Swappable cherry mx switches that are sold separetly, they all are attached with a stable clip-design.
  • Keyboard base is made of an aluminum construction, you can either choose a tkl or a full-size design.
  • Keycaps made of either rough aluminum or glass, option to get them laser etched with letters/numbers.
  • Every key switch has a individual RGB-led that can be controlled in software. This would look great with glass keycaps.
  • Built in USB 3.0 hub.
  • Screen of a smaller size to indicate for example stats of your key presses, wpm, or maybe time/date?
  • With a price tag of 29.99, no but seriously, i would definitely pay 400 bucks + for this keyboard.

 

So, what's your dream keyboard?


 



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No num pad or arrow keys.

Chiclet

Small

Quiet

Black

Wireless

On/off switch

Long battery life

 

My current keyboard is pretty much perfect for me apart from the num pad.

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Pretty much the K95, which i am getting in a few weeks

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custom cherry MX switch layout
corsair K70 body (gun metal black)

large wrist rest

multi-color LED that can be tweaked completely driverless-ly

built in (QUALITY) headphone amp and outputs + usb hub

built in display that is recognized in windows as a monitor for multitasking similar to the deathstalker

dedicated media keys

macro keys

finger print scanner to use as my windows password

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  • Titanium body

Blank platinum keycaps

4 USB 3.0 ports

White back light with a 3mm white steel backplate

TKL

Cherry MX Blues for the main typing switches, Cherry MX Greens for the secondary keys (check out the Ducky G2 Pro Zone Weighted)

MSRP of less than $300 USD xD

 

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1 - Must be made of full metal construction.

2 - 16 million colour LED backlighting with tons of flashing modes plus user downloadable/programmable LED flashing modes.

3 - Replaceable switches (mechanical)

4 - Changable polling rate from 125Hz - 1000Hz.

5 - Included onboard DAC so you can use good quality headphones off a USB cable you plug into your PC.

7 - Fully customizable height and tilt adjustments.

8 - Customizable weight so the keyboard can me moved around to your preference. (I move my keyboard while I play and sometimes it slides when i don't want it to).

9. Full speed USB 3 hubs.

10 - full mechanical media controls.

11 - (Optional) glass key caps that are frosted so you can see the LED lighting.

 

I know allot of the stuff I want is pointless but tis a dream keyboard not something you would actually use or buy.

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Hm... If you can't make a keyboard with my requirements, try to make a watercooled keyboard just cause... 

 

@Slick I want to know what Slick wants in his keyboard...

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Hm... If you can't make a keyboard with my requirements, try to make a watercooled keyboard just cause... 

 

@Slick I want to know what Slick wants in his keyboard...

I would actually love to see that. infact you could put a very small computer in it.

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I would actually love to see that. infact you could put a very small computer in it.

Watercooled Raspberry Pi? :P

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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  1. All aluminium case

PBT Black Keycaps that work well with a backlight

RGB backlight

Rubber coated feet

Cherry MX Switches (Not sure yet which ones)

Tenkeyless

Corsair K70 like media keys

Portal Alt keycaps

'Rage Quit' written on the escape key

Lighting effects from a Ducky Shine 3

Detachable cable

UK Layout

Sub 200 pounds price :D

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basically just a Logitech g11 with all plastic replaced with steel and Cherry mx reds. i'd be the happiest nerd in the World if that existed :)

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There are full aluminum keyboards out there...Just be ready to shell out ~$400-$500 for the case+ PCB+controller alone, before the switches and keycaps.

Here's one of LZ's newest keyboards. $490 before shipping.
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Aluminum 6061-T5 body & Stainless steel back-plate to add weight to the keyboard with a custom fitted wooden limited edition serial inserted between the aluminum frame...
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Fancy a 60% keyboard instead? That'll be $179 before shipping for the outer aluminum frame.
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Fancy a titanium space bar? That'll be $100 too.

Brushed?

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Shiny?

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How about sandblasted?

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Need Zinc keycaps too to match your Aluminum/Titanium case? That'll be another $65 :P

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The above images posted above are not my keyboards/designs. Credits go to the Team LZ and feng/Hammer & anyone I may have missed. There's just way too many customizations for MX keyboards...of which many have not yet even seen.

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Im not into those super flashy keyboards. I prefer the sleeker more basic look so no glass key+led backlight for me.

  • Swappable cherry mx switches like you said but maybe with added support for other switches.
  • I would want it to come with multiple full sets of colored keycaps since I want to color code my keyboard (I plan on doing red for movement keys, green for inventory selection, and blue for CS buys)
  • I want it to come with O-Rings to fit the keycaps with.
  • Built in USB 3.0 hub with Objective 2 headphone amp!
  • I would want metal construction of some kind but I want it to add structure and not to look too flashy.
  • Finally I want it in a compact tenkeyless design.

With all that stuff we may as well be asking them to make a keyboard that transforms into a jet but we can always dream.

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There are full aluminum keyboards out there...Just be ready to shell out ~$400-$500 for the case+ PCB+controller alone, before the switches and keycaps.

Here's one of LZ's newest keyboards. $490 before shipping.

Aluminum 6061-T5 body & Stainless steel back-plate to add weight to the keyboard with a custom fitted wooden limited edition serial inserted between the aluminum frame...

Fancy a 60% keyboard instead? That'll be $179 before shipping for the outer aluminum frame.

 

 

 

Fancy a titanium space bar? That'll be $100 too.

Brushed?

 

Shiny?

 

How about sandblasted?

 

 

Need Zinc keycaps too to match your Aluminum/Titanium case? That'll be another $65 :P

 

 

The above images posted above are not my keyboards/designs. Credits go to the Team LZ and feng/Hammer & anyone I may have missed. There's just way too many customizations for MX keyboards...of which many have not yet even seen. 

Holy jesus nipple that spacebar and dem zink keycaps, where can i buy them?


 



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Holy jesus nipple that spacebar and dem zink keycaps, where can i buy them?

The titanium space bar are custom ordered. Only 2 or so group buy orders happen per year.

 

As for zinc keycaps, feng has a bunch on Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.Xzinc+keycap&_nkw=zinc+keycaps&_sacat=0&_from=R40

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Black K70 with MX Blues and blue backlight.

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I believe Tesoro will be releasing a full RGB board in the Lobera Supreme, at least the RGB part is becoming a reality for mechanical keyboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiZnvbHHqU

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K70 body (Black)

Cherry REDS

Removeable numpad

Pulsation LED's (Red)

Keycaps that have squares around the edges and that are metal

Corsair logo light up (Red)

Volume wheel on the left side

CALCULATOR BUTTON

Macro's on the wrist rest near the space bar

FREE DUST BRUSH

Cherry MX BLUE Media keys (I like the sound :3)

STEAM BUTTON

Audio pass through with a little wire cut out under the keyboard for the wires to get there

More USB pass through's (easy phone charging action)

Tribal pattern on the front of the Space bar.

And finally A button like this to replace my escape key 

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