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Getting a Mechanical Keyboard, Any Suggestions?

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It's going to be my first mechanical keyboard and I want the first switches I use to be cherries, the only keyboard I'm looking at right now is the corsair strafe w/ brown switches is there any other keyboard that would be better?

 

my budget is 100$ 

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Well if you really want to use cherry mx switches you could get any corsair keyboard as many of then are around 100 dollars usd. But before you go in on that you should look at all the non-name-brand mechanical keyboards which could be more your thing if you have 100 dollars to spend such as Leopold or Poker. Either way you should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/ where they have guides of what keyboards at what prices to buy and many different types of mechanical keyboards that you could consider. But if you are just going to game and type as much as most people here do, a Corsair keyboard would probably be pretty good. It would also do no harm to just go to your local computer store if they have keyboards on display and check out the different keyboards and switches that exist. 

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Try different switches out in retail stores first so you have some idea on the switch type you want.

 

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Try different switches out in retail stores first so you have some idea on the switch type you want.

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, toogamer said:

Well if you really want to use cherry mx switches you could get any corsair keyboard as many of then are around 100 dollars usd. But before you go in on that you should look at all the non-name-brand mechanical keyboards which could be more your thing if you have 100 dollars to spend such as Leopold or Poker. Either way you should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/ where they have guides of what keyboards at what prices to buy and many different types of mechanical keyboards that you could consider. But if you are just going to game and type as much as most people here do, a Corsair keyboard would probably be pretty good. It would also do no harm to just go to your local computer store if they have keyboards on display and check out the different keyboards and switches that exist. 

Browns are the switches I want, I play cs:go but what I really need it for is osu! and I think the tactile bump letting you know when the key was pressed is necessary for the game :P

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The G.Skill - Ripjaws KM570 RGB looks nice and it's 10$ cheaper than the Strafe which isn't rgb, same switches and all, which should I go for?

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I ended up ordering it, guess I'll update you guys once it arrives on how I feel about it and stuff .3.

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