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CALBIX
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How strong are Cherry Mx switches? I owned a K70 with red switches and it started giving me problems after a year. I think the cause of this was I traveled alot with the keyboard and the rattles and setting the keyboard hard down on the table. I own a K65 rapidfire now and love it but im really scared it will suffer the same fate.

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3 minutes ago, CALBIX said:

How strong are Cherry Mx switches? I owned a K70 with red switches and it started giving me problems after a year. I think the cause of this was I traveled alot with the keyboard and the rattles and setting the keyboard hard down on the table. I own a K65 rapidfire now and love it but im really scared it will suffer the same fate.

As far as I know, they should be rather durable and last over a year. Maybe if you are going to be travelling with your current one, get a case or something to keep is safe while travelling.

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4 minutes ago, A Silver said:

As far as I know, they should be rather durable and last over a year. Maybe if you are going to be travelling with your current one, get a case or something to keep is safe while travelling.

Thats a good idea yes. Can the contacts move inside the switches?

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11 minutes ago, CALBIX said:

Thats a good idea yes. Can the contacts move inside the switches?

Maybe with extreme vibrations over a long period but most likely not.

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel i9 12900K

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H150i Elite Capellix

Mother Board: MSI z690 carbon WiFi

RAM: TeamSport Elite DDR5 2x16 4800mhz

Storage: 2TB Samsung 970 Plus NVMe, 240 SanDisk SSD Plus, Crucial MX300 750GB SSD

GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1080 

Case: Corsair Crystal 460X

PSU: Cosrair RM850X 80+ Gold

OS: Windows 11 Home

Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU 27" 1440p @ 165hz

Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Chroma

Mouse: Logitech G502

Sound: Sony MDR 1000x Headphones, Blue Snowball Microphone

 

Laptop Specs:

Gigabyte Aorus 15G

CPU: Intel i7 10875H

RAM: 16gb DDR4

Storage: 512gb NVMe, 1TB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD

GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Maybe with extreme vibrations over a long period but most likely not.

Ok thanks for the info

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