[Brultze]

Hey guys. Thx SOOOO much to everyone who wrote here giving advice and what not . I think I'm going to get the filco majestouch 2 keyboard with brown switches in the upcoming days. Once again thx for all the advice and suggestions, hopefully this thread can help others as well.

[FLiP]

I got the Filco Majetouch 2 recently and its epic times

[RamboLicious]

I'm using a Blackwidow Ultimate. I'm quite satisfy with it, but if I can choose again, I would want to try the Filco ro a Steelseries 6Gv2.
Reason why:
- Too big to carry, small desk = gg no re.
- I dont need macro ability. In fact, these keys on the left is very annoying and I've removed it all.
- I don't know if it's just me or so. I've tried at least 2 blackwidow, and both find the Backspace key is really annoying.

[neon]

I'm considering which one to get also, I'm fairly sure i'll just go with Filco Brown keys to test it out,

Looking at the Leopold keyboards is my reason for posting as I haven't seen them mentioned, -

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...cPath=113_1277

They basically have none of the flare either, very similar to a filco, the only reason I'm still considering a filco is because they don't have red writing on them, which makes it more aesthetically pleasing to me

Check them out as an option too!

[|Erasmus|]

Coolermaster have released their mechanical gaming keyboard now: http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/k...uickfirerapid/

Tenkeyless and no fancy lights, but a blue/black mech keyboard retailing <$100 AUD is pretty impressive. Not sure about build quality.

[NvRossi]

got the steelseries 7G and enjoying it so far. i tried that coolermaster keyboard at WCG its pretty sick too

[sRFullstop]

Originally Posted by RamboLicious

I'm using a Blackwidow Ultimate. I'm quite satisfy with it, but if I can choose again, I would want to try the Filco ro a Steelseries 6Gv2.
Reason why:
- Too big to carry, small desk = gg no re.
- I dont need macro ability. In fact, these keys on the left is very annoying and I've removed it all.
- I don't know if it's just me or so. I've tried at least 2 blackwidow, and both find the Backspace key is really annoying.

I use Blackwidow too and the backspace key is perfectly fine. Maybe it's an issue with Ultimate?

[RamboLicious]

Originally Posted by Fullstop

I use Blackwidow too and the backspace key is perfectly fine. Maybe it's an issue with Ultimate?

used the Expert version as well (I bought both the ultimate and the expert, returned the expert one cause it has massive number of faulty keys including the backspace, which is worst). I don't know whether it's just me or i'm having bad luck

[ZergGirl]

I have the ultimate too, no issues with the backspace key :O
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[Malik]

dat razer build quality is suspect yo and its shiny and pretty but lacking in endurance and quality.

[EXCL]

I did a massive amount of testing and research before I bought my mech keybaord a few months ago. This is by far the best website and worth the read: http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/4...ard-guide.html

I ended up going with the cherry brown swithes as I felt the blues were too light and the actuation point too far. Totally up to personal preference tho.

My KB is a Leopold Cherry MX brown - quality and design of a filco but way cheaper. PCCasegear are the only place i know that sell them at the moment...

Quick Comments

neon:

you know where it's at!

[zeffrin]

http://mechkeyboards.com.au

If you want red swtiches, I have two of the Leopold FC500R and I think it's a fantastic keyboard. Price is good too.

Filco of course good, double-triple price of newer competitors though, and ...

Ducky > Filco... same designer, more features, reasonable price.

The Razor Blackwidow is blue switches, though, apparently they're modified blues to have lighter actuation (almost as soft as browns) and the actual/release points are tighter. Also the keys are promised to be more uniform across the board due to the strict tolerances resulting from hunting out the desired characteristics from their particular mx blues.

At the end of the day though, probably almost any mechanical keyboard is better than not.

People don't believe 6-key rollover can be a problem, but I've definately had keyboards over the years that couldn't see particular sets of keys being pressed together... with this Leopold, full n-key rollover... mmmmm

More importantly than that though... because the actuation point is much higher when you're in game casting spells or macroing up not only do your pressed happen that ms or two earlier BUT, they happen every time... if you even half push the key it's registered unlike rubber dome boards... where at least for me, heaps of times I quickly press keys which don't register...

Sometimes one of those keys is like a number, to change to unit with a particular spell like eg... got your phenoix selected, quickly press 1g to throw guardian shield up on your main army except, the 1 didn't register.... Oh **** why is cancel all the way up on ESC... ohwell, im dead now anyway.

[Malik]

Originally Posted by zeffrin

http://mechkeyboards.com.au

If you want red swtiches, I have two of the Leopold FC500R and I think it's a fantastic keyboard. Price is good too.

Filco of course good, double-triple price of newer competitors though, and ...

Ducky > Filco... same designer, more features, reasonable price.

The Razor Blackwidow is blue switches, though, apparently they're modified blues to have lighter actuation (almost as soft as browns) and the actual/release points are tighter. Also the keys are promised to be more uniform across the board due to the strict tolerances resulting from hunting out the desired characteristics from their particular mx blues.

At the end of the day though, probably almost any mechanical keyboard is better than not.

People don't believe 6-key rollover can be a problem, but I've definately had keyboards over the years that couldn't see particular sets of keys being pressed together... with this Leopold, full n-key rollover... mmmmm

More importantly than that though... because the actuation point is much higher when you're in game casting spells or macroing up not only do your pressed happen that ms or two earlier BUT, they happen every time... if you even half push the key it's registered unlike rubber dome boards... where at least for me, heaps of times I quickly press keys which don't register...

Sometimes one of those keys is like a number, to change to unit with a particular spell like eg... got your phenoix selected, quickly press 1g to throw guardian shield up on your main army except, the 1 didn't register.... Oh **** why is cancel all the way up on ESC... ohwell, im dead now anyway.

you do know that the razer blackwidow is only 2 n-key rollover

Quick Comments

zeffrin:

Yeah, sucks Blackwidow ommit the PS2 connector... but actually it's 6-key rollover with the usual wasd matrix to ensure those keys are indepedant

[Malik]

Originally Posted by FaDeEXCL

I did a massive amount of testing and research before I bought my mech keybaord a few months ago. This is by far the best website and worth the read: http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/4...ard-guide.html

I ended up going with the cherry brown swithes as I felt the blues were too light and the actuation point too far. Totally up to personal preference tho.

My KB is a Leopold Cherry MX brown - quality and design of a filco but way cheaper. PCCasegear are the only place i know that sell them at the moment...

just so you know that site is pretty good but it has some small factual errors on it so be careful to treating it as gospel.

[MazEi]

THEQICBOWNFOXJPOVETHEAZDOG

Blackwidow, holding down both shift keys and trying to type "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Though I think my test is somewhat invalid since I'm using USB. And also I use Colemak as a keyboard layout so you would probably get different results when you type on QWERTY, but nevertheless, the test does show something.

Quick Comments

zeffrin:

Valid test.. Blackwidow is indeed not really n-key, still ok kb tho

[TADivinity]

The absolute best source is geekhack.com

It is a site dedicated to mechanical keyboards. ALL the information is there, and its definately reliable.
They are friendly so long as you ask an educated question (Naturally), and are basically Mechanical enthusiasts.

Edit:
Also, I just bought the Filco Majestouch 2 Ninja with browns Tenkeyless (Thats a mouthful ahah). I would have liked the Ducky Shine, but they dont seem to come in Tenkeyless and I have limited desk space

[Malik]

Originally Posted by mazei

THEQICBOWNFOXJPOVETHEAZDOG

Blackwidow, holding down both shift keys and trying to type "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Though I think my test is somewhat invalid since I'm using USB. And also I use Colemak as a keyboard layout so you would probably get different results when you type on QWERTY, but nevertheless, the test does show something.

yeah fundamentally though the reasonis because it lacks a 2 dollar transisyor that is important in allowing for a high n-key rollover so even if got a usb to ps/2 adaptar it wouldnt make a difference.

also the gaming cluster WASD isnt really true n-key rollover it just a software workaround and yeah its inferior to have true n-key rollover imo.

[Brultze]

hey guys, i just got my filco majestouch 2 with brown switches . hope to write a short review on it in case anyone out there is thinking about buying one

[zeffrin]

Originally Posted by Brultze

hey guys, i just got my filco majestouch 2 with brown switches . hope to write a short review on it in case anyone out there is thinking about buying one

Nice let us know... I've had a chance to feel blue switches and I decided I don't like the actuation point difference however, it's not as pronounced in the brown switches combined with lighter touch it's probably somewhat less noticeable.

But yeah, because options for a mx red tenkeyless are limited browns are a consideration.

[Mayo]

I currently use the Tt eSPORTS MEKA G1 Mechanical Keyboard, it is also used by White-Ra and PiG.

- Cherry Black Keys
- 1000hz polling rate
- 6 key rollover
- Extra thick cable that allows 2x 3.5mm jacks and 2x USB ports on the board to work (so its not Audio USB which stuffs up other stuff)

Always said I would _never_ part with my old model G15 (blue back lighting) but when I tried a mechanical out I fell in love

Product page: http://www.ttesports.com/products/product.aspx?s=13
Pricing in Au: http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/sear...MEKA+G1&spos=3

If you want a tenkeyless, thats cheaper too - http://www.ttesports.com/products/pr...g=feature&s=19
If you want it all USB + macro's and lighting - http://www.ttesports.com/products/product.aspx?s=23