Which keyboard to get out of these Logitech G19 or Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Keyboa

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Am looking to buy a new highend gaming keyboard to replace my microsoft desktop 8000 keyboard that is starting to fall apart and starting look tatty from heavy use..

Can anyone recommend which one you think would be best out these two keyboards ??

Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-157-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-054-RA&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258

And please add recommends for any other highend gaming keyboards..;)
 
I know jack **** about keyboards, but I do know peeps on this forum keep going on about "mechanical keyboard this" "mechanical keyboard that" so there must be something in the stories, so I would get the mechanical one.
 
I'm guessing that your MS k/b was killed due to lots of typing? then the mechanical one will be better because they last considerably longer IIRC. Like Stulid, I know very little about keyboards
 
The G19 is a great keyboard, I have one and I would think it's great but it is handy having the screen, can do quite a bit with it and the right software, not sure why it's ugly, it looks great to me, nice keys and had mine nearly a year without problems, heavy gaming on it and everything is fine with it
here's an old screen of what I have running on the screen.
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I went from the G15 (v1) to the Black Widow Ultimate because I do quite a bit of typing - before I got it I thought I may have made a mistake spending so much money on a keyboard - but now i'm using it I'm really happy I went for it.The mechanical keys just make typing so much easier (and quicker I find) and it feels solid (like a steel bar covered in shiny plastic) so it should last quite some time, also mechanical switches are also much more long-lasting than the membrane type used in standard Logitech keyboards (including the G19 I believe).

That said, in terms of reliability a logitech keyboard may break but they are pretty amazing with their warranty - even if it is outside the warranty term they often give you some nice money-off vouchers to use in their online store if your item breaks.

However, I would still suggest a mechanical board if you are doing a lot of typing and the BW Ultimate uses very nice typing-friendly cherry MX Blue switches, excellent one LED per key backlighting, it looks cool and doesn't take up half your desk.
 
cmndr_andi said:
That said, in terms of reliability a logitech keyboard may break but they are pretty amazing with their warranty - even if it is outside the warranty term they often give you some nice money-off vouchers to use in their online store if your item breaks.
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Just thought I would add that I have never dealt with Logitech for any issues as I have had none with there products, Razer on the other hand, well they are not very helpful at all, Had a 8 month old razer mamba(bear in mind 8 months from the release of the product), wheel broke on it, I had no receipt but thought I would contact them, they said they couldn't help me at all, not happy, £100 mouse,8 months from release and they wouldn't do anything.
 
hyperst said:
Just thought I would add that I have never dealt with Logitech for any issues as I have had none with there products, Razer on the other hand, well they are not very helpful at all, Had a 8 month old razer mamba(bear in mind 8 months from the release of the product), wheel broke on it, I had no receipt but thought I would contact them, they said they couldn't help me at all, not happy, £100 mouse,8 months from release and they wouldn't do anything.
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dont they have a 2 year warrenty ?

when my mouse broke, after i had it for over a year, they replaced it without much fuss.

althou one thing about razer, they dont really deal much with RMA's if you dont by from the razer store, they prefer u go via the place you bought it from instead.


as for the keyboard, i went from the G15 to the BW ultimate, and its just so much better to type on

i do miss the LCD as i used that quite a bit, but ill take the better typing over the LCD any day

maybe ill just have to create my own LCD :P
 
Cleeecooo said:
I'm guessing that your MS k/b was killed due to lots of typing?
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Still works perfect...just some the letters are wearing out from 4 years of use..and some the top of the keys had swapped off went trying to clean it and i had to super glue them back on...

My "N" key :D
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I will always say mechanical keyboard (I'm a keyboard collector) but, after reading up more and discussing with others who share a similar interest, the black widow isn't that great. Particularly for gaming, which is the market it's aimed at. Since the keyboard doesn't have NKRO, instead using a "gaming optimised" controller for particular key clusters.

So they sell it at "mech spec" prices, but it doesn't even have a functionality that would make it beneficial to the very market it's aimed at.

If you're going to buy a mechanical keyboard, don't buy into the "blowing smoke up your ass" of "gaming" snake oil (gaming marketed stuff is mostly snake oil anyway) and just get yourself a plain old Filco with 6KRO over USB and NKRO over PS/2

If you're just using the Black Widow for typing, a "gaming optimised" cluster (which is 2KRO with some tweaking to avoid dropping keystrokes) will be perfect.
 
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