Help Choosing a Keyboard

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:44

Update Post #20

Hi all unfortunately my keyboard has completely died (Razer Arctosa) after many years of abuse

& now im looking for a new keyboard, after hours of searching Ive found a few that I like but before spending allot of money I wanted to get the opinions of others first. (Im on a really old Keyboard just now So I want to get something ordered today. (ASAP)

First let me say the main thing thing I liked about the Razer Arctosa was its nice simple layout & its separate easy to use Media Panel.

Here are some of the Keyboards that Im leaning towards after hours of searching.

Qpad MK-85 Red LED
Pros: Simple Layout & Red LED's
Cons: some say the lights don't turn off with the PC & poor customer support

Roccat Isku FX
Pros: Media Keys
Cons: looks gimmicky & reports say that its poor quality

Corsair Vengeance K60
Pros: good brand & nice Media Keys
Cons: Keys fade quickly, easily broken by spills

Razer Lycosa
Pros: similar to the Arctosa
Cons: not Mehcnaincal & the Blue LED's Ruin my theme

Im open to other Suggestions or any thoughts on the Keyboards Ive mentioned. Please help me choose fast. Thanks All

snips86x · 25 Feb 2013 at 11:48

Here are some others:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £109.99
1 x CM Storm Trigger Mechanical Keyboard - Black Switch £99.98
1 x TT eSports MEKA G-Unit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £94.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £69.98
Total : £386.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:26

not more choices

im trying to narrow it down to 1

Thx for posting tho

Lazy · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:30

I highly recommend that cm storm trigger if you want a mechanical keyboard and red backlighting.

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:34

thanks for posting

a03dugga · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:37

DeadMetal17 said:
Razer Lycosa
Pros: similar to the Arctosa
Cons: not Mehcnaincal & the Blue LED's Ruin my theme

Im open to other Suggestions or any thoughts on the Keyboards Ive mentioned. Please help me choose fast. Thanks All

Ive got the Lycosa, cross it off your list, its got plenty of short-comings and there are way better choices around.

I think LED back-lighting or illuminated keys are a must now, especially if you do most of your gaming after work in the evenings.

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:36

lol ok thanks, thts 1 less to look at

do you have 1 you would recommend?

a03dugga · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:41

DeadMetal17 said:
lol ok thanks, that's 1 less to look at

do you have 1 you would recommend?

A solid keyboard for me is the g110, out of stock at the moment, but it feels great, especially after long use. Only thing you might not like, is the led lights, they're RB instead of RGB.

linwelin · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:41

Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, someone done a review on this keyboard yesterday, have a look for it.

a03dugga · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:44

linwelin said:
Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, someone done a review on this keyboard yesterday, have a look for it.

Does look nice indeed.

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:46

ye i did have a look at tht, tbh lights arnt important to me on the keyboard (but If I was gonna get one with lights Id preffer Red to go with my PC, Mouse & Monitor

a03dugga · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:47

DeadMetal17 said:
ye i did have a look at tht, tbh lights arnt important to me on the keyboard (but If I was gonna get one with lights Id preffer Red to go with my PC, Mouse & Monitor

G110 then, I'd say. The Red setting is quite nice.

linwelin · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:47

DeadMetal17 said:
ye i did have a look at tht, tbh lights arnt important to me on the keyboard (but If I was gonna get one with lights Id preffer Red to go with my PC, Mouse & Monitor

id get one that has multiple colours, just incase you decided to change your colour scheme

snips86x · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:55

linwelin said:
id get one that has multiple colours, just incase you decided to change your colour scheme

TTeSports Challenger Pro. You get a choice of 256 colours.

linwelin · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:57

snips86x said:
TTeSports Challenger Pro. You get a choice of 256 colours.

That one looks good too.

Leprechaun312 · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:13

a03dugga said:
A solid keyboard for me is the g110, out of stock at the moment, but it feels great, especially after long use. Only thing you might not like, is the led lights, they're RB instead of RGB.

+1 i have it aswell, the macro keys are really nice and easy to setup but only having RB is a downside but tbh he says he's looking for red, the g110 does red only beef with the keyboard is it isnt mechanical

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:28

like i said color isn't the most important thing

i need something that will handle my abuse for the next few years xD

& ye allot of ppl have been telling me to go with a Mechanical board which is my only problem with the g110 (other than that it looks great)

a03dugga · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:29

To the OP, your keyboard is the most personal peripheral to your computer, might i ask what style of keyboard you want? I.E. Membrane based or Mechanical?

First and foremost I'd recommend the G110, a solid choice.
Membrane based, probably one of the Roccat based Keyboards, although it wont feel much different than the arctosa or lycosa.
Mechanical, the Osmium or the QuickFire Pro.

The g110 would probably take the best beating IMO.
Quickfire, good switches and feel. Though i haven't had much time with mechanical keyboards, A mechanical would be my next
choice one i get rid of my Lycosa for my other PC.

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:58

a03dugga said:
Though i haven't had much time with mechanical keyboards, A mechanical would be my next
choice one i get rid of my Lycosa for my other PC.

thanks again for posting, Ive been hearing allot of good things about the mechanical boards so defiantly leaning towards one of them.

DeadMetal17 · 25 Feb 2013 at 17:52

Update: will be ordering a keyboard at 7pm (so if uve got any recommendations let me know) pretty sure I want to go with a Mechanical Keyboard (color/LED isn't too important) need something strong/reliable thats built to last. (and preferably with Media Keys)