Mechanical Keyboard Suggestions

PhysicsMan94 · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:50

I'm looking to buy a mechanical keyboard, I'll be using it for gaming as well as typing lots of code. My initial ideas are:

Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

or

Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Edition (not sold at OcUK anymore)

My budget is basically around the price of those (£100 - £130).

Thanks for any suggestions.

alex24 · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:52

I've been using a Filco Majestouch Ninja Tenkeyless with Cherry MX Brown. It's excellent, I'd recommend going somewhere to try them first, if you can.

rids57 · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:12

If you're going to be doing a lot of typing then the Cherry Blue switches would probably be your best bet...

QPAD MK80

PhysicsMan94 · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:23

rids57 said:
If you're going to be doing a lot of typing then the Cherry Blue switches would probably be your best bet...

QPAD MK80

That looks like quite a good one. Cheaper than the two I hand in mind as well.

Thanks for both of your suggestions.

BuToNz · 10 Jun 2013 at 15:30

Might be worth holding out for a bit if you can, Corsair announced the K70 with Blue and Brown switches (Both great for typing) at Computex last week - so we should see them available pretty soon.

alex24 · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:12

If you do gaming too, I would say MX Brown may be more usable, but it really depends on your preference. Assume you know what Cherry MX switches have which characteristics? f not, look here.

My logic was:

Lots of typing = Blue
Lots of Gaming = Black/Red
Bit of both = Brown

Sin_Chase · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:16

For mixed bag usage, browns for sure.

snitcher · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:30

get the k70. proper gaming keyboard, you can identify the keys well.

PhysicsMan94 · 10 Jun 2013 at 16:30

I see, very useful thanks. I'll have a look at some brown switch keyboards then.

rids57 · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:17

I don't just type on blue switches, I do a lot of gaming too. Razer Blackwidow keyboards have blue switches and they are meant for gaming. The only real way of making sure of getting the right type for you is to go somewhere and try them.

BluSky · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:58

I have tried reds and browns and personally prefer the reds as an all around switch. Haven't tried blacks or blues so can't comment on what they might be like.

cypto · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:00

+1 on the corsair k70 (browns) added piece of mind going with corsair too faultless rma service.

JGStonedRaider · 10 Jun 2013 at 18:07

I wouldn't use blacks for typing tbh. I have the Ozone Strike with blacks and for gaming it is amazing...you just twack the key all the way down

However for typing they are a bit meh