New Keyboard help please

ANN1H1LAT0R

ANN1H1LAT0R

ANN1H1LAT0R

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I didnt really know where to post about keyboard recommendations so I went for here.

Anyway my old keyboard has started dying (a few keys won't always work) and besides its a naff standard MS Keyboard so it's now time to upgrade my keyboard as I already upgraded everything else lol

My budget is around £70. I'm really looking for an awesome gaming keyboard, nice and smooth to use and has features that may help my gaming needs. I generally play BF3, Skyrim, Star Wars the Old Republic and will be playing games like Mass Effect 3, Alan Wake (although I may use my Razer xbox 360 pad for that) and the new Hitman game so that should give you an idea of the types of games I play :)

My mouse is currently the Razer Imperator (awesome mouse) and so if the keyboard could fit in with these asthetics that would be great but overall I'd rather have an incredible keyboard for my money and not necessarily one that's made by Razer unless they turn out to be the best lol

Cheers for the help people
 
You can get the steelseries 6gv2 in certain places for £70 or less, I strongly recommend it, excellent build and of-course its a mechanical keyboard with cherry mx black switches which are the best for gaming.
 
ANN1H1LAT0R said:
It seems a little plain for £70. I was hoping for a lot more from a keyboard that costs so much lol
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Mechanical keyboards are expensive. Instead of flashy lights and useless macro keys, you get high quality keyswitches. Once you use a mechanical keyboard you won't go back to the crappy Logitech gamer keyboards.
 
ANN1H1LAT0R said:
But what difference does a mechanical keyboard actually make and wouldnt they be noiser overall
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They're more consistent, more reliable and generally feel nicer overall to type on. Some switch types are noisier than others. Cherry MX blue have a distinct click when the key presses, which some people (including myself) really like. Cherry MX brown and black types don't have this click, but they're still a little bit louder than most rubber dome keyboards.

I use brown switches and the noise doesn't bother me in the slightest. I can't go back to rubber dome keyboards now, they feel sticky and inconsistent, like each key needs different force to press down. They just feel lower quality in general.
 
What does "do everything" mean? And what do you mean doesn't look like a standard keyboard? You actually want that awful, gaudy "gamer" look?
 
History lesson:

All keyboards used to be mechanical. Then companies did a cost-cutting excercise and came up with the rubber dome. Then they wanted to target gamers, so they added LEDs, LCDs, and macro buttons.

Now gamers are growing up and realise they don't need any of that, and now we have jobs - so we want mechanical keyboards back.

Fact is you can play any game you want on a square boring keyboard.
 
H2F Scott said:
Mechanical keyboards are expensive. Instead of flashy lights and useless macro keys, you get high quality keyswitches. Once you use a mechanical keyboard you won't go back to the crappy Logitech gamer keyboards.
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Bit of a generalisation there, I have a filco with brown switches and have absolutely no problem using "crappy" keyboards for working on in university.

OP try and find a mechanical keyboard to try out before you purchase as it is a LOT of money to spend just based on some reviews.
 
Terk said:
You can get the steelseries 6gv2 in certain places for £70 or less, I strongly recommend it, excellent build and of-course its a mechanical keyboard with cherry mx black switches which are the best for gaming.
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Typing on one right now. Very happy with it.
 
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