Please explain to me the different types of keyboard.

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Hi all, My trusty Logitech wave keyboard which I have had for a great many years has started playing up and several keys are now sticking. For £35 it's lasted extremely well so I have had my moneys worth. Now it's time to buy a new keyboard but I am confused with the types of keyboards available. There are basic ones like my Wave, tactile membrane keyboards and then there are mechanical keyboards with their huge variety of different types of switches. I have only ever had standard keyboards so have no idea about tactile membrane and mechanical keyboards and how they would be better or worse for gaming. I would be grateful if someone could explain the positives and negatives of each type for gaming use.

If you could also recommend a couple of keyboards within the following parameters that would be great. It's main use is gaming although multimedia keys are wanted as well plus it has to be wired and cost no more than £140. Must have a wrist rest as well as my Wave keyboard has a padded one built in and it's been brilliant. Many thanks in advance.
 
@Mcnumpty2323 @JollyJamma Thank you for the info guys. Apologies that I haven't replied sooner but I have been very busy gutting and refurbishing our bathroom (is it still called a bathroom when it has a shower and no bath?) along with doing loads of research on keyboards. Damn it's complicated!! It took me ages to find a link that describes the different types of switches and how they sound but in the end I found this video about the different types of Cherry switches and I have decided to go with Cherry MX Brown switches which are tactile and don't have the clicky sound which I am sure would do my head in after a while. My current pick is the G.Skill Ripjaws KM780 MX Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Yes I know it came out years ago but it has everything I want in a keyboard. It has red leds, not RGB but it would be set to red anyway so that's not a problem. I found somewhere with stock for £104 which isn't bad and the keyboard got good reviews when it came out. I am still looking but that is my current favourite. I will give it another couple of days of searching but I really need to order sooner rather than later.
 
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