Reccomend Me Keyboard

[Drizmod]

So my cheap labtec keyboard is knackered. I need a new keyboard but am stuck as to what to get. I need something decent for gaming {play mainly Wow and CSS} {cant do the proper brackets as thats one of the keys thats knackered}. what would you reccomend?

Are the Saiteks good?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-019-SK

what about this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-012-IZ&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2

Or are gaming keybords just a gimmick and I will be ok with something like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-007-CH&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=2

Thanks in advance

 

[NoobieOCer]

i would get the Saiteks, it has all you need and i dont see why people have to have soo many extra buttons for gamming =.=

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Saitek or G15 v1, prefer the G15 personally

 

[Drizmod]

i would get the Saiteks, it has all you need and i dont see why people have to have soo many extra buttons for gamming =.=

Thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to add that im on Vista 64. having read the product description it does not state that its compatible with Vista 64. I presume the normal keyboard will function fine but the extra functions might not work?

 

[Drizmod]

Saitek or G15 v1, prefer the G15 personally

I read somewhere on the net that someone got banned from wow for using this keyboard so thats one reason I did not list it to begin with {G15}

thanks for the recomendation

 

[badbob]

They're just standard media buttons, so I don't see why they wouldn't work. Saitek II here.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

You will get banned from an online game if you get caught using 3rd apps to automate actions, the macro buttons on the G15 also count as this, as does programs like ACTool or any that replicate mouse/keyboard usage. But then again thats just common sense, its seen as cheating

You will not get banned from a game just for using the keyboard, its the macro functionality that are a problem with some games.

Saying that Ive never been caught using the built in macros for the games I play, then again not been caught usin ACTool either xD

 

[Grumpy]

So if you have not been caught it's ok to cheat?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

nah not what Im using it for
Just speeds up the process

aint my problem if a game has terrible support, no active policing and terrible customer service.

What Im using them for I can just as easily pin a button down, but using them this way just makes it more efficient and doesnt spam me on return with help messages if any crashes or DCs.
If anyone has used macros they'll be able to tell you they can be quite restrictive and nowhere near in comparison to runnin bots.
Weve been able to use them quite we'll and mashed together a few diff games/instances of games at once, multiclienting but nothing that would have an effect on anyone elses game playing

 

[russ0r]

I read somewhere on the net that someone got banned from wow for using this keyboard so thats one reason I did not list it to begin with {G15}

Probably because they were using the macro buttons to bot in AV.

I love my G15, but the macro buttons are for me a complete waste of time. There's so many and I only use maybe 2-3 of them in every game :/
Love the LCD screen though.

I also recommend the Saitek too, used to have the model before that and it was solid as a rock (until I spilt coke all over it )

 

[psychas]

depends how much space you have for your keyboard on the table if you have loads go g15 because its huge keyboard if you tighter in space go with saitec i have saitec more then a year it been trough everything it even tasted some beer rofl but its working perfectly and really good at games