Spec me a keyboard - full time developer / occasional gamer

Thesnipergecko

Thesnipergecko

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So my old faithful Saitek Eclipse II is starting to fail. Purchased way back in 2006 I think it's now served its purpose and can be laid to rest.

Cost doesn't really matter, it needs to be full size, have media keys and num pad.

I wan't something that is going to be quiet and ideally keys similar to that of my current keyboard. I don't like flat keys.

I code for 8 hours a day so it needs to be comfortable and easy on the ears. I don't want to be hearing CLUNK CLINK CLUNK all day.

Any help greatly appreciated.
 
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Mechanical keyboards aren't too loud. Just avoid MX Blue switches so you don't have the click, click sound, and don't hammer the keys down when you type.
 
Thesnipergecko said:
So my old faithful Saitek Eclipse II is starting to fail. Purchased way back in 2006 I think it's now served its purpose and can be laid to rest.

Cost doesn't really matter, it needs to be full size, have media keys and num pad.

I wan't something that is going to be quiet and ideally keys similar to that of my current keyboard. I don't like flat keys.

I code for 8 hours a day so it needs to be comfortable and easy on the ears. I don't want to be hearing CLUNK CLINK CLUNK all day.

Any help greatly appreciated.
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I code on my Filco with Cherry MX browns all day (and most evening currently :/) and game when I can.

I've never go back from mechanical, even with the extra noise they produce. I haven't had RSI in a long while from typing!
 
Doesn't seem to be much in rgb under 100.
I want a g810 with cherry switches and closest I can find is k70, which I believe is discontinueD

Personally I can't justify above 100, want rgb, and don't need macro keys
 
I went with a G810 in the end. Stunning keyboard. The only reason I didn't go for the Corsair was because I already have the Logitech gaming software installed for my G29 Wheel.

I'm extremely happy with it and it's no where near as clunky as I was expecting it to be.
 
Thesnipergecko;30488368 said:
I went with a G810 in the end. Stunning keyboard. The only reason I didn't go for the Corsair was because I already have the Logitech gaming software installed for my G29 Wheel.

I'm extremely happy with it and it's no where near as clunky as I was expecting it to be.
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I think I will end up with the same. Was concerned about the custom switches.
I also have logitech mouse too. It's it different enough from membrane keyboard?
 
Its a bit late now buy another suggestion would to be get a mechanical keyboard that works with Easy Avr, some keyboards like the Filco can be modded to work with this.

That will allow you to turn your keyboard into a programable one, you can have 10 different layers and program the keys to be whatever you like.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51252.0



 
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