Which keyboard for £50 (roughly)?

Cromulent · 24 Feb 2019 at 09:47

I have a budget of about £50 to £70 for a keyboard. I don't care about RGB lighting. All I want is something that is OK for gaming but is also good for typing for long periods as I do a lot of it.

One feature I would like is media keys on the keyboard so I can change track, play and pause and change volume. Bonus points if the keyboard has programmable macros.

Begbie · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:12

Looking for the same and came across the G413 for £55 elsewhere.

Looks good for the price.

Cromulent · 24 Feb 2019 at 14:17

Begbie said:
Looking for the same and came across the G413 for £55 elsewhere.

Looks good for the price.

That does look good. Thanks for the tip. I'm glad it has media keys as well.

Tysonator · 26 Feb 2019 at 19:01

I am also looking for a good illuminated gaming keyboard which is also good for photo / media editing and typing

Vince · 26 Feb 2019 at 19:07

I'm going to put it in here as I broke my mechanical and decided to buy the best typing keyboard I could find as really that's the primary use. I tried what felt like a million keyboards and ended up with...

Microsoft modern keyboard.

It truly is a beautiful keyboard. I think it is outside the budget and can be had for like 80 to 90 if you look around. It can also be used wired or wireless and has a fingerprint reader for windows hello. Well worth the money imo.

LeMson · 1 Mar 2019 at 14:55

Vince said:
I'm going to put it in here as I broke my mechanical and decided to buy the best typing keyboard I could find as really that's the primary use. I tried what felt like a million keyboards and ended up with...

Microsoft modern keyboard.

It truly is a beautiful keyboard. I think it is outside the budget and can be had for like 80 to 90 if you look around. It can also be used wired or wireless and has a fingerprint reader for windows hello. Well worth the money imo.

The keys look similar to a Razer Deathstalker (now discontinued I think

), they are very low profile, and indeed a joy to type on!

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 04:50

Vince said:
I'm going to put it in here as I broke my mechanical and decided to buy the best typing keyboard I could find as really that's the primary use. I tried what felt like a million keyboards and ended up with...

Microsoft modern keyboard.

It truly is a beautiful keyboard. I think it is outside the budget and can be had for like 80 to 90 if you look around. It can also be used wired or wireless and has a fingerprint reader for windows hello. Well worth the money imo.

Looks like a mac keyboard though.

Vince · 8 Apr 2019 at 07:26

Double07 said:
Looks like a mac keyboard though.

Why does it matter what it looks like? It's an awesome keyboard to type on and use.

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 07:50

Vince said:
Why does it matter what it looks like? It's an awesome keyboard to type on and use.

It was a joke. PC v Mac. Wasnt meant to be anything serious

Vince · 8 Apr 2019 at 08:43

Double07 said:
It was a joke. PC v Mac. Wasnt meant to be anything serious

It's way to early for me to have any sense of humour

You are right though, Microsoft went decidedly Mac with the design. Probably a good thing tbh as historical Microsoft designs have been sketchy at best.

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 08:52

Vince said:
It's way to early for me to have any sense of humour You are right though, Microsoft went decidedly Mac with the design. Probably a good thing tbh as historical Microsoft designs have been sketchy at best.

Haha yeah ive done an all nighter so i was just bored and looking at 101 random things in the forums for something to pass the time.

Well yeah say what you want about Apple, they know how to design something that people find asthetically pleasing.

b00m666 · 10 Apr 2019 at 17:42

Had the ** Mo competitors ** some time ago and it worked fine for me. Had no awkwardness or trouble with it.

Cooler running · 10 Apr 2019 at 22:46

If youre willing to go to the top of your budget, the fanatic gear rush keyboard comes with Cherry MX switches and a backlight. I'd recommend it at the price point.

DampCat · 19 Apr 2019 at 07:33

Logitech G413 can be had for £39.99 today if you google

Andygully · 20 Apr 2019 at 12:37

the corsair k55 is £50

willhub · 20 Apr 2019 at 15:02

Andygully said:
the corsair k55 is £50

I was devvoed when I bought this, thought it was per key backlight turns out it's 3 zone RGB :'( Feels nice the non mechanical keys though.

Andygully · 26 Apr 2019 at 12:38

willhub said:
I was devvoed when I bought this, thought it was per key backlight turns out it's 3 zone RGB :'( Feels nice the non mechanical keys though.

I never knew that, i got my son one and he loves it.