If you could have any gaming keyboard, which would it be?

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by Asan Drakus, Nov 25, 2014.

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  1. Asan Drakus

    Asan Drakus Banned Crowfall Member

    Assume for the sake of this discussion, price is not an issue.

    What is the absolute best, most insanely sick gaming keyboard on the market? And why ?
     
    Asan Drakus, Nov 25, 2014
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  2. EniGmA1987

    EniGmA1987 Veteran Staff Member Xenforcer

    Obviously the only answer is the Optimus Maximus keyboard, if price is no issue.
    I think when you look at how much it would cost to get yourself one of them then price will suddenly be an issue :p
     
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    EniGmA1987, Nov 25, 2014
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  3. trancet

    trancet Veteran

    Im a huge fan of 10-keyless mechanical keyboards for gaming. specifically mx browns

    this one specifically:
    http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index....v2-88-key-iso-custom-mechanical-keyboard.html

    mx browns
    0.2mm oring
    maybe russian lettering
    custom color setup of some sort
    and i love the shape of that enter key

    Now, you were asking for some sort of gaming keyboard, this isnt exactly what most people think of when they consider a "gaming" keyboard.
     
    trancet, Nov 25, 2014
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  4. Xayton

    Xayton Veteran FPS Member

    For me...honestly...any full sized keyboard with Cherry MX Blues. I have an old model Razer Blackwidow keyboard that I love. DAS and Ducky also make really good keyboards. Just gotta have me Blues.
     
    Xayton, Nov 26, 2014
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  5. Asan Drakus

    Asan Drakus Banned Crowfall Member

    Asan Drakus, Nov 29, 2014
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  6. Rumor

    Rumor Veteran Star Citizen Member

    After seeing this, I decided to buy it.
     
    Rumor, Nov 30, 2014
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  7. Asan Drakus

    Asan Drakus Banned Crowfall Member

    Sweet, now I'm glad that I made this post, heh
     
    Asan Drakus, Nov 30, 2014
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  8. Asan Drakus

    Asan Drakus Banned Crowfall Member

    Hey Rumor,


    I'm sure you read the same thing I read before I bought it, but one of my favorite features is one of the lighting features.. Say you have a skill with a 5 second cooldown.. you can set that skill to say the '1' button.. And the light on that button will be green, but once you press it.. it will be yellow for 5 seconds until the CD is up and then go back to green. SO basically you can set your keyboard to be your Cooldown notification. hah

    I love that.
     
    Asan Drakus, Nov 30, 2014
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  9. Rumor

    Rumor Veteran Star Citizen Member

    Holy crap! I just got it. This is beautiful!
     
    Rumor, Dec 6, 2014
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  10. Asan Drakus

    Asan Drakus Banned Crowfall Member

    Hah! Love it man!
     
    Asan Drakus, Dec 6, 2014
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  11. haibane

    haibane Veteran Crowfall Member

    Damn, a 2000$ keyboard is, damn.

    Don't think it's the best for gaming either, response time must be massiv'

    Kudos for the orion spark, i need one someday (even if i use a G13 for gaming anyway)
     
    haibane, Mar 2, 2015
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  12. Jardaan

    Jardaan Veteran Crowfall Member

    Jardaan, Mar 2, 2015
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  13. EniGmA1987

    EniGmA1987 Veteran Staff Member Xenforcer

    Could always look at the Tesoro Colada. It is a mechanical keyboard made of aluminum instead of plastic. But then it also depends on if you like brown switches for gaming.
     
    EniGmA1987, Mar 2, 2015
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  14. Deadend

    Deadend Veteran Crowfall Member

    I still use my busted ass G11 lose cord and everything they can pry it from my cold dead hands.
     
    Deadend, Mar 2, 2015
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  15. Klocknov

    Klocknov Veteran Bless Online Member

    Optimus Maximus is a beauty and if price wasn't a question I so wouldn't mind a keyboard that I can play anime and games on at the same time.
    Past that I was really looking at the ASUS StriX Tactic Pro, ended up not getting it due to price compared to my budget as I found a refurbed Logitech G710+ and am happy with it. (I am a bit bias to brown switches as that is my proffered switch.)

    Before jumping in to the mechanical keyboard market I would pursue testing the switches out, make sure you get one you can stand for a good amount of time. After that it is looking for a keyboard that fits your bill.

    PS: I would avoid Razor products, as much as Kaith are not bad switches, they do not get the quality control that Cherry MX does and thus are cheaper and you are paying Cherry prices on the keyboard.
     
    Klocknov, Mar 15, 2015
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  16. Erock

    Erock Veteran Crowfall Member

    I have a K70 RGB ... cherry reds ... pretty solid and I have different profiles for each game ... I enjoy it cant complain
     
    Erock, Mar 15, 2015
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  17. EniGmA1987

    EniGmA1987 Veteran Staff Member Xenforcer

    What ever happened with that Corsair RGB fiasco Erock? I stopped paying attention to it but users were going to sue Corsair over false advertising because the keyboard lists as RGB and 16.7 million colors, but only had something like 1,000 colors select able. Personally I didnt care, that is a ton of color options, but everyone was all pissy about needing their 16.7 million options.
     
    EniGmA1987, Mar 15, 2015
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  18. Erock

    Erock Veteran Crowfall Member

    you know I have 0 clue about that ... shit looks dope to me ... I am just upset they are not letting users modify the software as much
     
    Erock, Mar 16, 2015
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  19. Mishka

    Mishka Veteran FPS Member

    [​IMG]
    Cant go wrong with this one :D
     
    Mishka, Mar 16, 2015
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  20. EniGmA1987

    EniGmA1987 Veteran Staff Member Xenforcer

    Tesoro just told me earlier today they plan to make a "Spectrum" version of their Colada keyboard in Q3 of this year. That is the keyboard I am going to get. It features full RGB lightlight and has many effects it can do, more than other keyboards with RGB. Such as lighting up specific keys based on context. For instance, if you play an MMO and you have a skill combo that uses keys 1, 4, 9, and u then you could make the 1 key yellow, and when you press it the light goes out and the 4 key lights up yellow, and so on so that your skill combo buttons light up in the right order with a certain color so you know what combo they are for. They keyboard is also made of aluminum, not plastic, and will come with Black, red, brown, and blue mechanical switches so you can get your preference.


    Razer does not use the regular Kaith switches, but instead has their own custom designed versions from Kaith that are produced to different specifications. I wouldnt judge a Razer product switch with the rest of them.
     
    EniGmA1987, Mar 20, 2015
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