QUOTE(tigrion @ Jan 30 2015, 02:10 PM)
Thanks so much for the reply, and sorry for my late one, was on campus and became really busy with work/studies to even surf lyn

so the main reason you do not reccomend the keyboard is due to the lack of customisation? The K65 is not backlit, and I am looking for an entry level mkb to game on the go between campus and home. I do not own a desktop computer, so the 80% layout seemed to make more sense to me. I also do not plan on going to any dark cc's to play anytime soon, so that is why I decided not to go for a backlit version.
Also, keycaps are expensive! a quick survey of LYN and its keycap pricing shows that it's about 1/3 the price of the actual keyboard! (the K65 is about RM3xx, and the caps are about RM100 for full keycap set!!) so I don't think I can splurge on the keycaps just yetÂ
After all this would you still recommend corsair? or would you still prefer another brand such as the ducky zero series?
regarding keycaps, think about it this way, if so happens that one of your keys plastic broke or your wasd and spacebar shine so badly that it looks ugly, you'll have a hard time finding a replacement keycaps later on.
and when the time comes, you'll start looking for replacement keycaps, and then you'll come across pretty looking keycaps set along the way, then you start kena getting poisoned by it.
but when you finally want to buy them (after thinking a lot of times and saving money) you realized that the CTRL ALT SPACEBAR row doesn't fit your keyboard...why? because your keyboard isn't standard layout, which we have warned long long time ago before you bought that keyboard but you didn't listen to us and go for that K65 keyboard.
then u start to regret and look for ways to sell your keyboard but nobody wan to buy from you because your keys spoil already or look ugly with the shine.
after that, you kena lowball, buy so expensive but can only sell below RM100. then you have to buy a new keyboard again with the money you saved for the keycaps.
then by the time you have enough money for that keycaps, the groupbuy already over or no more extra sets or you have to pay even more extra because people resell them at higher value.
moral of the story is, all this can be avoided if you have any of the following;
a) you listen to our recommendation since day 1
b) your bank account damn besar
c) run away when you can
d) you don't fancy keycaps
life is not fair, but sometimes, to elevate that, you need to be smart a bit.
my dua sen.
also, if your budget allows, get filco tkl or ducky zero tkl if you have tighter budget.
This post has been edited by justnits: Jan 30 2015, 02:40 PM