Mechanical keyboard roundup 2014
http://hothardware.com/reviews/know-your-t...boards-compared

=^-^=; good read for new buyers. it doesn't cover all mkbs e.g. ducky, filco... but still a good read.

the comparison list
- Razer BlackWidow Ultimate
- Roccat Ryos MK Pro
- Corsair Gaming K65 RGB
- Tt eSports Poseidon ZX
- Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid-i

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Dec 24 2014, 01:00 PM

yeh... these review sites tend to only cover brands who bother to send them review units. this tends to lead to a misconception in the roundup that is the only valid choices :} but still doesn't hurt to see what these brands covered have, and to compare them.

thx :} been busy with gaming xd.... strife moba



for work don't get a mkb with so much colored lighting. is very out of place for work environment xd.

for work i find a full standard keyboard with numpad is better compared to tenkeyless. the numpad is very useful (depending if your job does lots of data entry or not)

i strongly recommend cherry mx brown for work and general use :}

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Dec 24 2014, 01:35 PM

you mean these switches ?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7911/razer-b...yboard-review/3






i've been out of the scene for a while so wasn't aware about these interesting

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Dec 24 2014, 01:37 PM

from what i heard seems to be a geekhack group thing you'll probably find out more from there.

that as may be, i think it will all come down to pricing

but a shorter actuation point is always welcome

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Dec 24 2014, 02:02 PM

ducky shine 4 review. use google to translate to english
http://www.technic3d.com/review/eingabeger...y-shine-4/1.htm



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 1 2015, 07:20 AM

was this posted yet ?

MSI GT80 Titan mechanical keyboard laptop
http://blog.laptopmag.com/msi-gt80-titan-sli-specs
http://www.lowyat.net/2015/01/new-lenovo-y...e-i7-processor/







normally laptops are notorious for not being able to upgrade the main components which most users would do after 5 years or more.

however looking at the youtube demonstration, they show that this laptop was designed to be upgradable. hopefully that means the motherboard and cpu too

but the catch is, they only promise upgrades for 2 generations. so beyond that you will need to get a new laptop.

the intel strategy is a tick tock.... so assuming these 2 generations are tocks only, then maybe it would last long enough to be an okay investment



having said that, for bang for bucks, i've never had quite an issue with laptop chiclet keys and cheaper too. but then again i don't use laptops for competitive gaming so lelz

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 11 2015, 12:31 PM

modern day cherry mechanical keyboard
http://techgage.com/article/cherry-on-top-...ional-keyboard/


this is not just the switch, but the actual keyboard itself made by Cherry corp.

I own a vintage Cherry keyboard, but the one in the link is CHERRY’s MX-Board 3.0 Professional Keyboard. Click the link to read the review.


PS: the old cherry keyboards were not only good because of their switches, but also because of their higher contrast and durable doubleshot and even some dye sublimated keycaps. But over time they cheapened their products and switched to cheaper types of keycaps. So do keep an eye out for that when reading the review but thats not to say they aren't falling in line with what other mkb brands are offering, but it does give you a history of what their products once were like, and whether they've gone back to their old roots or just followed the todays mkb brand status quo.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 21 2015, 03:00 PM

strongly agreed on this point

haven't had finger aches since moving to a cherry brown from a rubber dome. tried blacks but damn... so uncomfortable

red's .... nice at first but then you realize it's too light considering it's linear. for me who often rest my finger tips lightly on keyboard (even by accident) may actually depress during a game which could be fatal

blues, clicky, don't like the sound. also read it has issues for double tapping for games that utilize that sort of gaming tactics. i didn't test this myself but thats what people say

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 21 2015, 02:55 PM

a mechanical keyboard that also doubles as an android ?

http://www.geek.com/android/a-quad-core-an...yboard-1614864/
http://www.lowyat.net/2015/02/oneboard-pro...ing-on-android/


uh..... is it trying to be a htpc, laptop, tablet something, i'm not quite sure what to think of this

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 5 2015, 06:36 PM

ah, just not quite sure whats the value in this though, and what kind of customer are they aiming for.

If i go android, i'd want it for either a smartphone or tablet, and maybe even for smart tv device e.g. roku or some sort of hdmi adapter.

split mechanical keyboard


http://techreport.com/news/27805/mini-mech...down-the-middle


i guess this build makes sense, if you rather keep your hands further apart when typing

also the other benefit is it physically separates the left and right hand typing to make it much easier. for me, sometimes i mess up qwerty style typing, because a finger from 1 hand actuates a key which should have been actuated by the other. happens because keyboard is close together so accidents happen if your a newbie like me

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 12 2015, 03:17 AM

not sure, but anything that looks unique is usually expensive lelz

wow even got aes encrypted mkb by cherry corp
http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Che...d-Are-Encrypted



i didn't even know that was a thing. What exactly is the difference between that and just using software like Zemana antilogger on pc ?

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 12 2015, 05:03 PM

right... so the mkb hardware aes is
1. zero day protection
2. mobility on the go and still protected


k gotcha

welcome to the mkb club i think now your ready to agree a mkb is just as useful a purchase as a performance gamers mouse.

but then again if i had a very low budget for pc it would still be prioritizing my pc rig purchases in this order of importance....

1. cpu (somewhere close to highend but not the insane prices lelz...)
2. motherboard (most of the highend have features i don't use, so usually get mid to high rng depending)
3. ram (cheapest, doesn't need to the best just bang for buck n still good for gaming)
4. ssd hdd (this is a must for gamers these days. even regular use can benefit. prefer 512gb for the performance. 1tb is too expensive for now. sata3/m2/pcie or better.
5. gaming mouse (hard to play games without a good mouse.... but i wouldn't spend more then myr 300 for one (i've seen some priced 600+ which is insane for a hardware that tends to wear out fast).
6. monitor ( won't settle for anything less than ah-ips or better. tn gsync monitors 144hz+ r so expensive.... )
7. speakers (audiophile guilty as charged always listen to flac)
8. mechanical keyboard (hadn't had hand issues due to typing on cherry mx brown. not to mention is better actuator for general and gaming usage.)


and even then i agree with you it's still subjective.... despite the science why mkbs r better, some people who had tried both (not people who discredit mkbs without even trying once at least) still say they prefer rubberdome, n thats ok. But i still wouldn't pay for a so called gamer rubberdome keyboard that is priced the same or very close to a mkb (doesn't make sense to me)

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 13 2015, 08:19 PM

u mean this g19 ?
http://www.trustedreviews.com/Logitech-G19...Keyboard-review


seems to be old though. didn't their more recent gaming keyboard models become mechanical keyboards

kinda surprised trying to sell a rubberdome at 699... seems over priced


yeh sidewinder rubberdome was the most acceptable back in its heyday.




PS: can't live without my ducky multimedia keys for stop/play/change track for music

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 14 2015, 03:28 AM

not a really good comparison.

for mkb the material used does make a difference in the build quality. whether it be the keycaps, the casing, or other smaller parts.

but if it's something as stupid as diamond studded mkb, i'd just face palm. whenever i see those smartphones with diamond or goldplating for aesthethics, i just roll my eyes. but then again i'm not bill gates with lots of money to waste


yes price does factor into whether it's worth the purchase considering that mkbs usually priced between rm 3xx-1xxx. but since they start peddling out rubberdome keyboards that is priced roughly same as mkb, then it became a no brainer which to get, considering rubberdome was inferior to mechanical switches. just try and see for yourself




i totally agree with you on this point. and that is why i list my own personal set of priorities which i feel take more precedent for hardware upgrades.


for me it's a 1 time purchase for a long term investment. i did buy optional keycap parts to pimp out my mkb for better contrasting letterings and keys that don't fade, don't have that oily slick, and has the color schema i want.




i'm not surprised. because these 2 enthusiast groups can easily be of the same types of because both tend to invest in hardware with improvements most mainstreams don't fork out money for that level of improvement.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 15 2015, 07:09 AM

well if you go for a double shot keycap mkb, you'll tend to miss out on the led lighting, but in return you get very nice contrast on your keyprints.

alternatively if you go for led lighted keyboards, the clarity is also good but depending on the quality of the led in question. it's also very cool.

You can't go wrong with either, but the former is more of a classic look, and the later a futuristic bling look.

I do think in MKB there are sub groups of different preferences, but ultimately if it has a mechanical switch (yes including topres) then their all essentional mkbs.

Everything else like led lighting, keycap type, build material, media and gaming features are all just icing on top of it



just to share my own opinion. Regardless of whether someone is right or wrong, it's less condusive to end a discussion by telling others they have no place here.

from what i've seen the mkb club thread has way fewer trolls e.g. optiplex from the real world forum who goes around trolling day in day out talking bunch of garbage. i don't see that in this thread, so in my honest opinion, we should discuss/debate and learn through who made the more valid argument and leave it at that. lets not resort to name calling just we disagree

oo i wasn't aware of that. Would be interesting if there was an article comparing cherry, kalih, gateron and topre switches


pom is more resistant to oily slick, browning compared to pbt. so in this order. but is harder to work with, so some pom keyboards especially the keycaps, sometimes you need to pay particularly close attention, just in case they add lots of weird bumps





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyoxymethylene



notice the low friction, guess that would explain the difference when typing on say pom, pbt as the feel is different.

most of my keys are abs so they have a slight shine look, and does feel like it's lost it's texture from high usage. but that said it's not as bad as my old logitech g15v1, because those keycaps had disgustingly high amounts of shine, not to mention the printings had faded away. no issue on my double shot abs :}



i use my ducky mkb's original pbt space bar which i very much prefer compared to a abs one *i do detect a hint of shine, and loss of texture, but it's not enough to be a big deal for me


Anyway this is a very good article on keycaps
http://www.keychatter.com/keycaps/

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 15 2015, 07:26 PM

gong xi fatt chai everybody

A typical mkb addict on cny









couldn't find any good cny memes, so that will have to do for this year

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 19 2015, 03:13 PM