Good deal for a Corsair board - the refurbished version is more expensive!
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LewsTherin
14 Aug 162#1
Super deal though personally I prefer Mx browns, these are Reds
maltikism to LewsTherin
15 Aug 16#21
good to know.
joeymcjoe
14 Aug 16#2
Where could I try out a mechanical keyboard like this? Don't want to shell out this sort of money to just send it back if I don't like it...
NikNaks12 to joeymcjoe
14 Aug 161#3
I was in the same boat as you. I found a tatty old Razor keyboard in PC World which I tried. They weren't the official Cherry MX switches, but it was the closet I could get.
I have the K70 MX Brown - I still actually prefer my old Coolermaster MX Blue though.
I don't think I could go back to a standard membrane keyboard now.
mats123 to joeymcjoe
14 Aug 162#4
maplin
BerryAl to joeymcjoe
14 Aug 162#5
If you're worried about buying into the world of mechanical keyboards, don't be. You'll get one, it'll feel weird for a few days and after that you'll never be able to go back. I love mine, I have a K65 (no numberpad) with cherry reds. They're really a step up from membrane boards.
jayd95
14 Aug 16#6
there was a similar deal for this a month ago, it's the model with the dodgy l.e.ds that aren't shielded so they only last a couple of months :-/
Fatso666 to jayd95
15 Aug 16#11
The LEDs start dropping like flies from what I hear and the Lux model (which supposedly fixes this shielding issue) costs around £150
Anything with LEDs is bound to die sooner rather than later to be honest
fitzyfitz29
14 Aug 16#7
Good deal. I personally dident like this keyboard. I bought the refurbished version and took it back to scan a few days later. Having said that I have still voted hot.
If you want to try keyboards then lots of game shops have mechanical keyboards out on display.
I use the Razer blackwidow chroma. Love it
daytripper
14 Aug 16#8
IBM model M. Nuff said...
dannydumkow1 to daytripper
14 Aug 16#9
what does that mean?
Rhythm
14 Aug 161#10
The keyboard that arguably kicked off the mechanical trend. Old keyboard from the 80s that became exceptionally popular with programmers due to its feel and feedback.
quertbarbie62
15 Aug 16#12
check at Maplins, my local store here got 2 of it on display
Syst3mzero
15 Aug 161#13
LOL!!!!!
LEDs are great as most have a rated life of at least 45,000 hours and many are rated to last 50,000 hours.
to put these hours in perspective if you have it lit 24 hours a day it would be expected that an led rated at 50,000 hours should reach 5.7 years. however lets assume you sometimes sleep and maybe shower, go to work, cook, socialise, go on holiday and all those normal things... on average your led gaming keyboard probably wouldn't be on more than 4 hours a day... the LEDs should keep working for 34 years.
Now I'm not contesting that the keyboard may have LED issues, maybe they didn't work out the power correctly and put more than the LEDs could handle or made some other daft mistake, what I do contest is that things with LEDs die sooner.
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I have the K70 MX Brown - I still actually prefer my old Coolermaster MX Blue though.
I don't think I could go back to a standard membrane keyboard now.
Anything with LEDs is bound to die sooner rather than later to be honest
If you want to try keyboards then lots of game shops have mechanical keyboards out on display.
I use the Razer blackwidow chroma. Love it
LEDs are great as most have a rated life of at least 45,000 hours and many are rated to last 50,000 hours.
to put these hours in perspective if you have it lit 24 hours a day it would be expected that an led rated at 50,000 hours should reach 5.7 years. however lets assume you sometimes sleep and maybe shower, go to work, cook, socialise, go on holiday and all those normal things... on average your led gaming keyboard probably wouldn't be on more than 4 hours a day... the LEDs should keep working for 34 years.
Now I'm not contesting that the keyboard may have LED issues, maybe they didn't work out the power correctly and put more than the LEDs could handle or made some other daft mistake, what I do contest is that things with LEDs die sooner.