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| 01 Feb 2015 04:16 PM |
I have a regular keyboard but my friend has recently bought a Razer blackwidow ultimate. He tells me its awesome but didn't really tell me what difference there is, even if i ask him.
I Google'd it and thought to myself is it actually worth it?
What do you guys think? |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:17 PM |
| There is no difference. Calling a keyboard a "gaming" keyboard is a marketing ploy to cater to a market that has a lot of people with a lot of money to spend. The main differences include nothing but keyboards that light up and mechanical keys that wear out 99% faster than regular mechanical keyboards do. |
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blobbem
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:18 PM |
Short answer? No.
Long answer? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:18 PM |
| No, calling it a gaming keyboard does nothing, but a quality mechanical keyboard is soooooooo much better than common keyboards. |
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heniboy
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:19 PM |
doesnt look like it, it just looks likes beats, overpriced status symbols that do the same or worse as others
The cow goes moo!!11!! |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:19 PM |
| Although the Corsair RGB keyboards do look pretty neato. |
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meldo
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:20 PM |
| as long as it's not insanely expensive and not cherry mx blue |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:20 PM |
"not cherry mx blue"
Cherry MX Blue and Green >>>>>>>>> All |
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iiNerdii
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:21 PM |
"The main differences include nothing but keyboards that light up and mechanical keys that wear out 99% faster than regular mechanical keyboards do."
except a standard keyboard like ones used in schools are absolute crap to type with
You know what shape you are? A Rekt-tangle [ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ] |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:23 PM |
"except a standard keyboard like ones used in schools are absolute crap to type with"
I've used a "standard" mechanical keyboard since I got my first PC nearing 15 years ago. It's the same keyboard. I can type easier with it than any other keyboard. It has no distracting lights, and a newer version (since this one isn't made anymore, yes, this is my same keyboard from nearing 15 years ago) is no more than $20.
A gaming keyboard would never last this long, could never be this easy to type with, and would cost over $100 usually. |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:23 PM |
| So in other words, not worth it? |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:24 PM |
"I've used a "standard" mechanical keyboard since I got my first PC nearing 15 years ago. It's the same keyboard. I can type easier with it than any other keyboard. It has no distracting lights, and a newer version (since this one isn't made anymore, yes, this is my same keyboard from nearing 15 years ago) is no more than $20."
M8 do you even know what a mechanical keyboard is? You probably just have a rubber dome keyboard or a scissor switch. |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:28 PM |
| mechanical switches are sooo nice |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:29 PM |
"M8 do you even know what a mechanical keyboard is? You probably just have a rubber dome keyboard or a scissor switch."
A mechanical keyboard is a key that uses mechanical triggers rather than the sensor panels that are typical on the commonly-used membrane keyboards. Do YOU know what a mechanical keyboard is? Because you're making it out to be a harder concept to understand than it could ever be.
They're much easier to type on since each key is well-defined (some "upgrades" make them more like membrane keyboards and remove this factor though. Upgrades that are common on gaming keyboards.) and would never need to light up for you to know where the keys are as a result of that. |
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| 01 Feb 2015 04:30 PM |
| i don't think so but that is my opinion |
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