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Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Raptor77, 27 Dec 2011.

  1. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    I just love gratuitous LED shots SO DAMN MUCH!!!
     
  2. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    mmmm LEDs :D

    Can't wait to get my granite caps on my Poker, and eventually a low profile alu case. Should give a nice underglow :D
     
  3. IvanIvanovich

    IvanIvanovich будет глотать вашу душу.

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    Ducky and Keycool both also offer orange LED. Alternately you can always go with white led and simply put the little led color gels on them to change them into whatever color with nearly no effort.
     
  4. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Or just wear these at your desk:

    [​IMG]
     
  5. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    Lol, best suggestion ^^
     
  6. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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  7. mars-bar-man

    mars-bar-man Side bewb.

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    Now I've seen more photos, I'm so tempted! That TKL board looks lovely!
     
  8. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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    It is a thing of beauty :D just doesn't get used...
     
  9. mars-bar-man

    mars-bar-man Side bewb.

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    Yeah, and it's browns and I want to make the switch back to MX.. Time to list the RF!
     
  10. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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    Good idea! I've listed the stuff over at GH too but international postage charges may well put most people off the boards.
     
  11. Impatience

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    Ivan, where would I find these gels? It sounds like the perfect solution for a quick fix!

    EDIT (To stop double post..):

    I'm torn between these two choices..

    I could get a stock one of these - Ducky Shine 3 TKL with Orange Backlight and Browns and have it as a clean stock..
    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-075-DK&groupid=702&catid=2705&subcat=2709

    Or I could go the custom way and get a "cheapie" CM Storm Quickfire TK with Browns, mod the LED's to have orange glow.. And get a custom Keycap set.
    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cool...hanical-backlit-cherry-brown-gaming-keyboard-

    I've been looking at WASD's keypad sets and I can afford one with the CM, but not the Ducky.. This is the layout i'd look at and i'd use the Function buttons & arrows on the numpad combo bit.. (I can always remember where numbers should be! :hehe: )

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    My heart is kinda set on the custom way, but if I cant find these gels that Ivan speaks of.. It could look a disaster with white backlighting..? Also, is the CM really that much worse than the Ducky for using?
     
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  12. IvanIvanovich

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    I would just go for the Ducky and stay away from wasd keycap as they really aren't worth buying.
     
  13. Margo Baggins

    Margo Baggins I'm good at Soldering Super Moderator

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    Also - those WASD caps won't fit on a CM TK as the CM TK has funky bottom row.
     
  14. Alekoy

    Alekoy Ostekake!

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    My baby;

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  15. Margo Baggins

    Margo Baggins I'm good at Soldering Super Moderator

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    What pcb is inside that to get the staggering on the alpha block like that? It's not just JIS layout is it?

    Nice set though :) I had that set for a bit, but, the wrong sized shifts did my head in.
     
  16. Alekoy

    Alekoy Ostekake!

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    The PCB is a custom board made by Bpiphany, I think there was only 4 or 5 made. :D
    The shifts fit this board thou, but yeah, not much is normal with the layout, so :p
     
  17. Margo Baggins

    Margo Baggins I'm good at Soldering Super Moderator

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    nice, looks like it's quite fun!

    Take pictures of the inside if ever you get a chance :)
     
  18. Alekoy

    Alekoy Ostekake!

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    Will do :)

    Two more that is in the collection:

    Cut down Corsair K60 with MXs on the F-row
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    Duckmini V2 (mathias clicky) and Butterfly keypad (MX green)
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    My ErgoDox (WIP) and TracDox (even more WIP)
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  19. JaccoW

    JaccoW Overspender on keyboards

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    Just ordered two Charcoal Grey spacebars from Sheraton. They were missing from my SkiData/Charcoal Grey set that I bought off SpamRay a while ago.

    Can't wait to finally be able to use them. :D
     
  20. KidMod-Southpaw

    KidMod-Southpaw Super Spamming Saiyan

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    Ok, I love every one of Alekoy's boards...
     

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