How does Zig Forums feel about mechanical keyboards?

I'm neither a "pro gamer" nor play a competitive games.

Cool to have but obviously they're not gonna make you some godlike player by having one.

>i haven't done anything to prove what I'm saying but trust me bro.

okay.

>Electro-capacitive boards are what you actually want at the high end, rubber domes actually have ideal tactility
Topre tactility is pretty bad, though. Very mediocre.

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>60%

Get that shit outta here

Considering how much your average user spends on the computer, I’d at least recommend that one goes and checks if there’s some mechanical switch that feels like a better fit for your fingers than rubber domes, but there’s no need to be delusional, it’s a comfort matter, not something that magically improves your vidya skills.

>it's bad because i don't want a christmas ornament on my desk
you know you can just turn off the lights also rgb is pretty common now it's not like it's more expensive. but then you are just a faggot trying to fit in 4chinz and got memed by /g/ to buy inferior hardware

Why would I buy a keyboard with lights just to turn it off? That's retarded.

They have ideal tactility, because it's a smooth bump followed by a force drop-off, and you don't get any of the terrible switch feel of all the contact points in a typical MX switch. The stem touches the case in like 6 separate places, it's just fucking awful.

I legit don't know the difference between different keyboards, they all type the same.

I find little to no difference between linear switches without severely increasing the push-down force needed to actuate a key, the same goes for different types of tactile switches where all I really notice is that they have audible and sensory feedback through a "bump" and a loud click. Kailh box navies are my favorite for the loud-ass click. My first switches were a bunch of Outemu blues that came preinstalled on a Redragon keyboard, then a pack of Cherry blue switches I had that came with a Glorious modular keyboard, and honestly I could not tell the difference between the cheap switches and the "genuine" ones.

There is a metric fuckton of placebo in the mechanical keyboard sphere. Also, buy Datamancer keycaps or I'll show up at your house at night. They're the only fucking keycap manufacturer that rims their keys properly with metal instead of chrome-painted plastic.

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I wish people would finally realize that low profile is the way to go and real low profile mechanical keyboards were the standard

and no I'm not talking about that filthy trash meme keyboards above the 2,5 cm of height

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I got a pic related with brown switches for 34.99 USD. People are reselling them for 200 bucks, I saw one with a pricing error at Best Buy or Fry's or someshit and snagged it. Corsair has already sent me replacement caps and an RMA, so I got my money's worth. Probably the best keyboard I've ever had for the price. I don't give a shit about the lights since there's a button to turn them off.

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Rubber-dome keyboards are usually bargain-bin office keyboards and actuate by a rubber dome underneath the key making contact with the board underneath, mechanical keyboards have an individual switch for each key that a keystroke pushes down on. Mech keyboards also have a hell of a lot more in the way of customizations since they're just switches, but there is no objective best and it's all preference and how much you're willing to spend.

rgb is now mandatory, unless you buy those reddit keyboards without a numpad. average gaming periphals has rgb now, my keyboard has it, my case has it, my mouse has it I never used them. but sometimes I use keyboard's lights to see the keys

Nah, ideal tactility is much sharper than what Topre offers, they have a long drawn out bump which is actually more fatiguing on the fingers since they're doing more work. Topre boards are decent if you stick on some better domes, like the BKE ones, but default Topre is super mediocre when it comes to the actual tactile feel.

People act like Topre is some super smooth switch, but I'm convinced those who claim so have only ever used MX style switches. Any Alps switch is smoother, for example. Cherry MX switches are indeed pretty rough, but the design isn't inherently awful, there are better iterations on it.

still dont know how is a mechanical keyboard different apart from making shitty sounds and costing 10x more

but i do know that if you pay for a keyboard that doesnt have numpad keys, you are a gigantic flaming faggot

>rgb is now mandatory, unless you buy those reddit keyboards without a numpad
You don't look very hard, do you? There are tons of keyboards (with numpads) you can still buy on the market that have no RGB. Same with cases, mice, and so on.

Mechanical keyboards aren't inherently loud. That's entirely up to the switch design, of which there are plenty of quiet options.

unnecessary. the only feature that you "need" in a keyboard for gaming is n-key rollover

i hate that i have to use one now that im used to it i cant switch back to a membrane keyboard

Wish I had one. I hate my membrane piece of shit and will never listen to /g/ again.

>costing 10x more
Redragons are excellent mech keyboards and cost like $35 to $40 for an all-metal case and RGB lighting. Though yes, mech keyboard prices get very silly very quickly at the supposed high-end. A Glorious keyboard will run you $100 if you want it pre-built for you, $60 if you just want the bare keyboard and to switch and keycap it with stuff you already have.

Sure user. Here, don't forget your gaming shoe.
It comes with pretty light just like your other gaming peripheral.

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what is the point of buying non-rgb if it's the same price with rgb one? pic related is my keyboard. I don't have to use it like gay pride parade, I generally use teal. It has nice multimedia keys, a nice cushion, a cool sound wheel, also usb. I turn the lights off all the time other than writing something at night

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I lost my taste for membranes when they had this nasty habit of developing problem keys in 3-4 years of use. I have no idea why that is, because I’m not a messy keyboard user, and the problem keys usually aren’t the ones that get most use, but it just always happened that some key would only register presses maybe 70% of time. And that is a massive-ass pain for typing, when you always have to double-check everything.

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>what is the point of buying non-rgb if it's the same price with rgb one? pic related is my keyboard
Better keycap legends, if you want a keyboard in an actual enclosure (most RGB gaming keyboards use a floating switch design, which not only gets dirtier more easily, but is quite a bit louder)

Ive been gaming around 8hs a day, avg on this for 10 years. Last week the A key started to feel flimsy, the rubber thingy broke fown under it. I guess it's time to say goodbye

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rgb looks fucking gay

These mechanical keyboards that pretend to look like they are from 90's. They cost more than christmas keyboards despite that fact that both being assembled on the same chinese factory. It's like a double scam.

You have a point but I don't live in US so this keyboard was one of my best option

I like a strong tactile feel for everything. It's why I use a clicky thumbstick over a d-pad. It's why I like the GameCube's triggers.

I've bought mine no-name chinese membrane back in 2001, it died last year.

i have a steelseries apex pro because im not a broke little bitch

>They cost more than christmas keyboards
What did he mean by this?

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