All the new keyboards aimed at children come with led lights.

>>58490737
light keys are cool

Of course not, but when the difference between RGB LED backlighting and just a normal keyboard is $30. Why the fuck not?

I'm already spending $100+ on a mech, going for mech + RGB is only a slight bit more and while it may not be used often, it's fun to mess around with.

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>lights to encourage you to never learn where the keys are because you constantly look at them
or
>no lettering or indication of what the key is

>>58490737
I can't always find my home row in the dark. Once I find it i'm fine.

>>58490737
I know where the keys are anyway. My relaxed, error-free typing speed is 110 WPM, and peak is 140. I just enjoy the LEDs because they look cool when I'm taking a larger look at my desktop. Fight me.

>>58490801
Then why is the escape key red?

>>58490801
are you retarded? I touch type with RGB LED backlights, you don't need to look at the keys while typing to have RGB LED lighting.

>>58490737
>All the new keyboards aimed at children come with led lights
Stop buying gaymen keyboards. >>>/g/mkg

>>58490819
There are notches on the keycaps though.

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>>58490918

>>58490737
Rosewill doesn't do this.

>>58490762
This.

If I don't want it I can turn it off, and if you have RGB you have the option to make it whatever color you want to make it match your setup. Plus it's handy in the dark if you're sitting far enough from the monitor that it doesn't light the keyboard.

>>58490974
>Plus it's handy in the dark
Never understood this. Why would you sit at your computer in the dark? Are you too poor to buy a lamp?

>>58490737
Flashing RGB leds are retarded and unnecessary

only faint, warm white backlight is useful in darkness

>>58491020
with RGB LEDs though you can set any color of slightly warm white you want. You have 16.8M colors available.

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>>58491020
This. I use a $17 monoprice backlit keyboard so I can see what I'm typing in the dark.

>>58491011
Because my screen is all I'm looking at when I'm using the computer, and the screen has its own backlight. Why would the rest of the room need to be lit up?

>>58491038
>not mechanical

not really relevant to the conversation, the OP keyboard is $130+

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>>58491048
Eye strain.

I have 2 desk lamps and RGB LED accent lighting on my desk to provide enough ambient light at any hour of the day.

>>58490737
>Have kids lost the ability to type without looking at the keys?

It's very possible that within a few years (if not already) kids won't know how to type and will never learn. Touch screens are the future

>>58491076
I don't have autism so I don't care about such trivialities.

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>>58490737
I dunno about kids but theres still a healthy amount of people who dont want bullshit, just clicky.

cherry greens are super interesting.

>>58491094
Well kinda pointless since there are very few if any true RGB non-mechanical keyboards out there.

All the fancy RGB LED lighting keyboards are mechanical, and only super cheap RGB keyboards from china are rubber dome, and even they tend to be chink mechanical.

>>58491088
why not just turn down the brightness on your monitors, if they're too bright to use in the dark without straining your eyes?

>giant-ass microphone
>"RGB accent lighting"
oh, right, I see now, you just want to revel in being a fag

>>58491128
Kek, my monitors are set between 5 and 20% of their maximum brightness depending what i'm doing.

Feel free to fuck up your eyes senpai, i was simply giving you an answer to your question.

This thread basically boils down to
>Stop liking what I don't like

If you don't like RGB lighting don't get it. But you have to be full on autistic to give a shit if others use it.

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>>58491091
>It's very possible that within a few years (if not already) kids won't know how to type and will never learn.

Fuck thats sad. They'll never experience the joy of typing on a really nice mechanical keyboard.

>>58490737
Well it depends.
I have white lights on my wireless K800 and red lights wouldn't hurt since it's darker, but it's nice to have when you watch movies and just want to have something light up as you close in with your hands, but always lit keys are a big no no.

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>tfw you can touch type but aren't pisspoor so you have euphoric RGB

>>58491710
This.

I can touch type. I have 3 mechanical boards and 1 of them happens to be RGB.

>>58491710
yup, same boat.

>>58490737
>buttmad he cant afford one
stay poor nigger

It's just people who like to broadcast their LGBT affiliations, don't be such a bigot

guilty of this, I can't type without looking at the keys every once in awhile. I can't be bothered to practice touch typing too

the LED are for when I am being emo and don't want to turn on the lights in my room during night time but still want to shit post in /g/

My mech just has a nice flat white backlight that has like three levels of brightness and a slow pulse function for shits and giggles.

>>58490974
>He spends $100 on a keyboard without even being able to touch type properly
Why?

>>58491048
Because normal people don't sit in dark rooms?

>>58490909
>/mkg/
Yeah, buy useless "artisan" rainbow colored special snowflake key caps and braided cables, and most importantly, at most 60% size, better 40%, because less buttons means you're more skilled at computers.

i agree that colored lights on keyboards is a stupid fad, but the truth is the current crop of kids can out type the shit out of my generation when we were kids

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>>58490737
There's a lot more homosexuals in the open today who like to flaunt their sexuality and like to expose their flaming faggotry to everyone else... so that's why all these RGB, or as I like to call them, RGBT, keyboards are becoming so popular.

if you see a kid with a led keyboard, don't get close unless you want to catch AIDS.

>>58492669
Because I like the click clack

>>58492741
Learn touchtyping online anon, you'll type slow for a couple of weeks but then you'll start typing fast for the rest of your life.

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>>58490737
I have an RGB keyboard and I've been typing without looking for years

>>58492762
Nah. I had like touch-typing software as a kid, but never really used it. I can still type without looking at the keyboard, but it's a weird, different form of touch typing. I'm probably not as fast as professionals that have typed for years - or even just normal people who HAVE bothered to learn touch typing, but it works for me, and I'm faster than most other people I know, so I'm content.

>>58492740
RGB keyboards are probably illegal in Russia for this reason.

>>58493054
good. this shit can turn a kid gay.

>>58492412
One thing I don't understand is how someone can spend a bunch of time on a text-based place like 4chan, particularly the technology board, and not know how to touch type. It just doesn't make sense to me.

>>58492701
This. Mini keyboards for a desktop system are *fucking* retarded.

>>58492809
>content with wasting time
Congratulations, you just triggered me.

>>58490737
It has nothing to do with not being able to type properly, it's just about making sales. Look at any YouTuber; if you don't have an RGB keyboard nobody will watch your fucking videos. And you can't run a YouTube channel if nobody watches your videos.

>tfw all the conservative looking keyboards are either top of the line or cheap as shit in both price and quality
Kill me

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>>58493492
>out of curiosity, take a typing speed test
>do better than 96% of people on my first run, even after fucking up quite a bit
One more thing to add to the list of reasons why I'm better than everyone else

>>58493535
This too. Why can't I just have a non-RGB, no-bullshit mechanical keyboard for like $50? I don't want media, macro, dick suck or butt fuck keys. Just the regular layout and Cherry reds or browns. That's all.

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>>58490737
General rule of thumb is that more the LEDs the keyboard has, the shittier it is.

LED = shitty gimmick for kids and manchildren.

just like flies are attracted to shit, manchuldren and extremely young are attracted to LED lights.

>>58491128
>giant-ass microphone

That's a pretty normal size microphone for someone who isn't a poorfag.

>>58493619
>being a youtuber or running a podcast
Congratulations, leech.

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>>58490737
Often times, the RGB is more of an eye candy, desk accessory thing more than a typing aide.
It's like a lava lamp, you get it because it looks neat, not because it's a practical light source.
I often have mine with a graphic equalizer when chilling and listening to music, adds some extra ambience to the room.

>>58493676
>spend $200 on a keyboard
>another $600 for a camera to take pictures of it
>fuck up the focus and use shit quality
F

>>58491011
As a kid i sat in the dark so if I heard someone coming I could shut my monitor off and hide and not get caught lookin at porn

>>58490737
So, get this. I went to a small school in buttfuck hickville and they JUST started teaching children there typing. I was sitting in class (about 7 years ago now) typing at like 90wpm. I would finish my lessons three weeks ahead of schedule and just fuck around in class, until the teacher told me to stop. So, I took a look around class and found out that 90% of the students in that class were struggling to keep up with the lessons and barely scraping by with 30wpm at best. Some of them had to stare at the keyboard and hunt-peck for the keys halfway through the semester.

>>58491011
I often sit on the computer with the lights off because my >gf is asleep right next to me

>>58491011
> not him, but
Not everyone likes sitting in well-lit rooms. I don't like being in a lit room, if I have the option. I find it comforting, I dunno. I also like nights more than days.

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>>58490737
I use mech keyboard with RGB lighting with empty print black switches

I m true meme manchlidren

even though I touch type, not having the light on sometimes fucks me up on certain keys. it's strange, maybe i'm subconsciously looking through peripheral vision?!

>>58490737
I got the k65 and just set it to white LEDs and two keys red windows and space bar.


honestly i don't even look at the keys when I play and I don't look when I type so I don't care for setting it to gay pride mode even though I'm a fgt.

the keyboard was a gift for me, I wouldn't of bought something like that, but it's a nice keyboard.

>>58493790
it's just a screencap of a yt video lmao

>>58490801
>hurr durr I'm a 1337 H4XX0R don't need to look at keys on my keyboard. Epic gaymur here

>>58490801
what is the name of that keyboard

>>58494369
Theodore

>>58490908
That kinda defies the purpose though.
>are you retarded? I watch TV with my eyes closed, you don't need open eyes to sit in front of a TV.

So hating on backlighted keyboards is the new autistic meme? Cool

>>58491032
And any one of them except maximum brightness will rape your eyes with shitty low-frequency PWM.

Yeah im sure you know everx keyboard combination and never look at the keyboard never ever

you complain about children but autistic manchildren like you who think using a fucking keyboard is some secret autism club elitits shit is mich worse, kill yourself faggot

It's pretty safe to say I'm comfortably sitting in the top 250 list of the world's fastest typists atm, but back in around 2010-2011 I was quite a bit faster. It's when I peaked. Was constantly practicing, racing, and attending tournaments whenever possible. All this paid off once I began to consistently maintain an official position in the top 15-20 fastest typists in English. I'm not sure if you guys have ever heard of Sean Wrona, (most impressive and quickest typist on the planet) Well.. back when I was taking competitive typing seriously, I was given a few opportunities to meet up with him and race at a couple different tournaments. (I was pretty unsuccessful at giving the guy a legitimate challenge for the most part, he's a freaking machine. All in all, I outperformed him a handful of times which led to a couple of wins, overall I'm just happy that I was able to keep up as much as I did. You're probably wondering why the hell I'm telling you all this... well, I wanted to point out one thing I noticed about Sean, and every other world class typist I've met: None of them gave much importance to their keyboards. They just don't affect performance enough in any meaningful way to give a shit. It's a simple fucking tool. There are very little variances in quality from model to model when talking about mechanicals. Just find one you fucking like and enjoy it. There is no need in behaving like an elitist asshat and judging other anons for having different personal preferences/tastes.

>>58495462
Not sure if copy pasta
but too similiar to navi seals one

>>58490801
What if you got your keys mixed up?

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>>58493557
>Why can't I just have a non-RGB, no-bullshit mechanical keyboard for like $50?
Cherry MX Board 3.0 is about $60
/mkg/ would never approve of it because it doesn't cater to their special snowflake nature

>>58497064
i heard bad things about the usb connection, seems to fail pretty quick, any information on that?

>>58497073
Can't comment on the connection because I still have version 1.0 with a fixed cable
The board has lasted for a few years now, and I'm not gentle, smoking tobacco and weed at my computer daily
Have not cleaned it once, other than vacuuming it off twice a year.
Still works

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>>58492740
>RGBT
top fucking kek

>>58497073
I read that using an angled USB cable and fixating the cable to the keyboard might help, but idk don't have it either, just read reviews

>>58490902
rekt

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>>58490737
You can tell if a mechanical keyboard is shit or not.
If the keyboard manufacturer lists "RGB backlight" as a feature, it's most likely a garbage product that needed a gimmick to sell.

good keyboards are never backlit

>>58495079
No

>>58490737
>tfw there's no one that makes 75% keyboards with the floating keycap style
>tfw there's no one that uses cherry mx in 75%
>tfw its even rarer to get them in mx whites

I'm deeply considering shelling out 525USD (leaf by the way so its even higher) on a gonswork keyboard. Thoughts?

http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/custom-kbds-w-assembly/140-gon-ns-nerd-mx-mini-w-tuningassembly.html#/1_anodizing-hardgrey_dark_grey_only_black_steel_bolts/2_switch_type-new_mx_clears/3_tuning_switches-lub_stickers_62g_springs/4_tuning_leds-side_ledon_off_in_switch_full_ledon_off

>>58497532
>$500 for a keyboard that still does USB polling

>>58497504
except the SS 6gv2 is the worst piece of garbage i ever used

>>58495079
I stil buy keyboards with keycaps on them despite the fact i've been touch typing for a decade, whats your point?

Sure I COULD get blank keycaps, but why should I? Same with RGB LEDs, I could get the normal mech keyboard for $120, or spend $150 and get it with RGB LEDs.

At that stage of the game the "savings" aren't exactly massive, and at the end of the day if I dont want to use the RGB LEDs, they turn off.

Whereas if I got a keyboard without RGB LEDs there is no way to add that later on, you'd just have to buy a whole new keyboard.

>>58497532
My bad meant to say clears not whites. Why the fuck does cherry gotta be so retarded with the branding.

>>58497556
>imply my x99 mobo has ps/2

>>58497601
USB 3.0 doesn't use polling and keyboards with USB 3 interfaces exist (albeit not many yet)

>>58497566
that's a low-end keyboard with the rgb backlight stripped off as a make-pretend high-end board

>>58497610
>keyboards with USB 3
I was in the market for keyboards recently and literally have not seen this, kinda over kill. Also I wish I could at least get a KBT Race II. I don't want to spend 525USD.

>>58497658
>kinda over kill
It's actually more efficient
I'm just saying if I paid $500 for a keyboard, it should better have the best possible controller, i.e. USB 3

>>58497674
>>58497674
you mean 3.2 or 3.1 not 3.

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Keyboards with USB 3:

Cherry MX Board 6.0
Corsair Gaming K65
Corsair Gaming K70
Das Keyboard IV

>>58497658
Why not Das Keyboard IV?

>>58497687
Let's just settle on "xHCI".

it's eye candy. mechanical keyboards are a bigger meme than led's

>>58497756
Have you ever actually typed on one?

>>58497674
Its a fully custom keyboard. They sell the parts separate and I could solder everything myself. But I'm a pleb with no skills. Also the switches get oiled, springs changed and switches stickered for you.

It doesn't come with keycaps (will need to put o-rings on myself though) and if I had the skills I could program the sucker via command-line - I don't have the skills.

Needless to say though it fits the bill with what I'm looking for. Its just very expensive.

>>58497601
>imply my x99 mobo has ps/2


Mine does

>>58497838
Mine does not. ASUS X99 Sabertooth.

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>>58497855
Asus are a bunch of jews, my X99 board is $50 less and has one.

Doesn't have that gay TUF armor or whatever they call it to charge more.

>>58497825
I'm sure it's an excellent keyboard but I maintain that they should use the latest controller technology at this price point.

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>>58490801
>thinks you can't have RGB LEDs and run blanks

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>>58497872
>gay TUF armor
That's like your opinion man, personally I like em THICK.

>>58497875
I think its because the circuit board is a borrowed design. There are few other companies that use the same board layout as well as have the same options and functionality (WinKeyLess comes to mind).

>>58497975
>personally I like em THICK.
and asus marketing team knows it. In terms of specs it's actually slightly worse for certain things than mine (only 8+2 phase VRMs on the Asus and mine has 12 phase)

I highly doubt you live anywhere that would benefit from dildos in your back ports.

>>58490801
>No indication of what key it is.
There are bumps numb nuts.

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>>58498015
>dildos in your back ports
Says the person that doesn't go through hundreds of tissues. The amount of dust they create is quite amazing.

>>58498099
tissue dust is such fine particulate that even if you DID have enough dust to cause issues, a quick puff of air from your mouth would be enough to clear a USB port or audio port.

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>>58497975
>>58498120
You know I've never posted this on any /guts/ threads. I was always saving it for a build thread but was always to lazy to get around to it. Its over a year and a month now so why not.

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>>58498222
>1600w PSU
>would struggle to use 800w.

lol

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>>58498254
Well you know the old saying: "A fool and his money will soon depart."

Also like and idiot I replied to myself.

I have since replaced the stand with a ergotron mx mount to get back some more desk space. In the process of building a mount to put my new Z906 satellite speakers to the sides of the monitor (its gonna be connected through at the back of the monitor on a back plate).

Still need a new KB though.

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>>58497064
Why do you tease me so, anon?

>>58495199
>low frequency PWM
That's another thing I don't get. Presumably these companies that design and build keyboards have some level of R&D budget, and presumably at least some of that money is spent on an engineer to design the electronics.

How the fuck does a mistake like that get made by a company? Especially a successful one, with a big budget? How do you fuck that up?

Fucking business owners, I swear to god. I'm gonna destroy at least one industry in my city after I get this Kickstarter running. My secret?

>not being an incompetent retard
That's literally all you have to do.

>>58497556
>USB polling

... what difference does it make? An extra millisecond of delay?

>>58497674
>It's actually more efficient
I'm curious, how so?

>>58493492
>This. Mini keyboards for a desktop system are *fucking* retarded.

Wrong, tenkeyless keyboards are more ergonomic than fullsize and doesn't remove any essential keys that you have to access on a Fn layer. If you really need a numpad then buy one separately so you can position it anywhere you want.

How are there people on a technology forum who doesn't know how to touch type? I sit between 90-100 WPM without actively trying to practice or learn touch typing, just from using a computer every day since I was a kid.

>>58498639
i did the same thing,cheapest i found was like 80$
I also can not buy anything that does not go to eu with free narto shippuden

>>58490737

The only company doing backlit Boards right is Logitech.

Making the lights react to software with their API.

Everything else is trash.

>>58491301
I'm old enough to have owned not just a typewriter, but a nonelectric one. I'm never going back.

>>58490801
Can't find the escape key ya fuckin' neophyte?

>>58497711
I know Das is a meme but 2 ports and a clean ass looking volume knob?

muh dik

>>58490762
Because they refuse to do doubleshot

>>58490737
>Motherboards now have RGB lighting
>RGB diodes all around
>You can connect your RGB strip to ur motherboard

Why are gamers cancerous fags

lights on the keys actually help via peripheral vision.
it's fucking magic.

>>58490762
I would pay extra for a keyboard that _didn't_ have lighting. Annoying AF when you're trying to sleep in the same room that has your keyboard. And even if there's a key combination to turn it off, that's just another thing I'd have to do every night.

>>58493790
That's a screencap of a YouTube video of a $50 or so keyboard kek

>>58499161
>muh ergonomics when I'm using a bit piece of shit with lots of detachable components

>>58490737
It's easier to tell with the keyboard is with peripheral vision when it's dark.

Some of the new keyboards coming out are pretty redicioulous though, I just keep my red LEDs(I heard red give the least strain to the eyes) as dimly lit as they can go.

>>58491088
>An aurora Borealis?
>Localized entirely in your bedroom?

>>58498973
>I'm curious, how so?
USB 3 controllers signal the CPU with a hardware interrupt when data is available
USB 2 controllers need to be polled frequently
>is there any data yet?
>is there any data yet?
>is there any data yet?

That means USB 3 is more energy efficient and uses up less CPU cycles
I don't know why it took this long for USB to use interrupts

>>58499161
Wait... how are they more ergonomic? It's still just... a keyboard. I hope you can understand my confusion.

>>58504434
Ah, that's neat. Thanks anon.