Are mechanical keyboards just a meme or are they actually worth

I fell for the red switches meme

it's the worst keyboard I've ever used

>>382823245
Mostly a meme, but I don't really regret my purchase. At least this shit doesn't break, more than I can say for a meme "gaming" mouse.

>>382823380

How so?

>>382823662
500 typos a minute

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I like my Model M, the best feeling keyboard I've ever used. Thing is that it's loud as fuck, which shouldn't be an issue for /v/irgins

On the cheap side you can get mechanical keyboards made by chinks who cloned Cherry MX blue keys and they work great as well. For $30 you can get an HCman tenkelyless RGB keyboard with an aluminum back plate for like $30 through Amazon Prime

Total meme for vidya.

Mechanical keyboards are for typists and office workers.

>>382824423
t. poorfag with a $5 memebrane keyboard

>>382823245
For gaming I didn't notice a difference. For typing it made a world of difference and now I can't use anything else.

Loud obnoxious meme.

>>382824496
t. gamer with a $80 cherry mx red GAMING keyboard

>>382824647
>implying I guy gaming anything
Keep making excuses though

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>>382824346
Pic related, the chink keyboard I'm talking about. It's so fucking ugly it's glorious

>>382825071
>buy 1337 $100 memechanical keyboard
>still makes a typo

Like pottery.

>>382824496
Been using an OG Model M for 20 years my dude

They're fantastic, but they're not gaming peripherals.

All personal preference it will not give you any kind of advantage in games.

>>382823245
a silent one is good for gaming but all mechanical keyboards I've tried are absolute trash for typing because of their high keys.

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>>382825393
Does this look like a 1337 $100 mechanical gayman keyboard to you?

>>382825586
I game on my Model M just fine

>>382825632
You know you're not supposed to bottom out when typing fast on a mechanical keyboard, right?

>loud as fuck you can wake up everyone in your house just by typing on your keyboard

I had to switch to your standard rubberband keyboard because my dog would start howling each time I started typing something on my mechanical keyboard. They will only end up annoying you. Not worth your time.

>>382825879
Get a better dog

>>382824346
>RGB
Kys yourself.
Literally the equivalent of a 7 year old with neato LEDs in his trainers.

>>382825856
yes

>>382823245
>friend with mechanical keyboard
>CLACKCLAKCLACLAKCLCLAKC when playing games
fuck you, obnoxious pricks

>>382823245
I have a WASD board with MX Browns and I'll never use another keyboard

>>382824496
Woah, you must be a true gamer :o

>>382825978
Where?

>>382825720
Looks like a $1000 or more laptop youfuxked up

>>382826205
Lel it's an XPS 15 with a 4k display that I got for $300, replaced the borked motherboard for another $300 and she's golden

>>382823245
Depends entirely on what you think is nice to use.

>>382826205
>He can't even afford a laptop
Fucking poorfags need to go

Are model M considered mechanical?

How are those repros?
http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UB40P46

>>382823245
Are you one of the following:
>esports digital athlete
>computer enthusiast who spends most of his time on PC and wants the best
>someone with money to burn on luxury
If yes, then mechanical keyboard might just be the thing for you. Even then, you're damn fine without it. DO NOT let peer pressure affect your decision.

Personally, I like the tactile feel and the sound confirmation of the keys. Feels more responsive to me than the average membrane. It helps that, with proper cleaning and care, my mechanical keyboard has lasted me years more than my old membrane one did.
It's all personal preference, and I'm sure there are some good membrane boards out there, but since I also write in my spare time I prefer mechanical.
By the way, as long as you're not slamming the keys it shouldn't really be any louder than a standard keyboard. I do tend to slam the keys when I'm typing faster though.

>>382825978
If you think that's RGB you haven't seen shit yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M30fAvrpj18

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>>382826537
>Are model M considered mechanical?
Why wouldn't they be?

>>382826683
Dont they work differently? Having a spring and all or do the mordern mechanical keyboards have one as well?

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>>382826556
>If yes, then mechanical keyboard might just be the thing for you. Even then, you're damn fine without it. DO NOT let peer pressure affect your decision.

You could also play on a 14 inch monitor and use a pizza box as a case if you arent really into computers. Dont let people with "tower" cases pressure you into wasting your hard earned shekels

>>382826901
There's more than one kind of mechanical keyboard.

they're better in every way and not even expensive

you have to be a contrarian retard to be against them

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>>382826901
Nah they're completely different than the popular Cherry MX switches and other modern switches

Buckling springs still actually hit a membrane, but they're very precise in doing so and never wear out like a rubber dome does. The sound you hear is the exact moment when the spring buckles and actuates the membrane

>>382825879

Based doggo doesn't fall for the meme.

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>>382827012
This. Fucking case fags need to fuck off my board

>>382827343
>motherboard is bending under the weight because he only attached it at the corners

>>382823245
It doesn't worth for gayming.

>>382827616
Neither is a quality chair, may as well fuck off and use some $50 Ikea shit

>>382827523
>not wanting to live on the edge each and every day
lmao fucking casuals

>>382827745
Why not just sit on a stool while you're at it?

>>382828001
>>382827745
>sitting

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>fell for the mx blue meme
>hysteresis makes it worse than membrane keyboards for games
>absolute garbage for rhythm games
>absolute garbage for games that require button mashing
>absolute garbage for games that require fast well timed key press repetitions

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I can confirm mechanical keyboards are not a meme. I've got a Corsair STRAFE with Cherry MX Red Silent switches. Mechanical keyboards feel great, they can also be bought easily for under $50, they probably won't make you type faster or perform better at gaming but it's like having a luxury car with comfy leather seats vs a econobox with shitty fabric seats.

I can also confirm Cherry MX Red Silent switches aren't a meme either. They are very quiet when typing and near silent while gaming. If you don't want a mechanical keyboard because of the noise, get the silent switches.

>>382828661
Maybe you just suck at video games?

>>382828717
>corsair keyboard

all gaming keyboards are cancerous.

>>382823245
>Mechanical keyboard
I've owned two. One of them I got for free. It was Razershit, Pretty good.

Now I have this:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13787
Based monoprice dishing out top quality products at bargin bin prices again. Not as great as when they were selling re branded Zowie AMs for $20 for a while, but still good.

>>382828852
How so?
>muh LEDs
Turn them off faggot

>>382823245
They are worth the sensation but they have no real practical use if you think your mental health doesn't matter.

The things that "mechanical" keyboards do better than non ones is stuff that can be achieved with rubber dome just fine if all they did was specifically target certain areas that non-mechanical keyboards typically fail at.

>>382829085
Rubber domes feel like shit and wear out over time
And they're almost always really fucking cheap

Meanwhile even cheapo $30 mechanical keyboards are put together really well

>you share a board with people that cant afford a k70
>you share a board with people who dont use a k70

I Hate all you poor brazilian niggers. Get a fucking job

I've heard that mechanical keyboards don't lock your keyboard presses when you press, let's say, three keys at once as opposed to the membrane keyboard. Is that true? Because that would be a deal breaker for me.

>>382829423
What?

>>382828852
Actually the Corsair STRAFE was the cheapest way to get a full keyboard with MX Cherry Silent switches. It also has a warranty. Doesn't have excessive wizbang gayman buttons or other "features". Has a windows key lock button in the upper right, to disable the windows key, which I love. Very solid, heavy construction, the quality is evident.

>>382829423
See:
>>382829085

This is an example of one of the things that COULD be done with membrane keyboards just fine. It has nothing to do with the switch, everything to do with the circuitry of the PCB.

>>382825770
I'm not saying they /can't/ game, I'm saying there's no reason to go out and buy one expressly /for/ gaming, because they provide zero benefit.
Some mechanical keyboards are even a hindrance, if you play a game that requires frequent double-tapping.

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>>382828717
Here it is, with its 6 sentences long including multiple brand names.

>>382829713
>retarded pleb knee jerks and shits his pants over something he doesn't understand

Sad!

>>382829669
People do mare than just game on their computers

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>>382829861
>calling other plebs
>shilling his poorfag edition keyboard

>>382829973
That only reinforces my point.

>>382830203
Nobody except 14 year olds buy keyboards just for gaming

>>382825632
Try the Tesoro Gram, it's a low profile MX board.

>>382830096
Haha, yes anon. A keyboard is only good if you spend $200 on it. Kys.

>>382830278
And yet here we are, in a gaming thread on the gaming board with an OP asking whether he needs a mechanical keyboard for gaming.

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>>382830351
>being this angry youre a poorfag mexican

>>382830590
Blue eyed American. Stay mad, faggot. I bet you don't even have blue eyes.

>>382830427
Chances are that OP probably still does other things on his computer

>>382830427
He never mentioned gaming in the OP.

>>382823245
>depends.

N\-key rollover is probably more important, mechanical is nice simply because it's not mushy

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>>382830637
>american
>white

>>382830665
Then he can go talk about it in /g/, the board for doing things other than gaming with your computer.

>>382830749
It's
Kind of implicit
what with this being
y'know
the v i d y a board

>>382830821
>he's not American

PFFFHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Eurocucks pls go. Happy 4th of July you dumb bitch.

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Has anyone here tried one of these? I have it stored somewhere and have never tried it.

>>382823245
KLACK KLACK KLACK KLACKKLACKACKACKA KLACK

>>382830838
>he thinks /v/ is for video games

>>382830838
Who the fuck talks about video games on /v/?

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>>382830958
>le cuck maymay
>le american education maymay

summer posting is fun fun fun

>>382831050
>he think blue switches are the only ones

>>382823245
"""gaming""" keyboards are a total meme and I pity anyone who shills a $100+ keyboard for the KLACK KLACK KLACK sound. had a friend on discord and you could hear him playing because of his shitty klackity keyboard. if you want a keyboard that klacks get a regular k120 and after a couple months of being worn it it sounds like a mechanical.

>>382823245
i tried to play fighters on an mechanical keyboard and it was fucking atrocious.
membranes are alot better since the input is quicker

>>382823245
Ducky Zero. It's just a basic keyboard other than the mechanical part. It's nice to type on. I haven't played any games using it though, so I can't say for sure it's good for gaming.

>>382831227
Aww, is the little pussy eurocuck upset?

>>382823245
k70 rapidfire

this thing is the best thing that's ever happened to me

I shouldve gone Topre

they are a waste of money, the only reason you can reasonably justify buying a mechanical keyboard is if it has a PS/2 port connection

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>>382832547
you sure showed him anonkun

I use a k70 with browns and am very happy with it, blacks would be ok too. Reds are to sensitive and blues have a audio feedback which i dont like.

>>382823380
I like reds the most. They feel really good to me for some reason. I thought I was going to hate them.

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>>382833502
pic related

>>382833502
>>382833615
but browns are considered to be the equivalent of shit
I personally would go for clears

It feels really good to type on desu. Key response feels a little faster but that may just be placebo.

Cherry MX Browns for reference.

>retards that think all mechanicals make obnoxious noise
Way to out yourself as an utter mongoloid.

>>382823245
Depends on the game.

If you play games that require certain inputs or are fast-paced. I'd say no, keys for me are harder to hit so I eventually just got a cheap keyboard and sure it wears out quickly but it's more comfortable.

If you don't play those kind of action games where you need to input frameperfect stuff, absolutely.

>>382832873
Thanks, faggot. eurocucks need to know their place.

>>382823245
It depends on what kinds of games you're playing.

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>>382833947

keep doing gods work you beautiful dumb mother fucker

I bought a corsair k65 red switch keyboard for like 40 dollars. It feels really good, I've used many mechanical keyboards before but I like this one the best.

I think they are worth it. They obviously dont help much with your "performance" but they feel really nice. Simply doing anything with your mech keyboard is enjoyable. Some are very loud which gets annoying after a while but there are silent ones as well and you don't have to spend a lot to get a satisfying product.

>>382825241
dat engrish ad copy, epic

>>382823472
But the g502 is the mouse ever created

>>382834482
>mfw they're using british soldiers
Gets me everytime.

>>382834482
I will. I mean, I know how much you love ahmed raping your women, but maybe if I try hard enough I can MAGA as well as uncuck you guys, make you real men again.

>>382833778
Clears are the definition of a meme switch with awfull friction and a resistance at bottom to "protect" nu males fingers.

>>382828661
what the other guy said, it should be better for everything that you've said.

>>382829531
Is it evident? From my understanding gaming mechanical keyboards are typically more expensive than they should be and they have faux switches. If it was cheaper then they would be reasonable. Also I've heard generally speaking the build qualities are terrible but I'm not too sure if that is correct.

>>382835042
Well they're WW1 pics anon, our soildiers are the only ones who participated

I like blues, good for typing and they sound/feel nice. I've heard reds are nice too, but you have to put in more effort if you want to type, which perhaps could get annoying if you're tired. I've never used reds though. Blacks seem like they wouldn't be ideal for typing. I wouldn't recommend any other switch, except maybe Green (which I think is a variant of Red).

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Browns masterrace

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>>382823245
I had one for three months before I sold it for 2x what I originally paid. I wont buy another one unless it's under 30 dollars. Literally nothing improved from using it. Gaming, typing, memeing, all the same. It took me a solid 2 weeks to get used to it and by then i realized I wasted my money.

If you're going to buy anything get a good gaming mouse. That shit you can tell a difference at least.

>>382837446
Did you legitimately think a mechanical keyboard would make you better at using a keyboard?
Stop making shit up

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>>382823245
https://wooting.nl

Wait a year or two and everyone will go for optical keyboards. At least they really make a difference in gaming.

>>382837446
MOOT

>>382837654
>wont improve anything
>buy it anyway

why?

>>382823245
I just bought blue switches and I love them. No, they're not going to make you some le ebin gamurrrxdxd. Anyone who tells you that is a fool, and if you believe that you're also a fool. The most a good keyboard will help you in gaming is having better response and also being able to press multiple keys at once without the keyboard shitting itself.

If you're not poor buy topre.

>>382823245
If you're writing a lot, it's a delight. But if it's just for gaming, meh I don't know, it might be a bit comfier but clearly not a game changer. The good thing is that they are generally pretty robust.

But if you live with someone and your PC is in your room, don't ever buy a mechanical keyboard. It's so noisy you're bf/gf will hate you if you play at night.

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>>382823245
I like mechanical keyboards because they make those clicking sounds and pressing the buttons feels more pleasing because the buttons are popped out as compared to rubber domes.

>>382837910
They’re really nice to use if you type like 100+wpm. If you’re slow as fuck anyway you won’t appreciate the difference.

>>382837973
Red Gateron here, there is a certain threshold of deliberation that a keystroke requires, while it won't make you a better gamer if you play with a non-clicky linear you're going to be way more deliberate with every keystroke you make, theoretically this will produce higher efficiency and fewer mistakes. With that said it's all about user ability anyways, but depending on the switch it will instill certain habits.

i really don't like clicky/tactile switches for gaming cause once the switch actuates you have to let it come all the way back up and un-click before you can press it again and have the keyboard actually register it as a second keystroke.

>tfw you're thinking about buying into topre
help me /v/

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I want to get one of those $10 switch samplers to try out different colors and as a fidget device but my dad will probably tell me to get a job

>>382837910
Why do people buy luxury cars? Because they feel nice. Realistically everyone can live comfortably with a Honda Civic

>>382823245
I love my red cherry mx switches personally

I use a noppoo choc mini 84 with cherry mx brown switches. Its pretty damn loud. I love the 84 key layout though which is mostly why i bought it.

150 usd minimum for something you'd actually want
premades are fucking shit

>>382840036
Hwat

The only thing dumber than buying a mechanical keyboard is buying a fight stick
>inb4 someone brags about having both

>>382840896
How are mechanical keyboards dumb? They're not even expensive