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I'm on a budget and I'm looking for a cheap keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches for gaming
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Corsair K60, I absolutely love mine and its under 100 if I remember correctly.
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post #3 of 7
The Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid is a good choice and comes to around $90 for the MX Cherry Red switches.

You can also take a look at the Corsair K60 which can be found on deals for around $70 after rebates.
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Corsair K60

there's a deal over at buy.com -> http://www.buy.com/prod/q/loc/101/225021655.html
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post #5 of 7
thats really cheap!
post #6 of 7
Yeah, that is a pretty good deal with the rebate which makes it kinda the cheapest mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Reds out there at the moment. thumb.gif
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post #7 of 7
While not as cheap as the Corsair, I picked up the backlit Cherry Red mechanical that Monoprice had on sale last week.(~$100) So far it's nice. I expect once I get used to the really low force requirement of the keys, I can move my G110 to another machine -- which has been the best modern KB I have owned, rivaled only by my ancient Fujitsu KB that I bought in the early 90's and is still in service.

Monoprice general link:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10850

Hex.
[ Is also looking forward to trying out the mouse I got through them as well... ]
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