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10/7/12 at 2:13am
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Hello forums,

So before I decided only to upgrade my headphones to better ones, but after discovering good headphones for around $30, I decided to get myself a Mech Kb moving from a old dell rubber dome. Problem is I don't want to spend over $70.

Most of the recommendation I'm getting are the Quickfire Rapid and the BW.

Red, Blues, and Browns are all switches that I've tried and loved. I'd love a tenkeyless design, which the Quickfire has, but I dislike the keyboard itself aesthetically. (Gray body.) I would very much rather get the Red switches for a black body, but I don't want to spend any higher.

Should I get the BW? or are there any recommendation out there that would satisfy my needs smile.gif. I mostly play RTS and not much FPS. I wish the Quickfire Rapid had a black body alternative for blue/brown switches.. =/ the gray body is just ugly to me.
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10/7/12 at 2:35am
I've tried black alps and blues before but didn't really like the feel of them. I'm in love with my Model M though. It's a really great keyboard and can be found for a decent amount online. Plus the build quality of these are incredible. I swear I saw a video of a guy running over one and it still being fine. You probably won't like the grey/tan aesthetics but there's a much more expensive black version called the Model M13. Not really worth it.

If you're not interested in that, I'd personally get the Quickfire. I was looking at it recently cause I've never tried browns.
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10/7/12 at 12:33pm
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I've tried black alps and blues before but didn't really like the feel of them. I'm in love with my Model M though. It's a really great keyboard and can be found for a decent amount online. Plus the build quality of these are incredible. I swear I saw a video of a guy running over one and it still being fine. You probably won't like the grey/tan aesthetics but there's a much more expensive black version called the Model M13. Not really worth it.
If you're not interested in that, I'd personally get the Quickfire. I was looking at it recently cause I've never tried browns.


Thanks for your suggestion, I'm thinking about getting the Quickfire with the blue switches. One question though, I kinda want to get these key caps, will these be compatible with the keyboard?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Cherry-MX-Blank-Keycaps-39-Set-Keyboard-Key-Caps-/110915106328?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19d30e3618


Will any key cap that has "Cherry MX" work?
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10/7/12 at 1:31pm
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I would very much rather get the Red switches for a black body,

The QF Rapid with red switches does have a black body, and the newer ones have the branding removed from the top side of it.
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10/7/12 at 5:29pm
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The QF Rapid with red switches does have a black body, and the newer ones have the branding removed from the top side of it.

Yeah I am quite aware of that.. but red switch is $90 :<.
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