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post #13621 of 14078
11/7/12 at 2:27am
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How do you like/hate blues for gaming?

I don't have any gaming achievements to prove my theory, when I first tried out blues for gaming I thought I did a big mistake. They feel "clumsy", once the key is pressed completely down it needs to go all the way up again before it registers a keystroke, thus making micro-dodging, strafing left and right quickly a bit messy at first. I'm going to assume most of my issues were related to me not being used to tactile mechanical keyboards. After a while, I played better with blues rather than brown because the general feel was much more familiar.

Final consensus: Blue switches are great for gaming but certainly not for everyone, takes some time to get used to the keystrokes.
Edited by Anhedonique - 11/7/12 at 7:31am
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post #13622 of 14078
11/7/12 at 4:03am
Yeah, similar for me, but I didn't really have any issues switching to blues for gaming. I love them for everything. Still on the fence about whether I prefer browns or blues though. I think I prefer the feel of browns but the sound of blues.
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post #13623 of 14078
11/7/12 at 8:29am
Just know, naso, that the other main difference between red and blue switches is that the activation and release points are the same on red, but different for blue.

Like someone else said, it might be weird at first for gaming.
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post #13624 of 14078
11/7/12 at 12:21pm
I ended up going with the Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK (Blue Switch), it was really hard to find a vender, but I did find a new one on ebay for 100$ (Normal Price if I recall correctly).
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11/7/12 at 1:15pm
Enjoy your new keyboard! smile.gif
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post #13626 of 14078
11/8/12 at 4:23am
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I ended up going with the Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK (Blue Switch), it was really hard to find a vender, but I did find a new one on ebay for 100$ (Normal Price if I recall correctly).

You won't regret it, the QF is a great keyboard.
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11/8/12 at 4:52am
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Originally Posted by naso View Post

I ended up going with the Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK (Blue Switch), it was really hard to find a vender, but I did find a new one on ebay for 100$ (Normal Price if I recall correctly).
Nice! Im thinking of getting the TK Browns to replace my QFR Reds.
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11/8/12 at 8:23am
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823334013 or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201042
Would like your opinions. Thanks

The USB 3.0 port on the Gigabyte Osmium is great! I'm not sure, but build quality for the Gigabyte is better then the Rosewill.
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post #13630 of 14078
11/8/12 at 4:32pm
The Rosewill seemed a good board when I tried it at Computex. You can see it in my coverage there if you look. But it is just the same as all the others by that OEM. Good but a bit boring. They can be a good deal in you need to save a few $10 of dollars.

The Gigabyte feels bigger somehow and a bit flashier. It also has bells an whistles, almost literally smile.gif If you like the looks of it I would get it. It did tempt me. Then I remembered I had 3 other mech boards at home LOL
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