Hardware & Technical CHERRY MX mechanical switches

Morbad

Morbad
Browns, or brown knock-offs. They don't click, don't need much actuation force, and have the tactile bump that lets one know when they have actuated without having to bottom out the key.
 

Zetta

Zetta
I have this keyboard which uses blues, very clicky clacky, actuation bump etc. I really like it but it's certainly not a keyboard for a crowded room.
Have thought about mixing and matching for gaming, perhaps putting browns in the more widely used gaming keys but not got around to it yet.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
Whats the fascination with mechanical keyboards for gaming?

Always preffered membrane myself, much faster response times thanks to less travel distance and no waiting around for the key to pop back up. Is it just a nostalgia thing?
 

Morbad

Morbad
Jon flint said:
Whats the fascination with mechanical keyboards for gaming?

Always preffered membrane myself, much faster response times thanks to less travel distance and no waiting around for the key to pop back up. Is it just a nostalgia thing?
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My main reason having an expensive mechanical keyboard is that it was, at the time, virtually impossible to find anything with sufficient key rollover for some of my uses that wasn't a high end mechanical keyboard. Some of the games I played (and still play) would have me pressing 5-8 keys simultaneously, and most cheap keyboards could only handle three or four simultaneous inputs.

Key travel isn't really an issue...it takes ~2mm to actuate most mechanical switches, virtually no time for the key to return to position, and if you know where the actuation point is (tactile keys are nice, but not necissary, for this), you can easily manipulate things further.
 
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I don't have a mechanical job.

I use a Razer Deathstalker. Has Chiclet style keys. It can handle up to 10 simultaneous key presses. Good for me.

Razer Synapse enabled, too. I like Synapse. Makes macros very easy to manage.
 
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