razor blackwidow or microsoft sidewinder

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#1 Zaef
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im looking for a new keyboard. ive considered getting a mechanical keyboard and the blackwidow and sidewinder seem to be the top 2 at the moment and are at a quite good price of about 60 bux that i can get it at. what keyboards do you guys use and what do you think of the 2.

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#2 ionusX
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i use a logitech g15

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#3 Blue-Sky
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Same here, my G15 has been good to me for 4 years now. Takes a beating too. I've spilled so many chemicals on it

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#4 Elann2008
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Same here, my G15 has been good to me for 4 years now. Takes a beating too. I've spilled so many chemicals on it

Blue-Sky
What kindz of chemicalz? :P
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#5 ionusX
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[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

Same here, my G15 has been good to me for 4 years now. Takes a beating too. I've spilled so many chemicals on it

Elann2008

What kindz of chemicalz? :P

for me is been papsi, coke, and one can of monstar KHAOS

its also coated in crumbs :P ill probably clean it out soon.

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#6 Elann2008
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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

Same here, my G15 has been good to me for 4 years now. Takes a beating too. I've spilled so many chemicals on it

ionusX

What kindz of chemicalz? :P

for me is been papsi, coke, and one can of monstar KHAOS

its also coated in crumbs :P ill probably clean it out soon.

lol nice. For me, just coffee. Had a little spill. Good thing my PC is on the OTHER side (right side). /phew
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#7 Newportzzz
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Razer make really bad keyboards and headsets imo. They feel really cheap and just low quailty but i've never used the blackwidow only the lacroose? I think that's how you spell it and the acrosta. Those two were really bad quailty boards.. Im using a sidewinder x4 right now, it's been so good to me.

EDIT: Also, razer OVERPRICES their %$# too much for their quailty.

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#8 Bikouchu35
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BW are made of mechanical switches and is made by iOne instead.

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#9 James161324
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I have a sidewinder and love it. No complaints

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#10 NamelessPlayer
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In this case, you're basically comparing a Cherry MX Blue (tactile + clicky) mechanical keyboard (that's limited to 2KRO for some reason; not like they couldn't have added diodes to get around that) to a rubber dome keyboard that somehow manages to bypass the 6KRO + modifier limit over USB. I don't think you'd run into rollover problems with typical usage, but it's something to think about...then again, once you've gone mechanical and found your ideal keyswitch, you generally don't go back.