Merry Christmas 2017
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@calum I’ve seen it lol I zoomed in on it when you showed us your chair thinking wtf is that lol now that rig is do able if I sell a bike
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@calum I’ve seen it lol I zoomed in on it when you showed us your chair thinking wtf is that lol now that rig is do able if I sell a bike
@declan Yes, but I haven't explained how special it is. It was a one off production available through Mass Drop. It's absolutely stunning, but it's only a 60% keyboard. Meaning it's missing A LOT of keys lol.
But it's just gorgeous. My last mechanical keyboard, Corsair K70, was a fully mechanical keyboard that set me back around £110. Each key could be pressed 4 million times before wearing out. Since unlike you laptop, it uses a physical switch to actuate each key. Where as conventional keyboards, such as your laptop, uses a logic board and a membrane to detect key presses.
My Hall Effect uses neither. It uses magnets and solid state switches to determine key presses. The result, each key can be pressed 4 billion times before wearing out...
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@declan Yes, but I haven't explained how special it is. It was a one off production available through Mass Drop. It's absolutely stunning, but it's only a 60% keyboard. Meaning it's missing A LOT of keys lol.
But it's just gorgeous. My last mechanical keyboard, Corsair K70, was a fully mechanical keyboard that set me back around £110. Each key could be pressed 4 million times before wearing out. Since unlike you laptop, it uses a physical switch to actuate each key. Where as conventional keyboards, such as your laptop, uses a logic board and a membrane to detect key presses.
My Hall Effect uses neither. It uses magnets and solid state switches to determine key presses. The result, each key can be pressed 4 billion times before wearing out...
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@calum wow your kind of like an evil genius with this stuff aren’t you lol so you use that keyboard full time? Almost a shame if it’s a one off
@declan They are too expensive to manufacture mainstream.
Yeah, not really. A friend of mine mentioned it to me a while back, but I just palmed it off as "too geeky" for my liking.
But when you've gone all out on a custom rig, something you're really happy with, it's just a really nice finishing touch. It's a fully RGB keyboard with some really nice features.
Basically, every time you press a key, the led turns off, then slowly brightens up to full brightness. Aww it's such a cool feature.
I dunno mate, I spend a lot of time at my desk, so it's just nice to have nice things.
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@declan They are too expensive to manufacture mainstream.
Yeah, not really. A friend of mine mentioned it to me a while back, but I just palmed it off as "too geeky" for my liking.
But when you've gone all out on a custom rig, something you're really happy with, it's just a really nice finishing touch. It's a fully RGB keyboard with some really nice features.
Basically, every time you press a key, the led turns off, then slowly brightens up to full brightness. Aww it's such a cool feature.
I dunno mate, I spend a lot of time at my desk, so it's just nice to have nice things.
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Here was the ad for my keyboard
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/xmit-hall-effect-mechanical-keyboard
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I'm a sniper their is no aim assist and pc is so much easier
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I'm a sniper their is no aim assist and pc is so much easier
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@vtrn_raptor Uhmm yeah there is aim assist lol. PC is much better. It is much more precise, but that doesn't make it easier. It's more competitive.
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@calum probably gonna hurt your feeling but I prefer the look of the razor keyboards I forget the model name but they light up different colours
@declan Nah man, your opinion don't mean shit cause you're a console peasant, so don't worry about it....jokes.
I was in PC world earlier this year and had a go on one of their mechanical keyboards. They don't use "Cherry" but if you had to equate the feel of the keyboard, it was like a Cherry Blue MX switch.
Now that may not mean much to you, but both my Corsair, and my Xmit, are Cherry Red MX switches (well no the Xmit since it's not a switch but that's the weight).
So what does that mean. Well, one of them feels like you're pressing a micro switch, the other is like you're pressing the analogue switches.
The Cherry Reds are considered the ultimate gaming switches.
The Cherry Blues are considered the ultimate typing switches.The Razor was like the Cherry Blue. And you could literally type for days on it, it was so lush.
But I didn't build a gaming computer to type stories, I built it to play games (Weird that) so I've gone with the reds.
The result, they can/are a nightmare to type on LMAO.
I really loved the feel of the Razor keyboard. I like the Razor products (some say you're paying for the brand name).
Razor make decent stuff anyway. And my Xmit is a Chinese made cheap keyboard. So you can't really compare the two lol
Cherry Switches FYI
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@declan Nah man, your opinion don't mean shit cause you're a console peasant, so don't worry about it....jokes.
I was in PC world earlier this year and had a go on one of their mechanical keyboards. They don't use "Cherry" but if you had to equate the feel of the keyboard, it was like a Cherry Blue MX switch.
Now that may not mean much to you, but both my Corsair, and my Xmit, are Cherry Red MX switches (well no the Xmit since it's not a switch but that's the weight).
So what does that mean. Well, one of them feels like you're pressing a micro switch, the other is like you're pressing the analogue switches.
The Cherry Reds are considered the ultimate gaming switches.
The Cherry Blues are considered the ultimate typing switches.The Razor was like the Cherry Blue. And you could literally type for days on it, it was so lush.
But I didn't build a gaming computer to type stories, I built it to play games (Weird that) so I've gone with the reds.
The result, they can/are a nightmare to type on LMAO.
I really loved the feel of the Razor keyboard. I like the Razor products (some say you're paying for the brand name).
Razor make decent stuff anyway. And my Xmit is a Chinese made cheap keyboard. So you can't really compare the two lol
Cherry Switches FYI
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Sounds like we got a couple gamers on here, maybe someone should start a show your setup thread.
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@declan But have you liquid cooled it?
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@minia What's the Hybrid masterrace. Oh no, Minia? Are you...are you a console peasant too?
Jokes. I used consoles for years. And to be quite honest, I've never had as much fun on my PC as I have with my consoles. But that may be because I've grown up a little bit since then and find the whole gaming thing...mundane.
I'm loving my new Vita though, and did love my PS4 for The Last of Us. What a game. But couldn't justify having a whole console for one game lol. At least my gaming rig doubles up as a PC.
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@minia What's the Hybrid masterrace. Oh no, Minia? Are you...are you a console peasant too?
Jokes. I used consoles for years. And to be quite honest, I've never had as much fun on my PC as I have with my consoles. But that may be because I've grown up a little bit since then and find the whole gaming thing...mundane.
I'm loving my new Vita though, and did love my PS4 for The Last of Us. What a game. But couldn't justify having a whole console for one game lol. At least my gaming rig doubles up as a PC.
@calum Hybrid masterrace. Both a console peasant and a dedicated PC gamer. I certainly prefer PC, but some games that I want to play aren't available on PC and I can't be arsed to port them over. I've told myself exactly what you've said many times, "no point having a console for playing 1 game". But I'm now on my third ps3 after saying that so... it hasn't worked haha.
And don't call me a console peasant, I'll have you know I'm on a ryzen 7 and 390x
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