What gaming keyboard should i get?

[Drago]

I want a quiet keyboard if its mechanical, I hear that the brown switches are the quietest or a membrane keyboard under $60.

[im gay]

Yeah, whatever you do don't go with Cherry MX-Blue Switches if you are looking for quiet. Haha

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You wont find a good one under $90-120 if u want Mechanical; yes Brown Cherry MX switches are one of the quietest...

Look at Corsair, they have various Cherry MX color switch types available.

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/gaming-keyboards#

Then look up on Amazon or store of choice for cheaper pricing.

[Zireth]

Any corsair keyboard I generally recommend the K70 or strafe

[NaughtyNerd]

I got this nice keyboard from corsair! (Strafe RGB MX Brown)
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/strafe-rgb-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-cherry-mx-brown

...btw don't get this Razer ♥♥♥♥...they don't use original Cherry switches (made in Germany), just cheap "Cherry Green" switches from China and you pay even more

[Ocelote.12]

I heard that all mechanical keyboard are noisy. That's the main reason I keep my membrane one (I hate the noise).

[NaughtyNerd]

İlk olarak Manul tarafından gönderildi:

I heard that all mechanical keyboard are noisy. That's the main reason I keep my membrane one (I hate the noise).

Sure they are more noisy then normal keyboards, but the normal "gamer" is using a headset and woun't hear it...

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

İlk olarak ☭SovietPartisan☭ tarafından gönderildi:

I want a quiet keyboard if its mechanical, I hear that the brown switches are the quietest or a membrane keyboard under $60.

I wrote a long reply but wasn't allowed to post it and Steam said the settings for this account didn't allowed it.

Bad error message because it was too long?

Anyway check the videos for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGt9eEfN0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-5kiJoE8Wo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDFn4CxebE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp46JeDDTCw

Cherry MX:
Blue - tactile and clicky - makes a high-pitched "tick tick" noise when activating plus a "clack" when you bottom out plus a ringing noise in the spring when you type fast.
Brown - tactile - make more of a "tock tock" noise when activating and then the rest of the above.
Red - (linear) - only give the clack and possibly ringing noise.
There are more variations of them but they are all of within those three categories.

The Mathias Quiet Pro and Logitech keyboards with (Omron) Romer G switches both use ALPS or ALPS-like switches possibly dampened, the Das Keyboard 5Q will too. As you can hear the Logitech with Romer G make less of a noise than the Cherry MX Brown I think? These are just like Cherry MX high quality switches, maybe even higher quality and possibly even more expensive.

While the Quiet Pro for instance have a much lower (volume) and more pleasant sound than the MX Blue IMHO relative the RealForce 87u Silent you can't really call it silent though. The RealForce 87u Silent actually doesn't make much of a sound. It uses silenced Topre switches where Topre is a hybrid switch which both uses a spring and rubber domes. So it's a hybrid but it's still very high quality and some prefer the feeling of those.

Now the problem with the RealForce keyboard is that you'll be paying $200+ for it or something such (and if you want the one above make sure to get the "Silent" one and not the regular one if you want that exact one.) There may be copies of the design out I don't know. The ALPS maybe more in the $150 range. Cherry MX you can get for (quite a bit) below $100 and the copies even cheaper.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

İlk olarak Manul tarafından gönderildi:

I heard that all mechanical keyboard are noisy. That's the main reason I keep my membrane one (I hate the noise).

Silenced Topre is a hybrid but this you could likely live with:
https://youtu.be/FcCOsgRznS4?t=6s
Topre has a quite nice sound no matter what:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbYDZWlCBSc

Not really silent but better than MX Blue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws_TygevLjA

Here enjoy Cherry MX Blue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VRaHneWto

IBM Model M (buckling spring):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJzmky2DaI

IBM Model F (capacitive buckling spring):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi3jF4zQh9M

Just get the silenced Topre and be done with it =P

$200-250 - no light, no macro keys, no swag (well it would say RealForce? ;D), just a keyboard =P

[SundownKid]

Topre sounds cool, but the price is ridiculous unless you have money to burn.

If you want silence, then just get a Cherry Red or Brown and put on some O-rings on the bottom of the keys. There, problem solved for $50-60.

[Alexalmighty502 Sup Acc]

İlk olarak Manul tarafından gönderildi:

I heard that all mechanical keyboard are noisy. That's the main reason I keep my membrane one (I hate the noise).

But it's so satisfying and feels great to use D:

[Ocelote.12]

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İlk olarak Manul tarafından gönderildi:

I heard that all mechanical keyboard are noisy. That's the main reason I keep my membrane one (I hate the noise).

But it's so satisfying and feels great to use D:

Probably not for me. I hate/am distracted by even the ticking of the wall or table clocks, that's why I prefer either smooth-hand-movement clocks (with constant humming and not every-second-ticking) or digital ones.

[NaughtyNerd]

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But it's so satisfying and feels great to use D:

Probably not for me. I hate/am distracted by even the ticking of the wall or table clocks, that's why I prefer either smooth-hand-movement clocks (with constant humming and not every-second-ticking) or digital ones.

...what do your expect? There is no keyboard which doesn't produce sound...

[Ocelote.12]

Membrane is okay for me. It's sound is mushy and not too sharp. I more hate sharp accented sounds, not just loud ones.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

İlk olarak SundownKid tarafından gönderildi:

Topre sounds cool, but the price is ridiculous unless you have money to burn.

If you want silence, then just get a Cherry Red or Brown and put on some O-rings on the bottom of the keys. There, problem solved for $50-60.

To be fair back in the days I had got two Keytronic keyboards and bought one ErgoForce KT2000 or KT2002 or whatever they were called, normal membrane keyboards and they all broke. I also bought two very cheap Logitech Internet Access ones which was kinda "low" in their keys (not at all laptop low though) and eventually they didn't broke and if you try to use them now they are all hard and kinda stick / don't bounce back / out.

The ErgoForce KT2001:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lpVLpF9oc
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=6447.50
"try to buy E03600 or E03601 series if you can - E03601 has large L-shape Enter key - because its Keys withstand over 30 million keystrokes and Ergo tech instead of just 10 million of other Keytronic one."

I remember the number was some high one but it surely broke for me.

I also bought one Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 which one key stopped working at so I got a replacement and then that broke I bought a new one but the cable got lose.

I still use my very cheap and kinda trashy CoolerMaster QuickFireTK keyboard and a bit of water make it not function and the space-bar isn't excellent and the keycaps wear easily but at-least it still work and I didn't paid more than like 10% more than for the Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 one.

These keyboards are rated for like 20-75 million clicks so if you put that into perspective then $100-250 isn't all too bad after-all ..
MX blue without and with O-rings:
https://youtu.be/-oedgbmiNTE?t=1m27s

I have no idea what Chinese(?) one I looked at which was dampened already from the beginning (likely with a Cherry MX copy.)

Anyway, two Ergonomic 4000 or three ErgoForce and you're up in the same amount of money as for a Cherry MX keyboard anyway even if it's a more normal priced one. Throw them all together and there you have your RealForce keyboard or the Mathias Quiet Pro which exist in ergonomic version too - http://matias.ca/ergopro/pc/

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

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İlk olarak Manul tarafından gönderildi:

Probably not for me. I hate/am distracted by even the ticking of the wall or table clocks, that's why I prefer either smooth-hand-movement clocks (with constant humming and not every-second-ticking) or digital ones.

...what do your expect? There is no keyboard which doesn't produce sound...

Use one of those optic/laser keyboards with some sensor on say .. a cat or something? :D

Unless it starts to purr a cat is pretty silent =P (rug from IKEA? Mousepad? ;D)

This + mousepad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJHm-Znj1Wk
;D