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N64

Just placed my order for the dell monitor with komplett now . Thanks for the suggestion!

Serephucus

PseudoFamous wrote: »

I just read here that they don't. If they did, I'd be all over it, but it just doesn't look right only lighting up one end.. I mean, why bother?

God, that's disgusting. It's just such a basic thing, I assumed it would. I've seen other keyboards that do exactly that. Well now we know why it's so cheap. Apparently LEDs have gone up in price recently.

FlyingIrishMan

Serephucus wrote: »

If you're ok with US layouts, there's a bunch of other keyboards to choose from. The Razer Black Widow Ultimate Stealth (I know, ridiculously big name) being the best option (IMO) of the lot.

I considered that, is there any difference over the non-ultimate version other than the lighting? Kompletts are selling them both, but the non-ultimate version is almost 40euro cheaper.

I'm still drawn towards the CM Trigger at the moment.

Serephucus

There's the BW, that's just standard non-backlight, MX Blue.
BW Ultimate, that's backlight, MX Blue.
BW Stealth, that's non-backlight, MX Brown.
BW US that's backlit, MX Blue.

No other differences as far as I can tell.

Brian

I'm not even going to bother telling you not to buy a Razer keyboard, but don't let your experience with it lead you to dismiss mechanical keyboards altogether.

Serephucus

Brian wrote: »

I'm not even going to bother telling you not to buy a Razer keyboard, but don't let your experience with it lead you to dismiss mechanical keyboards altogether.

Not all mass-market brands are crap. I've used a Lycosa myself for a while, and that was fairly cheap. The Black Widow on the other hand is very well made. If I had to guess I'd say it's slightly less well built than a Steelseries G6v2 (the only other mech. I've used) but that's about it. It's always gotten very good reviews, an nothing bad in terms of quality. There was one guy on XS (I think) who took the whole thing apart, and found that it was very well built internally.

FlyingIrishMan

Gah, too many choices, which one to pick!?!?

I'm still more inclined to go for one of the CM keyboards, so I'll wait for them to email back and see.

deconduo

Serephucus wrote: »

Not all mass-market brands are crap. I've used a Lycosa myself for a while, and that was fairly cheap. The Black Widow on the other hand is very well made. If I had to guess I'd say it's slightly less well built than a Steelseries G6v2 (the only other mech. I've used) but that's about it. It's always gotten very good reviews, an nothing bad in terms of quality. There was one guy on XS (I think) who took the whole thing apart, and found that it was very well built internally.

Yeah, while I've never used it I've only heard good things about the BW. Only piece of Razer gear I've owned is the Salmosa, which I've been using for almost 5 years without a problem.

Ryan451

On the topic of mechanical keyboards, I just purchased a Filco Majestouch 2-Ninja Tenkey less on keyboardco.com. I plan on buying some white keys to go along with it. Is wasdkeyboards.com the best place to buy these?

Brian

Ryan451 wrote: »

On the topic of mechanical keyboards, I just purchased a Filco Majestouch 2-Ninja Tenkey less on keyboardco.com. I plan on buying some white keys to go along with it. Is wasdkeyboards.com the best place to buy these?

Yeah, but you should wait until they release the PBT versions next month (better than the ABS plastic they use currently).

I'm guessing you got a US layout? I think TKBC are waiting to restock their UK lines...

Ryan451

Brian wrote: »

Yeah, but you should wait until they release the PBT versions next month (better than the ABS plastic they use currently).

I'm guessing you got a US layout? I think TKBC are waiting to restock their UK lines...

Ok, I will wait for the PBT, thanks.

And no, I got a UK layout, they have loads in stock according to their site.

FlyingIrishMan

Would I be hit by much tax if I got a friend in the US to buy a keyboard over there, and then ship it to me?

Brian

Ryan451 wrote: »

Ok, I will wait for the PBT, thanks.

And no, I got a UK layout, they have loads in stock according to their site.

Hmm, maybe it's just the reds that I was thinking of. I'd like to get a Filco TKL this summer to replace my Choc Mini.

Ryan451

Brian wrote: »

Hmm, maybe it's just the reds that I was thinking of. I'd like to get a Filco TKL this summer to replace my Choc Mini.

Yeah, I got some black switches.

sosmyface

lads would this do the job of removing thermal paste? I cant find any isopropyl alcohol that I can get with supersaver link

and after I do that would this thermal paste be ok?
link
thanks alot:)

Serephucus

This stuff is what I use. Those wipes look good, but you'd need some sort of solvent as well.

And yeah, Ceramique is good.

sosmyface

thanks Serephucu, they wont ship that here, in fact I cant find any that will ship here. I will just write it down and go into the pharmacy durning the week and hope they have it. I ordered coffee filters as I read they were pretty good for removing it (along with a solution of course)... I dont know what im gonna do with the 349 I dont use:D

Serephucus

Heh, you won't get ArctiClean in a chemist. It's made by Arctic Silver, the same people who make thermal pastes and a few other things.

uncle_sam_ie

My wife is a nurse she'll often have those small prep alcohol wipes in her pocket when she comes home from work. They do the job fine for me. Each one has 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. I bet you could get them from a chemist.

FlyingIrishMan

Scan emailed me back telling me they only stock the European version with Black keys
I found a German website that sells the Trigger with all they keys, so I emailed them asking if it only is available in German layout.

sosmyface

I mean i will just buy isopropyl alcohol at the chemist it seems to be the recommended solution.
FlyingIrishMan that means they probably wont have any other versions of the cm storm apart from black switches which i dont want

VenomIreland

I use this to remove old thermal paste, works wonders

..Brian..

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

My wife is a nurse she'll often have those small prep alcohol wipes in her pocket when she comes home from work. They do the job fine for me. Each one has 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. I bet you could get them from a chemist.

you can, their called Sterets, shouldn't be more than €4 - 5 for a box of 100.

ShadowHearth

lads, WTF?! i cant get even to GTtrailers.com i get: blocked domain.

This domain is blocked.
www.gametrailers.com is not allowed on this network. Please contact Jaques Lobe if you think it should be allowed. You can also sent a request using a form below.
This site was categorized in: Games, News/Media

is it some sort of worm, or is it the irish SOPA starting out?

PseudoFamous

ShadowHearth wrote: »

lads, WTF?! i cant get even to GTtrailers.com i get: blocked domain.

This domain is blocked.
www.gametrailers.com is not allowed on this network. Please contact Jaques Lobe if you think it should be allowed. You can also sent a request using a form below.
This site was categorized in: Games, News/Media

is it some sort of worm, or is it the irish SOPA starting out?

Works for me..

Headshot

me too

Serephucus

And me.

NTMK

and me

PseudoFamous

PCB&U InstaConsensus says that it works, so.

ShadowHearth

right, i had dns changed, so i couldwatch UK stuff on 4OD. looks like they blocked that DNS. just set it to automatic and it got sorted.