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Want recommendations for desktop keyboard with great action and color scheme programmability

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    swampwiz
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    Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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      Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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      The Razer Blackwidow is my favorite. Clicky keys and many different color options and programmability.

      The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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        Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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          Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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          See: tenkeyless-gaming-keyboards[^] best-gaming-keyboards[^] gaming-keyboards-under-50[^] Thought membrane keyboards were on their way out? think again: steelseries-apex-3-tkl[^]

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            Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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            Don't go for too small a form factor - games tend to drive graphics cards pretty hard, and they generate a lot of heat which can crash it out - I had that with GTA V until I worked out where and which direction to put additional case fans. My case has the PSU at the bottom and immediately above that is the only slot that takes the graphics card, so it gets pretty work in there and GTA would crash very near the end of a mission. Two extra 120mm fans strategically extracting hot air and it's all fine, I think. what games are you playing / planning on?

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              Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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              honey the codewitch
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              My Das 5QS has all that and is worth the price of admission.

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                Now that there are small form factor gaming desktops available, I am finally going to get one, and not rely on my notebook. I know that keyboards these days can have independent-key LED backlight with all sorts of cool ways to program it, and I want to get such a keyboard.

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                Lost User
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                I'm using a Corsair K68 RGB (a gift, I'd never spend that on a keyboard as a smoker). Mechanical, because that makes a good keyboard, both for gaming and writing code. Also nice, having a C# library that you can import to set colors and patterns. Without that, mine swirls like a rainbow, until I play D3; it turns static red when in trouble. I'd recommend that API even without you owning a keyboard :p

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                  Don't go for too small a form factor - games tend to drive graphics cards pretty hard, and they generate a lot of heat which can crash it out - I had that with GTA V until I worked out where and which direction to put additional case fans. My case has the PSU at the bottom and immediately above that is the only slot that takes the graphics card, so it gets pretty work in there and GTA would crash very near the end of a mission. Two extra 120mm fans strategically extracting hot air and it's all fine, I think. what games are you playing / planning on?

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  what games are you playing / planning on?

                  I'll be playing Rock Band & R-Type via Xenia.

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