Please help me find this keyboard!

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Killdozer

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Hello All,

Recently purchased a Cooler Master QuickFire TK Mechanical Keyboard (White Body with Brown Switches) as my first mechanical keyboard (since 1998) and I'm not totally satisfied with it.

Things I like:

Every key is backlit
Brown switches feel awesome
The coating on the keys is great
Multimedia keys are available
Sturdy Build

Things I don't like:

Not a full sized keyboard - things feel closer than normal
Not a full sized layout - Don't have independent keypad and arrow/special keys
Sits a little bit high
Doesn't have a wrist rest
Detachable USB cable

So I'm now looking for a mechanical keyboard that has as many good traits as possible and as few negative traits as possible. Basically my ideal mechanical keyboard would be:

Fully backlit keys
Controls for brightness PLUS on/off settings
Brown switches
Whatever coating is on my current keys feels great
Each key is labeled
Full sized keyboard
Full layout with independent number pad plus arrows and special keys
Normal keyboard layout
Multimedia keys that aren't alternates of the Function keys.
Sturdy build
Permanently attached USB cable
Wrist guard or at least have the keyboard sit a little bit lower
No mandatory software to install
As few 'alternate keys' as possible (function key + F1 = backlight on/off)

Does such a keyboard exist?
If so, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.
 
Killdozer said:
Hello All,

Recently purchased a Cooler Master QuickFire TK Mechanical Keyboard (White Body with Brown Switches) as my first mechanical keyboard (since 1998) and I'm not totally satisfied with it.

Things I like:

Every key is backlit
Brown switches feel awesome
The coating on the keys is great
Multimedia keys are available
Sturdy Build

Things I don't like:

Not a full sized keyboard - things feel closer than normal
Not a full sized layout - Don't have independent keypad and arrow/special keys
Sits a little bit high
Doesn't have a wrist rest
Detachable USB cable

So I'm now looking for a mechanical keyboard that has as many good traits as possible and as few negative traits as possible. Basically my ideal mechanical keyboard would be:

Fully backlit keys
Controls for brightness PLUS on/off settings
Brown switches
Whatever coating is on my current keys feels great
Each key is labeled
Full sized keyboard
Full layout with independent number pad plus arrows and special keys
Normal keyboard layout
Multimedia keys that aren't alternates of the Function keys.
Sturdy build
Permanently attached USB cable
Wrist guard or at least have the keyboard sit a little bit lower
No mandatory software to install
As few 'alternate keys' as possible (function key + F1 = backlight on/off)

Does such a keyboard exist?
If so, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.
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It will soon. They are coming out with Corsair K70's in brown. http://www.corsair.com/us/k70/ The current ones have red switches.
 
Any idea when this is coming out?
I signed up on their website for notification but they don't have any estimates.
 
Killdozer said:
Any idea when this is coming out?
I signed up on their website for notification but they don't have any estimates.
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I'm not sure. The K70 only took about a month to come out after they announced it, but the K95 wasn't out for 2 or 3 months until after they announced.

I think the wait will be fairly short because all they need to do is put a different switch in. You could check on the corsair forums and see what people are saying.
 
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