Dell Alienware AW568 RGB Gaming Keyboard w/ Kailh Brown Switches for $23.99 + Free Shipping

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Too poor to afford MX cherry? Got kids that likes to liquid damage your stuff? Perhaps you haven't been enlighten yet with mechanical switches?

Well here is a cheapo mechanical keyboard for those who fit in these categories.

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Not an "RGB keyboard". The keys themselves have NO backlighting at all, let alone RGB backlighting.
 
OOS but yeah I'd say that calling it an RGB board is a stretch...still probably worth trying at this price, though. Would make a good inexpensive spare or office keyboard for those who already have a nice mechanical at home. You can get $30 mech boards on Amazon, but most of them are no-name Chinese brands and many membrane keyboards cost more than this. Heck, the fact that they can fit shipping into the $24 price is impressive.
 
My b on the "RGB" part. That was copypasta from SD.
 
If you've had a chance to try Cherry vs the other switches out there you might find yourself liking the other brands better in certain setups. Even if you don't, this is a killer price for just a regular mech to put on a server or take to work. If my hands liked browns I'd be all over this.
 
I have one of these. The lighting is kind of a joke, it's on the bottom of the keyboard and is really not noticeable. That said, typing on it is pretty nice, they keys all have nice tactile feel. Great price for a mechanical keyboard, though it kind of sucks the keys aren't backlit but how often do you even really look at your keyboard anyways?
 
I've got one. The thing that bothers me the most is the extra row of keys on the left is too close to the main keyboard. When placing my hands and typing by feel as I usually do I was constantly hitting that extra row of keys which was highly annoying. The solution turned out to be quite simple. :D

That was a killer price. Sold out though.... For what it is, overall a very good keyboard. Somewhat noisy but that is to be expected to an extent with a mechanical and yeah, calling it RGB is a stretch. As mentioned, the light is just a thin line under the front edges.

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MixManSC said:
I've got one. The thing that bothers me the most is the extra row of keys on the left is too close to the main keyboard. When placing my hands and typing by feel as I usually do I was constantly hitting that extra row of keys which was highly annoying. The solution turned out to be quite simple. :D

That was a killer price. Sold out though.... For what it is, overall a very good keyboard. Somewhat noisy but that is to be expected to an extent with a mechanical and yeah, calling it RGB is a stretch. As mentioned, the light is just a thin line under the front edges.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds a column of macro keys on the left side annoying. I find myself hitting them whenever I'm trying to hit ctrl, shift, or such.
 
The caps pop off easily. Does not look very nice that way but I'm no longer hitting them with my left pinky when tabbing and whatnot like you said.
 
I've had a few keyboards with knockoff switches and the difference between those and cherry is negligible.
 
I have 2 of those cheap amazon tekkery keboards and those things are awesome. each key is individually back lit. much nicer than these zone lit keyboards
 
lightsout said:
A lightly used what and where?
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mech keyboard with browns--you just have to look for it.

And I'm referring to the $35 shipped Amazon one posted above, not the OP. The OP is a solid deal, especially with shipping included--it's almost like getting a mechanical keyboard for the price of a rubber dome. (y)
 
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