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| 1 | - | If you are thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard and want us to help you choose, supply your post with following information: |
| 1 | + | If you are thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard and want us to help you choose, format your post as follows. |
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| 3 | >Budget | |
| 4 | >Location (continent at least) | |
| 5 | - | >Prefered switch type |
| 5 | + | >Preferred switch type |
| 6 | >Layout | |
| 7 | >Form factor | |
| 8 | >Backlight | |
| 9 | >Previous/current keyboards | |
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| 13 | - | Mechanical keyboards aren't cheap. Stock prices start at around 70$ for cheaper boards (40$ if you want knockoff switches like Kailh) and can reach over 250$. If you live in Europe add ~30$ to the price (+ possible customs and shipping costs). |
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| 14 | Mechanical keyboards aren't cheap. | |
| 15 | Stock prices start at around 70$ for cheaper boards (40$ if you want knockoff switches like Kailh) and can go over 250$. If you live in Europe add ~30$ to the price (+ possible customs and shipping costs). | |
| 16 | - | Availability of keyboards varies amongst continents, the same as purchase possibilities. |
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| 17 | 2) Location | |
| 18 | Availability of keyboards varies between continents, as do purchase possibilities. | |
| 19 | - | There are plenty of switch guides and comparisons, google them. If you're not sure about a certain switch at least specify if you want tacticle or linear, clicky or silent and hard or soft. |
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| 20 | 3) Preffered switch type | |
| 21 | There are plenty of switch guides and comparisons, take a look at this chart (http://i.imgur.com/5uKCsvv.png) or use a search engine of your choice. If you're not sure about a certain switch at least specify if you want tactile or linear, clicky or silent and hard or soft. | |
| 22 | - | Mostly ISO or ANSI. Be ready that there is bigger choice of ANSI. |
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| 23 | 4) Layout | |
| 24 | Mostly ISO or ANSI. Be aware of the fact that the selection of keyboards and especially aftermarket keycaps is far greater for ANSI. | |
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| 26 | 5) Form factor | |
| 27 | Specifies the amount of keys your keyboard will have: | |
| 28 | - | - 60% - no numpad, no function keys, no navigation keys, |
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| 29 | - 80% or TKL (tenkeyless) - usually without numpad, but there are also keyboards without arrows instead, | |
| 30 | - 60% - no numpad, function and navigation keys are on a function layer. | |
| 31 | - 65-75% - different variations of previously described. | |
| 32 | - | Do you want leds. |
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| 33 | 6) Backlight | |
| 34 | Do you want LEDs. | |
| 35 | - | This can help us if for any you used any kind of mechanical keyboard and want something similar OR exactly opposite. |
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| 36 | 7) Previous/current keyboard | |
| 37 | If you want something similar to your previous keyboard, or perhaps the exact opposite of that. |