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If you are thinking about buying a mechanical keyboard and want us to help you choose, supply your post with following information:
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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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>Budget
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>Location (continent at least)
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>Prefered switch type
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>Preferred switch type
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>Layout
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>Form factor
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>Backlight
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>Previous/current keyboards
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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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Mechanical keyboards aren't cheap. 
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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).
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Availability of keyboards varies amongst continents, the same as purchase possibilities.
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2) Location
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Availability of keyboards varies between continents, as do purchase possibilities.
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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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3) Preffered switch type
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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.
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Mostly ISO or ANSI. Be ready that there is bigger choice of ANSI.
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4) Layout
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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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5) Form factor
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Specifies the amount of keys your keyboard will have:
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- 60% - no numpad, no function keys, no navigation keys,
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- 80% or TKL (tenkeyless) - usually without numpad, but there are also keyboards without arrows instead,
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- 60% - no numpad, function and navigation keys are on a function layer.
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- 65-75% - different variations of previously described.
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Do you want leds.
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6) Backlight
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Do you want LEDs.
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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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7) Previous/current keyboard
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If you want something similar to your previous keyboard, or perhaps the exact opposite of that.