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System Name | Main rig |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 2700 @ 3.5 GHz/1.18750 V|SoC 0.9 V |
Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac |BIOS 3.80 |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D9L |
Memory | 2 x 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 @ 3200/C18-18-18-36|1T /1.25 V |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GeForce GTX 950 SC+ ACX 2.0 2 GB GDDR5 |
Storage | 500 GB Crucial MX500|1 TB Crucial MX500|800 GB Intel DC S3520|250 GB Intel 510|6+2 TB WD Purple |
Display(s) | 2 x LG 24GM77-B @ 144 Hz, DAS on, Motion 240 off | 1 x Icy Box VESA arm @ pivot |
Case | Fractal Design Define Nano S (no window, 1 x Noctua A14 PWM + 1 x Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM) |
Audio Device(s) | Edifier R1700 BTs |
Power Supply | Seasonic Prime Fanless PX-500 |
Mouse | HTX|HSK|Hati S|Hati M Ace|Skoll SK-S|Pulsar Xlite|MM710|NP-01|Viper M.|Krait|MS 1.1/3.0|MX300/500 ++ |
Keyboard | 3 x Keychron Q8 |One 3 SF|Miya Pro|K70 RGB Pro Mini WL|MS Natural Keyboard (1995)|MS Sculpt Ergo |
VR HMD | SkyPAD 2.0|Icemat 2.0|3xShidenkai/Zero Classic/Hien/Raiden XS|P-51|2xQPAD CT|2xAllsop XL ++ |
Software | MS Windows 10 Home x64 |
Benchmark Scores | over 9000 |
What experience do you need? Just buy a nice, Cherry profile dye-sub PBT set with good kitting, and be done with it (presuming you are not interested in more 'exotic' profiles). For very good price/performance ratio, I'd go for a Shenpo or XMI set. They are pretty cheap, and easily worth every penny.Actually, since it was brought up in the thread I wanted to ask @Chrispy_ as a fellow CM QuickFire enjoyer (mine is MX Blacks and will also be 12 or 13 years next year with no issues) - have you tried any cap swaps on it? Only thing that slowly deteriorates on my over time is the legends (I have the non-Stealth version) and I am curious if you had any experience with replacing them potentially with some better PBT ones. I am assuming that any similar layout set should work - it IS standard MX stem after all.
But yeah, I have no idea how CM got those so right - I think the board will outlive me at this point.
For example:
Shenpo dye-sub PBT (Cherry)
a few XMI dye-sub PBT sets (Cherry)
DaYe doubleshot ABS sets with AF SA profile (very similar to MG) are also considered a cheap, nice option if you're interested in taller, more sculpted keycaps. I really like them.
All of the above have extensive kitting.
You might want to avoid colored dye-sub PBT sets, because they are reverse dye-sub, so the quality is not nearly as good (because of the higher thermal strain during manufacturing) as it can be with traditional dye-sub procedure. So if you want bright colors, you are better off with a good doubleshot ABS set.
Also, avoid doubleshot PBT, because EVERYTHING called that is PBT/ABS blend, unless you buy a Leopold keyboard, or a 150 USD/euro GMK MTNU set. The latter two are really 100 percent PBT.
The recommended manufacturers:
On the cheaper side:
–Shenpo
–XMI
–JCS
–DaYe AF SA/Aifei Cherry
On the more expensive side:
–Signature Plastics
–Hammerworks CRP
–JTK
–Maxkey
–Melgeek
–Domikey
–GMK
–any kind of vintage (OG) Cherry
–DCS sets from vintage WYSE terminals