Membrane vs Mechanical keyboard

[ravenlynx]

I am looking for good gaming keyboard to play cs go
So should I get a unknown brand mechanical keyboard or a good gaming membrane keyboard

My budget is 40 to 50

 

[xapoc]

link keyboards you plan on buying?

 

[burdenbound]

It really doesn't matter, IMO keyboards are one of those things that you just have to try out. Unless you have a pure crap keyboard you really are not going to do any better in a game because of the keyboard you have. I personally use a mechanical keyboard because my old membrane one was getting tough to type on but it was also old.

I would say it depends on what kind of games you will be playing, I find the easiest keyboard for me to type on is the mac scissor key type keyboard. And if your playing MMOs or other team based games where you type a lot this might be something to consider.

 

[ravenlynx]

For the membrane keyboard I found steel series apex raw - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Apex-RAW-Gaming-Keyboard/dp/B00BHSTXV6&ved=0ahUKEwi9u-KWwNHMAhXLro8KHQBPCWgQFggeMAE&usg=AFQjCNFnFyIm8U8QsFJY6rhmKBtFVAMh8A&sig2=K0nVA20Whvx4-UJ2MZQHBA

As for the mechanical one I found redragon k553 and k551 are the cheapest - http://www.amazon.com/Redragon-Backlit-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard/dp/B016MBNR8M/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462952233&sr=1-8&keywords=Redragon

 

[xapoc]

According to some reviews this mechanical keyboard is decent, also it has red key switches which aren't as loud as the blue switches. I think it maybe worth a shoot for the price if you never tried one.

As for the steel series, I think some people didn't like the awkward space bar, outside of that the keyboard is decent too.

 

[ravenlynx]

the redragon has blue switches as far as i have seen not red switches
i found another one which is decent for the price its tt espots poseidon z essential - http://www.amazon.com/Tt-eSPORTS-Poseidon-Illuminated-KB-PIZ-KLBLUS-01/dp/B00HZE2PJS

but the problem is every where else its 90 usd but this one is 62 usd will it be good

i am thinking of going for this one

 

[xapoc]

Red dragon actually uses something equivalent to green key switch, the spring is more resistant, key press is little deeper and they are bit louder then blue. Some like them some don't.

I have blue key switches on my keyboard which I had for around 5 years and key press feels soft with a bit of resistance. Perhaps Poseidon could be your choice? but look around for more keyboard with blue switches, usually they are little less then red and brown switch keyboard price wise.

 

[ravenlynx]

I am kinda stuck between these two they are mostly the same

The tt esports poseidon z - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HZE2PJS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1463222091&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=poseidon+z+keyboard&dpPl=1&dpID=41KJTm3W8eL&ref=plSrch

And the redragon k551 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B016M91SS0/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?qid=1463221479&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=redragon#nav-search-keywords

They both are the same and i am really confused which one to get