Rosewill RK9000, CM Storm Quickfire XT, Filco Majestouch 2.
Brown and blue switches are my personal preferences. Green and black is too heavy for long hour use.
I would say get blue switches and then get o-ring dampener to reduce the sound. The feedback from it is very nice, unlike brown which is quite mushy.
But even then, the feeling varies from board to board, not just from switches to switches.
Generally costar stabilisers (the ones i recommend) will be better as long as you lube it enough as compared to the cherry ones because the latter feels mushier unless you cut off a certain part (troublesome).
I have two mechanical keyboards, both CM Storm, one at home with blue keys and one in the office with brown keys.
I chose blue keys for home use cause I like the clicky noise and I like the bump. I chose the brown key for office cause it's quieter and it still have the bump feel. Judging on feel alone, the blue keys still feel better.
Noise wise, I don't find the brown keys any noisier compared to the cheap membrane keyboards that my colleagues use. In fact, I think mine might be more bearable because the noise is.... lower in tone/frequency.
I chose CM Storm keyboards because I'm really impressed with their robust constructions and the reasonable price tags that come along with them. You may want to consider buying from Amazon as they could be cheaper.
thanks mate. u recommend any shop tat have a range of diff keys for me to try?
I randomly walked into a Funan shop and they have a demo set of cherry keys for testing. Just one button for each switch, but can give you a good idea how each feels like. However, you may only find the more common blue black brown and red to test, more rare switches like green (which I'm very interested in) may be harder to demo.
