Razer is on my poo list for messing up an order I'd sent someone for their birthday like six years ago (I'm kind of dwarfish in my grudges heh)
My husband's been using his Belkin nt52e tournament gamepad for like 15 years o.O Belkin's apparently last forever. Also worth noting might be the Logitech G series gamepads; my husband and I have been using Logitech trackballs for well over a decade, they seem to last forever as well. (Prior to switching over to the Corsair keyboards I had the Logitech G11 keyboard which also lasted forever. Unfortunately, just like the Trackman Optical trackball Logitech stopped making them
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As a possible alternative solution, the Corsair Simitar mouse looks really sweet. I've "almost" bought one so many times since they came out, but I have detested mice since the late 80s/early 90s so I just haven't gotten up the courage to pull the trigger on one yet heh
On the Corsair keyboard though I honestly cannot recommend it to anyone... I mean, I really, really /love/ it, but it's got serious issues with it's mechanical key switches - double typing keys is a flaw you can't just "get over" or "work around." I have a Cherry Red and a Cherry Brown version that I basically cycle between because at least one of them is always in being repaired. Not at all cost effective if you're on a budget. It's worth it for me because that's how much I love everything else about the keyboard, but if you're going to buy one of them then, seriously, plan on having to buying a second one like 3-4 months down the road and play the same cycle repair game I do. At $170-$190 a pop and replacing or repairing them every 4ish months you'd think Corsair could actually fix the key switch issue, but they haven't yet. That's not a good sign if you ask me... The red I'm using right now has been sent back at least three times and it's starting to fail again, my brown should be back from it's second return next week.
It's really weird that Corsair is having such trouble with the K95 series keyboards, I had bought their Vengeance K90 keyboard, which is a partial mechanical, a forever ago to replace the Logitech G11, was well over six years now, and those K90s still work perfectly. In fact the K90 actually inspired my computer mod; I loved the way the led's reflected on the brushed aluminum chassis so I recreated it for my top box.
Unfortunately the K95 series is... well frankly, trash by comparison. What I can say is that Corsair's customer service is 100% gold. 2yrs no questions asked replacement on their keyboards so if you're willing to sink $400 into it and deal with constant returns... it's really lovely heh A lot of folks have been replacing the stock key switches on the K95's to fix it for good. I took one of my "spares" apart (I think I have four or five of the K95 versions) but I can't seem to find replacement switches that fit the LEDs so idk if that's a valid solution or not.
The Vengeance K90 Keyboard:
Brag mode activated:
My rig's top chassis minus one GPU. I have a dual chassis system, the top case there is a fully re-cut (to center the MB) SilverStone. Rig's still a work in progress, I'm working on the electronics for my water cooling regulation right now, but hopefully I'll have her finished up in the next couple months ~crosses fingers~
Anyway, you can see how I recreated the aluminum glow of the Vengeance K90, except that my lights can do 16.5M colors in nearly any pattern and flash to music on different channels via a custom designed WS2812b 5050 LED driver. (aka individually addressable LEDs) My mb tray flashes at 60Hz (bass/subwoofer), the hardline pipes that go in with water cooling flash with the right/left channel (tenors,) and then I have fiber optic side glow for my both my guitar's strings (on the wall above my desk) that will "simulate" multi-color "chords" (Go Go Arduino mega):
Click here to watch on YouTube
Bit of an old pic of my desk & rig, but it's close enough:
There's a build log here
http://www.overclock.net/t/1441548/buil ... ereo-build A bit out of date and idk that I'll have time to update it, but it's got most of the hard stuff if anyone's looking to mod a rig. And do feel free to contact me if you have any questions about modding, I learned so much from all my mistakes heh
