Mad Catz Intros 5-Piece S.T.R.I.K.E.5 Pro Gaming Keyboard
This keyboard features five components that can be rearranged to fit your PC gaming needs.
On Wednesday Mad Catz Interactive introduced the S.T.R.I.K.E.5 Professional Gaming Keyboard for the PC. As the name implies, the peripheral has been designed with the competitive gamer in mind, providing a five-piece modular layout to seemingly fit every PC gamer's need.
"Our range of S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboards has captured the imagination of passionate gamers and we are pleased to expand the range with the newly announced S.T.R.I.K.E.5," said Darren Richardson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. "The S.T.R.I.K.E.5 is part of our strategy to grow our market share with best in class products for all gamers."
The keyboard's modular design allows the user to arrange the configuration of the 5-part keyboard to better suit their preferred method of play. The numeric pad (1) and the QWERTY section (2) have been separated into two entities, and feature a full 16 million color RGB backlighting both through and around the keys. Double-tap friendly keys respond to an optimized 60g of actuation force, and reset at the perfect level, the company said.
Also included in the S.T.R.I.K.E.5 is the E.Y.E. OLED Command Module (3), which allows users to program advanced macros, adjust backlighting, balance game and microphone volumes, monitor respawn timers, and control media. This module can also launch games, websites and applications.
"Program advanced macros, adjust backlighting, monitor respawn timers, control your media, and even take in-game control of external functions - - balance game and microphone volumes, launch apps and websites - - all with a few simple finger taps," the keyboard's product page states.
In addition to those three modules, the gaming keyboard also consists of a function strip module (4) with four programmable buttons (nine are also on the E.Y.E., five on the NumPad), and a 3-part active palm rest (which features 3 controls) and two wrist rests (5).
There's definitely a lot going on with this professional gaming keyboard, but there should be enough customization options to fill the needs of almost any PC gamer. GameShark is currently taking pre-orders for the modular keyboard now, costing $199.99 USD. The shipping date is unknown at this point.
Just saying.
Now as for my IBM 101 PS/2 keyboard....It can be washed in a Dishwasher to clean it and still keeps ticking.
Wonder if you can do that with this keyboard.
Looks nice though...
Because all the features described should be free?
Is this mech?
because its plastic, ans membrane, makeing all the parts for the keyboard alone cost at most 20-30$
the oled thing may be an extra 20$
call it gamer, where there is how you an put an extra 100$ on something that is crap and sell it for alot.
please, look into the base cost of manufacturing this kind of crap before you tell us its not seriously overpriced. there is profit margin, and than there is selling it for 4 times manufacturing cost
no, it would be a major marketing bullet point if it was, but even if it was mechanical, it would still be overpriced, as you need a to plate mount mechanical keys to make those keyboards last a long time, and most gamer boards (i think steel series is the only exception) pcb mount
look into a das keyboard professional, as i can not recommend any "gameing" mech keyboards besides steel series.
das keybaords are way more than i want to spend on keyboard, the CM quick fires are also stretching it. ideally i want to get something that is comfortable above all else. not sure which cherry mx switches i would like the most, but i prefer a reasonable quiet keyboard with not a lot of resistance. i have had 4 chiclet keyboards and thats what i got used to, so preferably i would like something similar to that or between that and a standard keyboard. i am trying to go as wireless as possible, i have a desk but im on the couch most of the time, so cords get in the way and are an overall inconvenience plus family member tend to trip over cords, my rat 5 can attest to that as its been thrown across the room by idiots tripping over it about a 100 times
cherry mx blue is the one with tactical feel and sound
cherry mx brown is tactical feel
cherry mx black is silent with 60 gram force
cherry mx red is silent with 40 gram force
bare minimum you are looking at with a mechanical keyboard is 60$, as thats the base cost of the switches.
i recommend the das keyboard because i know those have plates, and can be found for 110$ some places online.
if you want any other kind of switch beside the cherry, you are looking at spending more money than what the das keyboards cost, because they are rarer or out of production.
if you are just concerned about cable length, than i can recommend a usb cable extension, it may not be pretty but it offers you FAR more options than just wireless keyboards.
i did a quick search in case wireless was non negotiable, i didnt see a way to make a wired keyboard wirless with a bridge but i did find this out
http://www.amazon.com/XArmor-U9W-wireless-mechanical-keyboard/dp/B004S862FW
and Filco use to make Bluetooth keyboards, both are kind of expensive though, i would recommend the filco as they use a mounting plate i believe.
$120 for type/touch cover? LOL!