Thread 720633194

>best gaming keyboards have no numpad
How do you justify keeping the numpad around instead having it a separate attachment for other shit like school work?

Why do I need to justify it?

Recently I actually had a use for the numpad because an old game I played had a button mapped to the numpad that you cannot remap in any way and for some reason, autohotkey did not work properly for that button

What makes something the “best” keyboard?

>>720633194 (OP)
>best gaming keyboards have no numpad
The best gaming keyboard has a numpad and costs $190 less than that crap you're trying to shill

I don't see any reason to not have numpad. You'd need to have like I don't know 50cm wide desk for the size difference to matter.

>>720633542
https://www.rtings.com/keyboard/reviews/wooting/80he

here. go check what they test to decide what makes this the best "gaming" keyboard

>>720633687
Based and truthpilled, fuck zoomers

>>720633194 (OP)
Damn I haven't paid attention to keyboards in awhile. Wtf are magnetic key switches? Some recent development?

>>720634206
yeah. don't own them though.

>>720634206
>Wtf are magnetic key switches?
hall effect for keyboards. kinda pointless in my opinion. ive never really heard of mech switches having a particularly high failure rate. even membrane lasts forever and cheap enough that you can buy 2 or 3 to cover the price of 1 mech/mag keyboard.

>>720633194 (OP)
I never used the numpad. I don't do spreadsheets on my computers just vidya and consooming.

No numpad means I can position the mouse closer which is comfy, I remember when I had yuge keyboards in the 2000s I'd often hit the mouse into the side of the keyboard in fps games.

>>720633194 (OP)
>"j-just pay extra for day 1 DLC"

>>720633194 (OP)
I game on PC but I only play games with controller support

>>720633687
>no nkro
>no custom actuation
>not programmable
>dogshit latency

>>720634602
whats better. mechanical, optical, or magnetic?

>>720633542
The money they give to your bosses.

>>720635283
tmr > hall effect > optical > mechanical >>>> membrane
tmr and hall effect are magnetic though only monsgeek offers tmr atm, optical is proprietary razer shit

>>720635543
TMR?

>>720635283
if you like clicky or tactile, then mech. if you dont, then whatever keyboard feels the most comfortable to use. switch autism has no effect on the average keyboard user. just go to microcenter or something and play with the demos. the one that feels the best for you is the best one.

>>720635687
hall effect but it performs like the top tier HEs by default and is more durable, power efficient and cheaper

>>720633687
Based, had this keyboard for almost 15 years before it finally fucking broke and I had to replace it.