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System Name | Pioneer |
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Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon, Phanteks and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
Memory | 64GB (2x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
Storage | Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
Time for a companion thread to the mouse one.
Mine is the good ol' IBM Model M. It's an IBM made in America model from 1989 with the awesome drain chutes.
It doesn't have N-key rollover. You press more than 2 keys and it beeps. It needs a PS/2-> USB converter (active, not passive, I use this:
I've been told it's bad for gaming. I've been told I should get a more modern keyboard. No. I have tried. Nothing beats this for me, even if they supposedly do in specs. It's about the FEEL man. The FEEL! Nothing matches the buckling spring mechanism keyswitch. Not even cherry greens. Not that I've found at any rate.
What do you use?
Mine is the good ol' IBM Model M. It's an IBM made in America model from 1989 with the awesome drain chutes.
It doesn't have N-key rollover. You press more than 2 keys and it beeps. It needs a PS/2-> USB converter (active, not passive, I use this:
I've been told it's bad for gaming. I've been told I should get a more modern keyboard. No. I have tried. Nothing beats this for me, even if they supposedly do in specs. It's about the FEEL man. The FEEL! Nothing matches the buckling spring mechanism keyswitch. Not even cherry greens. Not that I've found at any rate.
What do you use?
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