bump - pls, i need recommendations

I'm using the nixues moda v2. No negatives so far

if you like the quick-fire ultimate then just get a quick-fire rapid with brown switches

Corsair K65
Filco Majestouch 2 TKL
Ducky One

You could also go for a razer tournament edition keyboard given that it's one with the razer orange switches. They're basically browns that actuate sooner

I concur

its a god keyboard matt, worth the $

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I currently have the quickfire rapid, I don't know about you, but I found it with red switches aswell

been using the majestouch with browns for a few years, wouldn't have it any other way

Coolermaster keyboards are good options. Their keycaps aren't great but they are easily replaceable if you want to invest $20-$30 more on a cheap set, and most gaming brands don't have great keycaps either.

Ducky as mentioned is very good and has some of the best stock backlit keycaps on the market. Filco, also mentioned, is generally good too. Leopold is very good, and has PBT keycaps which are a better and more durable material than most keyboards' ABS keycaps, but can't be backlit. Varmilo is another good option that offers PBT keycaps as well. Just some things to look into.

e: I prefer Gateron browns to Cherry browns as well. Smoother switch and bigger tactile bump, though they have slightly more wobble to them. Cheaper too. Can't say the same about most other clones, but Gateron is arguably better than Cherry so if a keyboard offers Gateron, it's definitely worth considering.

By faster actuation we're talking 0.1mm higher, which is 0.333ms faster assuming a finger speed of 300mm/s (which is the only figure I can find online, for Romer-G promos though so it might be even faster making the actuation difference even smaller). To put that into perspective, if you were running a game at 60fps, there is a 98% chance that the higher actuation won't even matter and it'll still register on the same frame either way. Faster actuations are just a marketing gimmick and they're really dumb imo, but Razer switches don't even actuate meaningfully faster.

Past that it's just either rebranded Kailh browns (for older batches of razer boards) or rebranded Greetech browns (newer). Neither one's any good though, they are both plagued with inconsistencies and Kailh is often considered the worst common clone even. Hell, their inconsistency means even their actuation point is +/-0.4mm between switches on the same board.

For mechs, they're meh. You can't go wrong with Cherry switches and a backplate, but Corsair cuts a lot of corners and stands by bad design decisions. Their keycaps aren't good, their backplate doesn't secure the switches well and results in key wobble, their LEDs are not made to last and some dying in a year or so is a common issue. and there's no onboard memory. All of that with a nonstandard bottom row that makes keycap replacement options really limited, and a non-removable cable that's way more bulky than it needs to be and kills portability, neither for any good reason.

It'll always be a step up over most rubber domes (other than Topre if you're into that), and these are all relatively minor issues. It's just that you could be buying keyboards without any of those issues instead; it's not a god keyboard and it's not worth the money when better alternatives exist for the same or lower prices.