Try your motherboard's intergrated audio maybe?

You can get silencing pads for drums right?

It's great because I can often switch from clarinet to bass clarinet, fingerings are the same.

bass clarinet :)

Youtube streaming takes you down immediately if you play music iirc

What is this thread im so confused :(

wat?

Different types of switches feel and sound different.

Some switches are "tactile" meaning they have a bump you can feel when the keypress "actuates" or in other words, when the keypress is registered. MX Blues, MX Browns, MX Greens, and Buckling Spring switches are all tactile.

A subset of tactile switches are "clicky" switches. Clicky switches produce a noise when you feel the bump, so you get a mix of audible and tactile feedback when your keypress is registered, at the cost of being noisy. MX Blues, MX Greens, and Buckling Spring switches are all clicky.

Some switches are linear, which means they don't have a bump and/or click when your keystroke registers, and feel smooth all the way until your key has "bottomed out" or in other words can longer be depressed any further. These switches tend to be better for FPS games because they are easier to press in succession than tactile switches. MX Reds and MX Blacks are linear switches.

Another type of mechanical switch is called a topre switch, which combine a mechanical mechanism with a spring and switch with a cupped rubber dome, which results in a very unique feel. However, topre switches are VERY expensive, and probably not worth it if you just want a keyboard for gaming.

Finally, all types of switches will take different amounts of force to actuate, which results in you as the user having to provide more or less force for different types of switches.

MX Blacks are linear and take 60g of force to actuate, MX Reds are linear and take 45g of force to actuate, MX Blues are tactile, clicky, and take 50g of force to actuate, MX Browns are tactile and take 45g of force to actuate, MX Blues are tactile, clicky, and take 50g of force to actuate, Buckling Spring switches are tactile, clicky, and take 65g of force to actuate, MX Greens are tactile, clicky, and take 60g of force to actuate, Topre switches are weighted differently depending on the keyboard model, but can be considered a tactile switch and take anywhere from 30-55g of force to actuate.

For purely typing, I would reccomend a keyboard with MX Blues.

For purely gaming, I would reccomend a keyboard with MX Blacks or MX Reds, depending on if you have a tendancy to mispress keys often, since MX Reds are lighter and easier to hit by accident.

For a mix of typing and gaming, I would reccomend a keyboard with MX Browns.

I would not reccomend a keyboard with buckling springs, topre switches, or MX greens for someone new to mechanical keyboards, as keyboards with these switches tend to be expensive and/or hard to find.

There are also a slew of modifcations you can make to your keyboard to make it feel different as an advanced user, such as a dental band mod, or using o-rings on each switch.

A good starter mechanical keyboard available in multiple switch types is the Cooler Master CM Storm Quickfire Rapid, which can be found with MX Red, Black, Blue, and Brown switches, and is relatively inexpensive while still being fairly high quality.

I would reccomend ordering a mechanical switch sampler to see which switch you like the best before ordering a keyboard, such as one of these http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/sampler-kit-1.html.

There are lots of communities online that have a focus on mechanical keyboards, or will occasionally talk about mech keyboards, such as reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards, geekhack.org, deskthority.net, 4chan.org/g/, as well as countless others.

Check out the little graphs, they're actually pretty good. I personally like the hayate, because its a nice mix of speed and control. The hayabusa and hein are also popular.

ranga, if you give me a number for what you would like to spend, I can make a list of what I think would be the best.

Well, gameplay hours really doesnt mean much. For example, I have ~2300 hours, but i used to leave tf2 running all the time, and actually have only played ~700 hours. Also, time spent actiively improving will help you play competitively, while time spent pubbing wont help as much.

Here's what I came up with for the price of your original build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($43.14 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: MSI H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($93.93 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $772.01
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-13 12:40 EST-0500)

Ask for it to be put in the sidebar, I'd definitely play in a pub frequented by tf.tv people :)

Toronto here. We got some sleet yesterday evening, nothing really other than that. My garbage can froze shut and I broke the handle off of the lid trying to open it >:c

You can try a cheap PCIE networking card, see if that helps. It's often a good idea to use a seperate networking card anyways, since they're dirt cheap and it frees up some resources.