Types of mechanical switches:
Brown Cherry MX:
- Tactile and non-clicky
- 45g to actuate
Blue Cherry MX:
- Tactile and clicky
- 50g to actuate
Red Cherry MX:
- Non-tactile(Linear) and non-clicky
- 45g to actuate
Black Cherry MX:
- Non-tactile(Linear) and non-clicky
- 60g to actuate
Clear Cherry MX:
- Tactile and non-clicky
- 60g to actuate
Topre:
- Tactile and non-clicky (spring and rubber dome combined)
- Available @ 30g, 45g and 55g variation
Buckling Springs:
- Tactile and clicky
- 65g to actuate
Glossary:
Clicky refers a "click" sound is produced when the switch is actuated.
Tactile refers to a "bump" that is felt when the switch is actuated.
Nkey Rollover (NKRO) is the ability of the keyboard to recognize as many keys as you can press at once.
Most keyboards are 6-KRO or 2-KRO(99% of keyboards).
104 / Full-sized is the standard-sized keyboard.
87 / Tenkeyless / 80% is a keyboard without the Numpad.