deskthority

Hello all, I'm a noob here but thought I'd ask for your help with my quest to get a CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid-SI in the USA! They're currently not sold here, so I began looking for and asking the internet where I could get one. A CM rep on reddit.com told me that if I got it on Massdrop and got enough votes I could potentially get one through that avenue. Here is a link to the drop:

https://www.massdrop.com/vote/70-Keyboards

Anyways, take a peak and maybe some of you are trying to get this board too. Any help is much appreciated! Regardless, thank you for your time.

Best,
ein

Interesting. I had not known of this board before. I have a CM QFS, which is fine for me, as I am not a fan of backlit keyboards. Post on GH as well if you have not already done so -- that forum probably has more gamers who like backlit keyboards. Good luck garnering enough votes for a Drop on Massdrop.

Hypersphere wrote: Interesting. I had not known of this board before. I have a CM QFS, which is fine for me, as I am not a fan of backlit keyboards. Post on GH as well if you have not already done so -- that forum probably has more gamers who like backlit keyboards. Good luck garnering enough votes for a Drop on Massdrop.

I certainly will! Backlighting isn't something I need, but certainly enjoy. I found this board on the CM website originally, and then have been looking every few weeks for a few months. Obviously to no avail, hopefully the drop will help me get one. Thanks again!

Alternative solution: buy non-stealth keyboard. Buy front-printed (or blank) caps (e.g. Leopold or Vortex). Put caps on keyboard. Done.

-- del

Khers wrote: Alternative solution: buy non-stealth keyboard. Buy front-printed (or blank) caps (e.g. Leopold or Vortex). Put caps on keyboard. Done.

Ok, that makes sense to me, to an extent. I'm curious if the LEDs are placed above the switch or below the switch on this board, though. It would seem logical that they're below the switch in the CM S QF Rapid SI setup, given the lighting. I don't think I could reproduce that with a topside LED design keyboard? I could definitely be missing something, though.

Currently no front-print, translucent-character caps exist from any other manufacturer - so the only way you could have a backlit "ninja" keyboard would be through somehow wrangling an SI. See my write-up in the review section from a few months ago.

This could be a solution for those who are in the EU since the board is not sold here (thanks FILCO).

Hello all, thanks again for you continued support! Just an FYI, we're over halfway there! If you are interested and want to get one of these boards ask friends, cohorts, mates, mothers, everyone to help out! Again, thank you for your help and time

Best, ein