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Mechanical keyboards are expensive than normal membrane keyboard but last longer however the most important thing they are easy on the fingers so you can keep typing all day long on them.
However, many mechanical keyboards in India including the expensive ones come with pre-soldered keys(switches), though these switches are supposed to last long, one quick reviews of them will tell you that in a few months one of the keys stop working and the only way to fix it is to send it back to the manufacturer which is a pain if it's even available. However, swappable switches, keyboard where you can just change the switches if one fails on the fly are the way to go, but there is just one keyboard as of now having the same thing which is:
₹1.6k Mechanical Keyboard - Excellent Cosmic Byte Vanth 100% Blue/Red Switches Buy from Manufacturer or Amazon India (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only)
Videos: Swappable वाला mechanical keyboard क्यों लेना चाहिए | Mechanical Keyboard Swappable हीं लो, चाहे outemu swappable ही क्यों न हो |
I have two of this keyboard and have recommended this to many people. It's the only keyboard that has swappable switches in budget although it can only use Outemu Switches at least it's better than not having that functionality. It's a big keyboard but it's a damn useful keyboard. Since you will be using a big keyboard and if you have just one keyboard make sure to get a full size one with the numpad. I know gamers like smaller keyboard so that there is playable area beside the keyboard BUT don't get a small size one if it's your only keyboard. Get a full size one, once you have one full size keyboard than you can go with a small size one.
<Rs.1700→ Cosmic Byte Pandora TKL Mechanical Keyboard Upgraded with Swappable Switches: Buy from Manufacturer or Amazon India (Outemu Swappable Only)
<Rs.2200→ Cosmic Byte Firefly TKL Per Key RGB Mechanical Keyboard Upgraded with Swappable Switches: Buy from Manufacturer or Amazon India (Also Outemu Swappable. There used to be this keyboard which was swappable with Cherry and Gatreon also but it was discontinued)
Only get the above keyboard if you already have a big keyboard or are very very sure that you don't need extra keys. Also avoid any keyboards that have a weird layout for example this keyboard where they have crammed the arrow keys into the layout. You don't want to fuck with muscle memory ever. You will be working soon and it's always better to have the full size keyboard standard layout that's used everywhere in your muscle memory.Or with this keyboard where they removed the gaps between Function keys at the top. No one knows the future. You might end up in a different place or the keyboard that you get used to now might stop manufacturing later. You NEVER FUCK WITH MUSCLE MEMORY and form muscle memory for standard things.
With all that warning here are the other keyboards that I might only recommend who knows that they definitely don't need the full size keyboard:
₹1600 Logitech G102 on Amazon India: Black or White (Buy whichever is cheaper but from Clicktech Retail Private Ltd seller only). Video: Hindi Old Review
Yes, yes I know about the double click issue very well. The fact is this is the only brand in India giving two years of warranty on the product BUT more importantly a support that works. When your mouse does have the double click issue and you're not willing to fix it yourself with WD-40, you can just ship the mouse to your local service centre and they will repair/replace and send it back for upto two years. This can't be overlooked. Even though there are other competitive mouse like the Razor Deathadder Essential for almost the same or sometimes a cheaper price, the fact is unless you're fine fixing stuff yourself you will end up with a double click mouse in one year only.
Now the mouse has a pretty good sensor for the price that doesn't stop registering when you flick your mouse too hard AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. Most budget "gaming" mouse just don't register your flicks and that's important for a gaming mouse.
Rs. 2500 Crucial 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz → | Manufacturer | Amazon India: CT16G4SFRA32A (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) |
Rs. 1300 Crucial 8GB DDR4 3200Mhz → | Manufacturer | Amazon India: CT8G4SFRA32A (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) |
Only if you don't find the seller for Crucial from above.
Rs.2400 G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz → | Manufacturer | Amazon India: F4-3200C22S-16GRS (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) |
Rs.1100 G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB DDR4 3200Mhz → | Manufacturer | Amazon India: F4-3200C22S-8GRS (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) |
WARNING: These thermal pastes requires getting into laptops and you will have to learn a few stuff below and a bit of practice to handle it properly. If you can't be bothered or don't want to risk it, get it done from someone else.
Cheap and usable: Amazon India (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) → This is not the best and everything starts to fall apart after multiple uses but it's more than enough if you just want to open laptops once in a while.
Before you buy thermal paste at all, have you first clean your laptop fans and vents? Which can be done in most cases even without taking out the fan module, only the back cover is necessary. As I showed it here(to be added), that might be enough.
THERMAL PADS VS PASTE WARNING: Don't apply thermal pastes on places requiring thermal pads or thermal putty. Thermal paste is for CPU/GPU. Thermal Putty or thermal pads are for VRMs PSUs and little blocks except the CPU and the GPU which requires something thicker. Applying WILL kill your laptop like it did for me.
LIQUID THERMAL PASTE WARNING: Don't do it yourself. If your laptop came with liquid thermal paste, just don't. These are electrically conductive and can short your motherboard even if a little bit of it spills. (Note: Can non-liquid thermal paste also be electrically conductive in rare cases? That's something I am working on here).
THERMAL PADS VS PASTE WARNING: Don't apply thermal pastes on places requiring thermal pads or thermal putty. Thermal paste is for CPU/GPU. Thermal Putty or thermal pads are for VRMs PSUs and little blocks except the CPU and the GPU which requires something thicker. Applying WILL kill your laptop like it did for me.
Links to buy→ Most People buy from ebuy7 (Buying Video) | More Authentic, very expensive→ Mod DIY | Aliexpress→ ? | Alibaba → ? | Amazon → ?
WARNING: Even though you will hear a lot of good stuff about PTM 7950 (including frome me), remember two things:
First: It's hard to get a genuine one.
Second: Storing PTM 7950 can ruin it if not applied. It might seem it doesn't affect you as you will apply it immediately on arrival BUT if the stock you ordered was on hold for a long time can be terrible as it happened once. For this reason I took all videos down but then put them back up after further looking into it.
Blog(s): PTM 7950 on Ideapad Gaming 5800H 3060
English Videos: How to order PTM in India | PTM 7950 : The only Thermal material you need | Fix your laptop overheating & Stream |
Hindi Videos: PTM kaise order kare with Credit Card & PayPal Account | PTM laga diye Ideapad 5800H 3060 mein bhi Didi wala laptop mein | PTM Order jaldi aa gaya |
Other notes:
Archived Videos: | Having some doubt about the PTM 7950 I got recently from ebuy7. Maybe I stored it in too hot place | PTM7950 didn't get delivered from Ebay | What other thermal pastes I am looking into right now? | [READ DESCRIPTION ]PTM Thermal Paste ebay se nahi aaya Bihar mein China se | Lenovo service issues: Engineer broke screen, thermal module with PTM pre-applied |
First of all check what interface you have on your SSD.
Rs.200 Gizga USB-C Hub: (USB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, 1 Type-C) Amazon India (Only under Rs.200)
Rs.200 Gizga USB-A Hub: (USB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, 1 Type-C) Amazon India (Only under Rs.200)
Rs.800 Superspeed USB 3.0 4 Port USB Hub → | Manufacturer | Amazon India: (Seller: Clicktech Retail Private Ltd only) | → Hindi Video