[kchan]

tbh, go to a place like Memory Express to see if they have any demo units out
sometimes the "feel" of the keyboard is more important than features
ive owned cheap keyboards to lycosa to g110 to all these other gaming keyboards, but i settled down with the Alienware keyboard because the keys are comfortable.

lycosa: after a while, the rubberized keys get a bit "dry" (mind you, i do clean it every 2 - 3 weeks) and that it gets irritating when using it (same as my Razer mamba) which was why i sold the lycosa, but overall its a good keyboard

g110: regretted getting it because the keyboard layout felt squished, maybe because it had the multi-lingual setup, but yea i didn't like it that well and there were way too many macro keys that i had no use for (i have 6 on my alienware atm, and i hardly use them as is)

Only con of the alienware (imo) is no USB and Audio plugs, but the feel of the keys are very very good.

if you want mechanical keyboard u can check out Das Keyboards
but here is a guide if you are interested "http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/491752-mechanical-keyboard-guide.html"

personally myself, I want to try a mechanical keyboard but i'm not sure if i would like it, so i would prefer to test out a demo unit before hand, but till then my current alienware keyboard will be more than enough