Gaming Keyboard

[OldBloke]

With my trusty Logitech G15 looking a bit worse for wear plus the fact I managed to break one of the rear lifters at the last LAN - it was time to seek a replacement.

Having played with the various mechanical switch KBDs at the LAN I knew that that was want I wanted. I also wanted backlit keys with a dedicated bank of macro keys. I'm no touch-typist and all the blurb about key travel and key press forces was a bit over the top but all the top keyboards seem to have roughly the same stats.

I really liked the Corsair range but in the end I went with a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 Elite Mechanical USB Keyboard. Not available from Amazon so Scan took my money. They're new to market so not widely available (even direct from Razer) but Scan had some in stock and it was delivered yesterday.

Not had it long (obviously) but first impressions are very favourable. The keys are of course noisy and surprisingly are not made by Cherry. Instead, Razer have developed their own. The KBD feels very solidly built with green, individually lit keys and on-the-fly macro recording. Profiles too, of course, that can be linked to a game executable.

Will do another review once I've had a while but so far ... very impressed.

[Sneakytiger]

i have the 2013 version oldy and it's good and stable even after i cleaned the beer from under the keys.lol