EvilNeo

Hey there,
 
I have recently bought the Razer Black widow elite (orange switch) and I have a few things to say. I hope my experience helps anyone doing some research before buying it. My previous keyboards were the Ornata Chroma and then the Black widow v2 Chroma (green switches). I have the Razer Mamba Tournament Edition  and DeathAdder  Elite (Chroma) mice. I also have the Razer PewDiePie headphones. So I am no stranger to Razer and their shifty double-speak or their synapse software; however, this experience annoyed me enough to say something and write my first review for one of their products. So if anyone is looking to buy the Black Widow Elite and saving custom lighting is a factor, this is a PSA.
 
Chroma Lighting and Macros:
 
They market the Black Widow Elite as having on board memory to save profiles and lighting options. This is only half true (at best). I wanted to use the keyboard at my office and am unable to install synapse 3 on my business PC. I was imagining that I could set up my Macros for Outlook and Excel as well as my preferred lighting on my personal PC and store them on the keyboard to be used at work. I have included their marketing pictures below as they are what caught my eye and influenced my purchase (sorry but there is one in German).
 

 

 
If you want to save lighting profiles, you can only save any of the 11 "Quick Effects", and nothing that is custom made in Chroma under "Advanced Effects". That is a bummer as I spent a lot of time creating a keyboard lay out that looks like the LCARS from Star Trek TNG.
 

 
I also noticed now that when I lock my computer (windows+L), the keyboard reverts back to the default spectrum lighting option. This is new, as the BW V2 did not do that; it would stay with whatever lighting profile was selected when I opened Synapse 3.
 
Furthermore, whenever I use the function key, all the lights on the keyboard turn off.... This is pretty counter intuitive when buying a backlit keyboard in a low light setting forcing me to crane my head down to see which key I am pressing with.
 
Other than the lighting issue, I can say that the Macro feature seems okay. It does what they say. The only drawback is they took off the Macro key on this black window and we are left using Hypershift; again, which requires us to use the function key and kill the lights on the keys.
 
Switches:
 
As mentioned, I have the orange switches. This is a big change for me coming from the clicky greens. I find them nice and responsive. I find that I am not bottoming out the key each stroke like I did with the greens and that my fingers are not as tired after typing large documents. Everyone seems to compare them to Cherry Browns, but I can not say, I have never owned or typed with browns. I can only tell you that you feel the actualization of the key stroke and do not need to press so hard to get there as compared to the greens.
 
 
 
Miscellaneous:
 
The wrist rest is good and exactly what I expected after my previous two Razer keyboards. The multi-media keys are nothing to be excited about as the volume wheel does not have much resistance when scrolling and the three keys for "Pause", "Forward" and "Back" are not lit up (only around them). The 5 lights above the arrow keys (the ones for CAPS LOCK, Gamer Mode, Macro Recording ect...) might as well be just 5 random white dots that you can not control and are oddly placed. You do not see what each dot is for in the dark. The metal design gives it a heavy feel and zero bend when typing. As I was typing this review, something triggered the key "m" and it kept typing with out me pressing down on it... I was unable to make it stop until I unplugged the keyboard. There is nothing in the switch that would trigger this, but it is worth mentioning. Synapse 3 crashed twice while writing this review, causing macros and lighting to revert back to default.  
Overall:
 
This is a good keyboard if it will be your first Razer Keyboard and you are not as worried about the lighting profiles as I was. If you already have the black widow v 2 Chroma, there is no need to "upgrade" here.  You could save yourself some money and get the BW v2 and not really miss out on anything.
 
If this purchase has influenced me in any way, it would be that I wish I bought the Black Widow V2 Chorma with orange keys, or that I may in the near future switch out all my Razer gear for corsair and use real cherry switches.

I'm suggesting a laptop for a friend and so far we've stood between L340 and Y540
the uses of the laptop will be primarily programming, no gaming at all and there will be a lot of traveling with the laptop
the specs are almost the same as well as the price
i7 9750H / GTX 1650 / 16GB RAM
with the difference in storage
L340: 1TB SSD
Y540: 1TB HDD + 128 SSD
( i know what y'all thinkin, why pick such a high-end if no gaming at all but i'm looking for something really strong and our local market isn't very rich with choices)

i'm leaning towards the L340 because of the massive SSD storage and lightweight but i fear from the build quality, so i wanna get a second opinion please.

any reasons?
aside from Y540 having a 144hz monitor

Assuming that no mods are used, some mods might hurt the CPU and others might not, and giving a diverse range of games for the RPG genre.

So, that means that everyone else is quite right in thinking the same thing about software from US based companies....

As far as I'm aware, Visual Studio doesn't have the functionality you're looking for. This may work for you (I'm not sure because they aren't talking about C++) but it's not really a great solution. I suggest you just get used to the command line window popping up when you run your application.

He's just  Being Delirious *badumtiss* #PleaseClap
 
@Being Delirious :Have You read the fine print?? Scary Stuff m8
 
. *By purchasing tickets, you are agreeing to release your soul to Linus Media Group Inc. You acknowledge that you have been informed that you may be photographed and recorded as part of the release in any and all media whether now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity throughout the universe and the advertising and publicity thereof. **

I know there are other great RPGs. I just have liked the final fantasy games ive played and like the fighting mechanics. And it looks beautiful

The i5-6500 will not bottleneck your gpu. You can play any games you like.
Whatever this should mean...?
The GPU clock is indepedent of your cpu clock and the motherboard chipset.
Your factory overclocked gpu will do the same as if you got an i7-6700k.
 

I have my W10 install on a MBR partitioned SSD
 
it might be beneficial to have a GPT partitioned SSD, but I found none - I did install W10 in GPT mode to see what's what, but it looked and felt the same
and since my OS was a clone, I left it like that (on MBR)

It seems like that you will be buying 2x new titans first, and after Pascal Ti, you will be buying 2 of them also.
 
 

After reading the readme for thew mod and finiding where the files were placed, I noticed that files were left over in skyrim/data/skse/plugins even when the mod was uninstalled.
http://prntscr.com/btapxr
 
After deleting those the game is running in glorious fullscreen @ 60 fps

okay this might sound stupid but try pressing alt + enter and see what's that's gonna give you
maybe try and change the settings in the launcher? maybe it's just stuck on some value so if you change stuff and revert that change might get fixed
other than that maybe the mod haven't been truly removed try to figure out what files did the mod install and manually cut/paste  them somewhere else (that's if the mod didn't overwrite any files)

The iGPU isn't going to be enabled if there's a GPU installed AND if there are no monitor connected to it.
 
The GPU you use is the one there's a monitor connected to, so if you only have 1 monitor, then you'll have to use the other inputs on the monitor (if it has any).
 
ie: 980 plugged into input #1 and iGPU plugged into input #2. Then to "switch" GPU, you press the input button on the monitor... but that's far from being optimal...

I got anything in between 50 and 75 fps. So very playable. Can't test exactly anymore, because I already sent the card back. Sorry. Good performance though.

please do not troll our forums.
first call for a discussion and then allow arguments.. 
also, discrimination is not allowed on the forums. any and all members of the community may participate.
if all participate in the discussion and show a viable point-of-view, then we must allow it to be a part of the discussion.
exclusion of an opinion that is poignant and told to get out of the discussion is rude, against the Community Standards, and unnecessary. 

dude, you could totally get your ultimate dream gaming rig with 2000$

You'll always do something wrong if you don't do anything

Ah, classic marketing tactics in the third slide. Making the GTX 1060 look two times faster visually when it's allegedly only 15% more powerful.
 
At this stage, I don't see the GTX 1060 being slower than the RX 480 and more inclined to say it's faster with much better energy efficiency. The crucial bit here is the pricing.
 
EDIT: Relevant
 

I have a couple problems with this picture . First : rx 480 says "firestrike extreme" for all the benchmarks . Second , we have no idea how far the 970 was overclocked . It could be under ln2 for all we know . 

Good: Finished Assassin's Creed:Black Flag twice
Bad:   Finished Assassin's Creed:Black Flag twice on 800x600 Resolution

Silverstone Fortress FT-02, what sag? 

umm... thought the CPU had a 120mm AiO... my bad...
1) it should.....
2) ok
3) lol no
 
basically the best thing then would to either prioritize GPU temperature and put the rad as intake in the front or prioritize CPU temperature and put the rad in the back as exhaust
either way don't put the spare fans on the roof, instead put two in the front  and rad in the back or one (+rad) in front and one in the back

They reach the front.
Moving the top fan to the front for intake would be a good idea.

What CPU at what price? The world is relative my friend