Best RGB mechanical gaming keyboard

[brett576]

Hi,

I was about to buy the corsair K70 rgb from ncix today, but I found out that it has only 512 colors (or 16.8 million with bad flickering problem). When spending $200+ on a keyboard this is unacceptable. I really liked the level of customization on the K70 and thought for sure it was the best keyboard, but now I need recommendations for a new mechanical gaming keyboard.

 

Needs:

-Genuine cherry mx switches

-Full 16.8 million rgb with smooth transitions

-Huge amount of customization: per key lighting, animations, etc. on par with corsair

 

Want but not dealbreaker:

-Usb passthrough

-Standard size bottom row

-Wrist rest

 

Let me know which keyboard is the best!

[don_svetlio]

Black Widow Chroma seems to be the one people wet their pants around.

I honestly prefer membrane keyboards (even for gaming) and thus never buy mechanical so not sure what's the best. A colleague of mine has 2 Razer black widows - 1 chroma and 1 not so I guess they are good if he was willing to dump 250 eu on them.

[Guest]

To be fair they fixed the million color problem

 

 

I wouldn't go Razer either way, too cheap of a build quality.

 

I have a K70 RGB and do not regret.

[SPG]

Black Widow Chroma seems to be the one people wet their pants around.

I honestly prefer membrane keyboards (even for gaming) and thus never buy mechanical so not sure what's the best. A colleague of mine has 2 Razer black widows - 1 chroma and 1 not so I guess they are good if he was willing to dump 250 eu on them.

the issue with that though is the chroma and the ultimate dont use cherry mx switches, they use custom ones razer made themselves (and honestly, I love their green switches so I dont care if they're cherry mx)

[Guest]

Hi,

I was about to buy the corsair K70 rgb from ncix today, but I found out that it has only 512 colors (or 16.8 million with bad flickering problem). When spending $200+ on a keyboard this is unacceptable. I really liked the level of customization on the K70 and thought for sure it was the best keyboard, but now I need recommendations for a new mechanical gaming keyboard.

 

Needs:

-Genuine cherry mx switches

-Full 16.8 million rgb with smooth transitions

-Huge amount of customization: per key lighting, animations, etc. on par with corsair

 

Want but not dealbreaker:

-Usb passthrough

-Standard size bottom row

-Wrist rest

 

Let me know which keyboard is the best!

They already fixed the problem

 

The K70 or K95 are the ones that match your description so you don't really have a choice besides go for Razer

 

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[brett576]

To be fair they fixed the million color problem

 

 

I wouldn't go Razer either way, too cheap of a build quality.

 

I have a K70 RGB and do not regret.

I know they added 16.8m color mode, and I would go ahead and get the keyboard if it didn't flicker in the 16.8m mode.

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140249&page=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coaehz9a2DE

[Guest]

I know they added 16.8m color mode, and I would go ahead and get the keyboard if it didn't flicker in the 16.8m mode.

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140249&page=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coaehz9a2DE

I know, but you don't notice the flickering under the normal keys. (At least, I don't)

[brett576]

I know, but you don't notice the flickering under the normal keys. (At least, I don't)

 If you look on the forum there are a ton of people complaining about it. If they fix the flicker I'd get it but I doubt they will. I thought corsair was a good company but now...

[Guest]

If you look on the forum there are a ton of people complaining about it. If they fix the flicker I'd get it but I doubt they will. I thought corsair was a good company but now...

They still are a good company.... Lol.

If not for them experimenting in this area then the hype about these keyboards would be much less.

They aren't omnipotent, they are the first to implement rgb in mechanical keyboards, to lose faith in them is to be afraid of advancement at the cost of failure. You NEED failures to learn.

Besides, you're talking about flickering lights being the thing that changes your opinion about a company that is very good? Eh...

[brett576]

They still are a good company.... Lol.

If not for them experimenting in this area then the hype about these keyboards would be much less.

They aren't omnipotent, they are the first to implement rgb in mechanical keyboards, to lose faith in them is to be afraid of advancement at the cost of failure. You NEED failures to learn.

Besides, you're talking about flickering lights being the thing that changes your opinion about a company that is very good? Eh...

The way they avoided letting the truth out. They knew their keyboard could only do 512 colors properly and marketed it as "16.8 million" It's a flat out lie.

[Guest]

The way they avoided letting the truth out. They knew their keyboard could only do 512 colors properly and marketed it as "16.8 million" It's a flat out lie.

They since changed the marketing for it anyway.

The lie... Most people didn't even notice.

Also all companies lie, Nvidia and the GTX 970 vram? Batman Arkham game?

It's nothing new.

[brett576]

They since changed the marketing for it anyway.

The lie... Most people didn't even notice.

Also all companies lie, Nvidia and the GTX 970 vram? Batman Arkham game?

It's nothing new.

Months after it was revealed. I already bought a gtx 970 I'm tired of false advertising

[Guest]

Months after it was revealed. I already bought a gtx 970 I'm tired of false advertising

So... What's the problem, you knew about the GTX 970 and bought it anyway

Seems unfair to rule Corsair out

[brett576]

So... What's the problem, you knew about the GTX 970 and bought it anyway

Seems unfair to rule Corsair out

I bought the 970 before the 3.5GB problem was found.. I was not happy when it was found out.

If gigabyte replaced my 970 with a 980 like I asked (980 meets advertised specs of 970) I would have been alright with it. Even just a refund, but nope stuck with the shitty card.

[Guest]

I bought the 970 before the 3.5GB problem was found.. I was not happy when it was found out.

If gigabyte replaced my 970 with a 980 like I asked (980 meets advertised specs of 970) I would have been alright with it. Even just a refund, but nope stuck with the shitty card.

Ho baby, the 970 shitty?

 

It's a very good card

[Skyway]

Have you seen the Logitech G910 Orion Spark?  Mechanical switches designed by logitech and omron, led back lighting with arguably the best illumination per key (no light bleeding from under and around the keys), media keys with scroll wheel volume, 9 macro keys with three profiles (27 total programmable macro keys), and it's advertised as the world's fastest gaming keyboard.

 

The switches are sublime, they register right at the top of the key press so it's really responsive.  They are extremely quiet for a mechanical, it's actually quieter than my membrane keyboard.  I have noticed a difference when gaming too, I don't die as easy while playing bf4.

 

Definitely worth a look imo, impressed the hell out of me.

[Lanciferp]

Have you seen the Logitech G910 Orion Spark?  Mechanical switches designed by logitech and omron, led back lighting with arguably the best illumination per key (no light bleeding from under and around the keys), media keys with scroll wheel volume, 9 macro keys with three profiles (27 total programmable macro keys), and it's advertised as the world's fastest gaming keyboard.

 

The switches are sublime, they register right at the top of the key press so it's really responsive.  They are extremely quiet for a mechanical, it's actually quieter than my membrane keyboard.  I have noticed a difference when gaming too, I don't die as easy while playing bf4.

 

Definitely worth a look imo, impressed the hell out of me.

Those awful keycaps though. I used on in the store, and i couldn't type on the damn thing.

[ManWithBeard1990]

Actually all LEDs that can be dimmed flicker on a camera. That Youtube vid isn't relevant.

[Nexxus]

Actually all LEDs that can be dimmed flicker on a camera. That Youtube vid isn't relevant.

the fact remains it isnt perfect and more complicated animated patterns it will have anomalies. 

 

That being said im perfectly happy with my k70rgb

[Quantum]

If you're willing to wait, Ducky will be releasing a RGB keyboard sometime in August according to their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=877858075622621&id=117547488320354

[Skyway]

Those awful keycaps though. I used on in the store, and i couldn't type on the damn thing.

 

It takes more than five minutes at a store to get used to them, trust me.  I think if you used it for a week or two you wouldn't think they're so bad,  I got used to them after a day or two and find them very comfortable.  I think this opinion has been completely blown out of proportion.  I was a little worried when I first got mine, but they are way more understated than everyone thinks