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I want a new keyboard as my old one isn't great and there are a few things it needs to have. First i want to be able to change the colour of each key individually, second it needs to have a numpad and needs the UK layout, thirdly i would like marco keys (at least 2), fourth i would like a USB pass through and even a headphone jack (like the razer blackwidow chroma) and lastly it needs to have genuine cherry mx blue switches. My budget is around £120 but i can go higher if needed. Any suggestions are welcome!

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel i9 12900K

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H150i Elite Capellix

Mother Board: MSI z690 carbon WiFi

RAM: Corsair DDR5 6400MT/S

Storage: 2TB Samsung 970 Plus NVMe, 240 SanDisk SSD Plus, Crucial MX300 750GB SSD

GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090Ti FE

Case: Phanteks NV5

PSU: Corsair RM1000X

OS: Windows 11 Home

Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU 27" 1440p @ 165hz

Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Chroma

Mouse: Logitech G502

Sound: Sony MDR 1000x Headphones, Blue Snowball Microphone

 

Laptop Specs:

Gigabyte Aorus 15G

CPU: Intel i7 10875H

RAM: 16gb DDR4

Storage: 512gb NVMe, 1TB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD

GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q

 

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I want a new keyboard as my old one isn't great and there are a few things it needs to have. First i want to be able to change the colour of each key individually, second it needs to have a numpad and needs the UK layout, thirdly i would like marco keys (at least 2), fourth i would like a USB pass through and even a headphone jack (like the razer blackwidow chroma) and lastly it needs to have genuine cherry mx blue switches. My budget is around £120 but i can go higher if needed. Any suggestions are welcome!

Well, the BlackWidow Chroma passes all but the last requirement. My brother has that keyboard, and I have an old BlackWidow with blues (2013), the switches are very similar. 

 

The only keyboards that exist with MX switches and RGB lighting are made by Corsair (there is probably an exception, but not that I know of)

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UK-----Italy----Canada-----Spain-----Germany-----Austrailia-----New Zealand-----'Murica-----France-----India

 

10 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

Well, with an i7, GTX 1080, Full tower and flashy lights, it can obviously only be for one thing:

Solitaire. 

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5 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I want a new keyboard as my old one isn't great and there are a few things it needs to have. First i want to be able to change the colour of each key individually, second it needs to have a numpad and needs the UK layout, thirdly i would like marco keys (at least 2), fourth i would like a USB pass through and even a headphone jack (like the razer blackwidow chroma) and lastly it needs to have genuine cherry mx blue switches. My budget is around £120 but i can go higher if needed. Any suggestions are welcome!

then the razer blackwidow chroma....

 

i dont know of any other mechanical keyboards with a headphone jack.

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Just now, Stardar1 said:

Well, the BlackWidow Chroma passes all but the last requirement. My brother has that keyboard, and I have an old BlackWidow with blues (2013), the switches are very similar. 

 

The only keyboards that exist with MX switches and RGB lighting are made by Corsair (there is probably an exception, but not that I know of)

I'll have a look at cosrair ones and if they cost too much i may just get the chroma

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel i9 12900K

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H150i Elite Capellix

Mother Board: MSI z690 carbon WiFi

RAM: Corsair DDR5 6400MT/S

Storage: 2TB Samsung 970 Plus NVMe, 240 SanDisk SSD Plus, Crucial MX300 750GB SSD

GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090Ti FE

Case: Phanteks NV5

PSU: Corsair RM1000X

OS: Windows 11 Home

Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU 27" 1440p @ 165hz

Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Chroma

Mouse: Logitech G502

Sound: Sony MDR 1000x Headphones, Blue Snowball Microphone

 

Laptop Specs:

Gigabyte Aorus 15G

CPU: Intel i7 10875H

RAM: 16gb DDR4

Storage: 512gb NVMe, 1TB Crucial MX300 SATA SSD

GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q

 

 

 

 

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