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This keyboard was also designed to brought to gaming events with its fully detachable cable and inner steel frame. You don't have to worry about banging it up on your way to LAN parties and tournaments.. You can also connect this gaming keyboard to more than one device by using both its wireless dongle and Bluetooth connection. Corsair also released a lapboard made specifically for the K63 Wireless that turns it into one of the best gaming keyboards for couch gaming.

Most gaming keyboard have you choose between a single key switch and live with it for the rest of peripherals life, however, the Glorious Modular Mechanical Gaming Keyboard or Glorious GMMK for short is one of the few that lets you swap out your mechanical keys whenever and however you like.

The Glorious GMMK features hot swap bays under each key switch that makes replacing them as easily as adding custom key cap set. Aside from not having to dissasemble or solder anything, the easy swap capacity of this keyboard also lets you mix and match different types of key switches right next to each other.

Aside from the ability to customize the Glorious GMMK however you please, it's built on a strong platform with full LED backlighting, a aluminum faceplate. On the software side you also get full macro programing on all the keys. Mechanical keyboards are a strong start, but the Razer Huntsman V2 can let you go even further with an optical switch and an 8,Hz polling rate.

By using optical key switches, Razer avoids one of the main things slowing traditional mechanical keyboards down: debounce.

Debounce can add a few milliseconds of delay to a mechanical switch registering an input, and in competitive games, every millisecond counts. Of course, the Razer Huntsman V2 goes well beyond just having technically excellent switches.

It also has a solid design that looks dazzling on your desk with custom RGB lighting options for each key. The most notable feature on the Corsair K RGB is its 4,Hz polling rate, which promises to give you unmatched responsiveness. A powerful, on-board processor will also ensure all of your inputs are registered even as you take advantage of the full, per-key RGB lighting regardless of how complex your lighting effects are.

There are also dedicated media controls, macro buttons, and special integration with Elgato Stream Deck. USB passthrough offers the perfect spot to plug in your mouse, and a plush wrist magnetically attaches to the keyboard to give your palms that extra bit of luxury.

Optical keyboards are cool and all, but if you wanted to go in the opposite direction with an extra analog keyboard, look no further than the Cooler Master MK This is Cooler Master's latest flagship gaming keyboard and it introduces what the company calls Aimpad for full analog control. This analog precision can come in handy for an extra touch of precision like carefully adjusting your moving speed in a stealth game, turning rate in racing games, or how far you're leaning in a first-person shooter.

The whole system is designed to give you the smooth analog control of a gamepad without the need for an actual controller.

The SteelSeries Apex Pro is a unique entry into the gaming keyboard world. Instead of using mechanical or optical elements, SteelSeries proprietary OmniPoint switch uses magnetic fields to track the position of each key. With this technology, this peripheral can essentially tell how far you've pressed down on every key, which in turn allows you to to set the actuation distance of each key. That includes everything from your main WASD keys and the other important letters surrounding it to the almost never used arrow keys.

Fancy key switch tech aside, the Apex Pro is just a responsive, well-designed keyboard with a premium magnetic palm rest. At the top right there's also an informative OLED screen, which is used for changing profiles and settings. If you've ever felt fatigued or pain while playing, please take a break and consider getting an ergonomic gaming keyboard like the Kinesis Freestyle Edge RGB.

It's split into two parts to let your hands naturally sit at an angle rather than parallel with one another. Ergonomics aside, the Kinesis Freestyle Edge RGB is still a full-on gaming keyboard with fully programmable macros—up to three macros on any key—and per-key RGB illumination. On its underside, it features a soft, waxy material that helps prevent it from sliding around.

Completing your set up with the perfect gaming keyboard could be one of the most important steps. Thankfully, those in the UK have plenty of brilliant keyboards to choose from, as the vast majority included in the article are also available from select retailers.

Membrane keyboards employ a rubber or silicon dome at the end of every key press to register a keystroke and provide the user with a small amount of tactile feedback. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things at PCGamesN, where he would later win command of the kit cupboard as hardware editor. Nowadays, as senior hardware editor at PC Gamer, he spends his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industry.

When he's not writing about GPUs and CPUs, you'll find him trying to get as far away from the modern world as possible by wild camping. Included in this guide: 1. View Deal. Image 1 of 4. Image 2 of 4. Image 3 of 4. Image 4 of 4. Size: Full size. Backlights: RGB. Passthroughs: USB. Media Controls: Dedicated.

Wristrest: Detachable. Keycaps: PBT double-shot. Reasons to avoid - Lots of software. Mountain Everest Max. Size: Full size or TKL. Backlight: Per-key RGB. Passthrough: USB 3. Media controls: Dedicated unit.

Wristrest: Magnetic, plush. Keycaps: ABS. Reasons to avoid - Unsure about Base Camp software. Skill KM Backlights: White. Passthroughs: None. Media Controls: Integrated. Wristrest: None. Reasons to avoid - No RGB effects. Logitech G Lightspeed. Specifications Switch: Logitech GL low profile. Reasons to avoid - Macro key placement is odd to some. Image 1 of 6. Image 2 of 6. Image 3 of 6. Image 4 of 6. Image 5 of 6. Image 6 of 6. Keychron K2 Version 2.

Specifications Switch: Gateron. Size: key. Backlights: White LED. Media Controls: Function shortcuts. Reasons to avoid - Somewhat scratchy switches. Image 1 of 3. Image 2 of 3. Image 3 of 3. Wooting Two HE. Specifications Switch: Lekker Gateron. Wristrest: Sold separately. Reasons to avoid - Games don't always play nice with analogue switches - Analogue control takes some getting used to.

Size: : Full-size. Wireless: : No. Weight: : Reasons to avoid - A little spongey. Razer Cynosa V2. Specifications Build: Membrane. Size: Full-size. Wireless: No. Weight: Reasons to avoid - Noisy travel on keys. Wireless : No. Reasons to avoid - Can't reassign function keys. Havit Mechanical. Specifications Build: Mechanical.

Reasons to avoid - Spacebar can be sticky. Klim Chroma Wireless. Wireless: Yes. Reasons to avoid - Slow to reach full charge. SteelSeries Apex 3. Specifications Build: Size. Reasons to avoid - Key travel is a little mushy. Aleksha McLoughlin. See comments. Gaming deals, prizes and latest news.

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