Tag Archives: Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair sells a lot of gaming keyboard, pretty much everyone I know rocks a Corsair gaming keyboard. Corsair's mechanical gaming keyboards are great, but one thing they are not is wireless, until now. Corsair announced their K63 wireless mechanical gaming keyboard earlier this year at CES and we've been testing it out for the past few weeks. While typically wireless and gaming didn't go together Corsair's new Unplug and Play initiative brings with it super-fast 1ms 2.4 GHz wireless technology. We saw this on Corsair's Dark Core RGB wireless gaming mouse and it worked flawlessly. So you are getting that great Corsair design and quality, Cherry MX mechanical switches, and no wires at all! On top of that Corsair also makes a lapboard for the K63 for all of those who want to game on a big screen on the couch. Let's jump in and see what the K63 Wireless is all about!

The last keyboard from Drevo that I took a look at was the Calibur, which actually turned out to be one of my favorite keyboards of 2017. So getting a new keyboard from Drevo it definitely has a lot of live up to. Today we have the Joyeuse, which is a 96-key keyboard that features low-profile mechanical switches, an aluminum alloy housing, wireless capability, white LED backlighting, and a super-thin design. Drevo tells us this keyboard is really made for office settings and typists, so we wouldn't call it a gaming keyboard, but we are going to put it through the paces...

One of the biggest questions since first showing you the HyperX Alloy Elite RGB keyboard back at CES 2017 was when is it coming out. Well this year at CES HyperX was showing off a revised version of the keyboard, but we can finally answer that question, the keyboard is available now!

I don't think there is a brand that has taken over the PC and gaming market quite like Corsair did. If you didn't know Corsair started our mainly making memory. Now they are one of the top brands for PC cases, power supplies, all-in-one liquid CPU coolers, and gaming accessories. If you've built your own PC in the past few years it is very likely that you have a Corsair part in there somewhere. When it comes to their gaming keyboards their current flagship is the K95 RGB Platinum, which is jam-packed with features. This full-size keyboard can be loaded out with Cherry MX mechanical key switches, has six dedicated macro keys, per-key RGB backlighting as well as a RGB lightbar at the top of the keyboard, a large wrist rest, dedicated multi-media and volume controls, and all of this on an aircraft-grade aluminum frame. Is this the ultimate gaming keyboard? Read on as we find out!

Today's review is brought to us by a company that has not been on our radar, HAVIT. HAVIT was founded in 1998 and has years of experience bringing PC peripherals to users at an affordable cost. Keeping up with the latest in keyboard trends, HAVIT has created the KB-HV378L, an RGB mechanical keyboard. The HV-KB378L has a 104-key layout with a few interesting design choices, so let's get right into it!

In keyboard land there are few if any company names more recognizable than Cherry. We know them mostly for the amazing switches they produce and sell to anyone looking to make a top end deck. They of course also make full keyboards themselves and the ones we’ve reviewed here at ThinkComputers have been quite nice. Today we’re checking out one more, a business model, the MX Board 3.0. This flat top full Qwerty board isn’t likely to grab your attention if you’re a gamer. Fortunately, the 3.0 equipped with MX Brown switches, is intended for someone with a set of demands other than flashing RGB LEDs. Read along as we find out if the MX Board 3.0 should be your next business partner.

Recently a company by the name Drevo contacted us to take a look at a few of their products, starting with the Calibur keyboard. This keyboard has a rather interesting design as it is even smaller than a Tenkeyless keyboard with only 71 keys. This small design will definitely appeal to people who do not want a large keyboard and keyboard purists. On top of that this is a true mechanical keyboard with RGB backlighting. The really cool thing about this keyboard is that it can be used as a wireless keyboard (via Bluetooth) or wired like any other keyboard. This is definitely going to be an interesting keyboard to take a look at so let's jump in!

CHERRY, the specialist for computer input devices, introduces the MX Board 5.0. This new, high-end mechanical keyboard distinguishes itself with excellent and customizable ergonomics. Equipped with reliable, high-precision MX switches and modern features, this product has been designed to meets the highest demands.

Tesoro has just introduced the Gram SE Spectrum mechanical gaming keyboard, which they unveiled at Computex 2017 earlier this year. The keyboard will be available in both black and white versions. It has a standard 104-key design with Tesoro's own in-house optical switches.

Every once in a while in the PC Industry there is a product that comes out that is truly unique. Just under a year ago we saw one such product, the AZIO MK Retro Mechanical Keyboard. This keyboard was inspired by classic typewriters with its rounded keys, chrome trim, and black keycaps. When we reviewed it we loved it and felt it was one of the more interesting products we reviewed in a while. Fast forward to today we have the next revision of the original MK Retro, The Retro Classic. It has been updated with a zinc alloy frame, genuine leather surface, mechanical key switches, and full back light illumination. These updates take the original keyboard and take it to the next level! This once again is a very unique product and AZIO was nice enough to send us a first edition run of the keyboard so we have one of the first units available. Let's jump right in and see what this keyboard is all about!