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About a year and a half about we took a look at Tesoro's Gram Spectrum mechanical gaming keyboard. This keyboard was extremely solid, offered mechanical key switches, and a slim keycap design. The new Gram SE Spectrum from Tesoro features Tesoro's new optical switches, the same ones we saw on the Excalibur SE Spectrum. These switches use infra-red technology, which is twice as fast as traditional mechanical switches and offers advanced dust and spill resistance. Also since these switches do not have metal components, like traditional mechanical switches, there is no regular wear and tear from constant contact, which allows for a longer switch lifespan. Are you looking for a faster response than your mechanical keyboard to enhance your gaming skills? The Tesoro Gram SE Spectrum might be for you! Let's take a look...

Currently mechanical keyboard switches dominate the market. Most mechanical keyboards use switches that have been around since the mid-1980s, and that technology hasn’t improved much over the last 30 years. Bloody wants to make sure that every gamer has the best equipment for a chance at winning even the closest battles.

A little over 2 years ago we took a look at <a href="http://thinkcomputers.wpengine.com/tesoro-excalibur-spectrum-gaming-keyboard-review/" target="_blank">Tesoro's Excalibur Spectrum Gaming Keyboard</a> and we quite satisfied with it as it received a 9 out of 10 score. Today we have another Excalibur Spectrum keyboard from Tesoro, but it is their Excalibur SE Spectrum. The big thing that separates this keyboard from the original is that it makes use of new optical switches. Designed in conjunction with Gateron the Tesoro optical switches use infrared senors as opposed to metallic contact you would find in mechanical key switches. This design should give you precise actuation and a response time of 0.1 ms. The Excalibur SE Spectrum is the first keyboard Tesoro is outfitting with these new switches. This keyboard also offers per-key RGB backlighting, spill-resistance, and even individual hot-swappable keys. Let's take a look and see if this keyboard can compete with all of the mechanical switch keyboards out there...