Any Recommendations on a Gaming keyBoard ? Please

Quexos said:

E-Element Z-77 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
$35, no really. Buy 2 or 3 for the price of one of the lower end brand name ones.

Can the backlighting be totally turned off? Might be interested if so.

Not a gamer, but always looking for smallish decent cheap keyboards. Paid $100 for a mechanical Leopold 5 years ago and threw it in the garbage within a week.

MadPaxx said:

Nice But how small is it

It is full size, except with the numpad section (I never used anyway) missing, which prevents it from crowding mouse too far to the right. This is why I originally bought it. I have no use for the extra 3 inches of numberpad. The rest of it is full sized like any regular keyboard. The top is metal, and the switches mount right in it, not on a board under it, which makes it super easy to keep clean. It has all the anti-ghosting/rollover stuff and passes all the "gamer" tests like double shift typing, etc.

The Outemu Blue switches are very clicky...you know you're using a mechanical. Unless someone is very picky about the exact press, activate, release feel or something, they are just awesome. Gaming or not, it's a huge improvement to type on over any of the old membrane boards I have owned over the years, even the $80 ones.

The lights can go from off to three levels of brightness and do the usual "blink-blink-flash-flash" patterns if you want them to. I like mine simply on, at medium brightness so I can see letters easily. The "FN" key plus "F##" keys perform all the usual media functions + volume up/down/mute, etc.

It is heavy enough to prevent sliding around and has grippy rubber on the bottom, including the flip up legs on the top side (many keyboards forget those). Mine came with 5 extra switches and 2 key pullers (1 plastic, 1 metal), a nice touch. You can get them with back lighting in RGB, White, and a set rainbow color with each row being a static color. and black or white deck/keys.

The only downside for me is there is no wrist rest. I wish it had one, but for the price and build quality/design that I like, I can overlook that. There is a full sized version with wrist support and number pad too, just search Amazon for E-Element Z-77 and they show up. Some under different 'brand' names, like Mechanical Eagle, Huo, or Granvela. They're all the same Z-77.

I forgot to mention the keycaps are double shot plastic too, not cheap painted crap, so the letters or paint around them will never wear out. The 'clear' letters are a different piece of plastic from the black part

MSI GK701 or Asus Cerberos. Its really sad that I cannot use 2 keyboards at the same time Both awesome for gaming / writing. Pretty silent ones too.