


Keep in mind that unlike its heftier brother, the BlackWidow Chroma, this model doesn’t offer a USB or audio passthrough, but it only takes up one USB port. Overall build quality of the BlackWidow X Chroma is excellent – with a substantial metal case, and a braided USB cable to minimize tangles. Sadly, the Mac software doesn’t offer this level of customization at this point. You can also assign animations to portions of the keyboard. Windows users also get full individual key customization – which lets you build up layers for different parts of the keyboard – so if you want the WASD keys to be red for an FPS, and the rest of the keys to be blue, you can do that. When used with the free companion Razer Synapse app, the keyboard can be set to any color of your choice, as well as set to one of several animations, like a ripple emanating from the key you press, to a rainbow color wave that spreads across the keyboard. For those concerned about gaming, there’s 10-key anti-ghosting tech to ensure accuracy.Įach of the 102 keys has an individual RGB LED backlight, capable of displaying 16.8 million different colors.

These switches provide a much more satisfying springiness and click than the Cherry MX switches on the Corsair K70 I’ve been using for the last year or so. This PC and Mac- compatible keyboard offers durable Razer Green mechanical switches, which are designed to last up to 80 million keystrokes, and offer excellent tactile feedback. The latest in the Razer keyboard lineup is the BlackWidow X Chroma. Razer offers some of the best mechanical keyboards on the market, with a focus on gaming. Whether you play lots of games on your computer, or type a lot like I do, a keyboard with proper clicky keys makes a big difference in your typing speed and accuracy.
