Hello,
I am looking for a backlit gaming mechanical keyboard but it must have 3 requirements for me to consider it.
With a 3rd requirement being optional which is multimedia key support (play/pause/fwrd/back & volume)
I would consider $200 being close to my upper limit in cost if I could just find one that was a good fit for me.
Requirements:
1. ALL of the symbols must also light up as well as the numbers, so for example the 1 and ! must both light up as well as any other keys with the exception of the number pad arrow keys which is not a requirement as I almost always have numlock on. I need to be able to use this in the dark and if I can't find the $ key for example, it needs to be lit or this is a deal killer if I have to turn on a lamp to find them.
And just to be clear I am not only talking about the number row, so other symbols like { and [ or , and < are just as important and must also be lit (All symbols).
2. Once the keyboard colors have been set via whatever software you use, I should be able to move that keyboard to any other computer and not be required to run any software EVER for the colors to remain lit they way I set them on computer #1. If used without the software and the colors revert to any other pattern or the keys are no longer illuminated then this is a deal killer. I don’t care if I have to boot back on computer 1 to change the colors but they must stay in onboard memory (Even if there is only 1 color profile) so long as it is a persistent setting.
So far I have tried 2 keyboards, The Razer BlackWidow Elite and the Corsair K95.
Neither of these keyboards adhere to requirement 2, and it seems none of Razer’s product line adhere to requirement 1 from what I am reading unless I am mistaken.
As for the key switch type , the razer has yellow switches and the corsair has mx brown. I could use either one but I'm not against any other switch time as long as its not a membrane or hybrid/membrane type keyboard.
Of both of these 2 I have tried so far like the look and feel of the BlackWidow but the lack of my requirements is killing it for me.
Can someone recommend something I should look at?
Thank you.
I am looking for a backlit gaming mechanical keyboard but it must have 3 requirements for me to consider it.
With a 3rd requirement being optional which is multimedia key support (play/pause/fwrd/back & volume)
I would consider $200 being close to my upper limit in cost if I could just find one that was a good fit for me.
Requirements:
1. ALL of the symbols must also light up as well as the numbers, so for example the 1 and ! must both light up as well as any other keys with the exception of the number pad arrow keys which is not a requirement as I almost always have numlock on. I need to be able to use this in the dark and if I can't find the $ key for example, it needs to be lit or this is a deal killer if I have to turn on a lamp to find them.
And just to be clear I am not only talking about the number row, so other symbols like { and [ or , and < are just as important and must also be lit (All symbols).
2. Once the keyboard colors have been set via whatever software you use, I should be able to move that keyboard to any other computer and not be required to run any software EVER for the colors to remain lit they way I set them on computer #1. If used without the software and the colors revert to any other pattern or the keys are no longer illuminated then this is a deal killer. I don’t care if I have to boot back on computer 1 to change the colors but they must stay in onboard memory (Even if there is only 1 color profile) so long as it is a persistent setting.
So far I have tried 2 keyboards, The Razer BlackWidow Elite and the Corsair K95.
Neither of these keyboards adhere to requirement 2, and it seems none of Razer’s product line adhere to requirement 1 from what I am reading unless I am mistaken.
As for the key switch type , the razer has yellow switches and the corsair has mx brown. I could use either one but I'm not against any other switch time as long as its not a membrane or hybrid/membrane type keyboard.
Of both of these 2 I have tried so far like the look and feel of the BlackWidow but the lack of my requirements is killing it for me.
Can someone recommend something I should look at?
Thank you.