Customer Ratings & Reviews

Gift to my son ,he said awesome gaming keyboard.,great warranties

So confortable, easy setup with software for chroma control, and very enjoyable to use.

Great keyboard with amazing RGB effects. The keys feel perfect and “clicky”. The palm rest is comfortable and also has lights on it. The whole keyboard feels solid and study and has served me well.

I got this on sale for ~$130 and couldn't be happier. The RGB is very customizable and I love how it has underglow with the wrist wrest as well. The keys on the purple switches are also very loud. Some people might not like that, but I love it (although my roommate might not.)

Nice feeling, good sounding keys, very customizable lighting, solid keyboard

Aesthetics: Of course, this is always going to be personal preference. In my opinion, this is a gorgeous keyboard. Nobody does RGB lighting better than Razer. The font on the keycaps itself is 10/10. It’s small, crisp and attractive. The light shines through it brilliantly. The accuracy of the colors is also way better than Corsair boards. But I would say Logitech’s is a close second. However, they do not illuminate the secondary keys. I don’t know what the heck Razer is thinking with this. But I think it’s to make the light perfectly uniform across the board. Light does not shine from underneath the keys very much unless at max brightness. It does get bright but not as bright as say the Corsair Mk.2 SE. There is also a multistage brightness to fine tune however dim/bright you want, and they all look fantastic. Whereas, on Corsair boards they all look terrible except for max brightness. There is a crazy amount of customization options for the RGB between the keys, volume wheel, edge lighting on the keyboard itself and wrist rest. There is an aluminum matte top plate. That honestly, unless I am pressing on it I can’t even tell is aluminum because it looks like high quality plastic. Compared to Corsairs there is no contest. Corsairs brushed aluminum is better. However, with that said the keyboard itself looks fantastic. There is almost no wasted space on this keyboard at all. They didn’t add extra space just to put their logo on it which I really like. The only place you see any razer branding is on the back label and on the wrist rest. It is stitched in there and looks fantastic, so it doesn’t distract or take away anything. The volume dial looks great especially with the RGB outline. The multimedia keys are cool with the RGB circle around them, but they don’t have any lights illuminating the play/pause or forward/backward symbols. What the heck were you thinking Razer?! The keyboard would look great in an office setting because it doesn’t have the gamer look... except for the RGB lighting of the keys and of course the lighting that surrounds the edges around the keyboard itself. But if you turned that off it would fit right in. That is if the clicky switches don’t drive your co-workers to kill you. Regarding the wrist rest, it looks great. It is made of faux leather with a slight bit of padding. There is a Razer symbol in the middle, but it looks classy. Around the edges is the RGB lighting and on the top is a magnetic strip to provide power and attach to the keyboard which is awesome. I enjoy that it is magnetic over just placing it close or snapping it into place like Corsairs. Hats off to Razer for creating such a great wrist rest. It also looks premium and doesn’t look gamer like at all. Feel: This keyboard feels solid. It doesn’t feel like it’s going to fall apart. But does it feel like it’s worth $200? I almost want to say yes it does. It feels just as solid as the K70’s if not more so. On the bottom of the board there are some rubber pads which make it not damage the desk that it is sitting on and also makes it so it won’t move. The actual steps to incline the board come in two stages and are vertical instead of horizontal. I know some people prefer those in a certain direction. But ergonomically you shouldn’t have those up. Last the keyboard comes in at almost 4 lbs. Moving on to the volume wheel and the play/pause forward/backward buttons. The volume wheel is awesome. Significantly better than Corsairs in every aspect. I like that when you press volume up it has a distinct click, it is incased in rubber with the RGB lighting in the middle, and the lights change to signify a change. When you press the button, it goes red notifying you that you are muted and has a very nice satisfying click. Moving onto the play/pause, forward/backward buttons they feel super cheap. Same click as volume wheel which is nice, but there is a lot of wobble, and they feel like they will break off at any moment. For a $200 board I find this to be unacceptable. I don’t understand why razer can’t just use something like the Corsair boards. Probably due to copyright. Also, there is no illumination of the symbols which is highly disappointing. Especially, since it’s hard to see the lights that surround the media keys from a normal typing position. Moving onto the keys themselves. To me this is the best part of the entire keyboard. I myself am a fan of tactile, clicky, and as fast as I can get. When I think of a mechanical keyboard that is what I expect to find (tactile and clicky). The other thing that makes these switches special is they require 45 grams of force with a 1.5 mm actuation point with a total travel of 3.5 mm. Which makes them one of the fastest switches out there. They are also a hybrid optical – mechanical switch. This means that they use light with less moving parts which makes them last longer. They say > 100 million clicks. Which is 50 million clicks more than Cherry’s. They also have stabilizer bars on every key which means you don’t get key wobble. But what about the feel?! They are very light when you go to press the key. Then you feel a very minor click when they actuate (and seriously I mean mild. Way softer then Romer G tactile) and then you hear a very satisfying click. Much like Razer Greens. A lot of people say they are really loud. However, I disagree. I think they are average in the sense of how loud they are. Me typing on the Corsair Mk.2 SE was louder than me typing on this board. Also, the space bar has a nice bass sound to it with a satisfying click but isn’t super ridiculously loud. It is just as loud as the rest of the keys. Perhaps just slightly louder. All the clicks feel great. I would rate this switch a 9/10. The 10/10 being a slightly more tactile bump, and low profile like the new cherry mx low profile speed switch. But the sound is perfect. Seriously, I love typing on this thing. I’ll talk about gaming in the performance section down below. Personal Pros and Cons: Pros: A. Razer opto-mechanical switches: Light and clicky with per key stabilizer bar with new stem shape provides balanced keypress. Balanced 45 g force of actuation. > 100 million keystrokes. Travel distance 3.5 mm. Actuation point 1.5 mm. Zero debounce delay. B. Sound of keys. C. Gorgeous font on keys. D. Perfect RGB with outer RGB zones. E. 5 onboard profiles with account/cloud storage. F. Great multi-function digital dial. G. Magnetic leatherette wrist rest with customizable zones. H. Multistage brightness. I. Shortcut key for sleep, brightness, and macro J. Incredibly power “fn” key allows you to change all the keys on the keyboard with a touch of a button and then immediately go back to original settings. (Seriously this is like amazing). K. Build quality. L. Did I mention how freaking amazing the RGB looks on this. I’m not one that usually goes that crazy with RGB but it just looks so incredible on this board. M. Aluminum matte top plate. N. Did I mention how awesome these keys feel? Because they are great. Cons: A. No USB passthrough B. Only 10 key rollover. (expect at this price NKRO) C. Ok media buttons. D. Only lights up the primary key. Except for numpad. E. Takes two USB’s to fully power the keyboard lighting. Overall Impressions: Before buying this keyboard, I researches sooo many keyboards, switches, companies, reviews, and everything that I went from a complete noob to almost a subject matter expert. I bought a Logitech G Pro (which is my 3rd favorite keyboard) The Logitech G513 or something, Corsair K70 MK.2 SE Rapid-fire, Tried one with blues and brown cherry switches, this and then the Corsair K70 mk.2 low profile rapid-fire. The only two that are left are the Razer Huntsman Elite and the Corsair K70 mk.2 low profile rapid-fire which ended in a tie. I couldn’t decide and will be keeping both. Using this to type and look pretty on my desk and the rapid-fire to game with. Which isn’t to say that this isn’t fantastic to game with. Because it is. Then one of these will eventually go to my stream PC when I get it. What I’m saying is this is an incredible board. Better than the mast majority out there. The only board that comes close is the K70 low profile rapid-fire. This beats the regular rapid-fire. It’s stupid expensive. But dang is it nice. Still think a lower price point would make it more alluring and perfect. Performance: These keys feel great. Between the 45-gram force, actuation distance, total travel time, being optical-mechanical, and tactile they are perfect for gaming. Maybe not as perfect as the Corsair K70 MK.2 Low Profile Rapid-fire. But better at gaming then every other board I tried above except for the low profile rapid-fire. The speed makes them ideal for anything competitive. The tactile click allows you to be fully aware of what you are pressing, when, and the moment it takes effect without needing screen feedback (which is different with linear switches where it is either when it bottoms out or when you see the screen change. Unless you have it timed perfectly with your fingers which almost no one does). The keys are spaced well too which makes hitting far to reach ones such as the “F1”, “T”, “G” etc… easy. If I had a rating, I would put this at a 9/10 for gaming and the low profile rapid-fire at a 10/10 with the original rapid-fire at a 8/10 and all other switches at an 7/10. The reason why the low profile rapid-fire takes the cake is it’s slightly faster which is notable in game. And it’s easier to glide across the top of those keys, and less fatiguing, over these. But they are so freaking close that really, it’s a tie and you should go with whatever fits YOU best. You won’t go wrong picking this board if you like clicky and tactile. If you like linear and low profile I recommend the Corsair K70 MK.2 low profile rapid-fire.

v clicky. Solid keyboard without any frills. Only annoyance is the volume knob can be finnicky.

Excelente keyboard, a bit expensive and good overall

Great wonderful I really like this product it’s a fantastic keyboard I love the RGB lighting effects are nice, keystroke is smooth and quiet it’s a nice mechanical keyboard it’s not too big not too small the volume dial is excellent, the function keys work seamlessly thank you very much for a great product!

super nice keyboard. Very clikityclakity. Rgb is great too.

The software that come's with this keyboard is outstanding.

Looks nice, feels nice, and for over 50% was a good purchase

Great gaming keyboard for all gamers who wants best choice

The switches are fantastic and I love the aesthetic of keyboard RGB lights

Feels great, love the color optimization available on this

Great feedback and sound. Instant response and excellent lighting. Love it.

Very quiet and a great upgrade for my Huntsman Elite V1

I love this board. Its got great response and great clicks

Working how it supposed to work. Bought it on sale too.

Love it Keyboard is high quality & The light up Keyboard is so cool.