![]() The RGB lights are situated just above each key switch, and they’re pretty bright. If you prefer something quieter, or maybe with linear action instead of a tactile bump, you’ll have to buy a different Razer keyboard. More than once my wife came into my office and asked, “Is there any way you can make your keyboard quieter?” If you love the feel and sound of Cherry MX Blue keys, you’ll love these. I prefer “quiet” tactile switches, like Cherry MX Brown or Razer Orange. With most Razer keyboards, you have a choice of two or three different types of switches, but the BlackWidow X TE Chroma only comes with Razer Green. ![]() As with all these compact tenkeyless keyboards, I’d gladly sacrifice a little bit of vertical footprint for a row of dedicated buttons and, most importantly, analog volume control. F1-F3 control volume and mute, F5-F7 are media controls, F9 is for on-the-fly macro recording, F10 toggles game mode on or off (to disable the Windows button, and optionally Alt-Tab and Alt-F4), and F11-F12 turn the lights up or down. You have to hold down the Fn button (located on the right between the Alt and Menu keys) and press a function button. But it does have cable routing, allowing you to route the cable straight out the back or along the bottom to exit either the left or right side.Īs with most compact mechanical “tournament-style” keyboards, there’s no USB passthrough, no audio passthrough, and no dedicated buttons for the various modes and features. In fact, none of Razer’s keyboards feature detachable USB cables. The braided USB cable is permanently attached to the keyboard, which is an odd choice in a compact “tournament” style keyboard. Not so-while Kailh is Razer’s primary keyboard switch manufacturer, they’re built to Razer’s design and specs. Razer’s switches are manufactured by Kailh, causing some gamers to assume that they’re just re-branded Kailh switches (which are generally cheaper and inferior to Cherry MX). So it’s not like this durability advantage makes a practical difference. Razer’s switches are rated for 80 million actuations, compared to 50 million for Cherry MX, but you’d have to press a key 10,000 times a day, every single day, for over 13 years to get to even 50 million actuations. They feel and sound almost identical to Cherry MX Blue, with nearly the same actuation force, travel distance, actuation point, and reset distance. The key switches are Razer’s own proprietary “Green” switches, which are the “tactile and clicky” version. I tend to prefer the exposed flat deck style, as it’s easier to clean out dust and debris and the lighting is easier to see. ![]() Such is the case with all of Razer’s “X” model keyboards, while their other keyboards have the keys recessed into a keyboard tray with the deck surrounding them. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.Danielle Abraham + 1 moreThe switches are embedded into a flat, metal, exposed deck, with the key caps rising above.
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