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Anything coming that's as nice as Cooler Master's new lineup?

  • 26 February 2019
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Synomenon
So Cooler Master has jumped on the bandwagon with the rest of the high-end keyboard manufacturers.

Their new boards for 2019 (SK630/631, SK650/651, MK730/731, MK750/751) all have light bars / underglow AND removable USB Type-C cables. The xx1 models have bluetooth as well.

This follows trends set by Varmillo, Ducky, Vortex, Massdrop, etc.. When will Razer be joining the rest of the pack?
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ARMOR_152
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They don't look very impressive, the SKs don't have wristrests and the MKs wristrests doesn't light up. Also none have passthroughs, and they don't have a volume knob. Detachable cable is nice but something most people never use. Looks like they tried to copy Razer but couldn't.
BlackFireDragon
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I dont quite get why this topic is here in armory forum and not in off-topic ?
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Synomenon
ARMOR_152
They don't look very impressive, the SKs don't have wristrests and the MKs wristrests doesn't light up. Also none have passthroughs, and they don't have a volume knob. Detachable cable is nice but something most people never use. Looks like they tried to copy Razer but couldn't.


Opinion. Not everyone cares about wrist-rests. Not everyone cares about pass-through ports or volume knobs.

I prefer a more minimal design like the BWX or standard Huntsman. Also, when a wrist rest takes up a USB port just for its own lighting (looking at you Huntsman Elite) I consider that a huge waste of a USB port.

Any "gamer" that cares about latency will want to connect their mouse directly to a USB port on the motherboard rather than adding any discernible latency by running the mouse through an extension cable.

I don't see how they were trying to copy Razer... There were keyboards with underglow / mid-body light diffusers and removable cables before any of Razer's boards that have those features.



BlackFireDragon
I dont quite get why this topic is here in armory forum and not in off-topic ?


It's in this sub-forum because it's a question about keyboards / hardware that Razer may or may not be releasing...
BlackFireDragon
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Synomenon
It's in this sub-forum because it's a question about keyboards / hardware that Razer may or may not be releasing...

Yes but it's for razer devices 😛 Just cheack this subforum on this topic i dont see anything that is razer keybord.
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I agree. I check out new boards every few weeks to see what the industry is doing and what new trends are coming about. I really like what I see Roccat doing and their offerings seem solid. I was surprised to see Cooler Master join in with their offerings and with all these "good" options from other vendors Razer doesn't stand out anymore.

I recently picked up a BW Chroma TE V2. And I bought it knowing it wasn't the best option, just can't help being a Razer fan boy. It has a detachable cable, but it's like, Micro USB on one and instead of USB-C! I wanted a compact layout with wrist rest so good there, but yeah. I agree with the OP, when is Razer going to really step up? The sparkle of the Huntsman Elite is fading...
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Synomenon
Actually the BW Chrome TE V2 is using an even older connection than Micro-USB. The connector on it is a Mini-USB. Roccat's Vulcan 120 with its custom Titan switch is pretty cool. Closest switch I can compare it to in Razer's lineup is the Razer Orange. They're all Cherry MX clones though in the end.
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