Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: no excuse for not gaming

For a passionate gamer ‘’exercise and practice’’ are key words in achieving the necessary skills in gaming. The next step is to improve your gaming style and own the highest results possible. For that, the right tools are needed and this article is meant to help you choose them out of a wide range of products available on the market. The PC is important when chasing the best score, but don’t forget the peripherals, such as the mouse and the keyboard, which are both of substantial help for you. Our search for good gaming hardware led us to the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. If you are interested in details, all you have to do is keep reading.

The Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard has got some pretty interesting features, such as: it allows you to record unlimited macros without pausing the game; the gaming keyboard is backlit (with five levels of lighting so you can make sure your eyes don’t get tired at night). The keys are mechanical, so they are not only soft, but also fast (1 ms response time). Ten software profiles wait for you to customize them and you can switch between pre-saved modes while playing, again without having to press ‘’pause’’.

Other than that, this keyboard for games has got Multi-Media buttons (aside from the five macros keys), a gaming mode (that deactivates the Windows/Context Menu – no mode accidental presses) and not to forget to mention the braided cable and the USB pass-through provided (it doesn’t provide an extra USB port, but it doesn’t take over the used one – it’s attachable to the keyboard for safer connection to the PC) and a microphone jack.

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

In terms of performance, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard offers a nice tactile feel and fast response time, plus lots of customizable options. It’s also a good keyboard for non-gamers, because it prevents miss typing and multimedia keys are something to enjoy even if you are not into gaming. But, this is not a keyboard meant to last. Unfortunately, one has to prepare to get another one after a few years or so, at most (considering a daily long usage). It doesn’t seem that well built to withstand long Mortal Kombal combo moves…

Other than that, in order to install the driver, you should download it from the Internet first, and the installation won’t take long. It works without the driver, but you still need it to configure and take advantage of all features.

All keys are backlit

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The price for the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is around 128 US dollars (there are more versions to pick from on that page, some starting at $80, so choose wisely). Is it a good deal? Well, let’s see, what you get is a very nice keyboard that will serve you fine for a few years and give you some sort of trouble afterwards. In my opinion, this is not the best gaming keyboard and not the best price. I would not call it a good deal, but if you really want it, I suggest you wait a little till it’s on sale!

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