Choosing the best gaming keyboard is a matter of personal taste. And for gamers, choosing the right keyboard for playing is a serious topic. In order to help gamers sort through the thousands of options, here are 10 sifted top recommendations as the best gaming keyboards of 2017. f you're looking for a more up to date guide, check out this 2020 guide from Hotrate.
Corsair K95 RGB Platinum
According to PC Mag, this is a mechanical keyboard that has a unique feature of customizing per-key backlighting. It is very stylish with its aluminum design and a detachable wrist rest, which is highly suitable for gamers. The $190 worth Corsair K95 RGB improves more compared to other mechanical gaming keyboards with its rainbow of colors.
Roccat Ryos MK Pro
This is also a mechanical keyboard that has a choice of four key switch styles. It also includes individually backlit keys with a smudge-reducing finish. Aside from that, the Roccat Ryos MK Pro has customizable lighting modes a built-in USB, as well as audio pass-through connections. Its price is $170, which is $20 cheaper that the K95.
Razer Ornata Chroma
Of all the mechanical and gaming keyboards in the market, Razer Ornata Chroma is one of the best-priced devices with its selling price of $100. Gamers can experience fine typing experience for any application with this keyboard so that attacking in a game or chatting with teammates will be easy. However, it has limited features and some adjustments may be required to function.
Corsair Strafe Cherry MX Red
This gaming mechanical keyboard has red backlighting. It has customizable visual effects and full individual key. Aside from that, it is well made, customizable, as well as affordable, with a selling price of $110. However, despite its reasonable price, it has no wrist rest.
Corsair Vengeance K95
Vengeance K95 is a high-quality mechanical keyboard great to use for both gaming and typing. It has individual key backlighting and a numerous of programmable macros. It's selling price is $150 worth the combination of a sophisticated design and variety of extensive gaming features.
Division Zero X40 Pro
This gaming keyboard is worth $159, which includes USB and audio connections. It also utilizes full n-key rollover and has a removable top plate that allows unique visual customization. However, it is considered expensive given the limited feature set and backlight reconfigurability.
Logitech G610 Orion Brown
This gaming keyboard has a solid build quality with reliable Cherry MX key switches. It is also programmable white backlighting under the price of $120. Although it has few fancy features, Logitech's G610 doesn't feel quite as bulletproof compared to other keyboards.
Logitech G810 And G910
According to TechRadar, Logitech has followed up its G910 mechanical gaming keyboard with the G810. The price range of both devices ranges from $150 to $180. They are both attractive and has customizable lighting. However, there are no USB pass-through ports.
Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition Chroma
One of the good qualities of this gaming keyboard is being portable. Aside from that, it has also good quality and responsive keys. Excellent backlight coloring and customization are also present with just a price of $135. On the other hand, it is slightly small for comfortable typing and has no numeric keypad.
SteelSeries Apex M500
This mechanical gaming keyboard has Cherry MX Red switches and programmable keys. With just a price of $100, a gamer can have 104-key rollover. Despite its sleek and minimalist design, the SteelSeries Apex M500 lacks dedicated macro keys.
