Razer BlackWidow X Chroma Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Green Key Switches – Tactile & Clicky – Chroma RGB Lighting…

Razer BlackWidow X Chroma. I have to say, this is possibly the best keyboard I have ever used. I love the RBG lighting effect, the clicky sound of the newly revamped Razer green switches is something I definitely cannot live without; they sound almost identical to MX cherry blues. Once you go blue, you can never type on a non clicky keyboard again. Razer recently changed their switch supplier and has made incredible strides in terms of quality and performance.I actually returned my Corsair K70 RGB keyboard because I couldn’t stand how terrible the clicks were. I actually made a mistake when I was at the store buying it; I confused the key-switch ‘click’ with the actual key bottoming out. Corsair used a grey style switch which gave a ‘tactile’ response; tactile means mushy to me. I prefer a clean ‘snap’ of the switches.As far as this keyboard goes, here is what I love about it:- Awesome clicky keys- Heavy, strong built metal frame- Incredible RGB’s (better than my Corsair K70 lights ever were)- Smoothly, light, and crisp keystrokes- Cable management trenches in the back of the keyboardHere is what I didn’t particularly like:- No wrist pad; I have seen some Razer products with magnetic wrist pads and that would’ve been awesome- Super small font on some keys, making the RGBs more difficult to see (the ‘alt’ button has very minimal light that passes through, but I would still consider the RGB effect to be much better than competition)The price for this is also very fair. For about $100 dollars, you get the best RGB’s in the market with switches that go head-to-head with the legendary cherry mx blues; how can you beat that? Other manufacturers will typically be much higher, and I don’t think there is any price that can compare to this quality.But really, this is by far my most fun keyboard to use, code, type, and game with. In fact, I’m writing this review with it right now, this has been my longest review of a product I have ever written.. coincidence? I think not! :)I have a Das Pro also, but I use that one for work. I would have to rank them nearly the same in terms of typing performance. They Das pro is a little bit better in terms of keystroke performance, but not by much. BUT, the Das pro doesn’t have LEDs. Which is why I use the Das Pro at work while keeping the Razer BlackWidow X Chroma at home.I really enjoy this keyboard, I made the switch to mechanical boards about a year ago and to be honest, it changes my perspective. I love this keyboard, and I’m sure you will too!!!!If anything quality related happens, I will be sure to update this post as to what happened.(Note: for the picture, I did purchase some PBT white plastic keycaps which really seem to help the RGB’s shine through even more!!!!)

I love this keyboard so much! let me just get that out there.It feels great, looks great, sounds great. However I feel like its biggest flaw, though I hate to say it because I like the weight the metal casing gives but every time I touch the side of the metal casing, and I have a static charge built up I short out half the keyboards LEDs I just recently figured out that it was due to static, I thought at first the keyboard was shorting out by itself, was going to return it (and still might…)…but i can actually rub my socked feet on the carpet and touch the side again to “undo” the damage (or likely cause more) and the keyboard will turn off then back on with all its lights. Its better than restarting my computer or unplug/replug the USB, which was the only way I could get the keyboards lights to all light up again before I realized what was causing the shorts.

I’ve gone through many keyboards before this one, and this one is my favorite. In the case someone actually reads this it’s quite likely that you are comparing this to other gaming keyboards. Allow me to answer some of your questions. I have been through the Blackwidow chroma v1, corsair k95 platinum, razer blackwidow v2 (green switches), k70 mk.2 se (speed switches), and now this. The blackwidow v1 should by now have updated razer switches where they’re not kailh any longer, so in that case if you are a fan of that blocky gamer font and want those macro keys with the passthroughs, go for it. Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of the font and the audio passthroughs aren’t necessary unless you’re on a laptop or something without access to those. For the corsair k95 platinum, I’d recommend it only if you are a big fan of brown switches and don’t mind the blocky gamer font with the insane price tag, the media keys and usb passthrough came in handy though (that this keyboard doesn’t have which is the only thing I kinda miss). The blackwidow v2 is basically this keyboard with a usb passthrough and with a wrist rest, but I will say that the keycaps feel worse quality and also it’s not offered in white, which is why I bought the X. The mk.2 is nice for people who want cherry switches and they get the whole spectrum of choices from that keyboard, so it’s hard to not recommend it, but in my case I wanted it in white so I was forced to get the speed switches (only switch available for the se) and I missed the click. So here I am, at the page for a clicky white keyboard with honestly a higher quality build in certain areas, such as the spacebar. The spacebar on the mk.2 rattles so bad it’s honestly terrible, especially for a $170m keyboard.

I was fine with this keyboard until a recent Razer update suggested installation of their crypto mining software. Yes it’s optional but it’s very concerning to me that they would even consider pushing this out to their users. If I hadn’t carefully read the details, it would install software that would use my gpu to mine crypto currency in the background. While they do pay you with Razer merchandise credits, there is a cap on how much you can accrue and the cost of electricity looks more than the credits are worth. Razer lost a lot of trust from me on this one. When I install drivers for my keyboard I don’t want to worry about potentially opting into a crypto mining agreement.

LOVE the look! I always wanted a blackwidow but never bit the bullet to buy it. I immediately decided to purchase it when I saw there’s a white one. So far it had been working perfectly, except for the times Synapse wouldn’t work. The color in the first pic is a bit off since I have a yellow light bulb. The second one is more accurate.Make sure you download the newest Synapse software for things like overwatch chroma colors. It’s awesome!I use it intensively for work, on Pro Tools (audio software if you don’t know). I have macros programmed on it, and linked Pro Tools to the profile. As long as Synapse doesn’t bug out, it’s been running perfectly.As mentioned, the Synapse software does sometimes mess up. I absolutely hate when I’m in full screen game and the app just stops working, making my whole keyboard unusable… Normally it’ll work if I close the app down but in full screen mode, sometimes it’s not an option since sometimes you need to press a key to use cursor… What I did was hook up another keyboard just to exit out of the game. Try reinstall the software if it randomly stops working. There’s really nothing else you can do as they are still trying to develop the software.