Best mechanical keyboard 2020
Features that add a twist to backlighting include separate lighting zones, adjustable colors, and the highlighting of the most used keys. Some keyboards will even allow you to customize the lighting behind each individual key instead of entire zones. In a scissor switch, the silicone still plays the role of the spring but it is typically slimmer in profile. Moreover, there is an “x” mechanism added to stabilize the whole thing. Scissor switches are pretty common in laptops, but they are sometimes used on budget gaming keyboards as well. These are bottom tier switches, which you will find only among the cheapest gaming keyboards, or among keyboards that weren’t built for gaming in the first place. You can get tactile razer orange, clicky green, or linear yellow switches, and the orange switches we tested provide nice tactile feedback and are light to press. It has dedicated media keys, a volume control wheel, and a windows key lock button. There are even more features that a gaming keyb...