Once upon a time, keyboards were something that you took with you from computer to computer, because most of them were built quite nicely. After a few dark decades of membrane keyboards being the norm ...

Sometimes a chance conversation leads you to discover something cool you’ve not seen before, and before you know it, you’re ordering parts for yet another hardware build. That’s what happened to this ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to make a custom keyboard. Rather than relying on a pre-built design, if you build your own DIY gaming keyboard you get an an endless amount of choice and ...

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Building your first custom mechanical keyboard can be intimidating. Between all the parts and terminology involved, it’s hard to know where to start. Thankfully, it’s also never been easier to jump ...

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Mismatched colors between case and keycaps. RGB customization can be clunky at times. Plate-mounted stabilizers. Infrequent and minor connectivity issues. Getting into the mechanical keyboard world ...

There’s nothing like that burst of anticipation when first sliding a game cartridge into its slot. Who would have thought someone would ever bring that nostalgic, uniquely tactile experience to a ...

Great build quality and typing feel. True full-size layout. Full programmability and customizability, with emphasis on ease of disassembly and repairability. Looks great. Pricey. Too heavy to carry ...

Gamers are stir-crazy over response times, from 1ms displays, 1000Hz poll rate peripherals, linear switches, and N-key rollovers. Short of a brain-machine interface, we’re pretty much at the limit of ...