
You can save a little money by getting a keyboard with a single-color backlight, but you’ll miss out on a spectacular light show.

Per-key RGB lets you program each key's color individually, while zone lighting limits your customization to just a few areas of the board. RGB or not? All RGB lighting is not equal.Optical switches still feel a little less satisfying to type on, but they actuate faster (nothing is faster than light, after all) and last longer than fully-mechanical switches. Recently we've been seeing more and more optical keyboards, which are technically mechanical, but use light - not physical force - to actuate.


Only mechanical keyboard switches offer the tactile feedback, precision, and accuracy most gamers need, and membrane switches feel gummy and unresponsive by comparison.
