It also has much better ergonomics because it offers two incline settings and includes a wrist rest. Most of LGS's functionality is divided into four categories, each represented by a simple icon on the lower right side of the screen. You can try to glue them on, but how it's designed makes it very possible to glue it together with the switch. Note that Cherry rates its key switches in centi-newtons, but the two units of measurement are almost exactly equivalent, close enough for rule-of-thumb comparisons.

gamers who are looking for a truly high-end gaming keyboard with a sturdy build quality and a sleek design. Well, 24-bit in that you can assign each key its own RGB color with eight bits per color channel according to the software. The key switches may have special appeal for those who aren't satisfied by the half-dozen or so flavors of Cherry switch in common circulation. This USB port is located at the right hand side, under the “G-logo” but sadly it only supports USB2.inches (depth by width), it's similar in size to the wrist rests of the BlackWidow Chroma V2 and Corsair K95 RGB Platinum.

If you pop off one of the keycaps, you will see the same center-inset LED with four prongs that Logitech G keyboards have been using for a while now. The HyperX Alloy FPS RGB is a better gaming keyboard than the Logitech G513, but the Logitech is more versatile and performs better for office use and mixed usage.Not only that, but under the hood you'll find Logitech's durable GX switches, which manage to evade that scratchy feel sometimes felt in Cherry models that are plugged into the vast majority of decks. Needless to say, if you’re on the market for a decent gaming keyboard with a lean, professional look, this is the one for you - as long as you’re okay with the lack of dedicated media keys and macros. Logitech has designed the Romer-G to be a high performance mechanical gaming switch with faster and quieter actuation. Use FN + F keys to control volume, play and pause, skip track, mute, toggle lighting, enter game mode, etc. Logitech G513 Carbon up to the test over a course of two weeks to see exactly where the full-sized deck sits when pitted against the best gaming keyboards on the market right now.

Note: We didn't experience any issues with this keyboard's backlighting during testing, but we've received community feedback indicating that the Blue LED lights on this keyboard may tend to fail sooner than other colors. This process helps alleviate the tedium of per-key assignment, but the process isn't immediately obvious; you have to create a zone before selecting keys to have the keys become part of that zone.

This time the software updated before I plugged in the keyboard and it showed up immediately in the home screen. The special Logitech software works only with Windows, and it allows you to customize the keyboard to your heart’s content. So let’s take a look at this new Logitech gaming product in more detail and compare it with the other RGB-gaming keyboards from Logitech.