![]() This amount of customizability is hard to find on keyboards in this price range-other worthy models, such as the $99.99 SteelSeries Apex M500 ( at Amazon) and the $109.99 Corsair Strafe Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ( at Amazon), are limited to a single color.Įven so, that lighting is about all you get that's even partially fancy. ![]() Its measurements are unremarkable (1.22 by 18.22 by 6.06 inches, HWD), and it's all black, except for the backlighting, which (per the Chroma branding) can be controlled using the downloadable Razer Synapse software to appear in any of 16.8 million colors, in a variety of preconfigured patterns or a layout of your own design. In every other way, the Ornata Chroma looks like a typical no-frills gaming keyboard. Though given that the keyboard also supports 10-key rollover and 10-key anti-ghosting, I guess it's left for an exercise to the player to determine when (or if) that's supposed to happen. Razer also includes a big padded wrist rest (almost 3.5 inches deep) that connects to the magnetized front of the keyboard, giving you a place to rest your hands during those times the action slows down. In addition to requiring you to move less weight with each press, Razer claims that the shorter cap "reduce the time it takes for your actions to register," thus keeping you typing more quickly and landing more hits in games that demand quick response. One thing you're more likely to be able to see are the updated keycaps, which are about half the height of traditional keycaps. This eliminates the need for a full version of either type of switch, but gives you a fair amount of the supposed benefits of both. When you hit a key, the mechanical switch depresses the dome to register the stroke. Razer calls the technology "Mecha-Membrane," and it's just what it sounds like: part its own proprietary mechanical switch, part silicone dome. What's Razer's secret with the Ornata Chroma? Switches that combine the, uh, key features of the predominant typing technologies in the consumer keyboard market. ![]() It's our Editors' Choice for low-cost gaming keyboards. But thanks to an innovative new switch, Razer gives you the best (or at least most of the best) of both the gaming and typing worlds in the Ornata Chroma, which costs just $99.99. To get both, you typically have had to go with something high-end (and much more expensive), like our Editors' Choice, the Corsair K95 RGB ( at Amazon). There's a reason you don't see many top-notch budget gaming keyboards: In order to check the right boxes and hit the necessary price point, manufacturers must either sacrifice features for the typing experience or the typing experience for features.
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