I don't know is it just me or a gaming keyboards becoming way too expensive definitely not just me what's up guys I'm Dimitri's harken accent today we have a really interesting keyboard from Logitech that g915 lightspeed Wireless I feel like Logitech is setting the new standard for what the low-profile keyboard should be in terms of the bass in terms of the switches and the key caps and they've done a lot of things right with this board and despite my favoritism towards tkl boards you know because this
thing is absolutely massive I don't like that form factor but many people do in terms of our Twitter poll as you can see here majority of people prefer still full-size gaming ports for gaming and also an interesting fact the sales for full-size boards versus TTL are like 90 percent for a full sized board from Logitech so it makes sense for them to focus on larger boards that people will actually buy instead of catering towards the really loud minority that want ekl including myself and I am hoping that we'll see a low-profile tql version of this but right now
full-size makes sense in terms of what large Tech's selling and what are people requesting oh there we go
this is the excel I'm looking for welcome the O 11 excel by Liam Lee stepping it up with upgrades all around for enthusiasts builds with perfect radiator spacing in the bottom on the side and the top with now a slightly wider main chamber for taller GPUs and rear exhaust area the second chamber will hide all your cables and house hot swappable drives for a complete package all around this is the 11 excel by Bailey giving you room to grow as you guessed it based on the intro the price point I would say is the caveat and would be the main turnoff from the mainstream consumer market because of $250 it's expensive the g8 5 which is the wired version is $199 and has a USB pass-through port and is not wireless so the wireless convenience is the $50 premium now I want to focus my attention on the low profile nature of something like this because they've done a fantastic job in terms of minimizing the actual frame size at the bottom and that is because of the new GL switches they come in three flavors the
linear the tactile and the clicky as you can see in this shot here we have the low profile switch on the right and height differences pretty significant versus your standard mechanical switch on the left and that is what allows them to create something that profile like the G915 or G815
these have been co-developed with kale and it's great to have three variations of this type of switch right at the start but kale also has their own variations of the switch that will hopefully see more widely available in other keyboards to this whole low profile movement is starting to grow as for the specs they all have a 50 gram actuation force 1.5 millimeter actuation point and 2.7 million or travel distance and that for a low profile keyboard is pretty incredible for your tactile and clicky switches it feels really nice while on the linear switch I'm almost expecting for it to be a little bit more travel distance because I'm guessing I'm used to that as for the actual based on the keyboard it is thinner than my iPhone with a case on it which is pretty incredible I do like the aluminum frame and the little curved side lines but the edges of the frame are really sharp so if you're doing any flicks just be careful with the thumbs because it might be painful now some of you may be thinking what's the point of a low profile keyboard when the bass and the actual footprint is so large and I agree with you in comparison to my ducky 1/2 SF like this thing is like more than 2x2 size and that's pretty much because we have additional G keys on the left side we have five them so you can record macros and stuff and the actual forehead of the keyboard is pretty tall to accommodate those additional keys like your profile switches your macro key the connectivity and the lighting and the gaming key and just to give you a comparison how thin the keyboard is here is next to the ducky 1/2 SF which is pretty low profile in my opinion and like the larger and taller but we do have two height adjustments on the G915 and it
puts it in the same height where the back is to like your standard mechanical keyboard it does give you a nice high elevation toe for typing when it's completely flat it almost like feels like it's built into the desk but when you've raised it on that maximum level it gives you a nice angle of adjustments and typing it's nice also because of this you do not need the wrist rest because the bottom keys are so low to the desk that when they were trying to see if you need the wrist rest it would actually cause you fatigue and
discomfort so the desk is your wrist rest I do like the dedicated media controls on the right side plus a very smooth volume wheel that has no
tactility whatsoever and it seems like there's a bit of delay between when you actually touch the volume wheel and when that volume appears on-screen and
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