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Gamers quite literally "see the light" with Roccat's new Ryos MK Pro keyboard.Of all the products Roccat offers, a mechanical plank was curiously missing. Until now, that is. The German peripheral maker on Friday introduced the Ryos MK Pro, the company's first mechanical keyboard designed for gamers. In addition to mechanical key switches, the Ryos MK Pro features per-key lighting, two 32-bit ARM Cortex processors, and 2MB of flash memory. Can we say overkill?
That's apparently not in Roccat's vocabulary. Roccat says the dual-ARM chips help initiate the keyboard's advanced features without sacrificing an ounce of performance, and the 2MB of flash memory allows games to store their custom configurations.
The per-key lighting system can serve as a functional aid or simply as a novelty feature.
"The Ryos MK Pro offers totally customizable, Roccat-engineered per-key illumination in two convenient modes: smart and manual. This means you can add awesome special effects to your keystrokes, configure your keyboard to highlight your in-game and application key bindings, your modifier keys, your macro sequences and cool downs, your system controls, and much, much more," Roccat explains. "The included software development kit ensures that only your imagination is the limit."
Perhaps the neatest thing about Roccat's mechanical plank is you have your choice of four different Cherry MX key switches, including Blue, Black, Brown, or Red. These have a direct impact on how the keyboard sounds and feels. If you crave tactile and audible feedback, for example, Cherry MX Blue switches have your name written all over them, whereas Cherry MX Red are best suited for gamers who want a quiet plank.
The Ryos MK Pro will be available in the first quarter of this year. No word yet on price.
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Eoraptor
January 07, 2013 at 9:35pm
Okay, it's official... Keyboards are officially now overkill... this keyboard has better hardware specs than my LG 800c tracfone...
xulaopas
January 06, 2013 at 1:07pm
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Zan Lynx
January 05, 2013 at 2:01pm
It looks awesome, but do they provide more than just an SDK? I'd want documentation on the communication protocols, programming info for the on-board CPU and how to write to the flash.
Not everyone uses Windows you know.
rsaotome
January 04, 2013 at 9:22pm
Just bought the Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 a couple months back to replace an aging (but awesome), Logitech G15, and except for the Razer Synapse drivers, I've been very happy with it.
But NOW Roccat comes along and introduces the perfect keyboard I've been looking for...DAMN YOU ROCCAT!!!! Take my money...but don't look at me. ^_^
OpTicaL
January 05, 2013 at 6:50pm
LoL, why would you buy a Razer product in the first place? Their mech keys are garbage. If you wanted a real gaming mech keyboard CM Storm Trigger should have been your choice.
Now that Roccat has come out with programmable back-lit keys I'm looking forward to this, not everyone games on WASD.
rsaotome
January 07, 2013 at 10:22pm
I could go into a great detail, what led me to my purchase decision, or I could easily answer with, to each his own.
I'm very happy with my keyboard & was moreless just attempting humour.
nudagaga
January 04, 2013 at 1:36pm
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Straegen
January 04, 2013 at 10:53am
Keyboard looks nice but those keys just below the spacebar look to be a horrible placement. A lot of people rest their thumb there between typing spurts. Even worse is the lack of a standard backslash key but hopefully that changes as the keyboard comes to the US.
Also strange is the USB and headset ports but no direct multimedia keys for volume control and switching off the windows key. Hopefully that is controllable with the extra keys on the left. Having to use an extra function key for those features is not gamer friendly.
jgottberg
January 04, 2013 at 10:34am
The individually lighted keys would make it easier to find keys needed for playing games. I think that's a brilliant idea.
PDX-1337
January 04, 2013 at 11:27am
Totally agree, especially playing in low-light environments sometimes the lighted keys are hard to tell apart or find the ones you need QUICKLY before you get your head blown off.
jgottberg
January 04, 2013 at 12:13pm
lol!! Exactly what I was thinking... "Where is "R"... must... relo...BLAM!" too late. That's experience talking :)
GuNNuP
January 04, 2013 at 7:03pm
Now that logitech is finnally starting to lag a little compared to Roccat and maybe 2 razer products now They will come out with their next G19 G15 G13 and a whole new mouse line.
RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS
January 04, 2013 at 9:49am
What kind of switch is needed for silent (or virtually silent) typing? My gaming computer is in the bedroom; needless to say, I'm not allowed to CLICK-CLICK-CLICKETY after bed time.
I've used the Logitech Illuminated Keyboards for a few years, and have been happy enough with their performance, but for the lack of N-key rollover (did I word that correctly?). They actually had it in the original version of the plank, but removed it so it wasn't competing with their more expensive gaming boards.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126043
rwpritchett
January 04, 2013 at 1:42pm
You should look into Cherry MX Brown or Red switches, and then add o-ring dampeners:
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/cherry-mx-rubber-switch-dampeners.html
Mediziner
January 04, 2013 at 10:12am
Well, have you considered a scissor-switch keyboard? Apparently they are very quiet and still tactile. Here's a link to one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823162018
