The Best Gaming Keyboard

Any keyboard can work for gaming, but when people talk about gaming keyboards they generally mean the kind that provides a gaming mode to disable the Windows key, offers multicolored backlighting, and gives you the ability to record macros—a series of keystrokes you can trigger with a single key. If you don’t care about those things, stick with the keyboard you have, or consider a regular mechanical keyboard. If you want to record macros without changing keyboards, you can do so using free software such as AutoHotkey. You can find two main types of gaming keyboards: mechanical and membrane. Mechanical keyboards use an independent switch for each key. This design makes the keys more durable and allows them to register a keypress faster than the keys on most membrane keyboards, and many people find them more pleasant to use. Membrane keyboards are sometimes less expensive and much quieter, but they feel mushy and wear out faster than mechanical ones. Most people should buy a mechanical gaming keyboard because such models are more durable; in addition, the budget options aren’t that much more expensive than an RGB membrane keyboard. Most gaming keyboards on the market today have some sort of RGB backlighting, and especially the flagship models. However, if this and other features, like macros, and software don't matter, you can save quite a lot of money, buy buying a model without them.