Rosewill has a new keyboard, the RK-9300, which comes in Cherry MX Blue and Cherry MX Brown varieties.
The RK-9300 has a fairly austere look, with an all-black design and an aluminum top panel that extends out and down at a slight angle, like a mock wrist rest.
The keys are backlit but have only blue LEDs--a feature omission that some won’t love, but it’s slightly more of a “grown up” look than all-red backlighting. (Even cleaner would be white backlighting.) There are three lighting modes: one with all the keys backlit, one with all but the numpad area lit, and one with only the WASD and arrow keys lit. The fully-lit option has a breathing mode, and there are four brightness levels. (Presumably, there are actually five, assuming one of the levels is “off.”)
The underside of the keyboard offers a pair of flip-up feet and a cable routing trough with three openings across the top of the keyboard--left, center, and right. On either side of the RK-9300, at the top, are a pair of what our own Thomas Soderstrom would call “cupholder”--some bit of decoration that are kind of snazzy looking but ultimately appear to serve no purpose.
The upper right side of the keyboard has a bank of notification lights. The F keys double as media and volume controls, including brightness, Windows lock, and more. It also features n-key rollover. The RK-9300 features no software, and there’s no way to create macros.
The two versions of the RK-9300 list for $99, but both are available for $85 on Amazon (Blue switches (opens in new tab) and Brown switches (opens in new tab)) and Newegg (Blue switches (opens in new tab) and Brown switches (opens in new tab)).
Rosewill RK-9300 | |
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Type | Full size, 104-key |
Switch | Cherry MX Blue or MX Brown |
Sensing Method | Conductive (metal) |
Microcontroller | -- |
Polling Rate | -- |
Lighting | Blue backlighting |
Key Rollover | NKRO |
Interface | USB |
Cable | 5.9ft |
Additional Ports | No |
Key Caps | ABS |
Dimensions | 18 x 6.5 x 1.6 inches |
Weight | 3.09lbs |
Software | No |
Construction | Aluminum top plate |
Misc. | -Four lighting modes, four brightness levels -Three-way cable routing trough-F keys double as media controls, etc. |
Price | $99 MSRP, street price $85 |