A simple review of the GK75 Gaming Edition

Flick the gasket structure, customize the optical axis, and a mechanical keyboard specially designed for games? What I brought today is a mechanical keyboard from the GK75 e-sports version of the small bug. Let’s take a look at the performance of this mechanical keyboard for the main game.

1. Unpacking and accessories

The outer packaging is very cyberpunk competitive style, 75% imply that this is a keyboard with 75 configurations, and the switch icon in the upper right corner refers to the glacier optical switch green tea switch V3 brought today.

Open the package and you can see all the accessories, including the mechanical keyboard body, two large bags of replacement keycaps, 2-in-1 shaft puller, cable, instruction manual, warranty card, etc.

The keyboard dust cover is made of solid materials, and the SKYLOONG logo is printed on the lower right corner.

The excellent injection molding level allows the dust cover to fit perfectly on the keyboard keys. This design of the dust cover is just pressed against the surface of the keyboard, rather than the whole cover we usually see. The advantage is that when we need to move the keyboard It can be picked up directly on both sides of the keyboard.

The attached data cable is not a traditional rubber cable. The braided wire can be more durable and more refined in appearance. You can also see the logo of the little bug at both ends of the data cable.

2. The main body of the keyboard

This keyboard adopts a 75% layout, retaining the F area and arrow keys, which can save about 30% of the desktop space and leave enough room for the mouse

The keyboard shell is made of black ABS material, which has a certain matte touch, which can reduce the bad appearance caused by scratches, and is more resistant to dirt.

The light gray aluminum alloy knob in the upper right corner of the keyboard adds a certain texture to the keyboard. The damping of the knob is moderate, and there is a little shaking, but because there is enough space left, it will not rub against the shell wall and will not affect normal use. . The knob defaults to volume adjustment, and pressing it mutes the volume. Of course, you can also customize the knob and pressing functions through the official downloaded driver to meet your individual needs.

On the back of the keyboard, we can see five large silicone pads, which make the keyboard more stable when placed. The outlets in three directions meet different outlet requirements.

The standard two-stage foot support can provide a better tilt height of the keyboard, and the foot support has a moderate sense of damping.

In the design of the PCB board, the optical axis receiver and light emitting device are used. The optical axis is not much different from the ordinary mechanical axis in appearance, but because there is no mechanical wear and the existence of the hot-swappable axis seat, it can be Greatly extend the life of the PCB board.

Similarly, while supporting full-key hot-swapping, the RGB lighting effect is also very strong. The keyboard has built-in 5 backlight lighting effects and 4 interactive lighting effects that can be switched directly, and more personalized lighting modes can be set through the driver. The PCB board adopts the upper position of the light, which can make the light have a larger divergence angle.

The large key position of the keyboard adopts Jiadalong’s custom fine-tuning fat-run Taiji satellite axis, and the tuning is perfect, without the slightest wire sound, and there is no phenomenon of empty key travel, which shows that the little nerd’s tuning in the large key position The above is indeed hard work.

We know that the traditional hull structure uses screws to fix the keyboard liner to the bottom shell to improve its stability, but the sound of keys near the screws is very uneven. As for the GK75 of Xiaodaichong, it has a patented Lite gasket flick structure, a series of upgrades are carried out on the basis of the original hull, and the integrated padded silicone sandwich and shaft pad greatly improve the keyboard. The consistency of the sound and the softer feel make me wonder, is it really still the keyboard with the hull structure?

3. Shaft Features

On the switch body, I chose the Glacier Optical Switch Green Tea V3 switch body. Its feel is close to the tea switch feel of the traditional mechanical switch. From the picture above, we can see that its movement stroke is only 1.2mm, and the fast switch design, Well-deserved reputation.

We all know that the trigger of the traditional mechanical switch is triggered by contact with the shrapnel and then conductively through the pins, while the optical axis of this keyboard is triggered by blocking the emitted light on the PCBA board after pressing the lower switch. . Since there is no mechanical shake, the debounce time is 10-15ms faster than ordinary mechanical switches, and the faster trigger time allows you to preemptively strike in the game.

4. Keycaps

In terms of keycaps, the two-color keycaps with high PBT content are used. The two-color injection molding process can make the keycaps more wear-resistant, prolong the service life, and make them less prone to oiling and improve the aesthetics.

The height of the keycaps is the height of the GK5 ball caps independently made by Xiaodu. The characteristics of the ball caps will look more rounded on the front. Will feel very tired hands.

The two bags of supplementary keycaps provided as a gift, in addition to the replacement keycaps of the same color, there are also many supplementary buttons, which basically cover all the basic arrangements on the market. Switch the caps to other keyboards.

The keycaps are also printed with the key instructions of the Apple system

In terms of touch, it is different from other manufacturers who sacrifice the fineness of the keycaps and increase the coarse graininess of the keycap surface to delay the oiling speed. The touch of this GK75 is still very delicate. I still like it very much. Of course, it can last for a long time without oiling. let us wait and see.

V. Summary

After a week of use, this keyboard has become my main keyboard for playing games. The most important reason is the quick triggering of the optical axis, and the consistency of key feedback across the entire keyboard is very high. This keyboard is excellent in workmanship, the keycap design is beautiful and the keys are complete, all keys are hot-swappable, RGB lighting effects, everything you need, some people may say that you can buy a three-mode keyboard on the market for 300 yuan Yes, but if you have tried this GK75, I believe you will change your mind, because people who specialize in gaming will only choose a more stable single-mode connection. Friends who like it can try it if they have the opportunity. Take a look at this GK75 competitive optical switch keyboard from Xiaobu.