Glorious PC Gaming Race Modular Mechanical RGB Keyboard TKL/Tenkeyless

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The included keycaps feel great and high quality, but the font on them isn’t really my kind of thing. Some letters or symbols seemed like they’re missing parts and the overall font choice isn’t something I’d go for, but that’s a personal thing of course.

We've added a link to the newly reviewed Keychron Q Pro Series in the Wireless Versatility section of this review. While I've reviewed several Keychron mechanical keyboards here already (the K2V2, K1V4, K4V2, and K3), I think it's time to venture out to some other mechanical keyboard brands out there. One such brand is Glorious PC Gaming Race, aka Glorious. But don't be fooled by the name — the mechanical keyboards from Glorious are still compatible with Mac, as any keyboard is technically plug-and-play compatible. But if you want to remap and program macros and change the RGB lighting and stuff, you'll need a PC since the software is not available for macOS. In this review, I'll just be reviewing the physical keyboard performance. Not only was the Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard the first fully modular board the world had ever seen, it underpins this legacy with a sleek, minimalistic style, and engineering quality that makes the functionality trade-off seem negligible—especially when you consider the leagues of switch customisation it offers. There have been others since, the Wooting One and Two boards, as well as the mighty ErgoDox options, and soon newcomer Mountain will ship its Everest board, but the GMMK is a real tough, simple, and eminently affordable act to follow. Thankfully the GMMK makes up for the baseline software with a couple of redeeming functionality features. For example, the n-key rollover (NKRO) means it registers every keystroke no matter how many are pressed at once, and the variable polling rate (report rate) might excite some users who feel the need to tune-up how often the board reports info to the CPU. I'm still skeptical as to whether the ability to change it really makes a difference, though. The only real letdown of this keyboard is the fact that the RGB lighting isn’t up to par with its peers, but that’s not really something that concerns me personally. There’s also no USB passthrough port on either model, in case that’s something that floats your boat.

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Despite coming from a company all about PC gaming peripherals, the GMMK has a fairly minimalistic design that doesn't scream "gamer keyboard" like other brands coughRazercough. The minimalistic design and colorway of the GMMK also mean it looks good with a wide variety of keycap sets. You should not buy this if ... The GMMK is a great starting point for those who want to get into mechanical keyboards. It has three different sizes, and the prebuilt version comes with Gateron Browns, which are a great beginner switch. We've added links to the newly-reviewed NuPhy Halo96 [Halo65, Halo75] in the Typing Noise section of this review. In case you’re wondering: the Gateron Browns are easily as good as their Cherry counterparts; I’d even dare to say that the Gaterons feel a bit smoother and have a slightly more noticeable bump, but that could just be me.

The people over at Glorious have set out on a difficult mission; they aim to ‘ create unique gaming accessories, engineered for premium quality and elite-level performance, sold at everyman prices.‘ That’s a bold statement, but I really do feel like they’re on the right path with the GMMK series. We identified a testing issue with this keyboard wherein we didn't properly filter out the end point of our data set before calculating the averages to produce our Latency results. We've now recalculated the Single Key Latency and Multi-Key Latency scores with the endpoint properly filtered out, and both scores have lowered slightly.At the surface the GMMK is ‘just’ a really solidly built and reliable keyboard, with a sleek and non-intrusive design, but the fact that they’ve added the modular aspect to it elevates the keyboard to a higher level, in my opinion.Buy the GMMK and two sets of switches and you essentially have two completely different keyboards at a fraction of the cost of two actualkeyboards. Switching up the switches really is as easy as one-two-three as well, so you don’t have to be a tech expert to change it up.