Product DescriptionSteelSeries 7G sets new industry standards for gaming keyboards by allowing users to perform the most detailed and advanced key combinations to date. By utilizing the most powerful PS/2 buffer-system ever created for a gaming keyboard, SteelSeries 7G redefines 'anti-ghosting' by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard. The keyboard features both PS/2 and USB connectors.The use of PS/2 (combined with a gold-plated USB connector) and 18K gold-plated mechanical switches, means that SteelSeries 7G offers more Actions Per Minute than any other keyboard in the world, gaming grade response times and more than six times the durability of a traditional keyboard.SteelSeries 7G is equipped with audio ports for headphone-in and microphone-out and features two USB ports. The keyboard furthermore features SteelSeries Media Controls essential for gaming, allowing the user quick access to volume, mute and other audio controls.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - best keyboard money can buy
For three years I'm looking for the perfect keyboard. Finally I found it. It was a long way beginning with the IBM PS/2 Keyboard, Cherry G80, Logitech G15 and Razer Tarantula. To make a long story short:
IBM and Cherry weren't gaming keyboards. Both are only Alpha N-key rollover. That means you cannot press the 'W' + 'D' and the 'E' key at once. In the gaming scene it's called "Ghost Key Effect". Edit a file and press and hold the 'W' key, then add the 'D' until 'd' is repeated. If you then ... Read More
Rating: - Mechanical Keyboards
This is definitely the most well made keyboard I've ever used and I love how transportable it is. There are however two downsides to the keyboard. It's mechanical and it definitely feels different than any other keyboard you've used, not sure if that will be a good thing or a bad thing for you though. The second problem is the hand wrest, it definitely gets the job done, but it just really limits the portability of the product. It's not attached and it's really just a pain to bring around, especially ... Read More
Rating: - Very solid
Very solid with great tactile feedback when typing. A little noisy and the black plastic wristpad is a little awkward, but overall a great keyboard.
Rating: - Great gaming keyboard!
My husband and I are avid gamers and like to collect the best available equipment. The keyboards with the screens, fancy lights, and macro keys look good but a lot of people don't know or don't care that these keyboards use up some of your system memory because of the programs they run. As games become more and more memory intensive, I don't want my system memory wasted on a keyboard. Most games will allow you to make macros using the existing keys so you don't need those extra macro keys at all.
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