For a decade or longer, it has not been huge names that drive huge changes on the PC peripheral market, but costumes of destructive enthusiasts. Such as Ducky and Wooting managed to land on what players really want from an enthusiastic mechanical keyboard before Corsair, Razer and others. Your Movement, Bigwigs.
This Makr 75 with CorsairSo he represents the ancient guard that reacts to these interference. It is a set of flawless keyboard, containing an aluminum frame and, all sold separately, selection of switches, fairy tales of various designs, wireless module and LCD display module to replace the scroll wheel. It is really the personification of enthusiastic class tables, one for people with robust preferences about switches and who may want to go to another type of switch on the same board at a later date.
Corsair is not the only huge producer moving in this modular direction. Razer recently presented his own BlackWidow V4 75% Babones keyboard set and you don’t know it, there is a macros 75 undercut on prices. This means that this keyboard is under pressure to appear, not only from the wooting and gamakay boards, which urged consumers from recognized brands, but also from the brands themselves.
The good news is that it fulfills the intended goal. It is an extremely solid, massive chassis that screams longevity when you touch it, and the switches with warm mean that it can be your houses forever your fingers, even when your taste in touch coupling changes. Basically, macro 75 places ticks in the fields.
Macro 75 specifications
Switch type: MLX Plasma/MLX FUSION/MLX QUANT/MLX IMPULS
Keycaps: Double shot PBT/PBT Dye Sublilded, ABT double shot
Lighting: RGB, programmable through ICUE
Storage on board: Thread
Additional ports: USB-C for charging
Connection type: Wireless – Bluetooth/2.4 GHz
Cable: USB TYPE-C/USB TYPE-A, disconnected
Libra: 916 g/2.01 pounds
Price: USD 179.99 / £ 159.99 (Only chassis, no switches or keys)
Being a modular set, you can also choose something similar to the preferred impression with the support of various options that the Corsar is provided. Four different types of California MLX switches are offered in the Online Tile tool: MLX Plasma, MLX Fusion, MLX Quantum and MLX Pulse, offering the line, touch, speed or thocky, respectively.
The point is that if you are considering buying a modular mechanical keyboard set over the north of 200 USD/200 GBP, there is a chance that you already know exactly what type of switch. So in a reasonable traffic with Corsair you can install any other mechanical switches instead of MLX units, if you prefer and buy a disc without provided switches. If you choose the options delivered, the MLX, merger and quantum switches were valued at USD 34.98 / 24.99 GBP, while the pulse is much more costly after 49.98 USD / 39.99 GBP per set.
So far, so good, but basic to wind: “Build it, however you like” the ethos extends only to mechanical switches – effects switches are not supported. They require a different printed plate than mechanical switches, and although almost any other component of macros 75 is modular, PCB is not. This is probably the main adhesion point for many, due to the great lithe of launching, to which it switches, it can register the input data and their known durability.
Personally, I’m not broken. It is true that it switches to the game, and I notice a very petite difference when I utilize my Rapid Logitech G Pro X TKL keyboard in valors compared to the established mechanical plate. I was set by Wadd to be a bit more sensitive than other keys, which makes moving and glances very easier.
Designers read the right subreddits.
However, I emphasize “slightly”. Hall Effect is a fashionnewword du jour in game keyboards, as a result of which its benefits are probably excessive emphasis by marketing and enthusiastic content of redditors. The switches are also slightly more susceptible to dirt than their mechanical cousins, so it makes sense for the Babones set, which will probably dismantle and re -assemble, not utilize them.
Wireless and LCD modules are basic to install and do what you can expect, but it is worth noting that if you decide on both, plus switches and keyps, the total price of macros 75 runs north of 300 GBP/300 USD. It seems that it is terrible when you take into account that Zero 6108 Ducky offers a very comparable functionality, if not adapting, for less than a third of the price. Corsaira puts a real bonus for macro plasticity.
However, there are aspects of this plasticity that shows that Corsair has really done his homework. The choice of polycarbonate or FR4 switches ($ 20 / £ 16 more for the latter, remember) gives a real measurable difference in touch and acoustic feedback, much beyond what the difference in change can change. This itself shows that designers read the appropriate subreddites.
My personal experience with Makr 75 as a device for a gaming and work keyboard concerned … an adjustment curve. I am certainly satisfied with the tactile sensations in which I could go (line switches and FR4 switches since you ask), but these are the exact dimensions of the plate as well as the height and baking of the keys that I spent some time to adapt.
Everything is a bit steep and slightly more compact than I thought was perfect. Moving the keys to cherry or DCX options will probably soften it a bit, but it raises something like a debate: is it better to have complete control over each peripheral aspect, or simply engineers and designers perform a call for you?
Buy if …
✅ You are DIY: The potential for updating and various switches and keys is extensive thanks to this Babones set, and improving all options is half of the fun, so you will get the value of money if you are recurrent DIY.
Don’t buy if …
❌ You are an accountant: It is a deadly one blow for anyone who works in finance: price in the eyes and no pad of numerical. If you are less convenient in Keeb compact systems or top -class purchases, miss it.
Without giggling, when I tell you this, but I utilize the classic seaging sega arcade classic as an unofficial comparative tool of the keyboard. It is an ideal mix of statistics and gamification of writing accuracy and makes you work on a harder board than just pressing, and also create a subjective opinion about how you feel responsive.
I can tell you that my writing accuracy has dropped from 97% to 95% using macros 75 compared to my ordinary Rapid Logitech G pro x tkl. To some extent, this should be expected: the keyboard to which you have got used to, will always feel at home, and your muscle memory will unlock performance if no mechanical switch could.
But this undermines the whole concept of the Babones set with countless customization options, right? Corsair has connected significant premium prices to the capacity of this set for modular building and adjusting, but adjusting the keyboard is not really a direct path to better performance. You will find better performance by practice, on whatever The album you utilize.