Corsair K580 VATA RGB LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Macro Keys & Dedicated Media Controls, Hot-Swappable Socket, Onboard Macro Recording (Blue Switches)

Great for everything but.. very, very loud switches. INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MECHANICAL SWITCHES, COLORS, AND SOUND: I purchased this not understanding how to tell the difference between mechanical switches. I had never experienced a keyboard as loud as this one. I don't know if I didn't look at enough reviews, or people just assumed everyone knew that these were Cherry MX Blue switches. I see them advertised as blue now, but I'm not sure they were when I bought these. For the uninitiated, the color is generally how you tell how the mechanical key switches work and how loud they will be. There are several different characteristics of different switch types, including how quickly they detect a press, whether there is a mid-stroke "bump", end-stroke "bump", various types of clicks, and basically how loud they are. There is a huge variation in noise generated within the real mechanical switches, so don't believe you are varying just between mechanical and membrane (and/or "hybrid") keyboard types. There ARE quiet real mechanical keyboards, but generally membranes will be quiet (and are a lot cheaper, on average). There is the major name brand in key switches, which is Cherry MX, and they have 5 or more major switch colors - blue, brown, red, black, white/grey/clear, etc. Do a search for keyboard switch types/colors and you'll find some articles. This brand is popular enough that there are generic brands that copy their color scheme, so that "blue" or "red" will mean the same thing, but if you search you'll find there are other brands that have different schemes as well. In general, blue is the loudest possible, brown middle, and red quiet. Not sure about black and white/grey/"linear", but I think they are more on the quiet side. They also very in responsiveness and "feedback" while pressing the keys. This keyboard is all the way a "Cherry MX Blue" keyboard, with keys that are literally loud enough you can't hear the TV well in the next room when I'm typing flat out. It is literally as loud as the old mechanical typewriters for those of you that are old enough to actually know what that sounds like. I keep my wife up at night upstairs in the bedroom with the door closed using this keyboard. So - just for those who, like me, didn't understand all the above before buying this, understand this may have a feel that some people like the best, and some may actually like the clattering, almost clanging sound, there is a good chance you will have a hard time thinking while you are typing on ANY "Cherry MX Blue" keyboard. I HIGHLY recommend testing out a blue switch keyboard in a local store or at a friends before buying one of these. You've been warned. OVERALL RATING: This is a great keyboard if you can stomach the noise and like the feel. I think the keypress feel is fine, maybe even great. I give it five stars for what it is, despite the jet engine like racket it generates. If that's your thing you will love this. The volume wheel is great. The lighting is good (though I haven't much messed with it). It's nice and bright, etc. I haven't really used the extra macro keys, etc. either. I just wanted a good backlit keyboard with separate volume keys/buttons or preferrable a volume wheel, which this had. For all those purposes, this perfectly fit the bill. Now I'm looking for a Cherry MX Red keyboard, or something similar that is quieter. I can't handle the noise, but I won't knock off a star for that. My fault for not researching more, I guess.

LightCC · 2019-11-30 · via amazon

Ladies and Gentleman, I am NOT a paid advertiser. I bought this product for the first time. I am an extremely active computer user on a daily basis. I always get high quality key boards, mice, headsets, computers, due to my hobbies. This is the first review I have done on a keyboard. I HIGHLY recommend this keyboard to anyone that uses their computer for anything competitive or professional. This keyboard is a mechanical keyboard. If you don't know what that means, that is ok. It means it is a little louder but much more responsive and generally, a mechanical keyboard will last you for years due to the rugged design. This is absolutely the BEST keyboard I have ever purchased. I honestly can't rave about this item enough. I think I am going to buy a second one as a back up. This keyboard also has volume control. If you like micro set ups, It can save these things too. If you don't know how to set up the advanced features of this keyboard, just use chatgpt and it will guide you through everything you can do with this keyboard.

steven myers · 2026-01-18 · via amazon

I recently bought an un-godly number of keyboards, looking for an upgrade or change from my well loved Corsair K70 Lux RGB with brown switches. I opted for the newer K70 Pro with optical linear switches as my new daily. Those switches are amazing and the keyboard is solid and sexy! The Red Dragon K580 VATA RGB is just as good and better is some aspects. First, the build quality is top notch. The blue switches are nice and satisfying if you like tactile and clicky. The layout is basically perfect for a full board with macro keys on top left and media controls on the top right. The volume wheel has become a mandatory feature for me, and this one is smooth and solid. The one feature that this board has that beats out the Corsair: Programmable RGB WITHOUT SOFTWARE! I run Linux on all of my machines and obviously none of the mainstream brands offer their software for Linux, and even if they did, I wouldn't want that bloated spyware laden garbage anyway. Red Dragon has managed to offer a HUGE range of custom lighting options that you can pretty easily achieve with just the function key. The other feature that I am enjoying is the programmable macro keys. It's not a deal breaker to not have them but it's pretty sweet for saving time and keystrokes. For the price, and even for twice the price, I'm not sure you can do better than this board. I did try the red switches as well and they were actually even better than the blues (for my taste). Personally, if I chose this keyboard for my daily, I would choose the red switches. Either way, it's a matter of taste and you can't go wrong on this one. One last note, I also tried the K622 Horus TKL RGB and it was also great but I felt the media switches were just a little lower quality. That's not a huge deal as those are rarely used and if you want TKL layout, that keyboard is also incredible overall.

BDE · 2023-04-07 · via amazon

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