ASUS has announced a new mechanical keyboard from their Republic of Gamers division, and the Horus GK2000 sports an aluminum upper body, with Cherry MX Red switches under the ABS keycaps.
The keyboard is a standard 104 key layout, with an additional 5 macro keys to the left, and wheels for volume and backlight control on the right side. It features 1000 Hz polling rate and offers a 2x USB 2.0 hub and 3.5 mm audio passthrough. As mentioned above key switching is handled by Cherry's MX Red, a linear switch which provides a lower actuation force than the MX Black.
In addition to the angular styling and large detachable palmrest, the GK2000 also offers adjustable (red) lighting to further enhance its appearance. We've seen quite a bit of the black/red color scheme for products targeting the gaming segment, and in this case it compliments the design of the company's ROG Swift monitors and other gaming products.
Specifications:
- Interface: USB 2.0 (1000Hz) with NKRO (can be disabled)
- Layout: Standard 104 + 5 macro keys (left) + ROG key (right) + volume and backlight wheels (right)
- Keyboard switches: Mechanical Cherry MX Red 45 g, 2 mm actuation, 4 mm travel
- Volume knob: Infinite wheel switch (scroll to increase/decrease backlight)
- USB hub: 2x USB 2.0
- Audio pass-through: 1x audio, 1x mic
- OS support: Windows XP/ Windows Vista /Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Windows 8.1/ Windows 10 32/64 bit
- Approx. dimensions: 52.65 x 17 x 4.9 cm
- Palm rest: 47.2 x 8.3 x 2.4 cm
- Cable: 180 cm braided cable
- Keycaps: ABS with UV grip coating
- Materials: 3 mm brushed aluminum, 3 mm sandblasted aluminum, ABS underside
- Weight: 1700 g
No pricing or availability information accompanied the announcement.
Grossly over-stylized.
Grossly over-stylized.
Definitely. The weird thing
Definitely. The weird thing is, if you took off the wrist wrest, unscrewed that giant wing on the top and hacked off the side curb feeler… things, it would be a fairly simple plate. It might look fairly sleek without all the bolt-ons. Someone mod it!
Disappointing the WASD keys
Disappointing the WASD keys are not colored and/or textured…
The PR from ROG says, if I am
The PR from ROG says, if I am right, that you can manage the backlight intensity for every key individually.
talking about the key itself
talking about the key itself not RGB colors
these should work just fine and they match
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/fps-backlit-key-caps-keycap-puller-and-palm-rest
More BLING! Not tacky
More BLING! Not tacky enough! More Bling!
Yeah, not sure I want this
Yeah, not sure I want this sitting on my desk. Keyboard that doubles as a Klingon Bat’leth.
Dear Asus design team:
WTF?
Dear Asus design team:
WTF?
I’m just going to start
I’m just going to start chalking this up to curltural differences, cause Asus’s stuff has been fugly for a long time now.
Why would anyone want a
Why would anyone want a keyboard to be wider than it has to be? It just takes up room from your mouse.
This thing looks ridiculous.
This thing looks ridiculous. Reminds me of KITT in super pursuit mode. Ha
I’ll sticky with my Ducky
I’ll sticky with my Ducky Shine 5 thank you!