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KEYBOARDKEYBOARDThe Claymore’s biggest feature is a
detachable numpad. Leave it on for
your daily Excel spreadsheet tasks,
but once you start gaming, pull it off
and place it to one side, enabling you
some nice wide arcs for your low DPI
skill shot settings, and the better
ergonomics that come with it.
Don’t care for our numpad
friend and want to save yourselfASUS ROG CLAYMORE
http://www.asus.com £200
With your choice of either Cherry MX
Brown or Speed switches, the K95
also comes with dedicated macro and
media keys, an exceptionally
premium-looking wrist rest, and, of
course, that plethora of RGB lighting.
That’s not to say it isn’t flawed.
The coloured grey keycaps, and
the garish overly gamer font
face are a step away fromAsus is another brand yearning for £200 of your hard earned cash for its
latest keyboard. Well into its development cycle it’s a keyboard designed to be
as versatile as it is crazy to look at, but do we like the cut of its jib?£200 for a keyboard. But this isn’t a keyboard designed for those on a
budget. The K95 Platinum takes all of the best from Corsair’s vast lineup of K
series keyboards and packs it into a svelte aluminium chassis.Corsair’s traditional clean crisp black
design, while the silver platinum of the
media scroll wheel is stark against the
black aluminium backdrop.SWITCH TYPE: CHERRY MX SPEED / BROWN / KEY DURABILITY:
50 MILLION KEY OPERATIONS / FULLY PROGRAMMABLE
KEYS: YES / DEDICATED MACRO KEYS: 6 PT /
RGB LIGHTING: 6 PT / N-KEY ROLLOVER: FULL /
PASSTHROUGH: USB£60? Then get yourself a Core
version instead. The Claymore is a
well rounded bit of kit, but for £200,
you decide whether it’s worth it.SWITCH TYPE: CHERRY MX BLACK / BROWN / BLUE / RED /
KEY DURABILITY: 50 MILLION KEY OPERATIONS / FULLY
PROGRAMMABLE KEYS: YES / DEDICATED MACRO
KEYS: YES / RGB LIGHTING: YES / N-KEY ROLLOVER:
FULL / PASSTHROUGH: NOX370 XPOWER GAMING
TITANIUM
http://www.msi.com £300Don’t let the silver put you off – this
board’s aesthetic works a treat.
Couple that with M.2 support, a
retweaked heat shield, and solid
(2666MHz) memory support, and it
will look the part in any high end
system. The added HDMI and
DisplayPort rear I/O hint at
APUs launching soon.
That’s exciting.AORUS GA-AX370-GAMING 5
http://www.gigabyte.us £205This was the first Gigabyte offering
on the table, and what a beauty it is.
The satin white finish really helps this
board look the part in any colour
matched system. Couple that with its
solid BIOS and its plug-and-play
attitude, and Gigabyte has nailed it on
this one. Memory support is still
a little flaky this early on,
but that’s to be expected
at this stage.PRIME X370-PRO
http://www.asus.com £155Asus’s Prime X370-Pro is the only
direct step down from the prestigious
ROG Crosshair, and we’ve not been
impressed with it so far. Although the
connectivity and overall looks are
solid, memory performance has been
somewhat flaky. It seems Asus’s ROG
development team pumps out
BIOS far faster and to a far
better degree than its
Prime compatriots.81 %
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HARDWARE
CORSAIR K95 PLATINUM