I was having a bad migraine today, but listening to your voice was like getting a massage for my brain. Thanks, now I can get back to competitive first person accounting.
Another great video, once again really a lot to be desired in their keyboard line up, there have been so many other lesser known brands coming out with amazing budget boards that sound, feel, perform and look miles better. The mice seem very decent for their price though.
Great video as always. Can feel your disappointment in the key oards and can't blame you. Whoever made the decisions about those needs to rethink. The mice, however, look great and at a great price. Hopefully they drop wireless versions later. Was wondering if you've ever looked at a Royal Kludge board. I bought one of Amazon for my nephew and it looks, feels, and sounds really nice, especially given the price. Was seriously considering keeping it and giving him my Glorious board!
Does your Audeze Maxwell have driver crinkling? I keep reading about it, but I'm not sure if it's something that inevitably happens to all units or just some unlucky ones.
The mini looks like an 'It is what it is' budget version of the ROG Azoth for ppl who dont want to mod. I like the F1 key directly above the 1 for a sharp adherence to a grid layout; i get the feeling this is going to become more popular. You showed another kb with the F1 nearly above the 1, but it was offset; I bet it feels awful to use. The addition of an F13 on the mini is nice.
can you review the Relay Studio monitors? nobody seems to have a review on them but every made one for the headset, would love to see how NZXT's Studio monitors are, since they look perfect for my setup, use case and requirement but no reliable information on its quality online
Competitive first person accounting… he’s got “dad”jokes for days!😂 They look fine-ish for the price, but I’m not trading my Wooting or Pulsar. Keep up the good stuff!!
I remember seeing tons of early hot-swap keyboards from cheap chinese brands that looked like great value, until you read the reviews about how "hotswap is misleadingly useless because it's only other gateron hotswaps" Between that and the sound test, it feels like NZXT just went to the same OEM, threw some shine on it, and charging way more than it's worth....
That's Outemu, since their switches has thinner contacts to accommodate the really thick outemu sockets. But it's a really easy way to add value to your product since it does not require a radical redesign of existing PCB. You CAN fit any other switches in it, but it'll permanently deform it. Seeing how their build program for their previous Function 1 is probably a signed deal with Gateron, they did went back to Gateron and decided to use their opticals since the HE switches are in high demand now, plus they would require a MUCH HIGHER price hike if they had went with HE switches instead of existing Gateron opticals. But even in the HE market, there's still some form of non-standardisation (the polarity of the magnets, the position of the magnets, etc) that also will cause some of them to be completely incompatible. All I'm just saying is that going for opticals is not necessarily the worst choice they've made.
i like the lift 2 symm, better cord than my viper 8khz same shape and lighter but HOLY the mouse feet SUCK i feel like im dragging it across sand paper, it would be so much better but the viper feels better just because the feet are that much better.
The mice prove that the other companies are price gouging. There's no reason a gaming mouse should cost over $60. $80 if you need wireless. Pulsar might get a pass with the es line because it's fully driverless but that's the only reason I can see for spending that much on a mouse now
Who is this keyboard for? I feel like anyone who does their research will go for something that offers more value for money, even if it's a bit more expensive.
Imagine being NZXT and not using Hall Effect switches for better performance with features like Rapid Trigger, or using regular mechanical switches to allow people to really customize the typing feel and sound. Do you guys not pay attention to current trends? What are you doing, NZXT? The mice seem mediocre. I don't like that there are grooves on the sides of the mouse (the dots) especially since they appear to just be plastic - it is always worse than just having a grippier coating or including grip tape as an option. I do think the wire being stiff if a deal breaker. The EGG OP1 has a very flexible and light cable, so it'll feel more seamless that there is a cable at all - feels less restraining. The drag on the mice are also just really disappointing.
5:33 Why do you say it like plate mount stabilizers are a bad thing? These things are so easy to tune it's 100x better than PCB mount stabilizers. Good keyboards in 2023 all used plate mount stabilizers. Leave the PCB mount stabs to ultra high end 1000$ customized keyboard users. Can't imagine spending that amount of money and still have to manually lube it themselves. Well, a good stabilizer don't need tuning anyway.
I'm still not on board with wireless mice yet. I have small hands, enjoy RGB on my mouse, and don't like having extra gadgets to charge. Right now, I can't satisfy those circumstances with wireless. I currently have the Glorious Model D-, and my only gripe is the scroll wheel button is hard to press. If there were more options for wireless mice in a smaller form factor, and there was a more convenient way to keep them charged, I'd give it a shot. Otherwise, it's not for me.
still no wireless lol. I love NZXT cases but what on earth is their team thinking?! Very out of touch with the market lol. They could have made these wireless and had infinitely more sales or actually gone full out like other companies right now and released a HE keyboard.
"Competitive first person accounting" had me dying 😂😂
competitive first person accounting lmfao
Literally was accounting competitively as I watched this 💀
Dude..that thumbnail is 🔥
I was having a bad migraine today, but listening to your voice was like getting a massage for my brain. Thanks, now I can get back to competitive first person accounting.
The MiniTKL has almost identical layout as budget option Royal Kludge RK84. You may wanna check those out.
Another great video, once again really a lot to be desired in their keyboard line up, there have been so many other lesser known brands coming out with amazing budget boards that sound, feel, perform and look miles better. The mice seem very decent for their price though.
Opticals without RT + fully adjustable actuation point is sad to see. Very lazy implementation
Great video as always. Can feel your disappointment in the key oards and can't blame you. Whoever made the decisions about those needs to rethink. The mice, however, look great and at a great price. Hopefully they drop wireless versions later.
Was wondering if you've ever looked at a Royal Kludge board. I bought one of Amazon for my nephew and it looks, feels, and sounds really nice, especially given the price. Was seriously considering keeping it and giving him my Glorious board!
That mini tkl keyboard is pretty great. Might pick it up when it’s on sale. Pitty it doesn’t have a magnetic wrist rest though
You are waaaaay better off waiting for some Keychron sale. Seriously.
Does your Audeze Maxwell have driver crinkling? I keep reading about it, but I'm not sure if it's something that inevitably happens to all units or just some unlucky ones.
The mini looks like an 'It is what it is' budget version of the ROG Azoth for ppl who dont want to mod.
I like the F1 key directly above the 1 for a sharp adherence to a grid layout; i get the feeling this is going to become more popular.
You showed another kb with the F1 nearly above the 1, but it was offset; I bet it feels awful to use.
The addition of an F13 on the mini is nice.
Another one! These look like a new take on the old school, roller ball mice. Not bad.
Hey can you help me? Does the dt770 80ohm need a amp or adapter and if not can I plug them into a controller for like console gaming
can you review the Relay Studio monitors? nobody seems to have a review on them but every made one for the headset, would love to see how NZXT's Studio monitors are, since they look perfect for my setup, use case and requirement but no reliable information on its quality online
Those keebs, oof. Leaves a lot to desire in 2024, in features, sound and customizability.
Wondering which mouse bungee was it on the desk
mini tkl looks like it's really gonna shake up the 2021 market
Competitive first person accounting… he’s got “dad”jokes for days!😂
They look fine-ish for the price, but I’m not trading my Wooting or Pulsar.
Keep up the good stuff!!
Wish these were wireless c'mon NZXT
I remember seeing tons of early hot-swap keyboards from cheap chinese brands that looked like great value, until you read the reviews about how "hotswap is misleadingly useless because it's only other gateron hotswaps"
Between that and the sound test, it feels like NZXT just went to the same OEM, threw some shine on it, and charging way more than it's worth....
That's Outemu, since their switches has thinner contacts to accommodate the really thick outemu sockets. But it's a really easy way to add value to your product since it does not require a radical redesign of existing PCB.
You CAN fit any other switches in it, but it'll permanently deform it.
Seeing how their build program for their previous Function 1 is probably a signed deal with Gateron, they did went back to Gateron and decided to use their opticals since the HE switches are in high demand now, plus they would require a MUCH HIGHER price hike if they had went with HE switches instead of existing Gateron opticals.
But even in the HE market, there's still some form of non-standardisation (the polarity of the magnets, the position of the magnets, etc) that also will cause some of them to be completely incompatible. All I'm just saying is that going for opticals is not necessarily the worst choice they've made.
I play a lot of Escape from Tarkov and half of that game pretty much is competitive accounting, I miss my numpad a lot
i like the lift 2 symm, better cord than my viper 8khz same shape and lighter but HOLY the mouse feet SUCK i feel like im dragging it across sand paper, it would be so much better but the viper feels better just because the feet are that much better.
So the FNATIC low profile TKL is better?
could you review the beyerdynamic mmx200
haha that accounting joke. I prefer full size because I use the numpad all the time for work.
nah brooo you gotta include a warning before sound tests start, that mouse clicking just triggered some DIFFERENT type of aggression inside of me
The mice prove that the other companies are price gouging. There's no reason a gaming mouse should cost over $60. $80 if you need wireless. Pulsar might get a pass with the es line because it's fully driverless but that's the only reason I can see for spending that much on a mouse now
really weird choice going with opticals, there's virtually no optical switch choices on the market
Who is this keyboard for? I feel like anyone who does their research will go for something that offers more value for money, even if it's a bit more expensive.
I'm an accountant that plays FPS, but I refuse to use a full size kb while gaming.
Are these available in black too?
Yep. I actually had no idea until they went live lol
Imagine being NZXT and not using Hall Effect switches for better performance with features like Rapid Trigger, or using regular mechanical switches to allow people to really customize the typing feel and sound. Do you guys not pay attention to current trends? What are you doing, NZXT?
The mice seem mediocre. I don't like that there are grooves on the sides of the mouse (the dots) especially since they appear to just be plastic - it is always worse than just having a grippier coating or including grip tape as an option. I do think the wire being stiff if a deal breaker. The EGG OP1 has a very flexible and light cable, so it'll feel more seamless that there is a cable at all - feels less restraining. The drag on the mice are also just really disappointing.
5:33 Why do you say it like plate mount stabilizers are a bad thing? These things are so easy to tune it's 100x better than PCB mount stabilizers. Good keyboards in 2023 all used plate mount stabilizers. Leave the PCB mount stabs to ultra high end 1000$ customized keyboard users. Can't imagine spending that amount of money and still have to manually lube it themselves.
Well, a good stabilizer don't need tuning anyway.
lost me at wired cya next video
i prefer wired but the size is way too big
NZXT has fallen off hard in recent years. They need to step it up.
Hello
I'm still not on board with wireless mice yet.
I have small hands, enjoy RGB on my mouse, and don't like having extra gadgets to charge. Right now, I can't satisfy those circumstances with wireless. I currently have the Glorious Model D-, and my only gripe is the scroll wheel button is hard to press. If there were more options for wireless mice in a smaller form factor, and there was a more convenient way to keep them charged, I'd give it a shot. Otherwise, it's not for me.
OK 1980
still no wireless lol. I love NZXT cases but what on earth is their team thinking?! Very out of touch with the market lol. They could have made these wireless and had infinitely more sales or actually gone full out like other companies right now and released a HE keyboard.
am i the only one who cringes the fk out from when they showcase keyboard sounds ? Beside my autism, good video dude was interesting !
Nope
With all these issues its almost like they didn't even care about the product.
this buttom cutouts trend gotta go
So nothing special here.
No real hot swap for these keyboards is a real miss.