Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with GX Brown Switches - Tactile

I pre-ordered this before launch and have been using mine since launch. It has been a wonderful month or so with the board.The Romer-G linear switches are incredible and I prefer them to the Cherry MX reds they are typically compared to. These are some of the quietest switches I've come across and offer exactly the feel I have been after. They have virtually no wobble, super smooth feel, faster and shorter activation/travel compared to MX reds. Superior to my keyboards with reds by far.The LEDs are exactly what I've been waiting for. I cannot stand the other LED mechanical keys that bleed light under the caps. The control software is powerful and is capable of far more than I need with custom profiles and lighting patterns. The small footprint and brushed metal chassis look great. This is a stylish minimalist keyboard. I'd love to see the same thing released without the number pad, as I know many gamers prefer not to have one. The wrist pad is extremely comfy and stays put. So glad it isn't attached.For those who are frustrated with the sound the space bar makes, this is super common with many of the mechanical keyboards today and is not isolated to this board or switch. I do believe the metallic ringing from this model is made more pronounced due to the metal chassis under the keys. The sound is coming from the stabilizer, which I believe is still a chery mx stabilizer. There are a few very simple solutions. A lot of people put cotton or small foam piece under the 2 stabilizers of the space bar. While this does eliminate some of the ringing and rattle from the bar, I find it stiffens things up too much for my taste. I've done the following, which is common throughout the custom mechanical keyboard community. I put some dialectic grease on the stabilizer bar at the bend and some under the stabilizers themselves. You can do this without taking the board apart and just pulling the space bar cap. Once done, the feel is still fast and smooth, but the rattle/ringing is nearly gone and sounds like the other keys without stabs.Speaking of caps...this is one real gripe, but one I'm sure will change. Right now there aren't really any custom key cap offerings since the romer-g is a proprietary design. So unlike the ubiquitous cherry mx, one cannot customize caps to their heart's content. This is not a deal breaker for me as I like the stock caps as they are, but it is worth mentioning. I do expect this to change as companies work to make compatible caps.Overall this is an excellent keyboard with my now favorite linear switch and LED system. It's perfect in gaming and my typing is as fast as ever, even with a linear switch.

Still in use.

I love this Keyboard. I got the red Switch version. The keyboard is a full size board and looks amazing. Super high quality materials and has a built in USB pass through on the top right rear side. The cable is braided, thick, and high quality. The lighting is amazing and each key is individually lit. You can of course pick any color of combinations you like as well as change the lighting patterns and intensity. The switches themselves feel fantastic and still make a very satisfying but quiet noise. Great for both gaming and typing though red switches are best for rpgs and mmos imo. I personally use it for gaming. The included wrist wrest is high quality nice thick leather with 4 padded edges under it to hold it in place. It can be moved and does not attach to the keyboard but will stay where you place it. This makes it way better than attached ones imo. It has a built in pass through under the wrist wrest for your headset/mouse cables as well. It also comes with 12 extra notches keys to replace the standard ones for 1-5, QWER, and ASD. Basically all your gaming keybinds and they feel super nice. I wish I could replace all the keys with them as they feel that good but the standard ones are also great. Overall for the price this keyboard is a 10/10 for me. I love almost everything about it. The only downside I can think of is the volume controls. There is no dedicated volume nobs or switch so you have to use the FN function to control your volume which isn’t a big deal for me but may be to someone else. I’d say if you’re in the market for a comfortable, high quality, full size gaming/typing keyboard you can’t go wrong with the Logitech G513. Included pics of the keyboard and wrist wrest as well as the lighting on and off and included extra switches in place. Hope this helps you out.

This is a great keyboard, but I have seen--or rather heard--many overly loud clicky keyboards and didn't want one of those, so I got the tactile version. I recently had the chance to test out a clicky version of this keyboard, and it is not overly loud, and it has a much more responsive feel with that sweet, soft "click" on every keystroke that is just a joy to use.To be frank, I am almost certainly going to buy two of those clicky G513s for my two PCs as I know I will hate not having it after having used it a little bit. It was splendid.The G513 is a good keyboard with a quality feel that has all the needed keys in a tidy amount of desk space. I don't need all those other keys such as macro keys or dedicated media keys. The extra space on my keyboard shelf is more valuable than those keys. If you need them, get the G815 that has those keys. The G815 also has a nifty volume roller on the top-right corner that is the only thing about that keyboard that I liked over the G513. I have both, sadly both in the tactile version rather than the clicky version.If you think the RGB-ness of a keyboard is a bit silly, you're mostly right. I found a great use for it though. I play an online game that has one second server ticks. So when you do an action, it takes a second for the server to process your action and a second second for your client to indicate to you the action taken. Sometimes I have my fingers resting above the keyboard, and I'm not looking at them for long periods of time, and I'll get a bit anxious--did I strike the intended key or the one next to it? If I wait for the server's response and client to show, it might be too late. One of the built-in presets for this keyboard is to have all the keys a certain color (you choose, I chose blue). Then when you press a key, that key lights a different color (again, you choose, I chose yellow). That other color is now on the key you pressed, and it fades away over 4 seconds (again, user selectable). This has saved me from anxiety many times as a quick glance at the keyboard will show me which key I just pressed as it's still yellow. Now I know whether to abort my last action before it's too late or continue because I hit the right key.Unless you really need a quiet keyboard, buy the clicky version of this keyboard. It's fantastic!If you want the macro and media keys, buy the clicky version of the G815. It's the same fantasticness with more keys!