Logitech G413 TKL SE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard + G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse – Black

Great step-up “basic”-ish mechanical/gaming keyboard
(black G413 TKL SE)No, this isn’t a true budget mechanical (there are plenty of $25-$40 no-name mechanicals out there), though it’s about as cheap as you’ll find a true mechanical from a major brand-name maker….however, it’s better made, with nicer materials, fit-n-finish and better key feel than the cheaper ‘boards I’ve used and at a price that’s still within reach for most gamers (or folks who just prefer the feel of mechanical over membrane).This “SE” version of the G413 was purchased to replace my first gen. G413, which suffered a failed W key after three years of nightly gaming use. The SE has better key action and a more solid key feel than the earlier version, it also has more texture on the key cap surface and touts a new key cap material (this is a welcome upgrade, as I was starting to see the paint wear off around letters on my WASD keys on the OG version). The “board”/deck of the keyboard is similar to the older version, which is to say it’s very solid and well made, but the SE forgoes the USB port and dual cable of the original, it also doesn’t show up as a recognized device on Logitech’s G Hub software anymore.Key feel is a personal preference, so my 5 stars may be your 1 star… I’d call these switches a blending of a Cherry brown and blue switch as far as character: they’re sprung stiffer and have a more noticeable break point than a brown switch, but aren’t as firm or crisp as a blue and more importantly, are as quiet as a brown switch, overall a very pleasant compromise in my book. If anything, I’d say they have a more solid feel than even genuine Cherry switches and easily best the first gen. Logitech mechanical and Chinese Cherry-esque switches in feel and solidity.I love this keyboard for the fact that it has a solid deck, good cable, great key feel and simple LED backlighting, I feel like it’s a much better value than a no-name board for $30 less, or a top of the line name-brand board at up to hundreds of dollars more.Multi-color, per key programmable, flashing, color wave LED “features” add nothing to the gaming (or typing in subdued light) experience for me and I hate paying extra for stuff that I just have to figure out how to disable… Thanks Logitech!As far as TKL ‘boards in general go, they’re certainly not for everyone… I like TKL better than 60% (though I still miss my num pad) and it does still reclaim a sizeable chunk of real estate on my desk for mouse over-run compared to a full sized keyboard, which in my case is a real advantage in sweaty PvP gaming situations.Having directly accessible F keys and full size style arrow, del/ins, etc. keys is definitely worth the added width for me, but smaller desks or gaming only rigs might still be better with 60%, YMMV.

Great Price, Great feel, Great look and Great Sound
If you are looking for a great mechanical keyboard and don’t want to deal with all the BS that doesn’t matter, this is the keyboard to buy. Especially if you can find on sale as I did and get for $50 or under.I needed a new keyboard to complete my home nerd center where I work and play video games. I went from the Dell Membrane keyboard that my employer gave me to this MechanicalKeyboard after going through three keyboards due to how much I use, I also type hard. This checked all the boxes for me and I love it so very much.Great look with its brushed aluminum top plate to keep these wonderful feeling PBT keys and brown switches in place. There isn’t software to run RGB and you have 5-6 different lighting settings that’s controlled with Function F12, perfection. I didn’t want another program to run on my PC and the default lights are bright, clear and look clean with the white. In the middle of the day the keys are easy to read and see, when keyboard lights are out the keys look black. Lights reset after every power down cycle on your computer so if that’s something that annoys you maybe buy something else, for me this is exactly what I needed.The feel and sound of the keys and switches are great. I type hard and the longer throw of the keys and feel of them is just wonderful. The sound makes me happy and the feel has me wanting to type up rants to all my exes.In love! Great price and Great feel. Video included so y’all’s can hear the wonderful sounds emanating from this great product.Update; still in love swooning out here. Including pics of some keycaps that look sexy. Pics do no justice how good these white keys made it. Duel colorway is the best.

I am using this keyboard right now to type this review. I got one of these for work, and I like it so much I bought another one for home. The brown switches have tactile feedback, but no audible click. The feel and sound of these keys while typing is very satisfying. This keyboard is a bit noisy, but I haven’t heard any complaints about that so far. I much prefer this mechanical keyboard to my old membrane keyboards. I am still getting used to it, so I make a few typos, but the frequency of them is diminishing. Build quality is excellent, the chassis is aluminum. There is no pointless, annoying RGB backlighting. Only the keys light up, which makes it easy to use in the dark. I would recommend this keyboard. It’s more expensive than membrane keyboards, but I think it’s worth the extra money.

As a former office worker I give this top grades for being a dream to type on. Takes a little getting used to but vastly superior to a normal keyboard. I doubt I’ll have to replace it as it is sturdy as heck. It does light up of its own accord and it does make enough sound for everyone to know you are working. I like that it is wired as there is no delay when you start typing. Highly recommended.