Razer Cynosa Chroma Gaming Keyboard: Customizable Chroma RGB Lighting review
Razer Cynosa Chroma Gaming Keyboard: Customizable Chroma RGB Lighting review
FORInexpensive
Amazing RGB implementation
Low-profile build
Affordable
Packs plenty of features
Soft, responsive keys
Gorgeous and programmable RBG lighting
Packs plenty of features
Soft, responsive keys
Gorgeous and programmable RBG lighting
AGAINST
Membrane switches
No dedicated macro keys
Design is relatively tame compared to other keyboards
Plastic frame does feel somewhat cheap
take now for today's review we are gonna take a look at the sanosuke Roma from a razor which is one of their more affordable at gaming keyboards but still has that cool eraser a black aesthetic look and then also their awesome RGB chroma lighting so with all of that being said let's jump into today's review right and want to get the best deals on all the latest gaming products well rebel Tech is the best place to check out they have a huge variety of peripherals PC components laptops and just everything else you would need so go check out rebel checked out Sierra's a day to get the products you are looking for at a low price so starting off the
cynosure chroma is retailing for about a nine hundred and fifty ran on Revoltech here in south africa or about a sixty dollars on amazon now you do also get at the pro version which has the cool RGB under glow underneath the keyboard but at the moment is not out in South Africa yet but it will be coming out quite soon and that really does look awesome with the tundra below now taking a look at the design of this I know sir the body is entirely black and made out of a high quality plastic with a minimum flex to it this enosis designer does resemble the black widow mechanical keyboard a fair amount so if you are looking for a keyboard like that but for something a bit cheaper than this one is definitely an option to take a look at now as for
everybody who does eat and drink in front of their desk like I do the Sun osa is also spoiler resistant so if you do spill some water or coffee over it it will be fine underneath the keyboard there are some are a niche holes which allows all of the fluids to get out of the keyboard and not to damage any of the electronic components now to be clear Dyson osa is spill resistant and not a water resistant so if you do submerge the keyboard underwater or drop a little two litre coke over it it's not to say that the keyboard will survive but it is still a very cool feature that might say your keyboard if you do drop something on it when I'm moving on to the switches the samosa features a membrane switches with a soft and quiet keep race this is going to work a well for a late night gaming stations and streamers where you don't really want to bother the
people around you or your people listening to you as for how they feel when a gaming of course they're not going to feel as nice and responsive as a mechanical keyboard which luckily is getting a cheaper nowadays but as I do feel a very nice for a membrane keys with a snappy response a soft tactile feel and a good travel a distance now you do not officially get any dedicated macro keys but each of the 104 keys are programmable so you can assign different commands to each and every key on the keyboard but here's a quick sound taste of how the cenotes membrane switches sound as well the key caps they have a clear engravings for the
backlight is showing a through but not too much to really see the switches underneath it each key is individually backlit and has a 16.8 million color options for the exact color you would want you also get the white under plate which helps intensifies the glow of each keys of lighting to get a more even on a brighter illumination of between the keys as for some secondary functions you do have a media controls on the floor macro recording a gaming mode which disables certain keys like your windows key a backlight brightness adjustments and then also a window asleep key all of these are set on default so you are able to change them in the software if we start wanted to listen also also features a 10-q roam over which allows you to press up to
10 keys at the same time and all 10 of those commands are will be sent through now taking a look underneath the Sano so you get a 5 large rubber pads for a grip and then a to flip out keyboard a feet but it does also kind of have a two additional ones because of the flipper keyboard feet it's kind of like a two in one package if because if you do flip out the keyboard feet you'll actually feel about two of them which one is shorter than the other so you can get the right height of for your keyboard as for the non braided cable it does have a length of 1.8 meters or 5.9 feet with a USB connection on the end also the cables are not too thick so it is quite easy to cable and manage now taking a look at the synapse a3 software which you can go download from erasers of website the software allows you to create an editor profiles were in
each one you can exchange that the key commands to either a different keyboard or mouse functions switch a profiles launch a certain program create an assigned your own a set of custom macros and a few others you do also get the hyper shift of function which allows you to set a completely new set of key commands which you can access by pressing the hyper shift assigned key to in effect get twice as many inputs but are getting into the cool chrome on lighting again each key is individually backlit so you can change the colors of any individual key or you can apply any of the eight at different lighting effects depending on the effects you can change the color the speed and the direction of the effect to match what you want you're also able to apply multiple of those eight effects on the keyboard at the same at sign in a
different sectors so if you just want the number one effect all your arrow keys a different effect you can do that and just spice up the entire keyboard also if you do have a more Ranger products or even flips you products you will be able to sync all of them together for a cool a lighting effect throughout your entire room which really does look a so cool but our in conclusion the Sun OSA chroma is a definitely a nice keyboard for under a thousand rand or there are a few other options in the same price range but for everything you get it is a differently a good keyboard for gaming and topping it was enjoyable with soft and responsive keystrokes I had no problem in gaming a couple hours at a time where there was some fortnight or counter-strike or just even Far Cry 5 didn't matter it was a very enjoyable along with that dissing osa does also feature a nice out both quality even though it is plastic it doesn't feel cheap also the lighting with all the Razer products are always are very good or so that's also one thing
is also spill resistant so if again if you do spill something over it you should be okay just again don't spill like an entire two liter coke over it or just drop it in the pool I don't know why you do this but you do get where people are up there and then finally it is also from riser so you know you are getting a quality product so if you are looking for a quality you work with all of the needed features about that won't necessarily break the bank and it's from Razer then the sanosuke chroma might just be for you but if you just want a better more RGB and then you can always go check out the pro which it does have that very 6e or GB under cologne so that's pretty much it for my review of the cynosure chroma again
Performance
Aesthetics and RGB lighting are fun and all, but what makes or breaks any gaming keyboard is its performance in, well, games.
This is where the lack of mechanical switches becomes the Razer Cynosa Chroma’s biggest and most glaring drawback. While this keyboard is great for general use and typing, it begins to show some cracks while gaming. The keys are responsive enough, and the key travel is a lot deeper than most other membrane boards, but you’re simply not going to get the same quick response time as even an entry-level mechanical keyboard.
And while it features 10-key rollover anti-ghosting, it’s a far cry from the n-key tech that some higher-end keyboards feature, and some extremely high-intensity gaming sessions might suffer because of it.
While getting ready for this review, we put this keyboard through its paces in a few matches of Overwatch, and it was a comfortable and reliable keyboard to play a few rounds on. However, this reviewer is used to the tactile clickiness and responsive actuation of Cherry MX Reds. We definitely noticed the difference here – despite the Razer Cynosa Chroma’s impressive 1ms polling rate.
One of the most positive aspects of the membrane switches on this board, however, is the noise – or lack thereof. This keyboard is going to be a huge hit with anyone who likes to game late at night, because unlike its mechanical brethren, the Cynosa Chroma makes little to no noise, while still providing a tactile experience.
And while the Cynosa Chroma lacks any dedicated macro buttons, each key on the keyboard can be programmed however you see fit.
keyboard the Black Widow v2 and also comes with a similar fingerprint resistant matte finish as well and like all razer keyboards the sign osa has an RGB illuminated logo at the bottom of the board the sino saw also features ten key anti-ghosting and is fill resistant thanks to its membrane design one thing that makes the Sai noses stand out especially at its accessible price tag is that it comes with full perky RGB illumination with most keyboards at this price coming with simple zone backlighting the sign OSA is the cheapest option out there for great-looking RGB especially considering that the lights are controlled with Razer synapse 3 which is currently in beta as of making this review aside from the facelift the beta performed just fine for me and being able to use the full power of synapse on a budget keyboard like this is pretty insane and it makes having the fun of a full RGB light show far more accessible than ever
before you get access to all of the classic razor preset lighting effects although there are no new presets as is sometimes common to see with razors new releases and you can of course create your own custom effects and profiles with the Razer chromic and figure-eight er the lights themselves look pretty good they're nice and vibrant which is pretty par for the course from razor and all of the keys are fully and quite brightly illuminated I should point out though that the lighting still isn't quite as good as you get on the Black Widow but considering that it's a third of the price and the membrane keyboard as well I think it's plenty good enough the sign OC uses razors new go-to font the same one that you'll find on the Black Widow v2 and the Ornato it's clean and simple and in my opinion it's one of the best changes that Razer has made to their newer generation of keyboards like I mentioned earlier the sign osa is a membrane
keyboard which I think most of us would expect at this price point the sign osa doesn't use the classic rubber dome membrane style though and rather uses what razer calls soft cushioned gaming keys compared to other membrane keyboards I've used I do feel a certain softness to them and it definitely is a different feeling compared to the hybrid keys of the or nada for example one advantage to this is that it makes the keyboard incredibly quiet the mechanism itself for typing is pretty good you still get that classic membrane squish but there's also a light snappiness to the keys when they actuate which is nice when using a membrane keyboard and just so you guys can hear what these keys sound like an action here is a quick sound test , in terms of extras the sign OSA doesn't bring too much to the table you won't find some of the extras that we see on razors other keyboards like dedicated macro keys or an included wrist
rest for example you do get media controls by way the function key but that's pretty much it personally I always like to see a row of macro keys on my gaming keyboard but considering the price of this board I can't knock it too much for excluding them it's worth mentioning that the sign OSA Pro which costs an extra twenty dollars includes a 22 zone under glow light bar around the base of the keyboard just think of it like the keyboard sitting on a giant Firefly mousepad it's a pretty neat addition but it'll be up to you guys to decide if you think it's worth the extra cash I chose to review the basics I know so because I think most people going for razor's budget option probably care less about a lot of the flashy extras and just want a really solid budget fully RGB keyboard the underside of the keyboard has five rubberized pads to keep the keyboard from sliding around on the desk and it does have two-step extendable legs to help position the keyboard at the optimal height for you however the extendable legs are not
rubberized the cable on the side Nosa is a simple rubber cable I would have preferred to see a braided cable on this one which is what you find on just about every other Razer product ever it's an interesting omission for me and the LED indicators on the side no side consists of simple white LEDs they're clean minimalistic and they complement the overall design of the board pretty well overall I'm pretty happy to see Razer putting out more accessible products I'm sure many racer and RGB fans alike will be rejoicing at the cyanosis price point and sure the lack of extras is a bit of a bummer but Razer has plenty other more expensive varieties for that at its core the sine dosa is a solid budget gaming keyboard but ultimately what's really going to sell this keyboard is the full perky RGB backlighting and being able to harness the power of Razer synapse for in-game integration and custom lining effects at 60 bucks the sign OSA is simply the best option out there for anyone who wants to have an incredible RGB experience on a
budget well that's it for the video guys like I mentioned at the beginning in the video I am gonna be doing a giveaway for this one all you have to do to be eligible to win that one is one make sure you like the video to show your support and to make sure you're subscribed to my channel to make sure you don't miss out on any videos that I have coming for you in the near future and I am gonna be comparing the cyano so chroma to some of its closest competitors and some upcoming videos so you're not gonna want to miss out on that one anyways and lastly just leave me a comment below letting me know what you think about the new razor sino so or sino
the racers he knows a Croma now this keyboard comes in two variations one being called pro the only difference is that the pro has something called on the glow which also makes it a little bit more expensive anyway this is the more budget-friendly no pro model and I'm curious to find out if this could be the best buddiez keyboard in 2018 you know what let's find out how y'all doing guys Robin here on chips media bringing you the best tips and tools for gaming on this channel you'll find PC components together it's and console accessories this was product reviews see if you're interested in that consider subscribing in this video we're gonna be diving into the erasers I know sir we gotta check out the RGB compared the key switches try all the new features in synapse 3.0 to ultimately answer the question if this keyboard could be the best budget keyboard in 2018 let's go some racer has been in the game for a long time
now they started back in the beginning of 1998 and has since then put out a ton of different gaming peripherals and accessories they started out focusing on mice but after some time they eventually entered the keyboard market as well as with most companies that's been around for a while racer have had their ups and downs in the most recent years however they have been improving a lot in my opinion so let's just take a look at the keyboard we're looking at a 100% full scale standard keyboard layout though keep in mind I'm sitting on the Nordic version where the Enter key is a little bit bigger than Tiye keyboard in North America Ronny other beautiful country outer mates whatever no macro key unfortunately but I am not using any of that personally this doesn't bother me at all now the body is primarily plastic and I'm trying flexing the keyboard it doesn't flex much at all you could definitely say it's premium kind of
plastic if that's even a word otherwise we've just invented it now the cool thing about this plastic is that it's it's very easy to hold clean and it's lightweight and it's apparently spill resistant how about that right Yeah right jumping over two suspects we got to step leg extension and hanky run over with anti-ghosting key switches are old-school membrane switches just to clarify this ain't mecha membrane or mechanical switches and this is one of the reasons why racer has been able to sell it at the membrane is cheaper to manufacture so how do they feel I would best describe them as soft and mushy as any rubber dome switches and I definitely think that they can work as a backup and/or a complementary for when I'm traveling or visiting friends on the go for example but I wouldn't trade mechanical switches for rubber
dome and a day of the week so if the key switch is important to you my best recommendation would be to first watch my other video on which key switch you should consider I linked it down below and also go out and visit the store that sell these keyboards and give them a try out guys you gotta do that by any keyboard as an investment and yeah I want you to be 100% confident in what you're buying so that you don't end up being disappointed anyway here is a comparison between the racers I know that with Robert dome membrane versus a cube / MK 87 with cheri annex red mechanical switches I would say when gaming the mushy feeling from the rubber dome can be fatiguing for longer sessions again that is my personal opinion and again I am encouraging you guys to go out and try them on for yourself before you make a final decision how do I describe it's more like a subtle bump instead of a clicky bump coming from a mechanical key switch that's pretty much what I can say now let's slide over to the big one the
big selling argument for this keyboard the RGB thanks to the brighter bass gives the Lightning more punish resulting in a very vivid and bright strong RGB lightning it's fancy and as soon as you darkens down the room you really let the sino sus stretch out its legs to itself only potential the razor Sano's are comes with synapse 3.0 this is where things gets interesting guys once you boot it up you can mess around with a great deal of different lightening patterns let's start with something called wave this is the mode where you get to experience the sixteen point eight million colors or whatever ridiculous number we're talking about here the amount of colors is pretty fucked up though as you can see it is pretty amazing hands down spectrum cycling brings each individual colors in one by one and cycles through the whole rainbow in and endless loop so to speak breathing is going to pulse the colors in and out in a nice out of way
starlight is where things start swinging now you say twinkling damn it whatever you can customize the color ramp up the speed and shoes which key you want to light etc we got something called fire something's trying to simulate a campfire so to speak also got something called reactive where individual keys lights up when you're pressing them lastly we've got something called ripple which starts a ripple wave of Lights and obviously we got static as well as you can see guys the RGB customization is pretty staggering and frankly even though many brands claim the keyboard supports RGB it is usually heavily restricted to one or perhaps two different strict coloring modes which is obviously not the case with the erasers I know sir this is hands-down where this keyboard shines the most and for me considering the RGB
justifies the price point yes it is not mechanical keyboard but I mean it's fucking 60 bucks what else could be under the key caps at this price anyway I messed around in signups for a while and it's great it's used friendly jets it's complex and you can mess around with macros here as well pretty much reprogram all the keys on the fly with the macro recording for example now all things considered I think race has done a great job here if you're looking for an entry level gaming keyboard with support for macros and I'm looking for a keyboard that supports RGB you're not gonna go wrong with the races I know Sado keep in mind this is just rubber dome membrane but if you got it's still a lot of keyboard for the money in my opinion it would have been a home run if they would have fitted this keyboard with MECA membrane and if you're looking for a keyboard to stay within the Razer ecosystem but wants better switches I would highly recommend looking into the Omata chroma now guys I want to know how much are you willing to pay for a gaming keyboard
the highly anticipated razor side Nosa pro keyboard this is their newer released model which also goes alongside of the razor side Nosa chroma keyboard the only difference between these two models being that one has an RGB under lighting with the sign OSA Pro and the regular side Nosa does not so today in this video we're gonna be checking out both the models primarily focusing on the side notes of pro to give you guys a better idea what they're about going over the pros and cons lucking with the switches the lighting all that good stuff in this review so first off the keyboard looks very similar to past Razer keyboards no real design changes here it's
their standard layout here unfortunately no macro switches this time around on the left side but the body itself is primarily plastic all covered in a matte black finish then flipping the keyboard over on the sides and on the bottom you'll see integrated a subtle RGB light strip which is very similar to the light shirt they use on their RGB Firefly mousepad and what this is gonna do in the cyno sub Pro model is just add a little bit of extra you know flair and pop to your keyboard at nighttime giving it some nice subtle underglow it's a nice little touch but again this is only in
the side no sub pro model it's gonna retail for versus a regular side notes of chroma keyboard where that that underglow for 60 bucks then also in the back side you have two feet up top gonna elevate this backside when you're typing your gaming and there's actually two levels of feet integrated here for different levels of height adjustment then before we move on the side notice that does have eight key roll over with anti-ghosting and we now have a water or a spill resistance built into the keyboard with how its overall constructed so if you spill some water or something on it it's really not going to damage it which is always good now we're gonna move on to these switches and right now I have to admit when I did my unboxing and first look last week I incorrectly labeled this keyboard adds mekka membranes too cuz when I first you know did me unboxing I was checking it out I thought that's what it was this is not a mecha membrane keyboard nor is it a mechanical keyboard here in the side Nosa chroma
keyboards we have membrane switches I know it's not what you wanted to hear when you pop off the key cap you'll see what I'm talking about so I do apologize if I got your hopes up in the unboxing video but no these are not mecha membrane they are going old-school here with those soft and mushy rubber dome switches now one of the things I always point out when I'm doing my keyboard reviews is the fact that these switches are going to matter probably to like eighty percent of people out there before those twenty percent who are not really experienced with keyboards or who haven't used a mechanical keyboard in the past rubber dome isn't going to be a big deal of them it's really not going to be a deal breaker if they've always used bunch of keyboards in the past or they've only ever used rubber dome switches that it's not going to be a big deal to that probably favorable 20 percent that I just randomly label just you know judging
from my past experience with reviews and audience feedback and stuff like that so if you're out there obviously you've been familiar with keyboards or your keyboard enthusiast you're not gonna be a fan of rubber dome switches that's just the fact but like I said if you're inexperienced if you've used bunch of keyboards in the past and it's not gonna be that big of a deal for me I'm not a fan but that's just me so I'll do a sound test now so you can hear how these rubber dome switches sound versus also a regular mechanical keyboard so you could hear how those sound so quite the difference in terms of sound and yes when you aren't typing or gaming it is much more of a soft and mushy experience when you're actually registering the key it's more of like a a subtle bump versus a nice tactile and clicky bump like you're probably used to for mechanical switches I know not all mechanical switches are like that but just kind of giving you a general sense out there of the main difference here it's just much more of a soft actuation point when you're typing or gaming now we're gonna talk about the lighting again
popping one of the key caps off you'll see how the lighting is kind of constructed here in the side notes of pro underneath all the keys is this kind of see-through plastic base that does allow for a favorable amount of light leak to come through we're just going to add to the keyboards like pop level overall and you can see embedded right in the middle of the tube that they use here for the switches is that light and once you plug it in you get Rachael synapse booted up you can go in and obviously change up the lighting effects wave is be very popular and famous you know RGB wave it's going to give you some cool effects spectrum cycling is pretty standard it just brings those colors that it's possible of in and out breathing then it's gonna pulse those colors in and out as it fades to black in between the color switches star lights always nice it's kind of like twinkles colors throughout and certain random keys and stuff like that you can
pick your colors you can pick the speed have it be random anything like that and you have fire which is going to kind of make a fiery effect with different shades of yellow red and orange stuff like that then you have reactive which is going to pulse the key you're actually pressing kind of gives like a nice light trail and stuff like that I've always liked this one then next is ripple which once you press down on the key will send like a ripple wave of Lights outward this has always been a favorite one of mine but what's odd is with this model it feels like those that ripple coming out is very laggy and slow I don't know why if that's unintentional I'm not a big fan of it though kind of takes away from and rather it be much more smooth then you have static obviously you can pick one static color now over the past few years Razer synapse software has gotten much better and improved it's much more user friendly now and with the synapse program you can go in make your own custom lighting effects with layers and stuff like that
and like I said now we Sai know it's a pro model you have that under glow with these sides on the front but you can go in and sort of change up the zones if you want to that so if you want your keyboard to be like shining blue up top and have a white under glow on the bottom you can obviously or have the different zones on the bottom be different colors they give you the possibilities and stuff which is always good and one of the things I do want to bring up is the amount of lighting effects and just the overall lighting possibilities you get with the side nose and the side notes of pro or one of the best out there for its price range a lot of times you see keyboards at around this price though claim it's RGB but it'll be heavily restricted they're either certain layers or like certain character layers will come up so it's like three zone lighting or each row can only be a certain amount of color so in terms of RGB lighting razor here's got it locked down and then also put the synapse software like we've seen in the past you can go in and pretty much reprogram all the keys on the fly with their macro recording so wrapping
everything up in total for honestly it's not that bad and that's gonna be a pretty solid sweet spot for people out there who are on a budget and obviously want to stick to their whole razor ecosystem and stuff like that and when you think about the other competition out there from razor especially they had the or nada last year which was a hundred dollars now it's more on sale but for 60 bucks for the regular sino subversion versus the O's for the sino sub Pro this is gonna be on a lot of people's wish list believe it or not even though it is technically a membrane or like a rubber dome keyboard now some things I don't like about it honestly I wish there were some macro keys we saw it last year when Corsair put out their own k55 that was also a keyboard with macros that was also rubber dome so some macros would have been nice if it liked macros are on most razer keyboards as it is another thing that was kind of odd was that one lighting effect I talked about it when I showed off the effects themselves but ripple just seems very laggy I don't know if that's intentional or not it really shouldn't be
because having it be more fluid and smooth like most of the other animations would have made it look just that much better and the third con overall is gonna be the fact that this is a rubber dome keyboard like it just kind of confuses me considering the aura nada did have those mecha membrane switches I feel like if you could have put that into this it would have been a much better deal and a value in the end especially if you could have combined the sign OSA and the sign OSA Pro still include some under lighting on here and maybe charge 10 extra dollars instead of having two different models is this kind of confusing to me so in the end those are my three cons um but I mean in the end it's still a pretty good value keyboard for there is not
another keyboard at this price range that does have the nice sixteen point eight million color RGB lighting effects with rainbow wave so it's gonna look nice you get that slight water resistance and stuff so for again razor lovers who want to stick to that razor ecosystem this is gonna be a pretty hot buy I can imagine for the holidays and overall it's not a bad keyboard for the price just rubber domes so kind of confusing me in 2017 considering the leaps that razors made in the past with upgrading their switches
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Plastic frame does feel somewhat cheap
take now for today's review we are gonna take a look at the sanosuke Roma from a razor which is one of their more affordable at gaming keyboards but still has that cool eraser a black aesthetic look and then also their awesome RGB chroma lighting so with all of that being said let's jump into today's review right and want to get the best deals on all the latest gaming products well rebel Tech is the best place to check out they have a huge variety of peripherals PC components laptops and just everything else you would need so go check out rebel checked out Sierra's a day to get the products you are looking for at a low price so starting off the
cynosure chroma is retailing for about a nine hundred and fifty ran on Revoltech here in south africa or about a sixty dollars on amazon now you do also get at the pro version which has the cool RGB under glow underneath the keyboard but at the moment is not out in South Africa yet but it will be coming out quite soon and that really does look awesome with the tundra below now taking a look at the design of this I know sir the body is entirely black and made out of a high quality plastic with a minimum flex to it this enosis designer does resemble the black widow mechanical keyboard a fair amount so if you are looking for a keyboard like that but for something a bit cheaper than this one is definitely an option to take a look at now as for
everybody who does eat and drink in front of their desk like I do the Sun osa is also spoiler resistant so if you do spill some water or coffee over it it will be fine underneath the keyboard there are some are a niche holes which allows all of the fluids to get out of the keyboard and not to damage any of the electronic components now to be clear Dyson osa is spill resistant and not a water resistant so if you do submerge the keyboard underwater or drop a little two litre coke over it it's not to say that the keyboard will survive but it is still a very cool feature that might say your keyboard if you do drop something on it when I'm moving on to the switches the samosa features a membrane switches with a soft and quiet keep race this is going to work a well for a late night gaming stations and streamers where you don't really want to bother the
people around you or your people listening to you as for how they feel when a gaming of course they're not going to feel as nice and responsive as a mechanical keyboard which luckily is getting a cheaper nowadays but as I do feel a very nice for a membrane keys with a snappy response a soft tactile feel and a good travel a distance now you do not officially get any dedicated macro keys but each of the 104 keys are programmable so you can assign different commands to each and every key on the keyboard but here's a quick sound taste of how the cenotes membrane switches sound as well the key caps they have a clear engravings for the
backlight is showing a through but not too much to really see the switches underneath it each key is individually backlit and has a 16.8 million color options for the exact color you would want you also get the white under plate which helps intensifies the glow of each keys of lighting to get a more even on a brighter illumination of between the keys as for some secondary functions you do have a media controls on the floor macro recording a gaming mode which disables certain keys like your windows key a backlight brightness adjustments and then also a window asleep key all of these are set on default so you are able to change them in the software if we start wanted to listen also also features a 10-q roam over which allows you to press up to
10 keys at the same time and all 10 of those commands are will be sent through now taking a look underneath the Sano so you get a 5 large rubber pads for a grip and then a to flip out keyboard a feet but it does also kind of have a two additional ones because of the flipper keyboard feet it's kind of like a two in one package if because if you do flip out the keyboard feet you'll actually feel about two of them which one is shorter than the other so you can get the right height of for your keyboard as for the non braided cable it does have a length of 1.8 meters or 5.9 feet with a USB connection on the end also the cables are not too thick so it is quite easy to cable and manage now taking a look at the synapse a3 software which you can go download from erasers of website the software allows you to create an editor profiles were in
each one you can exchange that the key commands to either a different keyboard or mouse functions switch a profiles launch a certain program create an assigned your own a set of custom macros and a few others you do also get the hyper shift of function which allows you to set a completely new set of key commands which you can access by pressing the hyper shift assigned key to in effect get twice as many inputs but are getting into the cool chrome on lighting again each key is individually backlit so you can change the colors of any individual key or you can apply any of the eight at different lighting effects depending on the effects you can change the color the speed and the direction of the effect to match what you want you're also able to apply multiple of those eight effects on the keyboard at the same at sign in a
different sectors so if you just want the number one effect all your arrow keys a different effect you can do that and just spice up the entire keyboard also if you do have a more Ranger products or even flips you products you will be able to sync all of them together for a cool a lighting effect throughout your entire room which really does look a so cool but our in conclusion the Sun OSA chroma is a definitely a nice keyboard for under a thousand rand or there are a few other options in the same price range but for everything you get it is a differently a good keyboard for gaming and topping it was enjoyable with soft and responsive keystrokes I had no problem in gaming a couple hours at a time where there was some fortnight or counter-strike or just even Far Cry 5 didn't matter it was a very enjoyable along with that dissing osa does also feature a nice out both quality even though it is plastic it doesn't feel cheap also the lighting with all the Razer products are always are very good or so that's also one thing
is also spill resistant so if again if you do spill something over it you should be okay just again don't spill like an entire two liter coke over it or just drop it in the pool I don't know why you do this but you do get where people are up there and then finally it is also from riser so you know you are getting a quality product so if you are looking for a quality you work with all of the needed features about that won't necessarily break the bank and it's from Razer then the sanosuke chroma might just be for you but if you just want a better more RGB and then you can always go check out the pro which it does have that very 6e or GB under cologne so that's pretty much it for my review of the cynosure chroma again
Performance
Aesthetics and RGB lighting are fun and all, but what makes or breaks any gaming keyboard is its performance in, well, games.
This is where the lack of mechanical switches becomes the Razer Cynosa Chroma’s biggest and most glaring drawback. While this keyboard is great for general use and typing, it begins to show some cracks while gaming. The keys are responsive enough, and the key travel is a lot deeper than most other membrane boards, but you’re simply not going to get the same quick response time as even an entry-level mechanical keyboard.
And while it features 10-key rollover anti-ghosting, it’s a far cry from the n-key tech that some higher-end keyboards feature, and some extremely high-intensity gaming sessions might suffer because of it.
While getting ready for this review, we put this keyboard through its paces in a few matches of Overwatch, and it was a comfortable and reliable keyboard to play a few rounds on. However, this reviewer is used to the tactile clickiness and responsive actuation of Cherry MX Reds. We definitely noticed the difference here – despite the Razer Cynosa Chroma’s impressive 1ms polling rate.
One of the most positive aspects of the membrane switches on this board, however, is the noise – or lack thereof. This keyboard is going to be a huge hit with anyone who likes to game late at night, because unlike its mechanical brethren, the Cynosa Chroma makes little to no noise, while still providing a tactile experience.
And while the Cynosa Chroma lacks any dedicated macro buttons, each key on the keyboard can be programmed however you see fit.
Razer Cynosa Chroma Gaming Keyboard: Customizable Chroma RGB Lighting review
the new razor sino so chroma now razor released two versions of this one they have the cyano so chroma Pro and the sino so chroma we'll get into the differences of that here in just a little bit but just as a way to get back to you guys you know I like to do giveaways as much as I can I am gonna be doing a giveaway for this one and I'll have all the details on that at the end of the video for you but for now I'm really excited to get into this one so let's go ahead and just take a look at this keyboard starting as always with construction and design the razor sign osa is a hundred and four key membrane keyboard that's made entirely out of plastic despite this it's actually not as light as I would expect with all plastic construction as you might expect there is some flex when cranking down on the board and when mashing down on the keys but there was actually less than I was expecting the style of the plastic case is much like razors flagshipkeyboard the Black Widow v2 and also comes with a similar fingerprint resistant matte finish as well and like all razer keyboards the sign osa has an RGB illuminated logo at the bottom of the board the sino saw also features ten key anti-ghosting and is fill resistant thanks to its membrane design one thing that makes the Sai noses stand out especially at its accessible price tag is that it comes with full perky RGB illumination with most keyboards at this price coming with simple zone backlighting the sign OSA is the cheapest option out there for great-looking RGB especially considering that the lights are controlled with Razer synapse 3 which is currently in beta as of making this review aside from the facelift the beta performed just fine for me and being able to use the full power of synapse on a budget keyboard like this is pretty insane and it makes having the fun of a full RGB light show far more accessible than ever
before you get access to all of the classic razor preset lighting effects although there are no new presets as is sometimes common to see with razors new releases and you can of course create your own custom effects and profiles with the Razer chromic and figure-eight er the lights themselves look pretty good they're nice and vibrant which is pretty par for the course from razor and all of the keys are fully and quite brightly illuminated I should point out though that the lighting still isn't quite as good as you get on the Black Widow but considering that it's a third of the price and the membrane keyboard as well I think it's plenty good enough the sign OC uses razors new go-to font the same one that you'll find on the Black Widow v2 and the Ornato it's clean and simple and in my opinion it's one of the best changes that Razer has made to their newer generation of keyboards like I mentioned earlier the sign osa is a membrane
keyboard which I think most of us would expect at this price point the sign osa doesn't use the classic rubber dome membrane style though and rather uses what razer calls soft cushioned gaming keys compared to other membrane keyboards I've used I do feel a certain softness to them and it definitely is a different feeling compared to the hybrid keys of the or nada for example one advantage to this is that it makes the keyboard incredibly quiet the mechanism itself for typing is pretty good you still get that classic membrane squish but there's also a light snappiness to the keys when they actuate which is nice when using a membrane keyboard and just so you guys can hear what these keys sound like an action here is a quick sound test , in terms of extras the sign OSA doesn't bring too much to the table you won't find some of the extras that we see on razors other keyboards like dedicated macro keys or an included wrist
rest for example you do get media controls by way the function key but that's pretty much it personally I always like to see a row of macro keys on my gaming keyboard but considering the price of this board I can't knock it too much for excluding them it's worth mentioning that the sign OSA Pro which costs an extra twenty dollars includes a 22 zone under glow light bar around the base of the keyboard just think of it like the keyboard sitting on a giant Firefly mousepad it's a pretty neat addition but it'll be up to you guys to decide if you think it's worth the extra cash I chose to review the basics I know so because I think most people going for razor's budget option probably care less about a lot of the flashy extras and just want a really solid budget fully RGB keyboard the underside of the keyboard has five rubberized pads to keep the keyboard from sliding around on the desk and it does have two-step extendable legs to help position the keyboard at the optimal height for you however the extendable legs are not
rubberized the cable on the side Nosa is a simple rubber cable I would have preferred to see a braided cable on this one which is what you find on just about every other Razer product ever it's an interesting omission for me and the LED indicators on the side no side consists of simple white LEDs they're clean minimalistic and they complement the overall design of the board pretty well overall I'm pretty happy to see Razer putting out more accessible products I'm sure many racer and RGB fans alike will be rejoicing at the cyanosis price point and sure the lack of extras is a bit of a bummer but Razer has plenty other more expensive varieties for that at its core the sine dosa is a solid budget gaming keyboard but ultimately what's really going to sell this keyboard is the full perky RGB backlighting and being able to harness the power of Razer synapse for in-game integration and custom lining effects at 60 bucks the sign OSA is simply the best option out there for anyone who wants to have an incredible RGB experience on a
budget well that's it for the video guys like I mentioned at the beginning in the video I am gonna be doing a giveaway for this one all you have to do to be eligible to win that one is one make sure you like the video to show your support and to make sure you're subscribed to my channel to make sure you don't miss out on any videos that I have coming for you in the near future and I am gonna be comparing the cyano so chroma to some of its closest competitors and some upcoming videos so you're not gonna want to miss out on that one anyways and lastly just leave me a comment below letting me know what you think about the new razor sino so or sino
the racers he knows a Croma now this keyboard comes in two variations one being called pro the only difference is that the pro has something called on the glow which also makes it a little bit more expensive anyway this is the more budget-friendly no pro model and I'm curious to find out if this could be the best buddiez keyboard in 2018 you know what let's find out how y'all doing guys Robin here on chips media bringing you the best tips and tools for gaming on this channel you'll find PC components together it's and console accessories this was product reviews see if you're interested in that consider subscribing in this video we're gonna be diving into the erasers I know sir we gotta check out the RGB compared the key switches try all the new features in synapse 3.0 to ultimately answer the question if this keyboard could be the best budget keyboard in 2018 let's go some racer has been in the game for a long time
now they started back in the beginning of 1998 and has since then put out a ton of different gaming peripherals and accessories they started out focusing on mice but after some time they eventually entered the keyboard market as well as with most companies that's been around for a while racer have had their ups and downs in the most recent years however they have been improving a lot in my opinion so let's just take a look at the keyboard we're looking at a 100% full scale standard keyboard layout though keep in mind I'm sitting on the Nordic version where the Enter key is a little bit bigger than Tiye keyboard in North America Ronny other beautiful country outer mates whatever no macro key unfortunately but I am not using any of that personally this doesn't bother me at all now the body is primarily plastic and I'm trying flexing the keyboard it doesn't flex much at all you could definitely say it's premium kind of
plastic if that's even a word otherwise we've just invented it now the cool thing about this plastic is that it's it's very easy to hold clean and it's lightweight and it's apparently spill resistant how about that right Yeah right jumping over two suspects we got to step leg extension and hanky run over with anti-ghosting key switches are old-school membrane switches just to clarify this ain't mecha membrane or mechanical switches and this is one of the reasons why racer has been able to sell it at the membrane is cheaper to manufacture so how do they feel I would best describe them as soft and mushy as any rubber dome switches and I definitely think that they can work as a backup and/or a complementary for when I'm traveling or visiting friends on the go for example but I wouldn't trade mechanical switches for rubber
dome and a day of the week so if the key switch is important to you my best recommendation would be to first watch my other video on which key switch you should consider I linked it down below and also go out and visit the store that sell these keyboards and give them a try out guys you gotta do that by any keyboard as an investment and yeah I want you to be 100% confident in what you're buying so that you don't end up being disappointed anyway here is a comparison between the racers I know that with Robert dome membrane versus a cube / MK 87 with cheri annex red mechanical switches I would say when gaming the mushy feeling from the rubber dome can be fatiguing for longer sessions again that is my personal opinion and again I am encouraging you guys to go out and try them on for yourself before you make a final decision how do I describe it's more like a subtle bump instead of a clicky bump coming from a mechanical key switch that's pretty much what I can say now let's slide over to the big one the
big selling argument for this keyboard the RGB thanks to the brighter bass gives the Lightning more punish resulting in a very vivid and bright strong RGB lightning it's fancy and as soon as you darkens down the room you really let the sino sus stretch out its legs to itself only potential the razor Sano's are comes with synapse 3.0 this is where things gets interesting guys once you boot it up you can mess around with a great deal of different lightening patterns let's start with something called wave this is the mode where you get to experience the sixteen point eight million colors or whatever ridiculous number we're talking about here the amount of colors is pretty fucked up though as you can see it is pretty amazing hands down spectrum cycling brings each individual colors in one by one and cycles through the whole rainbow in and endless loop so to speak breathing is going to pulse the colors in and out in a nice out of way
starlight is where things start swinging now you say twinkling damn it whatever you can customize the color ramp up the speed and shoes which key you want to light etc we got something called fire something's trying to simulate a campfire so to speak also got something called reactive where individual keys lights up when you're pressing them lastly we've got something called ripple which starts a ripple wave of Lights and obviously we got static as well as you can see guys the RGB customization is pretty staggering and frankly even though many brands claim the keyboard supports RGB it is usually heavily restricted to one or perhaps two different strict coloring modes which is obviously not the case with the erasers I know sir this is hands-down where this keyboard shines the most and for me considering the RGB
justifies the price point yes it is not mechanical keyboard but I mean it's fucking 60 bucks what else could be under the key caps at this price anyway I messed around in signups for a while and it's great it's used friendly jets it's complex and you can mess around with macros here as well pretty much reprogram all the keys on the fly with the macro recording for example now all things considered I think race has done a great job here if you're looking for an entry level gaming keyboard with support for macros and I'm looking for a keyboard that supports RGB you're not gonna go wrong with the races I know Sado keep in mind this is just rubber dome membrane but if you got it's still a lot of keyboard for the money in my opinion it would have been a home run if they would have fitted this keyboard with MECA membrane and if you're looking for a keyboard to stay within the Razer ecosystem but wants better switches I would highly recommend looking into the Omata chroma now guys I want to know how much are you willing to pay for a gaming keyboard
the highly anticipated razor side Nosa pro keyboard this is their newer released model which also goes alongside of the razor side Nosa chroma keyboard the only difference between these two models being that one has an RGB under lighting with the sign OSA Pro and the regular side Nosa does not so today in this video we're gonna be checking out both the models primarily focusing on the side notes of pro to give you guys a better idea what they're about going over the pros and cons lucking with the switches the lighting all that good stuff in this review so first off the keyboard looks very similar to past Razer keyboards no real design changes here it's
their standard layout here unfortunately no macro switches this time around on the left side but the body itself is primarily plastic all covered in a matte black finish then flipping the keyboard over on the sides and on the bottom you'll see integrated a subtle RGB light strip which is very similar to the light shirt they use on their RGB Firefly mousepad and what this is gonna do in the cyno sub Pro model is just add a little bit of extra you know flair and pop to your keyboard at nighttime giving it some nice subtle underglow it's a nice little touch but again this is only in
the side no sub pro model it's gonna retail for versus a regular side notes of chroma keyboard where that that underglow for 60 bucks then also in the back side you have two feet up top gonna elevate this backside when you're typing your gaming and there's actually two levels of feet integrated here for different levels of height adjustment then before we move on the side notice that does have eight key roll over with anti-ghosting and we now have a water or a spill resistance built into the keyboard with how its overall constructed so if you spill some water or something on it it's really not going to damage it which is always good now we're gonna move on to these switches and right now I have to admit when I did my unboxing and first look last week I incorrectly labeled this keyboard adds mekka membranes too cuz when I first you know did me unboxing I was checking it out I thought that's what it was this is not a mecha membrane keyboard nor is it a mechanical keyboard here in the side Nosa chroma
keyboards we have membrane switches I know it's not what you wanted to hear when you pop off the key cap you'll see what I'm talking about so I do apologize if I got your hopes up in the unboxing video but no these are not mecha membrane they are going old-school here with those soft and mushy rubber dome switches now one of the things I always point out when I'm doing my keyboard reviews is the fact that these switches are going to matter probably to like eighty percent of people out there before those twenty percent who are not really experienced with keyboards or who haven't used a mechanical keyboard in the past rubber dome isn't going to be a big deal of them it's really not going to be a deal breaker if they've always used bunch of keyboards in the past or they've only ever used rubber dome switches that it's not going to be a big deal to that probably favorable 20 percent that I just randomly label just you know judging
from my past experience with reviews and audience feedback and stuff like that so if you're out there obviously you've been familiar with keyboards or your keyboard enthusiast you're not gonna be a fan of rubber dome switches that's just the fact but like I said if you're inexperienced if you've used bunch of keyboards in the past and it's not gonna be that big of a deal for me I'm not a fan but that's just me so I'll do a sound test now so you can hear how these rubber dome switches sound versus also a regular mechanical keyboard so you could hear how those sound so quite the difference in terms of sound and yes when you aren't typing or gaming it is much more of a soft and mushy experience when you're actually registering the key it's more of like a a subtle bump versus a nice tactile and clicky bump like you're probably used to for mechanical switches I know not all mechanical switches are like that but just kind of giving you a general sense out there of the main difference here it's just much more of a soft actuation point when you're typing or gaming now we're gonna talk about the lighting again
popping one of the key caps off you'll see how the lighting is kind of constructed here in the side notes of pro underneath all the keys is this kind of see-through plastic base that does allow for a favorable amount of light leak to come through we're just going to add to the keyboards like pop level overall and you can see embedded right in the middle of the tube that they use here for the switches is that light and once you plug it in you get Rachael synapse booted up you can go in and obviously change up the lighting effects wave is be very popular and famous you know RGB wave it's going to give you some cool effects spectrum cycling is pretty standard it just brings those colors that it's possible of in and out breathing then it's gonna pulse those colors in and out as it fades to black in between the color switches star lights always nice it's kind of like twinkles colors throughout and certain random keys and stuff like that you can
pick your colors you can pick the speed have it be random anything like that and you have fire which is going to kind of make a fiery effect with different shades of yellow red and orange stuff like that then you have reactive which is going to pulse the key you're actually pressing kind of gives like a nice light trail and stuff like that I've always liked this one then next is ripple which once you press down on the key will send like a ripple wave of Lights outward this has always been a favorite one of mine but what's odd is with this model it feels like those that ripple coming out is very laggy and slow I don't know why if that's unintentional I'm not a big fan of it though kind of takes away from and rather it be much more smooth then you have static obviously you can pick one static color now over the past few years Razer synapse software has gotten much better and improved it's much more user friendly now and with the synapse program you can go in make your own custom lighting effects with layers and stuff like that
and like I said now we Sai know it's a pro model you have that under glow with these sides on the front but you can go in and sort of change up the zones if you want to that so if you want your keyboard to be like shining blue up top and have a white under glow on the bottom you can obviously or have the different zones on the bottom be different colors they give you the possibilities and stuff which is always good and one of the things I do want to bring up is the amount of lighting effects and just the overall lighting possibilities you get with the side nose and the side notes of pro or one of the best out there for its price range a lot of times you see keyboards at around this price though claim it's RGB but it'll be heavily restricted they're either certain layers or like certain character layers will come up so it's like three zone lighting or each row can only be a certain amount of color so in terms of RGB lighting razor here's got it locked down and then also put the synapse software like we've seen in the past you can go in and pretty much reprogram all the keys on the fly with their macro recording so wrapping
everything up in total for honestly it's not that bad and that's gonna be a pretty solid sweet spot for people out there who are on a budget and obviously want to stick to their whole razor ecosystem and stuff like that and when you think about the other competition out there from razor especially they had the or nada last year which was a hundred dollars now it's more on sale but for 60 bucks for the regular sino subversion versus the O's for the sino sub Pro this is gonna be on a lot of people's wish list believe it or not even though it is technically a membrane or like a rubber dome keyboard now some things I don't like about it honestly I wish there were some macro keys we saw it last year when Corsair put out their own k55 that was also a keyboard with macros that was also rubber dome so some macros would have been nice if it liked macros are on most razer keyboards as it is another thing that was kind of odd was that one lighting effect I talked about it when I showed off the effects themselves but ripple just seems very laggy I don't know if that's intentional or not it really shouldn't be
because having it be more fluid and smooth like most of the other animations would have made it look just that much better and the third con overall is gonna be the fact that this is a rubber dome keyboard like it just kind of confuses me considering the aura nada did have those mecha membrane switches I feel like if you could have put that into this it would have been a much better deal and a value in the end especially if you could have combined the sign OSA and the sign OSA Pro still include some under lighting on here and maybe charge 10 extra dollars instead of having two different models is this kind of confusing to me so in the end those are my three cons um but I mean in the end it's still a pretty good value keyboard for there is not
another keyboard at this price range that does have the nice sixteen point eight million color RGB lighting effects with rainbow wave so it's gonna look nice you get that slight water resistance and stuff so for again razor lovers who want to stick to that razor ecosystem this is gonna be a pretty hot buy I can imagine for the holidays and overall it's not a bad keyboard for the price just rubber domes so kind of confusing me in 2017 considering the leaps that razors made in the past with upgrading their switches
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