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My wife has actually set up some hot keys to activate low-brightness, single-color backlighting for better viewing of the keys at night. Both of these keyboard do have the color backlighting capabilities. Essentially, if you want to boil it down to the difference between the two, the BlackWidow is for those people looking for a tactile and audible experience when using a keyboard while the Deathstalker is quieter and requires less of a touch to activate a key (and is a full-sized keyboard). But, again, this review is not from a gamerвЂ™s perspectiveвЂ¦itвЂ™s from an everyday writer. There are other, more geeky/gamer-specifics that you can see on the Razer website specific to each keyboard. Has the 10-key rollover for anti-ghosting.

Has the 5 gaming keys that can be tied to macros.

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Has a full size keyboard with number keys as well (the BlackWidow does not, btw).

Has the slim chiclet keycaps which means less time is needed to activate the keys (faster!).

Supports the 16.8 million customizable colors.

The Tournament Edition has this nifty keyboard carrying case that protects your keyboard investment.

HasВ 10-key rollover for anti-ghosting (think 1 key per finger here).

Has 5 gaming keys that can be tied to macros.

Has fully programmable keys so you can customize to your liking.

Can withstand 60 million keypresses вЂ“ critical in gaming!.

Has mechanical switches вЂ“ thatвЂ™s what makes the clicky noise.

Razer BlackWidow Chroma Tournament Edition: Again, IвЂ™m not a gamer but these are relevant I believe. Here are a few quick highlights of each Razer keyboard that I felt important to mention. The вЂњbreathingвЂќ configuration is a bit crazy where the keyboard seems to pulse or breathe on a particular color. And you can get a bit crazy by setting up вЂњwaveвЂќ colors which simply light up the keyboards (see the animation above).

You can also set up the keys to light up when they are pressed so that even in darkness, you know which key is being pressed. The customizable color schemes are particularly helpful when you are gaming as you can set lighting just for the keys that are active in the game, keeping the others completely dark. There are 16.8 million customizable color options and a variety of ways to implement the color effects using the Synapse control panel (which works on both Macs and PCs). Personally, I like the soft-touch keyboards and am a big fan of the chiclet style keyboards that donвЂ™t have much travel. What that means is that when you pressed a key, it was quiet and it didnвЂ™t have too much travel (what I call the distance been the key being in a state of rest versus being fully pressed). But one thing that bothered her was something that is common in many consumer-grade/average household computer keyboards. It came with a traditional corded keyboard. My wife has a traditional desktop PC, one that you may find in just about any household.

Razer blackwidow vs deathstalker how to#

So when I was asked if I wanted to review a couple of high-end gaming keyboards by Razer, I scratched my head a bit as to how to approach the review. My wife had been searching for a new keyboard for a while, one with some вЂњclassicвЂќ characteristics. And the closest my wife gets to gaming is playing some classic Atari games like Missile Command or Millipede on her iPhone. IвЂ™m not a gamer other than occasionally playing a few racing games on my Xbox or PlayStation or a card game on my iPhone.