Top Keyboards 2023

If you’re in for conservative looks but want some of the best backlighting you’ll find on a keyboard, consider the G810. You’ll either love or hate its relatively soft, lightweight, shallow-travel Romer-G switches.

The HyperX Alloy FPS Keyboard is a sturdy, minimalist gaming keyboard in design and features, but won't appeal to gamers who prize personalization.

The Ryos MK Pro is Roccat's first mechanical gaming keyboard, and this top-of-the-line model is packed with features.

The Keychron Q3 is a very good keyboard for office use. It offers a nice typing experience that's very quiet thanks to the gasket-mounted design. Also, it feels incredibly well-constructed and sturdy, so you won't have to worry about it sliding around your desk. Importantly, it's fully compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux, and you can set the operating system using a toggle on the top of the keyboard. Unfortunately, it doesn't come with a wrist rest, which would improve the comfort overall as it's a high-profile keyboard. Also, you can't connect it wirelessly to other devices, so it's not a good choice if you're looking for a keyboard to use in a multi-device setup.

The Durgod Taurus K320 is a decent gaming keyboard. The Cherry MX Brown switches on our unit have a short pre-travel distance and don't require a lot of force to actuate. Every key is macro-programmable, and while our unit doesn't have RGB backlighting, there are variants with it. Sadly, its latency is a bit higher than most gaming keyboards; it should be fine for casual gaming, but not so much for competitive gamers.

The Razer Cynosa V2 is a great keyboard for gaming. Despite scoring much better than the original Razer Cynosa Chroma, it offers a very similar typing experience and feels almost identical. It has customizable RGB backlighting. Unfortunately, it uses ABS plastic keycaps which feel very slippery. Also, the switches are very light and may not be the best choice for hardcore gaming.

The Razer Ornata Chroma is a great gaming keyboard. It has unique switches that combine the feeling of both membrane and clicky mechanical switches. However, the pre-travel distance is a bit deeper than some other switches, which might make it feel a bit longer to actuate. On the upside, the board is decently well-built and features full RGB lighting, which can be customized inside the software.

The Corsair K55 is only decent for gaming as its rubber dome switches require a fair amount of force to operate, resulting in less responsive-feeling keys. On the other hand, it has very low latency, zone-lit RGB lighting, six dedicated macro keys, and all of its keys are programmable.

The Logitech K350 is an acceptable keyboard for office use. It has a comfortable ergonomic design, but the overall typing experience is quite heavy and slow, which might not be the best if you type a lot at work. Also, if you're a heavy typer, this keyboard might be a bit loud for an open-office environment.

If you need a light bar on your mechanical gaming keyboard but don’t want or need extra macro keys, the HyperX Alloy Elite RGB is a high-quality option. But competing options feel more polished overall.