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this video is brought to you by the Intel Core i5 46 70k unlocked processor add an Intel 520 series SSD to your Haswell system for unbelievable overall performance welcome to my unboxing and first look at the TT esports by thermaltake mecha g1 so mecha is short for membrane because that is the kind of key switches that no I'm just kidding mecha is short for as you guys might imagine mecha a nickel so this is a fully mechanical gaming keyboard from TT sports optimized for as you may or may not have figured out by this point in time gaming so there's a few things on the packaging here that I do want to go through so multimedia keys to control audio function at instant without going to control panel very handy so you use a function button which is down there and you use some other buttons which are over here I do like audio scroll wheels but in a pinch I will definitely settle for these in fact my own keyboard does use these USB hubs for installation of other USB gaming device so it has two built-in USB ports that are in a hub as well as audio jacks for microphone and speaker out function excellent military-grade cable tough and reliable gold plated USB connector ps2 adapter for n key rollover awesome I still do like to see ps2 compatibility black cherry switches so 50 million keystrokes and finally a thousand polling a thousand Hertz polling rate is supported by this keyboard now okay normal takes marketing for that particular feature I personally took exception to because they are k TT eSports rather not Thermaltake because they are different even though they are very very closely related because right here on the front of the box it says gaming speed eight times quicker which i think is a pretty broad statement but does have some truth to it so what they mean is because the keyboard supports a 1000 Hertz polling rate that is to say that the keyboard is reporting to the computer 1000 times every second versus a standard 125 Hertz polling rate the computer itself can receive the signal in up to 1/8 of the time or as little as 1/8 of the time so that's what they mean it is more responsive assuming you set it up that way which you can do because it does support it but it will not make your gaming 8 times faster or anything like that so the keyboard itself has a fairly standard layout on the bottom you find 4 nice big rubber pads that don't look like they're going to slide anywhere I also see this look so this looks really nice actually I haven't seen thermal takes the system for attaching a wrist rest before but it looks like there's very little risk of these accidentally coming out and very little risk of accidentally breaking them when you pull them out because they use a like a like a breakaway a breakaway system here so when they when the prongs come out the side there's a very good chance they're going to rip off but I actually quite like this we've also got adjustable seat right here on the bottom so you can change the angle to suit your personal gaming or typing requirements and then we're going to go ahead and put the keyboard around where you are going to see the military-grade cable and this thing is truly redonkulous so for context I'm going to go grab a k70 here so this is a Corsair keyboard which doesn't contain all the same functionality mind you but you can see the actual difference in thickness between these two cables is kind of funny so the Corsair keyboard doesn't carry audio through the same cable as the as the thermal tape once the TT eSports one does TT's ports going to then remember that so speaking of the all the things that are carried by it so there's USB for the hub this is clearly labeled hub thank you for that tt's ports can you see that cool then we've got the keyboard itself which has a picture of a keyboard as well as a ps2 adapter attached to it finally the pass-through for microphone and the pass-through for headphones which are clearly labeled here wouldn't mind seeing these ones green and these ones pink I do find that particularly helpful for myself but having the picture on it is definitely an acceptable alternative so next up here actually I'm going to borrow something from that other keyboard again we have the key cap remover so let's find out what Cherry MX switches we have down there remember guys genuine Cherry MX witches always say cherry on the key switch itself here and they will have color-coded switch colors that will actually correspond to how they feel so because this uses black switches it's going to have a linear feel to the press much like a cherry MX red but with a bit of a heavier key stroke so all Cherry MX switches are rated for 50 million keystrokes they all bottomed out at four millimeters and actuate at two millimeters so actually at half of the bottoming out and many gamers prefer the linear keystrokes so that is to say the red and black switch keystrokes because there is no double tap issue like you get sometimes with cherry MX blues where the actuation point is actually slightly different from the tactile feedback point so okay so what these ones will do is they tend to be potentially able to rebound a little bit faster and be more suitable for gaming whereas many typists prefer blues and browns so there you go black switches linear a bit heavier than Reds personally I like black switches but they aren't my favorite my personal favorites are Browns because they have a bit more of that tactile feedback whereas if you want something that's quite quiet you might like Cherry MX Reds or Cherry MX blacks in terms of the layout of the keyboard itself this is not the illuminated version although there is an illuminated version you've got your standard shift backspace enter and of course other Shift key over here other than that what is this thing well it's a solidly built mechanical keyboard on the back you've got that two port USB hub remember guys this is not a powered hub so you won't be plugging in something like a USB - two and a half inch external hard drive and another one or something like that because you will run out of power it's got their microphone and headphone jack it's got a TT eSports logo here as well as their battle dragon down here on the bottom and let's do our traditional flex test not bad at all now a lot of people say they don't need a mechanical keyboard they don't want a mechanical keyboard they don't want to spend particularly the money on a mechanical keyboard they are expensive but I would say let's make this week a challenge week to try new things you don't have to buy one to try you can go to a store where they happen to have them on display or you can find a friend who happens to have one who's willing to let you come try it out give yourself five or ten minutes in front of it and see if you like it now speaking of trying new things audible.com this isn't new I've talked about it before on this channel they have audiobooks which you can download you can either get a membership or you can download one at a time listen to it on your Android device or PC or in your car or whatever else the case may be and I took all of your comments last time about which audiobook I should try by the way if you want to get a free audiobook go to audible.com slash Linus and go ahead and use that link because that makes me look good so I took all of your suggestions for which book to try and I threw them all on a fire and what I decided to try was if I'm going to challenge you guys to try a different keyboard experience I'm going to try a different book experience I am going to download the first Twilight book and our audio book and I am going to listen to it it is going to take 12 hours I'm going to listen to it before I go to bed which is what I typically do with with audiobooks nowadays and it will either put me to sleep which will be good or it won't put me to sleep and it'll be surprisingly good I am prepared to be surprised and you should too about mechanical keyboard so remember guys that's audible.com slash Linus if you want to try Twilight with me or if you have sort of a different thing in mind then you could also get a different book as well so I'm going to go subject myself to that now as always guys don't forget to like the video and share it and comment on it and all that kind of stuff let me know what book you're going to try and as always don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos