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the g.skill ripjaws km 780 RGB gaming mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX brown switches and the g.skill ripjaws MX 780 RGB laser gaming mouse they may have long titles but they're beautiful compliments to any gaming PC hands-down I'll discuss both in this video because they're a part of the same relatively new product line from g.skill which as I'm sure you're aware has been a leading manufacturer in memory modules since the early 2000s anyone who's ever wanted to build a PC is likely heard of g.skill but that's probably not the case when it comes to peripherals let's see if their reputation precedes them so let's start with the keyboard first of course it's mechanical sporting genuine Cherry MX brown switches although you can choose between red brown or blue for this model more on that later it's a relatively bulky keyboard liberal in both it's a design and posture measuring just under 52 centimeters in length thanks to its protruding what is this a support beam at first I thought it was pointless but in fact it serves as a modular interface between the included palm rest which you can remove and the extra key carrying case not sure why you'd want that connected but it's there if you want it the palm rest on the other hand is very welcome it provides excellent wrist support a sharp contrast from the other mechanical keyboard I reviewed earlier you get what you pay for build quality all-around excellent even the cable is finely and rigidly braided the same can be said for the mouse the keypad is covered with a brushed metal the keys themselves are ergonomically contoured and the fact that g-scale opted for cherries here is a pleasant surprise they asked me which key type I'd like to test out and being that my other keyboard already sports blue switches albeit not cherries I decided to go for brown this time many of you told me that Brown would be a viable replacement for loud clunky blue switches and while I am familiar with how they all feel and respond I do still prefer blue switches for gaming and typing in general but I of course can't fault g.skill here since they offer both MX blue and MX red variants for the exact same price as the brown variant here I am glad they give consumers this kind of flexibility especially without a financial penalty but speaking of options there are two LED variants of this keyboard the km 780 RGB and the km 780 MX the only difference is the fact that obviously the RGB model offers RGB switches with plenty of programmable functions including individual key customization the MX model only offers red LED backlighting but you're still able to program individual keys and tinker with unique effects one thing I do have to harp on g.skill for I know you saw this coming g.skill the fact that you're charging a 40 dollar premium solely for RGB support I'm not even kidding everything else is exactly the same on paper who are literally paying 40 bucks for the addition of RGB lighting some may still find it worth the bump in price but I imagine many will see fault with it now apart from the typical keys you'll see on a qwerty mechanical keyboard you'll find a series of programmable keys to the far left a macro key and three mode for controlling lighting effects peripheral and brightness keys media keys and a volume dial with an active LED display I'm especially thankful for dedicated media keys I think that addition is a great one and the interactive volume dial is a nice touch as well much better than holding down the function key and repetitively pressing f3 to turn up the volume something I had to do with the other keyboard on the back of the km 784 just a moment you'll find headphone and microphone ports a single USB 2.0 port I ended up plugging the mouse into this one and a rollover switch these ports will be especially useful for those with short cabled peripherals now on to the MX 780 spec wise its sporting a laser sensor with up to 8200 dpi and 4 zone RGB backlighting it only weighs 120 grams fits the hand seamlessly and glides over practically any surface with ease thanks to its PTFE colide pads while I'm normally turned off by prominent company logos the g.skill logo located front and center it's not trying to hide itself actually looks sweet in my opinion at least thanks to the RGB back lighting the mouse as a whole looks a bit like a transformer space see the eyes there so you know I'm talking about but it isn't something I'm willing to be picky about some will like it and others simply will not there are also LEDs towards the top of the mouse which can be seen through either side as well as the scrolling wheel g.skill also includes interchangeable thumb rest good for both left and right-handed users in terms of usability the MX 780 will take some getting used to if this is going to be your first and gaming mouse ever it's super sensitive super touchy is Nick 11 would say and reactions even the smallest movements thanks to its high-quality laser sensor this is typical of most gaming mice and no adjusting mouse sensitivity within your OS won't entirely fix this behavior gamers love this feeling it's a bit like owning a high refresh rate monitor not the same but you get my point but I will say that anyone coming from a twenty dollar mouse will definitely notice the difference now I save this software for last because it's a bit of a mess currently and in my personal opinion requires a complete redesign from the ground up I'm not joking firstly both the keyboard and mouse as far as I'm aware require two separate programs for operation I have no idea who the heck came up with this idea in the first place many companies still do this but I find it unnecessary to have two separate programs on my desktop for complimentary peripherals so that just doesn't make sense there should be a button somewhere up top to switch between the two something for example NZXT does with their cam software and on top of that inconvenience the menus and tabs are a bit cluttered and incoherent I'm typically not this hardcore critical about software because unlike hardware it can be changed and republished after the fact but in this case it needs to be completely redone I have engineering textbooks that are easier to understand and the software is in contrast to Corsairs utility engine the rift Java configurator will require a manual for proper operation I'll give them this though at least their manual pulls through it's easy to follow just very dense but even with the confusing software taken into consideration this is still one heck of a keyboard and this is still one heck of a gaming mouse so what if you don't play video games it'll be a joy to type of documents with thanks to the integrated Cherry MX mechanical switches and the palm rest price-wise you're looking at around one hundred and seventy US dollars on the pricey side but in direct competition with the identically priced k70 RGB from corsair and if you're willing to compromise on RGB you can bring the price of this one down to one hundred and thirty bucks in my opinion a much more reasonable price you can find links to both the km 780 in the MX 780 in this video's description along with the keyboards Cherry MX red and MX blue counterparts if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you do feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life be sure to click to subscribe but if you have already stay tuned for I think next I'm gonna review the a.k racing chair that I'm currently sitting in a very comfortable chair it's a beautiful chair it matches pretty much everything else in the studio so I think I'm gonna do that next this is science studio thanks for learning with us