Logitech G413 Carbon

By Kevin Lee

While RGB lighting and macro keys might seem like all the rage in gaming keyboards, all those extra features add up. Between the Roccat Suora and HyperX Alloy FPS, it’s clear there’s a demand for affordable keyboards with a straightforward design and fewer gimmicks.

Meet Logitech’s first affordable mechanical gaming keyboard, the G413. It ditches dedicated media and macro keys as well as a fully-customizable RGB backlighting system for a frameless design and a full set of Logitech’s proprietary Romer-G switches.

Priced at $89 (about £70, AU$120), Logitech latest board slips just under other frameless offerings including the $99 (£85, AU$139) HyperX Alloy FPS, $99 (£109, AU$129) Corsair Strafe, and $99 (£65, AU$169) Roccat Suora.

Design

Compared to most gaming keyboards or even most traditional keyboards, the Logitech G413 might look a little naked. Without a traditional plastic faring, you can see the keyboard’s underlying base plate in all its glory.

While we dig the painted black metal and red backlighting on the Logitech G413 Carbon, we dig the brighter steel panel and white backlighting on the Silver version even more – though you’ll only find this variant at Best Buy stores in the United States.

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac