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RAZER BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition - Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2011-10-24

The BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition keyboard from RAZER comes with the silent Cherry MX Brown switches, has a matte finish, and all key functions can be reassigned (an exception would be the "Fn" key); also, the keyboard features an anti-ghosting ability, so up to 6 key presses can be registered at once. The keys are backlit individually, with 5 available levels of lighting, that can be set without the need of installing extra software.

A Closer Look Part II

With the last F keys we can also enable Gaming mode and set up one of the backlight intensities:

On the bottom, near the Spacebar, we can find the key with which we can set macros on the fly, but also the Fn key:

As on the previously reviewed keyboard from Razer, this one comes too with a small Razer logo, which lights up the same blue color as the keys:

On the right lateral we can find an USB 2.0 port, along with the headphone and microphone jack; I find this placement a little odd, because a lot of us use the mouse and its pad to the right of the keyboard and keeping our headphones jack plugs connected here, along with the mouse connector or an USB Flash Drive may become a little uncomfortable:

Here are some additional views of the keyboard from the other sides:

On the bottom side, we can find a sticker, along with the rubber feet:

The plastic feet that can be used to raise the motherboard at an angle are also equipped with rubber endings, for a better grip:

On the central sticker, we can find the product name, serial number, power rating and code name:

Comment from Teemto @ 2011/10/24

Even though I'm a Razer fan - all my rodents are Razer bred - I'm still going to stick with my Logitech G15V2. Had they put a small display on it I would've bought it though.

Audio connectors would've been better placed on the left side. Also some cable routing for the mouse cable on the underside would have been handy, especially as the USB connector is on the right side.

Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2011/10/24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teemto

Agreeing 100% with you regarding the placement of the connectors, already written in the review. Channels for routing the cables underside the keyboard is also a nice idea for a future iteration of the product; multicolored LEDs as we have seen on the Anansi won't hurt either

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