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Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2023-05-11

After customizing the keyboard with our own settings, we did play some missions in Mass Effect Andromeda, Dying Light 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic but also World of Warcraft; we did really enjoy the response and silent behavior of the Razer Yellow linear switches, which do feature built-in sound dampeners, but the bottoming-out sound is further minimized thanks to the included foam in the bottom case, but also between the circuit board and the top case. We found the Command Dial really useful for performing different functions on-the-fly in productivity applications at the office such as Word/Excel, including the moments when working with lots of multimedia content.

A Closer Look Part III

The sides, but also the front do come with a RGB frame, in order to complement the rest of the keyboard design:

Now, the main piece of resistance! The top layer comes with a 5052 Aluminum Alloy, very durable but also adds a bit of weight to the keyboard, it weighting about 1027g without any included accessories:

The keyboard is wider than the usual full-sized layout also because of the included Macro keys, positioned on the left side:

Near the Escape key, we have an important component, the Command Dial; this one can perform different actions such as adjusting the RGB LED brightness, Zoom, switch between various applications, switch between browser tabs, perform multimedia actions such as going forward or backwards on audio tracks in 5-second intervals, allows for playlist navigation, we can perform horizontal or vertical scrolls and many more thanks to the custom modes! The current mode we are in is signaled by the RGB ring around it:

The F9 key can enable on-the-fly Macro recording, F10 assists us by enabling Gaming Mode, while F11 and F12 do help with adjusting the RGB brightness:

The multi-function roller can be set to perform various tasks such as brightness or volume adjustment, but we also have some multimedia dedicated buttons as well!

The currently-enabled functions are signaled by small white LEDs on top of the directional keys:

This is not all! The BlackWidow V4 Pro also incorporates three more Macro side buttons, which are initially pre-programmed to open the Screenshot menu, open the Xbox Game Bar or open the Task View:

In the frontal area of the keyboard, we will note some extra interfaces, so let’s dig in!

A small cut-out in the frame was done for hiding/protecting the USB ports where we will connect to the two supplied USB-C to USB-A cables, and next to it we will find a full-sized USB-A port:

Here is a close-up of the two USB-C ports; only if we do connect the corresponding port to the computer, we will have functionality to the passthrough port, otherwise this one will remain disabled:

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