AOC Gaming Keyboard with Outemu Blue Keys GK500

These are available at a great price from time to time. Loud, bright and reliable. I bought one to replace a mushy, sticky membrane board at my workstation and immediately bought two more to replace the others in the store while they were on sale. Two of them get daily use in a parts store environment and have exhibited no problems in the last year of use. They don't get abused but they aren't treated with kid-gloves either. The button press on all the keys feel just as good as the day they were unboxed. You can hear them clacking all throughout the store and I often have callers remark on the sound when doing part lookup. I love it.The light pattern is adjustable through the function keys and completely customizable through the PC software. While I tend to believe it's a placebo, employees who don't touch type remark about how much faster they feel they can type on it. It's amazing how much inconvenience and annoyance we put up with in regard to dealing with an old worn out mushy membrane keyboards. These AOC boards feel quality and so far have demonstrated it. I have a >$100 board at home with black Cherry switches and I'd put these budget boards right there with it. If you don't like the lights, turn em off.

I am not a gamer so I cannot address this keyboard for that use. I use it for writing and programming. The keys have a slight click when pressed so I find myself not pressing down on the keys nearly as hard as I hear that the key has worked. I am typing faster than I did on the previous keyboard which was a plastic film type switches and was wearing out quickly. I am not happy with the default which fades bright to dim and changes colors. The software is no longer available from AOC, and I am deducting one star for that. I found the software from a 3rd party site and was able to adjust the backlights to my preference. I have used this keyboard now for a month and my fingers have adjusted to the differences from my previous keyboard so I am typing now noticably faster and more accurately that I was. The symbbol keys have both the lower and upper case symbols at the top of the key which annoyed me at first but I am getting used to that and mostly I touch type so my eyes are not often on the keys. You will get used to those symbols. I have set my light color to yellow, on solid with no effects, and stays on for one minute. There are so many options for lighting that you are sure to find one you will like.

I had a failing Microsoft keyboard that was not only driving me crazy with missed keystrokes, but it was also hampering my productivity. This inexpensive, mechanical keyboard from AOC was exactly what I needed. Installation was easy. Plug it into a USB port, and you are done.I also downloaded a program called "G Menu" from the AOC website. It allows you, among many other functions, to change the backlight colors and patterns of the keys. I was also able to adjust the "repeat delay" to a shorter time, which I prefer. There is a lot you can do with this system admin portal for your keyboard to customize it to your liking.No regrets on this purchase. I should have made it months ago.

The picture is a keyboard layout I did for Lost Ark. Sadly, AOC, won't let me upload my profiles. A slight draw back, but not against the product, is that there is no Linux support for it. Linux is my primary daily driver. However, you can use func keys to cycle settings there.G-TOOLS is a must-have to set all the individual RGB values on the keyboard. All the keys are programmable. Oh, EAC doesn't like you reprogramming your keys. I tried. Just kills the key, is all.Other things to love. These mechanical keys are sweet. If you're trained on a mechanical or electrical typewriter, this keyboard will bring back your characters per second records with accuracy. The key clicks feel good. No mushy feeling at all, and the click sound is pleasing to the ears. The home row divots are noticeable and that is another considerable plus.If these were not good pluses already. This keyboard supports profiles by whatever is running in the foreground. Therefore, for every game and application, you can have the entire keyboard instantly be reprogrammed and colorized to your needs for the application.

Got this on a crazy Thanksgiving time deal. Replaced another inexpensive mechanical gaming keyboard that had 2-3 non-functional keys. This runs circles around that. Way more features. Don't forget to download their software.

As a user of AOC monitors since 2018, i have come to expect no frills quality with few bells and whistles. And for the price? Excellent value.The blue switches are pretty close to Cherry switches, but they have just a tad of "crunch" on the uptake. That's expected of Cherry clones though.This is a stupidly high-quality keyboard for the price. I ordered it for work, so the lights are going to be turned off, but they are a cool feature nowadays.Overall, this wont replace my Corsair K70 RGB Pro i use at home, but it will suffice well for comfortable typing at work. Well worth the $27.99 i paid for it.

Keyboard is stunning with multiple modes of RGB lighting with dimming function. Keyboard responds well, feels solid without much flex. Plug and Play with millions of colors to customize from. Love the mechanical feel and sound. Definitely not for quiet typing. So far I am extremely happy with my purchase.

I ordered this pad in April to match the keyboard and Mouse. Initially it looked decent and worked as expected. 4 months later it's started coming apart at the edges, and the surface has proved to be a place for dirt to collect. It's impossible to get clean.