Logitech, the Japanese subsidiary of Swiss-based Logitech, announces the PRO X gaming keyboard ("PRO X") and the PRO X key switch kits "GX Clicky", "GX Tactile" and "GX Linear" under its Logitech G gaming brand. GX Tactile" and "GX Linear" key switch kits for the PRO X.
Logitech's first keyboard with interchangeable keyswitches
The "PRO X" is the first Logitech keyboard with interchangeable keyswitches (sold separately), allowing users to customize their own keyswitches to improve performance. The key switch kits are available in three types: the brown-axis "GX Tactile", which provides a solid and precise key press, the red-axis "GX Linear" for smoother typing, and the blue-axis "GX Clicky" which produces a pleasing clicking sound in the ear. The "GX Clicky" is a blue-axis type that makes a pleasant clicking sound in your ears. The "PRO X" model comes with a tool that allows you to easily place the keyswitch by yourself.
Portable ten-keyless design
The numeric keypad-less design provides space for a mouse even on a limited desk space. The cable is detachable for convenient carrying of the keyboard.
12 programmable function keys
Using the Logitech G HUB software, users can register complex actions and frequently used commands to the F1~F12 function keys. A customizable game mode button in the upper right corner of the unit can be used to disable keys that are not used during games.
"LIGHTSYNC technology" provides a wide variety of RGB lighting with 16.8 million colors
Logitech G HUB software allows you to adjust the animation effects and tints of the RGB lights to enhance the immersive gaming experience with game-linked lighting, or to individually color-code the key keys used in games. Lighting patterns can also be saved on the keyboard itself so that the usual RGB lighting can be reproduced even when the keyboard is taken to another location.
Price and Release Date
"PRO X Gaming Keyboard" and "Key Switch Kit for PRO X" will be available on November 14, 2019. Both will be available at an open price.
The "PRO X Gaming Keyboard" will be available at Amazon for 18,000 JPY and at Yodobashi, Bic Camera, and Sofmap for 19,800 JPY (including 1980 points). The "PRO X Key Switch Kit" was 6,300 JPY at Amazon and 6,930 JPY at Yodobashi, Bic Camera, and Sofmap (including 693 points).
In recent years, home-built keyboards have become popular, in which users collect keyboard parts and make their own keyboards, but if you collect all the equipment from scratch and make a keyboard with the same specifications, you will have to spend almost 25,000 JPY, at least. With the PRO X Gaming Keyboard, you can buy it together with the PRO X Key Switch Kit and still get your change back, so it's a very good value for money. Get one and customize the keyboard to suit your own conditions.
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