mention CHERRY mechanical keyboard , enthusiasts will be full of feelings for "original factory" products. And on October 18 MX BOARD 9.0 , which brings us a new feeling.
When CHERRY mechanical keyboard is mentioned, enthusiasts will be full of feelings for "original factory" products. The MX BOARD 9.0, which came out on October 18, brought us a new feeling. This time, the product adopts a new appearance style design, including MX RGB axis, shuttle knob, key light, side light bar, multi-function keys, etc.
The following pictures are based on the official retail version of CHERRY MX BOARD 9.0, which uses the MX RGB black axis. The official price is 1399 yuan, and it was officially sold at the deadline.
comparison MX BOARD 8.0 The "luxury" packaging, MX BOARD 9.0 The packaging of the box looks much simpler (especially the box next to it is just for decoration), but because the box is large, it also looks very stylish. The black outer package is decorated with red, and the front is the rendered image of the product.
Open the red inner layer inside.
There are not many packaging accessories, only a simple manual, and even the key puller is not equipped.
The appearance of CHERRY MX BOARD 9.0 is one of its highlights. The simplicity and retro design of CHERRY's previous products have been changed. The style of this new flagship is very avant-garde and bold. The overall area of the keyboard is a Big Mac compared with the general game keyboard. The main reason is that there is a row of 14 macro keys and a giant shuttle knob on the top of the standard 108 key. In addition, three macro switch keys are added on the left side of the keyboard.
In terms of key caps, MX BOARD 9.0 uses non-standard height key caps, ABS Material: the surface is processed by hollowing process and skin like material. It is comfortable to touch, but it is estimated that there will be oiling after a long time of use.
This one we got is MX RGB black axis We know that the MX RGB axis only appeared on the mechanical keyboard of the pirate ship before, but the pirate ship used the red axis, the green axis, the tea axis, and the newly launched mute axis and the silver axis. This time, the original CHERRY product finally filled the "pit" of the black axis.
The slope and radian of the key cap conform to the ergonomic design.
Shuttle knob It is a big selling point of MX BOARD 9.0. Compared with the volume knob of other high-end keyboards, it has a great leap in function. It can be achieved through the three function keys on the right Brightness adjustment, volume adjustment and light mode Various switches. The knob itself has a clear scale and can be pressed down, with a white round backlight bar.
The three buttons near the knob may adopt the CHERRY miniaturized ML axis , looks a little like the notebook's membrane keyboard. The keys have an obvious sense of paragraph, similar to the tea axis in characteristics, and the key program is obviously shorter than the traditional MX axis.
In addition to the knob, there are three multimedia keys and a "cherry key" on the top of the numeric keypad. When pressed, the key will switch to the "high-performance mode". At the same time, in some backlight modes, the key will light up. At this time, the Windows key, ALT+F4, ALT+TAB and other key combinations will not take effect, further avoiding misoperation in the game.
There are three macro function switch keys on the left. In order to fit the modern design of the keyboard, the shapes of these key caps are irregular. These three keys have a certain distance from the commonly used Ctrl key, which to some extent prevents misoperation.
There is a dark logo of "MX" above ESC, which looks low-key and gorgeous.
The design style of MX BOARD 9.0 really does not belong to the CHERRY we are familiar with, but I believe that many young users will also favor this bold and avant-garde style.
Since it is equipped with MX RGB axis body, MX BOARD 9.0 is also a "light playing family". It has just been powered on. By default, it is a rainbow light, and the keyboard itself will gradually change color.
The gap between the key cap and the key cap is well controlled. With the RGB axis, the overall backlight effect is eye-catching and uniform.
We can freely change the backlight mode of the keyboard through the CPG key in the upper right corner and the knob. The keyboard has several different light effects, such as Breath, WASD, Wave, Snake, and Reactive.
WASD mode, that is, several WASD keys and direction keys are red, and other keys are white backlight.
In Reactive mode, the pressed button will alternately display different backlight colors. This light effect is very special.
The row of macro keys on the top of the keyboard and the macro switch key on the left of the keyboard use a red backlight.
There is a white light strip on the left and right sides of the keyboard, and the color cannot be changed.
There is a brand logo on the palm rest, but the surface is made of plastic material, which is easy to grind.
The model of MX BOARD 9.0 can be seen at the back G80-3980 , designed in Germany and made in China.
There is also a coffee CHERRY fragile sticker at the bottom.
Unlike the traditional foot rest, MX BOARD 9.0 uses a device called "screw in bottom corner", which allows the keyboard to realize stepless adjustment of keyboard height.
Although there is no expansion interface, it needs two USB ports to drive MX BOARD 9.0. It seems that it has a certain demand for the power supply of the interface.
We will introduce the feel and functional experience of MX BOARD 9.0 in the subsequent evaluation.
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