Cheap Controllers : Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver


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Rating: 3.3

List Price : $49.99 Price : $49.99
Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver

Product Description

Engineered with industry- leading gaming technology from Razer, the Razer Arctosa comes with outstanding features like fully-programmable Hyperesponse keys with macro capabilities, customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching and 1000Hz Ultrapolling, giving you the competitive edge to perform faster and better in-game.


  • The Razer Arctosa Silver Edition comes with Silver colored text on black keys
  • The Hyperesponse keys of the Razer Arctosa reduce key latency and maximize response
  • The Razer Arctosa addresses ghosting signal failure that occurs when you press multiple keys simultaneously
  • Selective anti-ghosting around the WASD gaming cluster on the Razer Arctosa
  • Fully programmable keys with macro capabilities that enable instantaneous keyboard


Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver


Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver Reviews


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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Works decently....but still a little bit disappointing..., February 11, 2010
By 
Yang Zhou "Yang Zhou" (West Lafayette, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver (Personal Computers)
Just simply not worth the price I paid for this item....definitely should have gotten a Microsoft Sidewinder X6 or something else for just a tiny bit more. I guess it will serve me for a while until I have some extra money laying around to get a high end Logitech or something, but a keyboard of this low of a quality should sell for more like $25 at most. Razer was obviously thinking more about maximizing profits and not about actual customer satisfaction.

Build Quality: Abysmal, the whole keyboard flexes when I just push down on it a little. The key labels look like they are just press-on stickers. The little touchpad buttons are rather hard to press, and I hear they break rather quickly anyway. Wrist-rest is not adjustable, and feels extremely slippery; it almost feels difficult to keep my hands on this keyboard. I might go spray a coat of something on the wrist rest to make it a bit less slippery.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what it said it was, August 20, 2010
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This product is black with black print, that is what it says it is so you shouldn't count that against it. You were informed.
Besides, being able to type proficiently without looking at the keyboard is a requirement of most American high schools, so this shouldn't even be an issue.

That all said, the Arctosa is well sized, well laid out, relatively quiet and very comfortable, given it's low price there is no other keyboard on the market that I have found that compares.

The only complaint I have is that it has the insert/delete key group arranged horizontally, I prefer the vertical setup, but that's one point off next to a hundred points on.

As the other reviews mentioned the key lock indicators are very bright, but that's what black tape was invented for.

Edit: 6/24/2011

I've now been using this keyboard for just shy of a full year. In that time I have spilled on it multiple times, I have not treated it great, I... Read more
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great keyboard, June 14, 2010
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Rahul Raina (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard- Silver (Personal Computers)
I bought this keyboard for its macro capabilities as I am a gamer. I don't know why other people would even buy this keyboard if they are not going to use to macro keys. This keyboard has fully programmable keys to set macros to. It's great for any game; I usually play a lot of mmos and rts so the macros come in handy. Some people that buy this keyboard don't even install the software that comes with this keyboard and complain about its crappy quality. As for me I have had this keyboard now for over 6 months and it feels just like it did when I bought it.

As for the keys themselves, they are slimmer than a regular keyboard, partly the reason why I bought it, as a gamer I find I need to press keys asap, and the slimmer keys help, as they allow better movement and take less time to press. So that was a plus in my book.

As for the design, I think it is very aesthetically pleasing. It looks great on any table top.

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