The Best Gaming Keyboards
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The Wooting 80HE is the keyboard the testers keep landing on. RTINGS moved it to the top of its gaming list this year and says it "delivers the lowest measurable latency of any keyboard we've tested." PC Gamer puts it first in both its overall gaming keyboard guide and its Hall effect guide, and it is the most-discussed, best-rated board in Reddit's gaming keyboard threads.
Speed is only half the story. Wootility is still the best software in the category, according to PC Gamer. It runs in a browser with nothing to install, and it lets you set actuation, rapid trigger sensitivity, SOCD behavior and true analog input key by key. Adjustable actuation from 0.1 to 4.0mm and 8kHz polling mean nothing in the hardware is holding you back.
The 80-key layout is why it replaces our previous pick, the 60HE V2. You keep arrow keys and a function row while still freeing up desk space for wide mouse swipes, and the price climbs just $20 to $199.99. Wooting backs it with a 4-year warranty, the longest here.
What It Won't Do
It is built for speed, not for typing pleasure. RTINGS finds the gasket mount on the stiff side and the typing feel less cushioned than enthusiast boards, and PC Gamer notes flex in the standard plastic chassis and no adjustable feet. A zinc alloy case fixes the flex but adds cost and weight. It is wired only, and because Wooting sells direct, you will not find it on Amazon.
The Fun 60 Ultra TMR exists to prove that elite gaming performance doesn't require elite spending. Techless ran precision tests with a height gauge and found that the TMR sensors register key releases at just 0.01mm of movement. The Wooting's Hall Effect sensors need 0.1mm, ten times the distance. In raw sensor precision, the $80 board beat the $180 one.
TMR technology also enables something no Hall Effect board can do: hot-swapping between magnetic gaming switches and standard mechanical switches on the same PCB. Techless and Hipyo Tech both highlighted this as a massive advantage. You can run magnetic switches on WASD for rapid trigger gaming and cherry-style mechanical switches everywhere else for superior typing feel. No other keyboard at any price offers this kind of hardware flexibility.
Optimum put it directly: if you're a broke student who wants the best gaming keyboard possible, the Fun 60 is "insanely good value." You get 8K Hz polling, TMR precision, and aluminum construction for what most companies charge for a plastic shell.
What It Won't Do
Every reviewer who praised the Fun 60's performance also trashed its software. Techless called it a "nightmare to use." The web interface requires a separate driver installation, the profiles are bugged, and it only supports continuous rapid trigger mode. Hipyo Tech added that calibration fails entirely in wireless mode. Stock sound is equally bad. Hipyo Tech said it sounds and feels "pretty bad" out of the box and needs significant modding to be enjoyable. The included keycaps are cheap shine-through caps, and Hipyo Tech called out the board's aesthetic for blatantly copying Wooting's signature nylon strap placement for no functional reason. You're buying raw performance wrapped in a mediocre package.
Who Should Buy Which
Wooting 80HE
The fastest keyboard RTINGS has measured, with the best software in the category
- You play competitive shooters and want the lowest latency anyone has measured
- You want to tune rapid trigger, actuation and SOCD key by key
- You need arrow keys and a function row without a full-size footprint
- You play wired at a desk and value a 4-year warranty
- You want software that runs in a browser with nothing to install
MonsGeek Fun 60 Ultra TMR
Near-Wooting speed with 8K wireless for well under $100
- You want near-Wooting speed for well under $100
- You want 8K polling over wireless as well as wired
- You are happy to swap switches or add foam to improve the sound
- You like a compact 60% layout with an aluminum case
- You can live with clunkier software in exchange for the savings