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EVGA Z20 RGB Optical Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Optical Mechanical Switches (Clicky), 812-W1-20US-KR

EVGA Z20 RGB Optical Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Optical Mechanical Switches (Clicky), 812-W1-20US-KR

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CQTX740
5.0 out of 5 starsAffordable keyboard with great features
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2022
I originally purchased the "linear" version of this EVGA Z20 keyboard and had a defective headset jack that would not click and retain the 3.5mm plug. I contacted EVGA support and would have had to wait keyboard-less to send in the defective unit and receive a replacement. I opted to order the "clicky" version and return the "linear" keyboard. My reasoning for going "clicky" was that without the haptic feedback of the click I tended to slam the keys all the way creating an annoying "clack."

The keyboard has many different lighting effects that are simple to switch through and adjust brightness. The TOF sensor allows the lighting to turn off when you step away and welcome you with animations (set using the EVGA Unleash RGB software) when you return. I believe it can also be set to lock your PC or put it to sleep when you leave and unlock or wake it when you return, but I have not used that function. You can even create custom lighting effects, assigning colors and effect to individual keys, that will remain active as long as the software is minimized to the taskbar.

The keyboard includes many useful features. The 3.5mm headphone jack passes through to the microphone and headphone connections on the PC, so you can simply plug a gaming headset with a common 3.5mm TRRS plug into the keyboard. The keyboard also includes USB passthrough. This is great if the USB ports on your PC are difficult to get to, or if you just want to plug in a wired game controller every now and then. Please be advised, in order to utilize the USB and 3.5mm jack passthrough you will need to plug in the keyboard's 2 USB plugs and 2 3.5mm plugs. The keyboard will function normally, without the passthrough features, if you plug in only one USB and no 3.5mm plugs. I assume that a second USB is required for the passthrough since the keyboard is already drawing ample power from one USB port to illuminate the LEDs and communicate with the PC.

There are easily programmable macro keys along the left-hand side of the keyboard that can be assigned to easily execute shortcuts that would require multiple key presses, or that are difficult to remember. The volume wheel is conveniently located on the top right corner, above the mute and multimedia keys. It is easy to find in the dark due to it's corner location, textured surface, and wide footprint.

Overall, there are a lot of great, easy-to-use features on this keyboard. It is a nice looking keyboard with a magnetically detachable palm rest. The keys are quite loud, however.
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Chan
2.0 out of 5 starsBright RGB lights but overpriced...
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2022
From the looks, box designed, packed, and etc feels great. You'll feel like, definitely a worth of gold. But when you put to use, it's totally waste of money. After months of using, this EVGA KEYBOARD not worth ($130) the price.

I like that its has RGB light and has app to control your own preference choice of RGB lights. The cable or power cord is very solid and strong. None of my previous keyboards cord are as strong as this EVGA keyboard.

What I hated or dislike about this keyboard majority is the arm rest. Since this keyboard does not built in permanent arm rest but detectable arm rest too which is awesome. However, the magnet very weak and loose easily (with the price range not worth). The arm rest is smaller than my Logitech keyboard. Also the cushion very weak compared to my Logitech keyboard arm rest. Even the computer shut down completely, the RGB lights will automatic turn on if anyone touch or move the keyboard and there's no way to turn off the lights other than unplug the keyboard USB cord from the computer or turn the computer back on and shut down again, still if anyone touch or move the keyboard, lights automatically on again. Very annoying.

When playing games, I always loose my keys because the detectable arm rest kept losing. I tried not to use the arm rest still misplaced keys. When compared this to my Logitech keyboard, the the Logitech outperformed everything except RGB LIGHTS! This EVGA KEYBOARD only worth upto $50,definitely not over $100.

For the price and performance, not worth buying and I do not recommend getting this EVGA keyboard. I loved EVGA motherboard, graphics cards, and etc but definitely not this model keyboard.
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CQTX740
5.0 out of 5 stars Affordable keyboard with great features
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2022
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I originally purchased the "linear" version of this EVGA Z20 keyboard and had a defective headset jack that would not click and retain the 3.5mm plug. I contacted EVGA support and would have had to wait keyboard-less to send in the defective unit and receive a replacement. I opted to order the "clicky" version and return the "linear" keyboard. My reasoning for going "clicky" was that without the haptic feedback of the click I tended to slam the keys all the way creating an annoying "clack."

The keyboard has many different lighting effects that are simple to switch through and adjust brightness. The TOF sensor allows the lighting to turn off when you step away and welcome you with animations (set using the EVGA Unleash RGB software) when you return. I believe it can also be set to lock your PC or put it to sleep when you leave and unlock or wake it when you return, but I have not used that function. You can even create custom lighting effects, assigning colors and effect to individual keys, that will remain active as long as the software is minimized to the taskbar.

The keyboard includes many useful features. The 3.5mm headphone jack passes through to the microphone and headphone connections on the PC, so you can simply plug a gaming headset with a common 3.5mm TRRS plug into the keyboard. The keyboard also includes USB passthrough. This is great if the USB ports on your PC are difficult to get to, or if you just want to plug in a wired game controller every now and then. Please be advised, in order to utilize the USB and 3.5mm jack passthrough you will need to plug in the keyboard's 2 USB plugs and 2 3.5mm plugs. The keyboard will function normally, without the passthrough features, if you plug in only one USB and no 3.5mm plugs. I assume that a second USB is required for the passthrough since the keyboard is already drawing ample power from one USB port to illuminate the LEDs and communicate with the PC.

There are easily programmable macro keys along the left-hand side of the keyboard that can be assigned to easily execute shortcuts that would require multiple key presses, or that are difficult to remember. The volume wheel is conveniently located on the top right corner, above the mute and multimedia keys. It is easy to find in the dark due to it's corner location, textured surface, and wide footprint.

Overall, there are a lot of great, easy-to-use features on this keyboard. It is a nice looking keyboard with a magnetically detachable palm rest. The keys are quite loud, however.
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Sultan Alshehri
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, not for Linux
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 16, 2022
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This keyboard is really good, the only down side for me as a Linux user is that it does not give you all the functions on a Linux system. On windows, it's very great and you can control everything you need from the application. Would recommend for Windows users, for sure.
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Nick H
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 15, 2022
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Great looks, the magnetic wrist support is much nicer than I expected, works well, the customizable rgb is a nice touch, and the custom programmable keys are useful when using discord. The only thing that wasn't perfect was that some of the keys were sticking, right out of the box. After some use/mild persuasion, they loosened up. Haven't had a problem since.
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Diego Caceres
5.0 out of 5 stars Buena relación calidad - precio
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 11, 2022
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Lo unico que no me gusto de todo es que tardaron demasiado en entregar a mi casilla, es resto va super.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Time to eat Crow
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2022
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I have only bought Logitech peripherals. I was hesitant to buy this evga product. It was on sale and I have been relying on their GPU for years so I thought I'd give it a shot. I am immensely pleased with this keyboard.
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Doug Z
4.0 out of 5 stars Great build quality, innovative design, but actual typing experience could be better
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2022
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The keyboard design is fantastic- the volume wheel, the key placement, the magnetic wrist pad is brilliant, you have customizable keys that are macro-compatible, and the LEDs look great! My only gripe is the actual typing experience- the keys feel a bit hollow and thin, giving the feeling of a cheap keyboard. Don't get me wrong, it's not *bad*, but if you're coming form a Corsair or a Razer, you're going to feel the difference right away.

Honestly, at the price they're selling it, it's a steal and I wouldn't hesitate recommending the Z20 to anyone as a primary keyboard. I liked it so much I bought the matching X20 mouse to complete the set. Probably some of the best looking lights on a keyboard I've seen!
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Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Good key response while gaming
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 4, 2022
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Overall good keyboard for what I need it for. Intermediate FPS player with a custom rig. If you’re looking at this as an affordable gaming keyboard, it is. Not sure what’s wrong with the volume control wheel but it would rapidly adjust the volume and all of a sudden it took several spins to get the volume to move a few notches. Not sure if that’s a setting or something but regardless of that, it’s great for what I need it for. Multi port output is nice and built in usb is neat.
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Dwayne Clarke
4.0 out of 5 stars Keys stuck at first.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 30, 2022
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It's a good keyboard just not everything works as advertised. The sensor that turns lights off and on the keyboard-only works once in a while. types nice I got clicky and it sure is clicky. Great price for the features this thing has.
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Chan
2.0 out of 5 stars Bright RGB lights but overpriced...
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2022
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From the looks, box designed, packed, and etc feels great. You'll feel like, definitely a worth of gold. But when you put to use, it's totally waste of money. After months of using, this EVGA KEYBOARD not worth ($130) the price.

I like that its has RGB light and has app to control your own preference choice of RGB lights. The cable or power cord is very solid and strong. None of my previous keyboards cord are as strong as this EVGA keyboard.

What I hated or dislike about this keyboard majority is the arm rest. Since this keyboard does not built in permanent arm rest but detectable arm rest too which is awesome. However, the magnet very weak and loose easily (with the price range not worth). The arm rest is smaller than my Logitech keyboard. Also the cushion very weak compared to my Logitech keyboard arm rest. Even the computer shut down completely, the RGB lights will automatic turn on if anyone touch or move the keyboard and there's no way to turn off the lights other than unplug the keyboard USB cord from the computer or turn the computer back on and shut down again, still if anyone touch or move the keyboard, lights automatically on again. Very annoying.

When playing games, I always loose my keys because the detectable arm rest kept losing. I tried not to use the arm rest still misplaced keys. When compared this to my Logitech keyboard, the the Logitech outperformed everything except RGB LIGHTS! This EVGA KEYBOARD only worth upto $50,definitely not over $100.

For the price and performance, not worth buying and I do not recommend getting this EVGA keyboard. I loved EVGA motherboard, graphics cards, and etc but definitely not this model keyboard.
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Mark S. Brown
3.0 out of 5 stars Keyboard itself is great but.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2021
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Replacing a Logitech G910 with missing tooth syndrome (broken keys).
Keyboard itself is great, 'clicky' one is clicky, led's are bright, board has 0 flex, no sharp edges and good for lap users, and not very heavy.

Bad. box experience; Box looks nice but after opening the thrill is lost, nothing but a keyboard folded and weaved into black painted cardboard and a info card (mine had wedged under one of the stickon feet on bottom of keyboard so now the foot wont stay stuck).

Bad. Software; Oh my what a mess, great idea of making the keyboard actually store the commands but the keyboard randomly forgets all it memory and the software don't keep track so you have to reprogram the keys once and a while. Plus the software is so buggy and slow its painful to use. Just hoping it gets better.

Bad. Cable; wow, might be able to tow a light car with it. Yes its 2 USB3 and an audio in it but it don't flex (you will notice it when you try and get it out of the box) then its wrapped in the heavy cloth, Soft flexible silicone cable would have been better but cloth wrapped sells better.

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Contacted EVGA as most of my feet have fallen off starting with the one that was stuck to the card in the box. The only thing they would do is replace the keyboard completely which is a waste and means I would be without for weeks. So I refused that and it's been commando sense. Also now one key the number pad 'ENTER' key no longer works, the led does but not the switch.

One Positive is the software has been updated and has become much more reliable.
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