In a broad sense, there are two types of keyboards in this world?those that use mechanical key switches and those that don't. If that sounds like something a keyboard snob would say, so be it, this editor stands guilty as charged, and happily so. We can accept that not everyone will find just cause to spend a premium on a mechanical plank, but one thing we'll never concede is that even the best membrane keyboards are on equal footing as those with mechanical key switches. Stick bamboo under our fingernails (not really) or subject us to a marathon of Matthew McConaughey movies (dear God, no!), such blasphemy will never leave our lips.

Ah, but you probably know this already, hence why you're here eager to see how the contenders in our second roundup of mechanical keyboards stack up to one another. This time around we've assembled a collection of keyboards from four manufacturers. They include the AORUS Thunder K7, ASUS Strix Tactic Pro, G.Skill Ripjaws KM780 RGB, and Logitech G910 Orion Spark...