When it comes to gaming keyboards, there are a few things I tend to look for. Is it well built? Does the design and layout make sense? Does it feature onboard controls for things like macros and lighting? How about software? Is the board bringing anything unique to the table? All of these things separate out a run of the mill keyboard from something truly good - and when you’re asking more than $150, your keyboard needs to be good.

Which is pretty much where I land with the MSI Vigor GK80. It’s a good keyboard - not amazing, but good, and even better if you have an MSI motherboard or GPU. What we have here is a fairly standard per-key RGB mech that lets you do almost exactly what you would expect it to with almost exactly the features you would expect it to have. It does have a couple of unique tricks up its sleeve, though, so let’s take a closer look.