Today we?re looking at the KBT Race II, one of two keyboards we'll be reviewing that were designed by hardcore mechanical keyboard enthusiast communities. Both are manufactured by Chinese manufacturer VortexGear.

The KBT Race II was designed by the Taiwanese community KBTalking, which has a huge following of people devoted to mechanical keyboards and PC gaming. Just released this month, it is available at several specialist keyboard shops for about $130 USD. It is available with Cherry MX mechanical switches, in Red, Brown, or Blue. The version we?re using has MX Brown switches. The Race II supports up to 6-key rollover via USB, which isn't especially great for gaming.