Having achieved recognition in the market of computer components and gaming laptops, the Taiwanese manufacturer Gigabyte has grown in breadth, starting to produce monitors, SSD drives, headphones and many other things under the Aorus brand. Eventually it came to keyboards. And then specialists from Gigabyte decided to take the matter as seriously as possible, so that the debut Aorus products would be little inferior to top-end analogues from Razer, HyperX and SteelSeries. In general, they decided to make a keyboard that would not be embarrassing to bring to an eSports tournament.


As for the model range, where a conventional Razer would have released more than a dozen modifications similar to each other, Gigabyte limited itself to only 3 models of different types. The base Aorus K1 is a classic full-size gaming keyboard with a durable metal casing, premium Cherry mechanical switches, controlled RGB Fusion lighting, and built-in memory for storing custom profiles. Priced at under $100, it essentially gives gamers everything they need to dominate online.

The slightly more expensive Aorus K7 looks the same as the K1 at first glance, but the devil is in the details. K7 looks more sophisticated and interesting, it has better and more durable keycaps, stabilizers have additional lubrication, and non-slip supports can be adjusted in height independently of each other. Well, the top-end Aorus K9 has absolutely everything listed above, but with the difference that instead of mechanical switches from Cherry, it uses elite and somewhat experimental Flaretech optical switches with a click life increased from 50 to 100 million. We can say that the advertising slogan that the Aorus K9 cannot be broken is not far from the truth.