HP Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 500 (3VN40AA)
 | Outdated Product Connection: wired; Type: for game; Form factor: 100% (full size); Layout: ANSI; Key profile: high; Switch technology: membrane; Fn key; Volume control: fn; Game mode; Lighting: multicolor; Cable: Interface: USB-A; Skeleton keyboard; Size (mm): 445x137x38; Weight (g): 830; E-Catalog uses affiliate links compensated by our partners. |
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NOT mechanical, NOT FULL NKEY ROLLOVER. In short - just pushers with a spring, with a membrane at the bottom. I, not being very knowledgeable, bought the keyboard because it had red switches and was quieter than blue ones. Well yes, quieter because it's just a membrane, although the box says mechanical. When I tried to figure out why I spent 5500 on it, it stopped working from a few drops of water because, as it turned out, the water got on the contacts underneath. In a keyboard that should have drainage for liquids. Rattling stabilizers, inconsistent spring sounds, sticking keys - in the end, I didn't get my money back, and after talking to support, I found out that no HP centers can check it to assess whether it's counterfeit or not. Typical HP. No That was misleading - they wrote that there would be a membrane with springs - I wouldn't have bought it, and I wouldn’t drink tea next to such a keyboard, although I've spilled several glasses over my cheap Sven, and it has drains for liquid. Even though it doesn't have RGB lighting, at least it's honest. No copper contacts, no washing capability, and the Eldorado store. use HP Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 500 few months |
Mechanics at the price of a membrane keyboard
The idea of mechanical keyboards for gamers has been in the air for a long time, but it turns out to be expensive, so manufacturers are in no hurry to make progress. And the more interesting was the announcement of the HP Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 500, which promised real mechanics at the price of a high-quality membrane keyboard.
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The keyboard itself is made in the usual Skeleton design. The plastic of the base is matte and rough, during the game the fingers do not slip and do not move out even if the room is very hot. The set of keys is standard, there are 104 of them in total, there are no additional gaming buttons. This is partially offset by a proprietary utility that allows you to hang game macros on the F1 — F12 buttons, such as changing weapons or magic attacks. What is convenient, for each game you can create your own profile with macros, and all settings are saved in the cloud and are available on any computer.
Switches from Gateron
The question arises, what then saved? Instead of switches from Cherry HP, copies from Gateron are used. These are the most famous, popular, and community-favorite Cherry MX clones that provide the same tactile feel, but with slightly smoother key travel. The problem is that the stem on the Gateron dangles more noticeably than on the Cherry, which can make typing on tactile and clicky switches particularly annoying. In addition to this, the Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 500 does not have a Russian-language layout. So in all respects this is an option purely for games, typing texts on it is inconvenient from the word “absolutely”. Well, the backlight here is purely monochromatic with 4 different colours and a minimum of customization options. But it is green, not red like everyone else, and with individual illumination of each key.