Tt eSPORTS Meka G-Unit
Mechanical Keyboard
RRP: $139.99 | Website: www.ttesports.com
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here are fewer peripherals as
plentiful as gaming keyboards,
almost all of them mechanical
(the self-respecting ones) and each
offering some kind of Macro system.
Gamers have been funneled into this
standard model and all we see are
variations of this basic idea. Not a
bad thing at all actually, because let’s
face it. A Keyboard was never the
ideal input mechanism for gaming,
it became the de-facto standard by
virtue of there being nothing else and
we’ve slowly adapted it for our needs
and comforts.
The Meka G-Unit keyboard is
as design goes, one of the most
uninspired keyboards I’ve ever
seen. It’s a far cry from the Osmium
and in general just doesn’t scream
pleasing aesthetics. However I will
say it’s a solidly build keyboard
and it looks like it can take lots of
abuse, something that can’t be said
for most. I personally would have
preferred it in white like the G1 Unit,
if only because it would look a little
slicker. It may be better though to
have it in black only as the white
would get dirty very quickly.
At $140 this isn’t a cheap keyboard.
In fact it’s one of the more expensive
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ones. For that however you get
an audio controller built into the
unit. That’s right; if you plug this
keyboard into your system you can
use the audio controller on it and
forgo the one in your main system.
So it’s essentially a portable sound
card as well. A pretty neat feature
but not without its caveats because
if you have a discreet audio card in
your system or one of the superior
audio solutions on the G1 line of
motherboards for instance, the
functionality of the audio processor
is wasted. I’d have liked to see a
pass-through allowing you to use
whatever audio solution you have,
running the signal through the
keyboard as with the Osmium I
looked at last month.
Still, it’s the only keyboard I know
that has this and for that alone, it’s
a tick in the right place for the Meka
G-Unit. For connectivity there’s
the standard USB 2.0 hub as well
allowing you to plug two devices into
the keyboard. Be warned that some
USB flash drives will draw too much
power from the keyboard, so it’s best
if you use this hub for simple things
such as mice and the smaller flash
drives to avoid drawing more power
than the keyboard can provide.
Overall this is a solid keyboard.
It’ll not be winning any design
awards and there could be a few
improvements made, but as a
mechanical gaming keyboard it gets
the basics right and throws in a few
novel ideas which should go a long
way into making that price more
palatable. If you do decide to buy the
G-Unit you’ll not be disappointed.
There aren’t many keyboards that
are as tough as this one and that’s
something to consider when buying
these high end keyboards as the last
thing you’ll want is to drop it and have
it break. We don’t encourage that
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