The BlackWidow X Chroma eschews the USB pass-through from the standard BlackWidow models, but beyond that, it has everything you'd expect from a full-size keyboard. But for experienced touch typists, prepare for a few hurdles thrown your way. Given some time with the BlackWidow X, I'm sure I could adjust to its quirks. The performance was fantastic across the board, as I've come to expect from Razer products. While the keys were incredibly responsive, it also seemed a little easier to hit an adjacent key by accident, since the faceplate was too deep to stop my finger from accidentally tapping two keys.
On a standard Dell office keyboard, I scored an adjusted 113 words per minute, while on the Razer BlackWidow X Chroma, I scored 108, even after a few attempts to help me adjust. Typing is not as comfortable as I'm accustomed to, and it showed.
The metal faceplate means that the keyboard sits heavily on a desk, and often feels cold to the touch. The deeper keycaps mean there's more of a gulf between keys. While the BlackWidow X Chroma is impressive from a design perspective, its distinctive style can be a double-edged sword.
