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This keyboard is all about giving power to the players, by offering up a slate of customisation options.
"Hello everyone and welcome to another Gamereactor Quick Look.
We just took a look at the rather unassuming, lighter G312X, I believe, keyboard from Logitech, but we also have this, which is the G512X from Logitech."
"This is the 75 version, and I should stress that it comes in several form factors, meaning that if you want a numpad, you can have that.
But this is a very serious and almost odd beast, I would say.
So let's get the boring stuff out of the way first."
"These keycaps are obviously double-shot PPT keycaps.
It is made in air graft grade 5052 aluminum magnesium alloy, which is paired with an internal silicone gasket mount structure.
You get some included switches here, which is very nice."
"These are mechanical MX switches, which are pre-installed.
But through this little cover here, as you can see right there, you get an additional nine loose Gateron KS20 magnetic analog switches as well, which you can swap out to your heart's content."
"There is also other cool things here, which really aren't boring.
As you can see, Logitech have gone completely bonkers with this design.
So you get a light bar down in front here.
As you can tell here, this all lights up and is completely customizable with millions of colors through the G-Hub suite."
"You get that, and I think that is absolutely crazy.
And you also obviously get per-key RGB through the translucent lettering on each of these double-shot PPT caps here.
Now these are customizable."
"Obviously they're customizable between 0.1 millimeters and 4.0 millimeters per key actuation distance where you can make adjustments.
There's also, in that particular regard, rapid trigger functionality and key priority configuration, all of these things, and multi-point too."
"Now more than that, below these extra Gateron switches, you also get something called SAP rings.
Now these are, let me see if I can remove one for you here.
These are small rubber rings, physical SAP rings, and SAP is an acronym and stands for second actuation pressure point."
"Something that can be installed on a switch to provide tactile, physical feedback and added resistance to a given key, and a secondary 2.8 millimeter actuation port for dual-stage inputs.
Now that is very clever indeed, and something that I think probably pertains to the most hardcore of people playing with a keyboard like this, but it seems that this model is built for that."
"You also get these right here.
These are TMR, Tunnel Magnetoresistance Hybrid Switchbeds, which has 39 beds integrated with analog sensors.
That is really, really something, and that means that you can have these completely designed to your heart's content."
"Now that leaves a lot of room for your personal input, your personal versatility, and the way that you want to set up a keyboard like this.
What I am looking at is that it's nice to see them just go balls to the wall with the actual design."
"There's so much to unpack here.
The dual-tone purple and matte black, these ripples here at the back, the big, lovely light bar here at the bottom.
It's just a very daring piece of design, which I think has a lot going for it."
"Again, the 8,000 Hz polling rate, the TMR Hybrid Switchbeds, the quality of the key caps, hot swapping between the Gateron KS20 Magnetic Switches.
All of that is something that we're going to have to fully test out in a full review.
So once we've done that, we'll ping you."
