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- The Aula X Morkblade MK60 has a key scanning rate of up to 2.34M Hz, all thanks to Aula’s dual controllers with full-key direct and ADC connection.
- When testing its latency, it came out at the forefront in terms of Hall Effect keyboards, but still lost to TMR keyboards.
- This keyboard is of very high build quality, on par with premium brands, but it also has a premium price: $200-$300.
Recently, the keyboard market has been putting out feature after feature. First, we got the Hall Effect keyboard, then there’s TMR, and now we have a magnetic keyboard that has up to 2.3 million Hertz of key scanning rate.
Aula X Morkblade MK60
This might be the highest key scanning rate ever on a keyboard, and the keyboard I’m talking about is AULA X Morkblade MK60. Now let’s dive into its specifications, switches, price, and most importantly, whether it is any good or just a gimmick.
Apperance & Variations
The keyboard comes in many different variations: White, silver, orange, black, Gilded gold, and Amber red. It has a dual-facing RGB and has the Air Jade switch that features transparent switches to complement that RGB.
It’s an aluminum-chassis keyboard with extremely high build quality, comparable to that of premium brands. The keyboard feels rigid, weighs around 1.26kg, and has an amazing metallic backplate with an exotic pattern.
The key font isn’t the best. While it does look unique, it looks more like a cheaper keyboard with that weird font. I can ignore the character and number keys, but the Shift, Backspace, TAB, and Caps are just way too ugly for me to ignore.
Switches & Their Specs
Like many of the modern keyboards, it has hot-swappable keys, which is something you should always opt for in a keyboard. For the switches, you get different variations depending on the color scheme you choose to go for.
For the white and silver variation, you get Gateron Custom White Jade magnetic switches with an actuation force of 30gf and a travel distance of 3.5mm. But if you opt for the black or the orange variants, you get Gateron Jade Air switches with a 24gf and the same travel distance of 3.5mm.
I love the actuation force, especially on the Jade Air switches, because I love it when the keys register with a light touch. The keys sound prelubed, and you do get a satisfying creamy sound. I won’t consider it fully thocky because it is more subtle.
Sound Quality
The spacebar still sounds like it isn’t prelubed, or it doesn’t have the best stabilizers, because it produces a click sound when pressed. I hate when the spacebar’s sound stands out from the standard keys, and that is the case for this keyboard.
For what it’s worth, the keyboard should sound better than what it does right now. However, it’s a Hall-effect gaming keyboard, so that gives me a reason to overlook this factor.
Other Key Specs & Features
Now this keyboard comes with an 8KHz Polling rate, which is pretty good. For the sensitivity rapid trigger, it has a full travel of 0.001mm. But now comes the main part: it has up to 2.34 million hertz key scanning rate with a full key scan rate of up to 256K.
The reason this keyboard has this high a key scanning rate is because of Aula’s flagship dual controllers with full-key direct and ADC connection inside of this keyboard. The dual MCU makes all the magic happen.
Testing The Latency Performance
Now comes the real test, its performance. Let’s see how well it performs when compared to other keyboards. The test is done using OSLTT CS, which is used to test mouse latencies.
For testing it on a keyboard, all you have to do is put a conducting tape on top of your key and press it with the other conductive wire. While this isn’t the most accurate method of testing, it does provide pretty measurable results for comparison.
When testing it, the Morkblade MK60 came out in the top 4 position, clashing heads with TMR keyboards. For a hall effect keyboard, that is very impressive, but still, the TMR keyboards reign supreme in the test overall.
In the category of Hall Effect keyboards, the Epomaker HE68 Lite is just two rows below it, which goes to show how good that is as well. Then, just below the HE68 Lite, you get the infamous Wooting 80HE.
Price
Now comes the big question: what is its price? The cost ranges from $200 to $300, depending on the site from which you purchase it and whether you receive a discounted price. For this price, many people might think it’s not worth it.
Verdict
All in all, you get very high build quality and an aluminum chassis with performance that’s on par with TMR keyboards. For gamers who prefer the lowest amount of latency, this might be the best Hall effect keyboard out there. But I can see that people would much rather spend a premium price for a premium brand like Wooting instead of a brand like Aula.
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