When we talk about keyboard formats, we generally do it in three different formats, which from the largest to the smallest are the traditional keyboard, the TKL like this Newskill Chronos which does without the numeric keypad only, and the so-called keyboards 60% which dispenses not only this numeric keypad but also sliders and function keys.
Newskill Chronos TKL, how can it have a numeric keypad?
| Newskill Chronos TKL | |
|---|---|
| Type | Mechanic |
| lighting | RGB, 18 modes |
| Connection type | Usb |
| Anti ghost | Yes |
| N-Key Rollover | Not defined |
| Multimedia control | Yes (Fn key) |
| SO compatible | the Windows |
| Change | Outemu |
| operating mode | Linear (Red) Tactile feedback (Brown) Clicky (Blue) |
| Task force | 40g |
| Actuation point | 2 mm |
| Total distance | 4 mm |
| Life time | 50 million keystrokes |
| Cable type | Braided with magnetic ring |
| Cable length | 1.8 meters |
| Large | 359 mm |
| Alto | 37.2 mm |
| Long | 141 mm |
| Weight | 850g |
| PVPR | $ 59.95 |
One of the peculiarities of this Newskill Chronos TKL is that it leaves the factory with two complete sets of keys, one in black and the other in white, to allow the user to choose the aesthetic and the keyboard design from the first moment. For example, you could replace the black keys that are installed as standard with the white ones in the WASD area to make them easier to locate at first glance.
With switches Outemu In Red (linear), Brown (linear with tactile feedback) and Blue (tactile feedback and clickable sound) variants which have a durability of 50 million keystrokes, we are above all a mechanical keyboard made to last. In addition, its layout allows you to use all the controls and combinations in common use with ease, which adds to its technology anti ghost makes it an ideal tool for games.
In addition, the Chronos TKL not only allows its design to be personalized thanks to the interchangeable key caps, but also has RGB lighting in 18 different modes. The selection of colors and effects can be done easily using its software, which will also allow you to save settings, create macros and assign different actions to each individual key.
Finally, we can tell you how Newskill managed to put the numeric keypad into a TKL keyboard, and this is something you might have already realized by looking at the image above: Usually TKL keyboards “cut out. “the numeric keypad, leaving the cursors and the edit zone (Insert, Del, Page Down, Page Up, Start and End as well as Print Screen, Scroll Lock and Pause) are intact. What Newskill has done is precisely to do without this area to integrate the numeric keypad, leaving the print screen area at the top and assigning functions with a combination of the Fn key for the rest of the tasks. keys that are omitted. Notice, this makes the keyboard have a handle of 93 additional keys in total.
Pricing and availability
The new Newskill Chronos TKL mechanical keyboard is now available for pre-order on the Newskill online store at a price of 59.95 dollars; However, Newskill has applied a launch promotion where you can save 10 dollars and buy the keyboard now for 49.95 $, at least for the duration of the pre-purchase period which will end on Monday, January 17, 2022, when the the one that will start with the shipments of the orders.
Newskill has also confirmed that later we will also be able to find the Chronos TKL in the rest of the brand’s usual outlets, including PcComponentes and Amazon Europe.
