WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.620 So this year at CES, the RGB craze was in full swing. 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:06.520 Two years ago, it was keyboards. 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:08.000 Last year, it was motherboards. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.000 This year, if you could hold it down long enough 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.940 to slap an LED on it, it was RGB. 00:00:13.940 --> 00:00:16.080 Memory, SSDs. 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:19.200 Someone's probably making RGB cables at this point. 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:21.340 But the thing about the RGB craze 00:00:21.340 --> 00:00:22.700 is that it's very polarizing. 00:00:22.700 --> 00:00:25.540 Some people love it and some people hate it, 00:00:25.540 --> 00:00:27.080 which got me thinking, 00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:28.660 what if there was some way 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:32.900 that we could tastefully improve RGB products 00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:35.580 so that nobody could dislike them? 00:00:35.580 --> 00:00:38.150 And then it came to me. 00:00:38.150 --> 00:00:49.330 More bling. 00:00:49.330 --> 00:00:52.590 If you haven't seen Nerd Sports yet, check it out. 00:00:52.590 --> 00:00:55.190 All the episodes are available now for free 00:00:55.190 --> 00:00:59.030 over at youtube.com slash channelsuperfun. 00:00:59.030 --> 00:01:01.190 So for those of you who watched the intro 00:01:01.190 --> 00:01:04.950 and were wondering, what the hell is that thing? 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:06.330 I've got the answer for you. 00:01:06.330 --> 00:01:07.330 It is the... 00:01:08.710 --> 00:01:12.950 Mechanical keyboard with LED backlight. 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:14.520 Made in China. 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:17.340 Though the manufacturer seems to be a little bit confused 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.400 because this is clearly not a keyboard. 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.340 What it actually is is a set of key caps 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:25.700 for a mechanical keyboard. 00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:28.100 So we're gonna have to go to the Amazon page 00:01:28.100 --> 00:01:30.420 to get a little bit more detail here. 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:31.260 Ah, here we go. 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:33.840 Okay, so it's the E-Element PBT 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.460 double shot injection key cap set. 00:01:36.460 --> 00:01:38.620 And it's available in the gold I showed you already, 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:41.420 or, and yes, we bought both of them, 00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:44.960 this flashy silver set. 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:47.100 And I gotta say, I was pretty impressed. 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:49.280 I mean, PBT double shot injection. 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.500 These are good quality key caps, at least on the surface. 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:54.060 We haven't opened the box yet. 00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:55.940 And as long as you can get over the aesthetic 00:01:55.940 --> 00:01:59.900 for a full set, 25 bucks, that's a pretty good value. 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:02.540 But of course, like fine wine, 00:02:02.540 --> 00:02:04.500 if you don't pair it with the right food, 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:07.700 then you're just getting wasted in your sister's basement, 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:08.600 complaining about whatever. 00:02:08.600 --> 00:02:09.560 Whatever it is that's hard in your life. 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.840 So we needed to find ourselves a keyboard. 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:14.180 And this one from G.Skill looks like a pretty good fit. 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:15.440 This is the KM570. 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:17.580 It's got Cherry MX switches, in this case, browns, 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:20.360 because yeah, dog, we're going for brown switches. 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.560 It's got RGB backlighting on each key individually, 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.080 and you can customize the lighting effects 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:26.160 and all of that stuff. 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:30.280 Oh yeah, did I mention these key caps do have Windows? 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.100 So they have a lighting pass-through for the letters. 00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:38.100 And finally, it features a completely bog standard layout. 00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:41.060 Which is not great, 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:43.160 if you like something customized 00:02:43.160 --> 00:02:44.800 about your keyboard experience, 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:48.160 like macro keys or like, oh, I don't know. 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:49.420 I can't think of too many things 00:02:49.420 --> 00:02:51.680 that I actually like changed about my keyboard. 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.020 So if you really like short shifts or something like that, 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:56.420 then it's not great for that. 00:02:56.420 --> 00:02:58.280 But it is good for being able to buy 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:01.520 cheap key cap replacement sets 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:04.660 and have some hope of them actually fitting. 00:03:04.660 --> 00:03:06.360 Okay, so all that's left now then 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.600 is to open one of these bad boys up. 00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:11.140 Here's my knife. 00:03:11.140 --> 00:03:16.140 And wait, we still have to choose which one, gold or silver. 00:03:16.540 --> 00:03:19.160 So you guys let me know in the comments below 00:03:19.160 --> 00:03:21.040 which one you want me to put on. 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:27.190 Quick, you've got five seconds, go vote. 00:03:27.190 --> 00:03:28.510 Who are we kidding? 00:03:28.510 --> 00:03:30.130 There's no way to vote, this isn't live. 00:03:30.130 --> 00:03:33.670 All right, let's go ahead and open up the gold one here. 00:03:33.670 --> 00:03:36.470 I realize I'm risking accidentally slashing 00:03:36.470 --> 00:03:38.450 our dbrand skinned gold background, 00:03:38.450 --> 00:03:41.230 but I don't think we've ever been tempted 00:03:41.230 --> 00:03:42.470 to use it before anyway. 00:03:42.470 --> 00:03:44.550 So I'm not gonna stress you. 00:03:44.550 --> 00:03:46.230 Oh wow, this would have been a lot better 00:03:46.230 --> 00:03:51.390 to keep in the plastic than I would have been able to. 00:03:51.530 --> 00:03:53.990 That would have been faster, yep. 00:03:53.990 --> 00:03:56.430 No one gets mad at me for cutting towards myself. 00:03:56.430 --> 00:03:59.110 You realize that yes, I am under the knife, 00:03:59.110 --> 00:04:02.630 but the force is being applied in this direction. 00:04:02.630 --> 00:04:07.340 See, now I'm cutting towards myself. 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:08.780 Totally different. 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:29.880 Okay, so here we go. 00:04:29.880 --> 00:04:33.100 And we're done. 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:34.540 You hear that sound? 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:34.960 That's the sound of a knife. 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:35.420 That's the sound of a knife. 00:04:35.420 --> 00:04:35.440 That's the sound of a knife. 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:35.620 That's the sound of a knife. 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:37.500 That's the sound of an upgraded keyboard. 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.360 Now, there are a few things we still need. 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.660 I overlooked that this keyboard does actually have 00:04:43.660 --> 00:04:45.620 four extra keys in the top right, 00:04:45.620 --> 00:04:47.960 but I had a brilliant idea. 00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:49.720 At least I think it was brilliant. 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:53.560 I'm gonna grab the arrow keys from the silver one 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:56.440 and add just a little bit more flare. 00:04:56.440 --> 00:05:00.160 So mute can be volume down. 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.380 That's right. 00:05:01.380 --> 00:05:05.640 Volume down can be left arrow, which is here. 00:05:05.640 --> 00:05:08.950 Oh, man. 00:05:08.950 --> 00:05:10.130 Yes. 00:05:10.130 --> 00:05:15.420 Volume up can be right arrow, which is here. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:17.080 No, which is here. 00:05:17.080 --> 00:05:19.080 Yes. 00:05:19.080 --> 00:05:22.360 And memory, because this keyboard is programmable, 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.020 can be this bad boy right here. 00:05:25.020 --> 00:05:27.100 Volume up, which I think I said before. 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:30.420 Okay, so last two things we're gonna need then 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:33.960 are a keyboard or a computer to plug this bad boy into 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:35.960 and this cloth, which you'll be keeping next to your keyboard, 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:37.960 which you'll be keeping next to your keyboard, 00:05:37.960 --> 00:05:40.340 from now until forever, 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:46.070 if you want it to retain its gorgeous, like new shine. 00:05:46.250 --> 00:05:49.200 Here we go, moment of truth time. 00:05:49.200 --> 00:05:51.670 Is it going to be beautiful? 00:05:51.670 --> 00:05:57.330 Oh, oh, oh, it's awful. 00:05:57.330 --> 00:06:02.460 If that is not the world's most amazing keyboard, 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:09.580 I really and truly do not know what is. 00:06:09.580 --> 00:06:10.580 Holy Christ. 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:12.820 Crap. 00:06:12.820 --> 00:06:18.170 Oh, man, let's get it all dark and intimate in here. 00:06:18.450 --> 00:06:20.790 Oh, okay, well, now it's just completely dark. 00:06:20.790 --> 00:06:22.570 Okay, how about that? 00:06:22.570 --> 00:06:23.990 How's that? 00:06:23.990 --> 00:06:26.350 Okay, so now we've got the software installed 00:06:26.350 --> 00:06:28.070 and we'll have some footage overlaid 00:06:28.070 --> 00:06:29.990 of all the different profiles you can do. 00:06:29.990 --> 00:06:32.030 You can do solid colors. 00:06:32.030 --> 00:06:33.450 They've got some different effects. 00:06:33.450 --> 00:06:36.710 There's like a raining effect, ripple effect, wave effect, 00:06:36.710 --> 00:06:39.430 all kinds of good stuff. 00:06:39.430 --> 00:06:41.610 And you know what the most amazing part of all of this is? 00:06:41.610 --> 00:06:46.610 All this, this can be yours for less than $100. 00:06:48.050 --> 00:06:50.250 How long it'll last, that we don't know. 00:06:50.250 --> 00:06:54.310 Theoretically, double shot keycaps last pretty much forever. 00:06:54.310 --> 00:06:56.870 But what I noticed is that, well, what Luke noticed, 00:06:56.870 --> 00:06:59.530 he's actually our keycap expert, 00:06:59.530 --> 00:07:02.630 is that the thin foil coating over the top 00:07:02.630 --> 00:07:04.470 is actually not that durable. 00:07:04.470 --> 00:07:06.730 So it might not last for that long, 00:07:06.730 --> 00:07:09.810 but it'll look amazing in the meantime. 00:07:09.810 --> 00:07:11.440 Actually, Luke, come on over here. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:12.520 Thoughts? 00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:13.480 Perfect. 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.020 Other than the scratches, 00:07:15.020 --> 00:07:17.500 I actually don't think that they could have made 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:18.620 better looking keycaps. 00:07:18.620 --> 00:07:19.460 And the fact that they made it 00:07:19.460 --> 00:07:23.480 so the light comes through, impeccable. 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.720 They're being completely sarcastic, right? 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:27.380 Yes, I actually hate it. 00:07:27.380 --> 00:07:29.120 Those are actually the worst looking keycaps 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:30.880 I've ever seen in my entire life. 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:32.000 Okay, Ed? 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.740 They are amazing. 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:36.100 Okay, so there you have it. 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:42.030 Have we achieved our goal of making RGB less polarizing? 00:07:42.030 --> 00:07:42.970 No. 00:07:42.970 --> 00:07:44.790 No, we have not. 00:07:44.790 --> 00:07:47.320 But we had an awful lot of fun doing it. 00:07:47.320 --> 00:07:50.540 So today we're talking about iFixit's latest 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:53.420 and greatest pro tech tool kit. 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:55.540 It's been completely re-imagined. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:57.960 You've never seen tools like this before, 00:07:57.960 --> 00:08:01.500 but it's just as rugged and portable as before. 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:03.840 You've got the new 64-bit driver kit, 00:08:03.840 --> 00:08:07.220 which is held in with magnets, which is amazing. 00:08:07.220 --> 00:08:10.860 And a bunch of other tools that are wider in variety 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:12.060 and more durable. 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:16.960 These pry tools that are pretty much impossible to break. 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:19.740 So whatever kind of project it is that you want to work on, 00:08:19.740 --> 00:08:21.040 iFixit's got you covered. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.540 You go over to their website, 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:25.740 you look at their fantastic step-by-step guides, 00:08:25.740 --> 00:08:27.100 you head over to their store, 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:29.660 you buy their tools, which have a lifetime guarantee, 00:08:29.660 --> 00:08:33.700 and you are pretty much set to start saving yourself money 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:36.260 by fixing things yourself. 00:08:36.260 --> 00:08:38.220 And if you want to save a few bucks, 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:42.060 all you got to do is head over to iFixit.com slash Linus, 00:08:42.060 --> 00:08:44.240 and use code LTT at the checkout 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:48.020 to save five bucks on your purchase of $10 or more. 00:08:48.020 --> 00:08:49.080 So thanks for watching, guys. 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:50.700 If you just liked this video, hit that button. 00:08:50.700 --> 00:08:52.500 If you liked it, hit the like button, get subscribed, 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:55.000 maybe even consider checking out where to buy. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.340 I mean, you don't have to buy this. 00:08:56.340 --> 00:08:57.180 You could buy something else. 00:08:57.180 --> 00:08:58.720 The keyboard's really nice. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:08:59.700 I don't know about the key caps. 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:02.680 That's on you, but some people will like it. 00:09:02.680 --> 00:09:04.240 We've got that linked in the video description. 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.340 You can buy it on Amazon. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:07.420 Also linked down there is where you can buy cool shirts, 00:09:07.420 --> 00:09:08.360 like the one that I'm wearing, 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:09.500 as well as our community forum, 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:10.700 which you should totally join. 00:09:10.700 --> 00:09:11.860 Now that you're done doing all those things, 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:14.040 you should probably watch Luke's 00:09:14.040 --> 00:09:16.360 ultimate key cap replacement guide, 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.560 where he goes through in much more detail 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:20.740 how to find not just shiny gold ones 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:22.300 for just standard layout keyboards, 00:09:22.300 --> 00:09:24.980 but all kinds of different types of key caps 00:09:24.980 --> 00:09:27.000 to change your typing experience, 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.820 as well as to change the aesthetics of your keyboard 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:32.740 in a way that you personally will find pleasing, 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:36.770 because I'll admit, this is not for everyone.