Rapid trigger keyboard for gaming. Can the KB65HE be beaten for the price?

GregI · 22 May 2025 at 04:22

I'm getting around to updating my peripherals and keyboard is next. I've had this Corsair K70 Cherry for almost 9 years now.

This rapid trigger stuff seems to be all the norm now from brands like Wooting. My budget would be like £110 or so. The Wooting just seems abit ridiculous in price and never seen a sale for it.

OcUK have a sale on the KB65HE (which appears to be very simialr to the Wooting) for £50 right now. That seems pretty insane not to get. Am I missing anything else to consider?

Thank you

fraps · 23 May 2025 at 16:58

Looks pretty solid for the price. I did read about some firmware issues but those could have been updated, do check for piece of mind.

jonww74 · 23 May 2025 at 18:45

I thought the same. The hardware seems to get good reviews but the software and firmware support not so much.

Annoyingly alternatives seem to be considerably more expensive..

GregI · 24 May 2025 at 08:15

@fraps @jonww74

I had a look on their Discord. Firmware was lacking massively. There was a 10 month break between firmwares (latest is April 2025) and currently doesn't have any major issues afaik. I also did more reading and apparently the KB65HE is just a OEM board that many manufacturers have and all of them have just dropped firmware updates completely. I doubt it gets another update but if no issues and £50 it seems worth a try.

fraps · 24 May 2025 at 17:34

GregI said:
@fraps @jonww74

I had a look on their Discord. Firmware was lacking massively. There was a 10 month break between firmwares (latest is April 2025) and currently doesn't have any major issues afaik. I also did more reading and apparently the KB65HE is just a OEM board that many manufacturers have and all of them have just dropped firmware updates completely. I doubt it gets another update but if no issues and £50 it seems worth a try.

For £50 it's worth a punt I think. Especially with OCUK customer service.