Planning to buy a nice gaming keyboard? Well, check out the newest Roccat keyboard. The Arvo by Roccat is a gaming keyboard targeted towards hard-core gamers who're looking for a cost effective solution. The most interesting thing about this input device is its design -- the keyboard excluded arrow keys found on traditional keyboards and integrated them on the numeric pad. In addition, it provides a special key just above the numeric pad that can toggle between normal mode and gaming mode.

In gaming mode the arrow keys are illuminated in blue which means gaming even in the dark isn’t a problem. What’s more, two additional, freely programmable macro keys are available which are positioned for optimum access to the left and right of the arrow keys.

In addition, there are three macro keys positioned beneath the spacebar. These can be individually programmed and can be easily operated using the thumb without being pressed accidently.

Another unique function is the ROCCAT Timer which allows the time it takes for special items to revive to be timed to perfection in many games. The ROCCAT Timer can be executed, paused or stopped to within a fraction of a second.

Pretty good for gamers.

The Roccat Arvo is priced at $90 and will be available from this December.

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