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Razer BlackWidow
test sonoro.
The gaming keyboard most people picture, sold in three switches that are genuinely one per sound family. Press play on each below.
Press play
What a Razer BlackWidow
sounds like.
Each button plays a short phrase typed on that switch family, so you are comparing rhythm rather than a single tap. Play two in a row — that is where the difference actually shows up.
These are recordings of the switch family, not of this exact keyboard. That is the honest way to do it — the family is what dominates the sound, and switch options move between model years and regions. Check the listing before buying on the strength of a match here.
Cosa sta ascoltando
How it
suona davvero.
Razer's colour scheme is unusually honest: Green is clicky, Orange is tactile, Yellow is linear, and each behaves the way its family should. The Green is the loud one — a sharp, high click with a second, lighter click on release, and it is the switch that gave Razer keyboards their reputation for being audible from the next room.
The Orange drops the click and leaves a rounded tactile knock, quieter but not quiet. The Yellow is the outlier: Razer builds a sound dampener into the switch itself, so it lands softer than a plain linear would and has almost no return noise. It is the version to buy if anyone else has to listen to you.
The V4 Pro's case is aluminium-topped with a fair amount of internal padding, and recent BlackWidows sound noticeably less hollow than the models from five or six years ago that built the brand's noisy reputation.
Perché suona così
The build
dietro il rumore.
Razer's own mechanical switches — Green clicky, Orange tactile, Yellow dampened linear — on an aluminium top plate, with the V4 Pro adding a command dial, a wrist rest, and underglow. The switches are soldered on most models rather than hot-swappable, so the version you buy is the version you keep. Doubleshot ABS keycaps are standard.
- Switches
- Razer Green, Orange, or Yellow
- Plate
- Aluminium top
- Hot-swap
- Not on most models
- Keycaps
- Doubleshot ABS
Which one to pick
Choosing
the switch.
This is one of the cleanest one-per-family lineups in gaming: Green for click, Orange for feel, Yellow for quiet. The Yellow's built-in dampener is the detail worth knowing — it is genuinely quieter than a standard linear like a Cherry MX Red, not just smoother.
Same brand
More from
Razer.
Il Razer keyboard sound hub collects them on one page.
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Other keyboards
in this category.
Or read the full round-up of 51 popular keyboards matched to a sound, and open the laboratorio sonoro per tastiere to play all eight packs on a keyboard you can type on.
By switch
Or shop
by switch.
If you already know which switch you are choosing between, the switch pages go deeper than any single keyboard page can — the same recordings with Cherry's published specifications, what the mechanism is actually doing, and who each one suits.
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Razer BlackWidow
domande e risposte.
Which Razer switch is quietest?
The Yellow, and by a clear margin. It is a linear switch with a sound dampener built into the housing that absorbs both the bottom-out and the return, so it is quieter than an undampened linear like a Cherry MX Red. The Orange is next, and the Green is far louder than either — it clicks on the way down and again on the way up.
Are Razer keyboards loud?
The Green versions are, and that reputation has stuck to the whole brand. The Orange and especially the Yellow are perfectly reasonable in a shared room, and recent BlackWidows have far more internal damping than the models that earned the reputation. If you want a Razer board that nobody complains about, buy the Yellow.
Can I change the switches in a BlackWidow?
Generally not — most BlackWidow models have soldered switches. The BlackWidow V4 75% is the exception and is hot-swappable. On everything else, choose carefully at purchase, because the switch is the single biggest factor in how the board sounds and there is no changing it afterwards.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the licenza MIT. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Razer BlackWidow V4 and V4 Pro specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.