Don't they have a plastic underside like almost every other mass-produced keyboard?

Question: what is the key scan rate of the z20 keyboard?
 
This is different from polling rate which we know is already at 4khz. Key scan is how often a key is "pinged" to the processor per second whereas polling is how many times the processor sends a signal to the computer per second.
 
Corsair has has both a polling rate and key scan rate listed as 4khz on their website. What is the key scan rate of this keyboard?

Anyone in the EU site gotten to place an order with the discount?

 I didn't get a chance to shovel the inch of snow out of my driveway this morning so the UPS driver decided to just drive right on by and click the "emergency/undeliverable" button...guess I'll get my new keyboard and mouse tomorrow.
 
Edit: just to be clear...not really mad at the driver. I don't want the guy falling in my semi-steep driveway and hurting himself or anything. That would be terrible. I was just bummed I didn't get a chance to fix it for him this morning.

rock8
Does the Z15 have the USB pass thru in the back?
 
Judging by the photos, only the Z20 has the audio jack, which is fine, but the lack of USB on the Z15 may be a deal breaker for me.
 
It's hard to justify the price on the Z20 with so many features that I do not need, like macro buttons and the ToF sensor. My rig is several feet off the ground (I have a two year old) and away from my keyboard/mouse setup. The Z10 has a long, quality cord, and plugging the mouse into the keyboard makes so much of my life easier, as I only want to use cordless mice at work, not home. I may just stick with my convenient Z10 until it dies and hope EVGA has some new offering by then.

Z15 does NOT have a USB pass thru.  Perhaps the Z10 is best, rather than pay for a lot of features you won't use...

Impereos
Question: what is the key scan rate of the z20 keyboard?
 
This is different from polling rate which we know is already at 4khz. Key scan is how often a key is "pinged" to the processor per second whereas polling is how many times the processor sends a signal to the computer per second.
 
Corsair has has both a polling rate and key scan rate listed as 4khz on their website. What is the key scan rate of this keyboard? If its 500+hz I will buy this in a heartbeat!

 Hello Impereos  The key scan rate for the Z20 comes in at 4000hz, same as the polling rate. 

I'm new to pc gaming. Is there a big difference in getting a higher end keyboard?

EVGATech_ErnieB

Gonnagamesoon
I'm new to pc gaming. Is there a big difference in getting a higher end keyboard?

Hello and welcome to the pc gaming world. High end keyboards can have features and specs that can help with gaming or simply give you a personalized way to have thing set up for your rig. If you are new to pc gaming and looking for a new keyboard, please try looking at some review videos of keyboards that grab you attention and possibly have features you are looking for like switch type and rgb enabled or not. 
 
https://youtu.be/ph7WjN5aieE 
 
here is an older review of some mechanical keyboards for you to start your search. 

Great! Thanks for taking the time to help. I'm considering the z20 but am concerned about how noisy it is based on some of the reviews.

Gonnagamesoon

EVGATech_ErnieB

Gonnagamesoon
I'm new to pc gaming. Is there a big difference in getting a higher end keyboard?

Hello and welcome to the pc gaming world. High end keyboards can have features and specs that can help with gaming or simply give you a personalized way to have thing set up for your rig. If you are new to pc gaming and looking for a new keyboard, please try looking at some review videos of keyboards that grab you attention and possibly have features you are looking for like switch type and rgb enabled or not. 
 
https://youtu.be/ph7WjN5aieE 
 
here is an older review of some mechanical keyboards for you to start your search. 

Great! Thanks for taking the time to help. I'm considering the z20 but am concerned about how noisy it is based on some of the reviews.

Personally I like the sound of a mechanical keyboard. It takes me back to the 80’s when everything was a mechanical switch and I personally love the feel of typing on the Z20. With the mechanical keyboards you press down and feel the resistance give and the keystroke happens before the key cap bottoms out. With modern keyboards you are pushing down on a rubber mat between the key cap and the PCB. When fully pushed down it pushes a hole in the rubber and completes a circuit but you are bottoming out the key cap. It’s better on the finger to not have keys bottom out since it’s a sudden point that you can’t push down anymore so mechanical are better for typing longer on. Of course you get that sound of the keys moving. As I said I don’t mind it since it takes me back to my childhood and I feel only really bad if you are in a room with others and mostly if someone else is using the keyboard. When I am using it I know I am pressing a key and expect the sound.

It’s also good to know a lot of typists like the clicky switches more then the liner switches. When they hear that click they know to stop pushing and can type faster as a result.

There will be available the keyboards on amazon.it (EU)? Thanks

It use to back in the old days matter more but sometimes cheaper keyboards only allow a small number of simultaneous Key presses at a time, which if you’re moving around with wasd plus having other stuff going on can give you issues. Other than that it’s very much a preference thing. 

Are these no longer available with the Elite discount?

EVGATech_ErnieB
Correct. The Elite pricing was for the month of February. Sing up for our newsletter to see if we have any future deals on them again. 

Bummer.  Thanks for the info.

This seems interesting. Anyone knows how this keyboard sounds?

are EVGA mice and keyboard actually good? I haven't seen anyone ever use them.