Stealthy like a ninja is how Razer USA President Robert Krakoff describes their new mechanical gaming keyboard. The Razer BlackWidow Stealth Edition comes in both a Standard and Ultimate varieties, with different features on each. These are both marked improvements over the original BlackWidow, both in tactile feel, response time and how quiet the keyboard is overall. The Ultimate Stealth Edition also has pretty hefty anti-ghosting, allowing up to six key presses simultaneously.

I personally just love the look and feel of Razer products, and this keyboard is no different, with the cool backlighting and all. Makes me just want to sit alone in the dark staring at World of Warcraft for 12 hours straight. No, I don’t do that (on a regular basis, anyway), who do you take me for?

Mr. Krakoff explains, “Quieter feedback on the keys, lighter actuation force, extreme anti-ghosting on the Ultimate version, and a new matte black finish make the Stealth Edition of the Razer BlackWidow keyboards the best choice for the unassuming but extremely deadly gamer.” Hit the break to check out the feature package for both versions of the keyboard.

Ultimate Edition Specs:

• Full mechanical keys with 45g actuation force
• Extreme anti-ghosting
• Individually backlit keys with 5 levels of lighting
• 1000Hz Ultrapolling/1ms response time
• Programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
• Gaming mode option for deactivation of the Windows key
• 10 customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching
• 5 addition macro keys
• Braided cable
• Audio-Out/Mic-In jack
• USB-passthrough
• Approx. size (mm): 475 x 171 x 30
• Weight: 1.5kg

Standard Edition Specs:

• Full mechanical keys with 45g actuation force
• 1000Hz/1ms Ultrapolling response time
• Programmable keys with on-the-fly macro recording
• Gaming mode option for deactivation of the Windows key
• 10 customizable software profiles with on-the-fly switching
• 5 additional macro keys
• Gaming optimized key matrix for minimized ghosting
• Multi-media controls
• Braided cable
• Approx. size (mm): 475 x 171 x 30
• Weight: 1.5kg

The Standard edition will retail for $79.99 and the Ultimate edition retails for $139.99. Both are available now from the Razer store.