As time has passed, we’ve seen more manufacturers big and small take a punt into the world of more entry-level mechanical keyboards, offering the benefits of a precise and more positive keypress in a chassis that comes with little in the way of frills for reasonable money. One of the better examples of this in recent times has been the Logitech G413 TKL SE, which offers a more standard smaller form factor layout, some comfortable Brown switches, and a couple of other creature comforts such as PBT keycaps and white backlighting, all for the low price of £35 on Amazon. That’s the best price this keyboard has been since June 2025, making this quite a worthwhile reduction, not least when it has stubbornly been £45 for the last few weeks.
You’re getting a reasonably sturdy keyboard for the price with a plastic casing and brushed aluminium top plate that should offer little deck flex, if the full size model I’ve tested in the past is anything to go by. The G413 TKL SE, as the name suggests, also offers a space saving tenkeyless layout which sacrifices the number pad on the right hand side in favour of offering more desk real estate. In essence, you get a more compact board that provides more room for your mouse – something many mechanical keyboard fans prefer and that’s handy for games where you’ll be making big, sweeping movements that simply take up mores space. It even comes with premium PBT keycaps, which offer a nicer, subtly textured feel under finger and greater durability than the ABS keycaps that are normally included on more mechanical keyboards, especially cheaper ones. At this price, PBT is a pleasant addition.
Inside, the G413 TKL SE features the brand’s Brown switches, which are a reasonable clone to Cherry’s MX Browns, offering a comfortable, soft tactile keypress. This means it comes with a small tactile bump for feedback on exactly when a keypress has been recognised, making them ideal for rapid yet accurate keypresses for both high intensity games and for when you need to knuckle down and get some work down. It’s for this reason that Browns have often been my favourite switch. The clones here aren’t bad, although if you’re not a fan of them, then you are stuck with them due to this keyboard not being hot-swappable. Something in a similar form factor that’s hot-swappable will cost you more, such as the £58 Keychron C3 Pro.
Perhaps a little stingy is this keyboard’s six key rollover, meaning you can only press six keys down simultaneously (enough for general use, but not for games where lots of simultaneous presses are key, such as MOBAs), as well as the lack of any form of software support for extra customisation. You do at least get a crisp white backlight that offsets the black shell nicely, and provides a handy boost for after dark working. Logitech even mentions this keyboard being compatible with macOS in the product description, even if any macOS-specific keycaps aren’t included to my knowledge. If you did want to use the G413 TKL SE with macOS, you’re going to have to be prepared to remember the Windows key becomes Command, and so on. It takes some getting used to, but can be done – I’ve used Windows keyboards on macOS in the past without any issues, apart from just remembering some positions of certain keys.
The Logitech G413 TKL SE is a solid mechanical TKL keyboard for not very much money with this Amazon UK deal, and if you want one, it’s well worth checking out.