Thank you Velocilinx for sending us this keyboard to review!

I love RGB-colored devices and mechanical keyboards with blue switches. I must say that I was impressed with the Velocilinx Boudica Mechanical Gaming Keyboard before I even touched it. If you do a lot of typing, you’ll love the feel of these clicky Outemu blue switches. The noise from the keyboard may annoy some, but I have brought it to work on multiple occasions with no complaints. Your mileage may vary. Compared to other mechanical keyboards we have reviewed with blue switches, the keys on this one require less force to press down which is nice.

The aluminum finish looks great and accents the colorful keys quite nicely. The right-click button can be used to quickly change the key colors to rainbow or individual colors (red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, and purple). While the ability to quickly change colors is nice, those who rely on the right-click button will miss its functionality.

The wrist rest is not installed by default and requires screwing into place if needed. Like most keyboards, there are foldable tabs to elevate it. You can set the keys to be white or black to make them less obnoxious. White is actually red + blue + green, and that those with a high sensitivity to rainbows on DLP screens will almost certainly see rainbows when looking at this keyboard. If the keys are set to any color other than black (off) the keyboard will emit a buzzing noise. The bottom glow strip can have its colors changed or turned off by pressing FN + scroll lock. However, if you unplug the keyboard, it will lose the glow strip's color setting. Even with all of the colors turned off, the buzzing is still present, but much quieter. 

Through the software you can set the polling rate to 125Hz (default), 250Hz, 500Hz, or 1000Hz.  The brightness can be adjusted and macros can be programmed through the software as well.  The best part about the software is configuring the various keyboard color effects.  You can have the keyboard rotate colors, illuminate as keys are pressed, have splash effects, light up random keys, or have keys all be different colors.  You can customize your own color scheme or use one of the gaming style presets (FPS, MMO, MOBA, RTS).