COLORFUL debuts its first premium magnetic keyboard at COMPUTEX 2026

COLORFUL used COMPUTEX 2026 to make a clear move beyond its core component business and into premium input hardware, unveiling the MAGNEX XC87 as its first premium magnetic keyboard. The 87-key board is aimed squarely at the hall-effect crowd that now cares as much about actuation feel and reset behavior as it does about case material, and COLORFUL is leaning into that with a custom-designed magnetic switch platform, an aluminum body, and two visual treatments, including the MAGNEX XC87 Lile with purple lilac keycaps.

That matters because the magnetic-keyboard market has stopped being a novelty lane. Adjustable actuation, low-latency response, and fast reset are now the features buyers compare first, especially on TKL-style layouts where desk space and gaming performance need to coexist. COLORFUL’s approach suggests it understands the appeal: give the board a premium shell, give it a magnetic switch system built for tuning, and give it enough visual personality to attract both understated build fans and players who want something more expressive.

The stronger case for COLORFUL is that this is not a first attempt. At the same COMPUTEX showing, the company also highlighted the STARSHIP 87 magnetic-switch keyboard, part of a peripheral lineup it had already launched on October 31, 2025. That earlier series came in two versions, a flagship model with Gateron Yulong magnetic switches and a standard model with COLORFUL’s custom Biluo Xing switches. COLORFUL said the line used TMR magnetic sensing, an aluminum body, an MCL floating architecture, and an 8,000Hz wired polling rate, with launch pricing of 799 yuan and 499 yuan after rebate. The MAGNEX XC87 looks less like a one-off and more like a follow-up in a broader magnetic-keyboard strategy.

Software will decide how serious that strategy really is. COLORFUL already runs a keyboard launcher web app with key remapping, macros, shortcuts, and per-key customization, which gives the brand a foundation for the kind of tuning magnetic boards need. In this segment, the hardware only gets you part of the way there; the rest comes from actuation control, profile management, and whether the interface makes rapid-trigger-style behavior easy to set up instead of buried in menus.

COLORFUL’s wider COMPUTEX 2026 presence underlines the point. The company opened a Taipei Marriott Hotel showroom, split into MOD home experience, system product experience, MEOW cat-café experience, and hard-core peripherals, while framing its business around AI, smart creation, home entertainment, and industry solutions. Founded in 1995 and now a vertically integrated hardware company with graphics cards, motherboards, RAM, SSDs, all-in-one PCs, and servers in its portfolio, COLORFUL is bringing real scale to a category that used to be dominated by specialist keyboard brands. The MAGNEX XC87 shows hall-effect boards are moving from enthusiast halo products toward broader brand adoption, and this one is at least built to look like a contender rather than a trend chase.