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SteelSeries Apex M800 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2015-12-02

SteelSeries really succeeded to make a difference with the brand new mechanical switch design, which is capable of lower 1.5mm actuation, a 3mm throw and 45cN force (similar to Cherry MX switches). The central LEDs now allow a more uniform lighting of the keycap while the lettering/digits are made from semi-transparent plastic in order to allow LED light shine through. This is not all! We do also have a larger, re-designed Spacebar key for easy access, extra keys for programming, replaceable bottom feet, a dual-CPU configuration for allowing N-key rollover (up to 256 key presses at once, overkill) and dual USB 2.0 ports for connecting multiple low-powered devices.

SteelSeries Engine 3 Part II

We can launch an application of our choice to launch when pressing a defined key:

A profile can be also loaded when a key is pressed:

SteelSeries has not forgotten to include OS shortcuts:

We can also define a key for recording Macros on the fly:

Of course, Macros have also a dedicated section of their own for a more advanced configuration:

If we do click on the Illumination section, we will get to see that we have Active but also IDLE states, which is a LED behavior we have also seen with the Corsair Utility:

Light effects for each key can be selected from a drop-down menu along with colors and reaction speed:

Several LED lighting templates can be also checked out right away for looking at the configuration possibilities of the software:

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