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.

The keyboard really shines when it is paired with the SteelSeries Engine 3 software, which will keep our keyboard ready at all times with the latest firmware and allows configuration options to the highest detail. The Apex M800 comes with one of the most fluent LED animations we have seen to date and thanks to the easy to understand interface, it does not take ages to create our own lighting setups.

We have worked with the keyboard quite a lot in order to write other review articles, for playing games like Star Wars The Old Republic, Carmageddon Reincarnation, a bit of Fallout 4, GTA V, Wolfenstein The Old Blood and we can say that Apex M800 performed quite admirably.

The only negative point we could notice is the lack of a customized key puller in order to replace the necessary key caps for transforming it into a Mac keyboard.

Even better, SteelSeries has operated an important discount on this keyboard model so it can be found online for about 149.99 Euros.

SteelSeries Apex M800 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard is Recommended For:

We would like to thank again to SteelSeries for making this review possible!