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Cooler Master Quick Fire XTi Brown Switch Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2016-04-11

Quick Fire XTi does provide the same key press feeling as many other keyboards we have tested in the past from other manufacturers since it does use the well-known Cherry MX Brown switches, which are great for both typing and gaming. With this model, we won’t get extra software because all can be done directly from the keyboard itself since F-keys and many others have double functions for: adjusting the red/blue LED light accents, setting a LED lighting mode, adjusting the repeat rates, recording macros on-the-fly, set our own LED profile and more. As accessories we do get the quite handy key puller in order to remove the key caps without scratching them or damaging the switch, but also a Cooler Master-branded key cap for replacement of the Fn or Windows key one.

A Closer Look Part II

A lot of keys do have extra functions linked to them; with F1 and F2 keys we can regulate the amount of blue and red accents in order to create new colors, F3 will change the current LED light mode while with F4 we can enable Windows lock key:

With F5 to F8 we can adjust the repeat rate:

Next, F9 can help us record a macro on the fly, while with F10 we can erase a previously defined macro; F11 enables single macro loop function while F12 enables an infinite macro loop:

We can also enable “repeat macro” by using the Fn+”Prt Sc” key, “LED play” with Fn+”SCR Lock” and also record a LED backlight setup by pressing Fn+”Pause”:

We can work with four different profiles, which have their own dedicated keys:

Ins/Home/Page Up/Del/End/Page Down also double up as multimedia keys on the Quick Fire XTi:

Double functions can be also found for 2,4,6,8 keys on the numeric pad:

The Spacebar key does also feature a small opaque white line in the middle through which LED light can come through:

Here is a look at the side of the Quick Fire XTi, where we cannot spot other interfaces like USB hubs:

Same thing can be said about the frontal area of the product:

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