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The layout of the Apex M800 is based on a classical shape, which you find with all gaming keyboards from Steelseries. The company offers a low-profile design and there is a huge huge space bar. The Apex M800 is made of plastic, whereas there are different finishes. Although this is a low profile keyboard its width is massive, measuring more than 50 centimeters. A further look around shows, there are the classical keys and to the left we find the macro buttons. As we already mentioned the Apex M800 is a mechanical keyboard and Steelseries developed their own switches, which they call QS1. The key response is clear and precise, perhaps in our opinion better for typing text rather than long gaming sessions. In our opinion these switches behave in a similar way to Topre, which you can find with the NovaTouch from Cooler Master. Despite being a gaming keyboard with mechanical switches it is surprisingly silent, when being compared to CherryMX switches for example. At this point we also want to have a quick look at the backlight, which is uniform thanks to the fact, that the LED has been placed in the center of each switch.



On the left we find 6 programmable keys. In order to assign specific functions to these keys you need the Seelseries Engine Software, which is available from the vendor’s website. If you want to adjust the brightness of the backlight you can push FN and F5 or F6 simultaneously. While pressing FN and F7 to F12 to gain access to multimedia functions. We previously mentioned that the backlight offers 16.8 million different colors and its intensity can be changed according to your needs. On the back we find a black sleeved cable and two USB 2.0 ports.

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On the back of the keyboard there is the classic label showing the serial and apart from that there are the non-slip rubber feet. Regarding stability, we don't find classic feet, which allow different levels of inclination. If you wish you can swap the feet with the second pair in the delivery, which gives you even more possibilities to change inclination.

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Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 - Galerie Photo / Bundle

Page 3 - Caractéristiques

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Page 5 - Software

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