With the Apex M500, Steelseries offers a gaming keyboard with mechanical switches and standard layout. As with all other high-end gaming keyobards these days also this one features a backlight and there are different macro modes. Apart from that Steelseries chose to use very solid plastic for this keyboard, which adds a lot to the stability and the overall feel.


Today we are going to have a close look at the Apex M500 keyboard from Steelseries. This model is equipped with Cherry MX Red with blue backlight. On the following pages we will analyze the main features as well as look for any drawbacks of the Steelseries's new gaming keyboard.

Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 - Photo Gallery / Delivery

Page 3 - Features

Page 4 - Closer Look

Page 5 - Software

Page 6 - Conclusion