Steelseries Apex m800 The fastest mechanical keyboard

So I recently bought one of the most expensive background lit mechanical keyboard on the market. I got interested in this when I heard of it for the first time, so I decided to read a little bit more about it and look further into the keyboard to see if it's something to buy or not since it's pretty expensive.

Tech spec:

6 Macrobuttons
Dual processors
Low profile keys
Customizable background LED
2 USB 2.0 Hubs
Anti-ghosting support - which makes it possible for you to press 256 keys without a problem, as steelseries says there is not that many keys on the m800 so there is no need to worry about missing out in the heart of the battle.

The keyboard has 2 USB connectors which you have to connect to your PC, it probably needs two to power the dual processors. The reason to the dual processor quoted by steelseries is: "Your 600 APM would go to waste if the brains of the keyboard couldn't keep up" so they added another CPU that is dedicated to processing the key presses.

This keyboard doesn't run with the old cherry MX switches but uses steelseries own mechanical switches QS1. This is one of the reasons why it's the fastest keyboard on the market, the switches only have a 3mm throw depth, a 1.5mm actuation and only require 45 cN(centiNewton) actuation force which corresponds to a kilogram force of 0.046 which is not that much. But the depth of the switches are made to faster reactions and less effort. The keys doesn't need to go so deep before they react.

I bought the apex RAW keyboard steelseries gave out a couple of years ago and I really liked the low profile keys and the keyboard itself was really well built. Like the m800 you can feel that it is really solid with a quality build. The keys doesn't give the distinct feedback that the cherry MX switches does, but it still feels good and I really like the fact that it doesn't sound so much.

The steelseries engine 3 is a powerful software that allows you to design different light patterns and use existing profiles. The gamesense ability allows the keyboard to recognize different games and they have a specific layout depending on the game. I only say a minecraft mod, dota 2 and CS GO, I haven't looked further into this since this is more of my first reaction to the keyboard itself. I personally turned the gamesense off when I played cs go since it bothered me more than it was useful. The gamesense makes the keyboard show armor, HP and ammo at three different rows of the keyboard and they go down with the HP, armor and ammo, and I personally don't want to release my eyes of the screen to be disturbed by the keyboard but that is my personal opinion. I really enjoy the keyboard and I can feel all the thought in it.

If it's worth 199,99$? If you feel like you have that amount of money to spend on a keyboard I would say go for it! I really like it and since I just bought it I haven't tested all of the features yet but so far I really enjoy it.

For more info on the keyboard I recommend you visiting the product site that steelseries got in this link.

As always, enjoy gaming!