Although they have inverted the colors, the predominantly yellow color scheme is complemented by black strips on the side, contrasted by the white text on the darker shades and black text on the lighter shades. While it is relatively easy to find what you’re looking for, it looks cheap compared to something like Razer’s Synapse.

The USB pass-through port provides convenient access to an additional USB port for your mouse or headset. Further feature highlights and miscellaneous product information such as specifications and system requirements can be found on the remaining sides of the box. It's mainly made out of plastic, and the top plate is aluminum, giving the keyboard a better build than the Corsair K68 RGB, but the keyboard flexes a bit.When placed on the table, the wrist rest does not move from side to side and has a limited slip rotation angle when lifted off the table.

If I shine my phone light on it, I can definitely see the areas my fingers touch the most, but it’s otherwise invisible. I do prefer the textured feel of PBTs more, but these have a sort of smooth rubbery feel without being slippery. With intuitive and powerful CORSAIR iCUE software, you have vivid dynamic RGB lighting control, sophisticated macro programming and full-system lighting synchronization compatible with multiple CORSAIR products. Win Lock is an important feature in any gaming keyboard, because let us face it: How many times have you tried to duck in your favorite FPS while engaging an enemy, only to be killed instantly, because you missed the "Ctrl" key and your game was minimized?The per-key lighting is obviously fully customizable and the brightness is just about perfect (and it can be adjusted). and its wonderful RGB lighting benefit from the process in the form of preset effects (breathing, color wave, etc) and per-key custom configurations. A nice keyboard for sure, however mine developed and issue with three of the key's LED's ('Caps Lock', 'C' and 'F3') Just 6 weeks past the 24 month warranty. I love the new look and accessibility of the dedicated multimedia controls and the volume rocker works very smoothly. For instance, the unibody aluminium faceplate with its brushed finish makes for excellent build quality, and large rubber pads on the underside keep the keyboard in place regardless of whether you opt to use the flick-out legs on the underside or not.