Of course, the slick audio wheel also controls your PC’s volume. It’s nice that you can navigate these things without downloading the free Steelseries Engine 3 companion software - especially if you’re going to use the keyboard on multiple computers. You activate its menu by double-tapping the button to its right that brings up a menu (Illumination / Macros / Actuation / Profiles and Settings) which you can navigate with the audio wheel and press in. What makes it special is the customization it enables. The keyboard’s screen is OLED, but with its tiny size and black-and-white display, OLED is all about readability. It’s not as thick and plush as a fabric one, like the HyperX wrist rest (opens in new tab), but it should be durable and long lasting without having fabric to wear down, and its 8 rubber feet add even more stability. The deliciously smooth wrist rest feels amazing, especially when sliding across the keyboard, and helps deliver the type of experience you should demand from a $200 keyboard. But what it lacks in height, it makes up for with a soft-touch magnetic wrist rest, which snaps on and off in a second. The flip-out feet add a small amount of height at the back, though some might wish for a greater boost. The bottom also has 3 rubber pads that keep the keyboard in place atop your desk. Although, with the cable so long (about 7 feet), I wish there was even more space. Whether your PC’s port is to the right, left or center of the keyboard, you can still keep things tidy. The back of the keyboard has a long channel for snapping in the keyboard’s cable and extending it outwards from one of three locations. More surprising is the cable management system. As expected for a mechanical keyboard, the Apex Pro connects to your PC via the attached USB Type-A cable.

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