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so what mystery do I have inside

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here oh it's another keyboard video line is why do you keep doing this to us well

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I think it's because Cooler Master is like determined to get me to stop using

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my zal 60 and I got to say having only before used toer key switches the

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high-end electrostatic capacitive key switches on the Nova touch Series in

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sweets at trade shows and never in the comfort of my own home doing my own work

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I thought this was going to end up being a very negative video and while they're

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still not my favorite thing in the world I might have judged them too hastily

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before Corsair gaming RGB keyboards feature Precision cherrymx RGB key

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switches for 16.8 million color per key

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backlighting for virtually unlimited customization click now to learn more so

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let's start with a physical tour first up it's a 10 keyless which means it's

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not going to make its way onto my desk no matter what I'm just not ready to

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give up my number pad yet but the rest of the features are actually pretty

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solid we've got support for n key rollover over USB and Windows something

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that may end up being a big selling point for Shoppers built-in media keys

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that can be accessed with a function modifier a Windows lock key and finally

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repeat rate modification which lets you change what happens when you hold down a

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key 1X looks like this 2x looks like this 4X looks like this and 8x looks

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like this as as you can see not too useful for typing but for executing

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commands with inhuman speed in games well there you go pretty handy on the

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sides in the front we find not a whole lot of anything on the bottom we find

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four rubber pads and two rubber tipped feet that will angle the keyboard up if

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you prefer that orientation then at the back we find the only visible CM Storm

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branding it's subtle and the user will never have to look at it if they prefer

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a cleaner overall look on the back we also find the removable braided cable

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that terminates in a micro USB Cooler

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Master WTF guys I let it slide last time

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but if you guys are wholesale switching to micro over mini be I have one

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question

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why anyway finally on top we find some

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unexceptional looking key caps um and if

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you buy a Nova touch you'll likely notice how quickly

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the laser etched white back fi characters Fade to a dingy looking Brown

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that is normal but the key caps in spite

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of their sort of unexceptional looking especially compared to cooler Master's

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other stuff where it's all like LEDs and stuff the keycaps are still actually

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where things get interesting because unlike other toer keyboards where you're

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pretty much stuck with whatever key caps come in the Box the Nova touch tkl uses

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a custom purple 45 G slider across the

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board that has the standard circular stem and a cross Cherry MX compatible

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stem meaning that you can use the included keycap puller to strip the

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board naked and swap the included ones with pretty much any key caps out there

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that are compatible with Cherry MX equipped keyboards pretty sweet but I

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think the next question is with the reputation of Cherry MX mechanical

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keyboards why would you even want a toer keyboard most people haven't even heard

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of it great question the typing experience is very different from Cherry

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and while I don't really prefer it per se I was able to adapt to it extremely

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quickly I think part of the reason for this is that as much as I advocate for

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cherrymx mechanical keyboards and I find them generally more comfortable and

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faster than rubber domes the keyboard that I've actually

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typed on more than any other is a gen one Logitech g15 a membrane keyboard so

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the toer typing experience because the keys contain a spring but actually use a

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rubber Dome for resistance and tactile feedback is much like that keyboard but

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with a nice long travel a more consistent feel and improved Comfort I

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still find the tactile bump right at the top of the key press a little bit

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disconcerting by contrast Cherry's tactile bump is around the halfway mark

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very close to the actuation point which means that if you normally feel for the

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tactile bump and try to avoid bottoming out your key strokes with chariots easy

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and with this one it's much more difficult but for me I lack finesse and

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I usually bottom out every time as I type anyway so yeah so anyway with all

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of that said the bottom line is that I actually found that for typing within

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about 10 minutes I was as fast and as accurate as my cherrymx keyboard that

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I've been using for a couple of years pretty darn impressive but for me and

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your mileage may vary especially here because this is keyboards gaming was

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where this keyboard really sha maybe again it's because over the years I've

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spent many more hours gaming on the g15 Gen 1 than probably every other key

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board that I've used combined but coming from a regular membrane keyboard to the

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Nova touch was an absolute treat to game

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on you won't get that same lightness of touch that many gamers who like Cherry

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MX Reds or blacks will be looking for where you only have to go halfway down

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and it's very easy to control but if you're coming from a membrane and want

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something similar without the mushiness of a cheapo keyboard I think you'll find

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yourself very pleasantly surprised by this little guy so that's where we're at

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I I guess I'm missed one thing Cooler Master includes uh a bag of O-rings so

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you can actually shorten the keystroke a bit and silence them a bit more but I

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found that particularly for typing the keyboard was so quiet anyway to begin

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with that I didn't need to use them for that and because I'm a bit of a Brute

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Force typist and I like that nice long travel I left the O-rings off but all of

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this is very personal and as usual with any kind of keyboard purchase

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I'd really recommend trying it before you buy it if there's any way that you

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possibly can if you can't then I hope

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that you found my first experience with the well the first really keycap modding

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friendly toer keyboard somewhat helpful

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guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment and let us know what's your

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favorite keyboard type have you ever tried a toer what do you think of it

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very very curious and also in the video description although I didn't say

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anything that was in the video description just now but I'm not going to worry too much about that there's a support us link where you can buy a

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