WEBVTT 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:14.599 welcome to my unboxing and first look at what is clearly a pre-production retail 00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:19.199 package because I don't think Cooler Master with all of their experience 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:23.760 would release a retail product that looked like this but this is pretty much 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:29.320 what you'll get inside your real one with a more fancy graphic on it this is 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:33.480 the quickfire TK so if you didn't know already Cooler Master has been doing 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:38.559 mechanical keyboards for a little while now actually so they are quite well 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:42.719 regarded they have a pretty wide variety of products I mean you look at some 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:46.879 companies where they'll release sort of one mechanical keyboard with one 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:50.559 particular key switch and maybe it has a backlight or it doesn't have a backl and 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:54.039 you should be happy to get what you can I suppose um Cooler Master is taking a 00:00:52.840 --> 00:01:00.399 completely different approach and they're going after more like the guys who do a lot of different SKS with a lot 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:03.480 of customizability so the quickfire t 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:06.439 alone is available in Cherry MX Blue 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:10.360 Cherry MX red switches and Cherry MX Brown switches they also come with 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.799 different backlight colors to correspond to the types of switches in them so this 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:18.680 I asked for if you know if you guys follow me on Twitter and you know what I 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:23.680 think of keyboards I asked for obviously the Cherry MX Blue version oh check that 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:28.079 out it's oh hold on oh there it is all right I thought we 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:33.000 were going to be missing a key there oh well this is a good opportunity to show you guys what what it looks like so 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:36.119 there you can see the Cherry MX Blue switch you can hear if I move it up to 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:41.399 the mic a yeah you can hear the sexy sound 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:47.040 that it makes when you actually actuate the switch I'm just going to go ahead and throw that back on it comes with a 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:52.600 key removal to Tool right so uh so yes this is the Blue version with a blue 00:01:49.360 --> 00:01:53.759 backlight and a blue and blue switches 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:58.119 I'm just going to show you guys how this works so it comes with a removable cable 00:01:56.360 --> 00:02:00.960 which I don't know if I I don't know if that's entirely necessary but I guess if 00:02:00.039 --> 00:02:06.960 that's something they want to do then that's great it also has cable routing holes so you can bring it out the one 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:09.440 side bring it out the other side or bring it straight out the back of the 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:14.360 keyboard depending on what you find preferable there are 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:17.599 rubber uh nonslip feet here here and here and the oh the are these are my 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:22.080 favorite check this out so if you get right in there you can see the entire 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:26.640 both sides of it are rubber so it's an entire coating on the keyboard uh Little 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:30.120 Foot itself here that's rubber so what that means is a lot of the time you 00:02:28.239 --> 00:02:33.720 deploy these things and the keyboard becomes slippery all of a sudden because 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:37.200 only the bottom two are making contact properly and these will be just plastic 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:41.400 but cooler Master's gone the extra mile and made sure that that's not going to 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:45.239 cause any problems for you comes with a key removal tool so you can go ahead and 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:49.599 remove the keys you can remove the keys without the key removal tool but it's 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:53.239 not recommended because it can damage the switch underneath so let's go ahead 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:57.720 and check this out so there you go you can see the blue the blue back plate it 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:01.959 has a full metal back plate so let's find out oh that's very solid actually 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:06.080 this is among the more solid keyboards that I've encountered even some 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:09.120 mechanical keyboards you can tell these they're still they're not that solidly 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:12.200 built cuz they'll have a lot of flex in them but you can see I'm actually 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:17.640 putting a lot of force on this can you can you see the flex there's a little bit but I mean there's only so much you 00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:22.519 can do but it's very very solidly built that makes a great difference when 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:26.480 you're mashing on something pressing buttons hard to have it not have any 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:30.840 Flex to it because that's how you get that sort of that perfect tactile 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:37.239 response now Blue switches are not for everyone you can hear how loud they 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:40.200 are but like I said Cooler Master is making the keyboard available in a 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:45.959 variety of different configurations depending on what you want the brown switch one does not come with a brown 00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:49.120 backlight just so you guys know so the blue switch one comes with a blue 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:53.519 backlight the red switch one comes with a red backlight and the brown switch one 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:58.439 comes with a white backlight so don't worry it's nothing nothing ridiculous 00:03:55.879 --> 00:04:03.439 like that and you know what this might be a bit of a bit of a problem here 00:04:00.760 --> 00:04:06.480 because oh no it works there we go I was worried that it wouldn't work because 00:04:04.920 --> 00:04:12.920 I'm not actually booted into Windows but it looks like all the software is running in here so the keys are 00:04:09.480 --> 00:04:14.560 individually backl back lit and it comes 00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:18.799 with a variety of modes so you can see the mode here for whatever reason has 00:04:16.440 --> 00:04:21.720 these ones not illuminated and this one not illuminated and the F12 not 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:28.720 illuminated it also has three different brightness levels so I'm just going to hold down function here and so we'll go 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:34.080 brightness all the way down wow five different brightness 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:38.639 levels you know what that looks stunning look how good the backl looks when they 00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:42.160 CU see here if I unplug it so unplug it again you can see they've colored the 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:46.400 back plate blue which means the reflection of the LEDs off the back 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:50.000 plate actually makes the blue much more intense and much more striking than 00:04:48.479 --> 00:04:54.000 keyboards that I've seen in the past that is a really nice touch that's smart 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:58.160 I haven't seen that before so let's give it a sec to oh yeah I plugged it into 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:03.880 the right thing okay so give it a sec to turn itself back on here so so give me a 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:07.360 moment so I managed to lock up the computer because I didn't realize it was 00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:11.240 doing something and I was mashing on Keys over here and it was obviously 00:05:09.080 --> 00:05:14.680 plugged in so I'm going to not Mash Keys too too hard anymore but I want to show 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:19.280 you guys so it has five different brightness levels it has several 00:05:16.960 --> 00:05:24.520 different modes so that looks like sort of more of like a oh okay so there's W 00:05:21.479 --> 00:05:27.160 ASD mode then 00:05:24.520 --> 00:05:30.199 there's sort of full mode except for the function key here and these keys right 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:37.360 here and then there's sort of what looks like kind of a oh is it like pulsating or 00:05:34.880 --> 00:05:41.960 something oh cool it has like a breathing mode that's that's really neat 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:45.120 okay and then brightness you obviously can't control in that particular mode 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:50.759 I'm not sure what this guy does back in a sec okay I figured it out so I think I 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:54.440 got got everything down pat now this switches between six key and N key 00:05:52.479 --> 00:05:59.039 rollover remember n key rollover is better cuz it means you can type like 00:05:57.400 --> 00:06:05.720 this if you want and it'll actually register every single keystroke no big 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:08.560 deal six key rollover however is more 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:11.720 compatible with various bioses or with Apple computers for example that don't 00:06:10.280 --> 00:06:16.800 support en key rollover because this is over USB which normally sort of 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:21.479 naturally doesn't support en key rollover all right next we've got I 00:06:19.919 --> 00:06:25.880 could not figure out for the life of me why these Keys weren't Illuminating 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:29.240 number lock so when you have number lock off you can see these arrow keys 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:33.000 illuminate because we are in the mode that ows us to use the other 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:37.919 functionality of this of this uh block of keys here so we've got a full number 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.319 pad block which I personally still like to see but we have a keyboard that's not 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:47.080 much bigger than a 10 keyless which is really cool so by switching this 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:52.240 functionality so number lock is on other functionality is on you got all your 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:57.639 usual keys and page down page up delete all that good stuff and you have a full 00:06:54.440 --> 00:07:00.000 number pad which is very very cool right 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:04.280 here this is a function key lock so this is U this 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:07.360 okay however this works okay one of them's oh no sorry Windows key lock so 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:11.680 you can turn your Windows keys on and off and this is your function key lock 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:16.599 which will lock your function keys on and off so that you can either have them 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:21.720 operate as F1 to F12 or you can have them operate as dedicated media Keys 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:26.879 including play pause stop back forward mute volume down and volume up um as 00:07:25.039 --> 00:07:30.400 well as all of your lighting adjustments and all that good stuff so you can go 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:35.440 sort of I think we showed all the different lighting modes I think that 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:39.400 pretty much covers it so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:43.319 at the very wellb built very solid feeling I mean there's you know the 00:07:40.599 --> 00:07:49.039 whole CM Storm thing they just got good little touches that make it look nice 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:50.919 make it function well and that pretty 00:07:49.039 --> 00:07:54.280 much covers it as you guys know I'm big into mechanical keyboards would I 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:57.440 recommend this one absolutely don't forget to subscribe F Tech tips for 00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:00.440 unboxings reviews and other computer videos