Steelseries Apex 5 Wired Gaming Keyboard

I bought this for my Steelseries Apex Pro TKL. It fits quite well despite being designed for the Roccat Vulcan TKL.

(This review was collected as part of a promotion.) Good headset, I use both this and the SteelSeries Artis 3 wired and find them similar

Though not exactly a perfect match with the Ergodox due to the shape of the Ergodox, it is still doable. This is great as my daily driver and has helped take out shoulder and wrist pain.� Only con is that it's not exactly good for gaming due to the edges being a limiting factor. This is coming from someone who games on a trackball. But I won't dock a star from the review because of it as I knew it wouldn't really do too well for gaming when I ordered it.� I have put in an order for the Contour Design Unimouse as well for when I need to game.� This is the wired version by the way. Wire is pretty long and works well with looping through my desk setup which doesn't have provisions for passing wires through, it's an old desk hacked with a keyboard/mouse drawer. I got the wired one because of bad experiences with wireless keyboard and mice from a decade ago, though of course I'm sure that's unfounded concern on my end with technology being super neat these days. Old habits though. Looking forward to the Unimouse.

So much better than the Apple wired keyboard I had before.

I've switched to this after 1.5 years with AW3423DW, because Apex and Rocket League have been the majority of my gaming hours. The productivity loss wasn't that bad, and the stand shape leaves room for another monitor if needed. The visuals seem on par with the Dell, but the smoothness is a noticeable upgrade. It is especially clear in Rocket League with its rough transitions when playing the ball cam (like you normally should). 540 Hz monitors with strobing have even better motion clarity but I won't put up with ghosting nor the hit to image quality. The timing around Apex's vulnerability deprived me of the most relevant comparison, but even a similar frame rate looks better in The Division 2. Unlike Rocket League, this must come down to a massive improvement in total latency from superior processing time. AW34D3W was unusually bad for OLEDs, while this MSI tops the charts. The monitor supports 4K input for downsampling the image from modern consoles and media players. The flipside is that PC games detected the monitor as 4K when using exclusive fullscreen, but the borderless option is taking over anyway (DX12 doesn't even have exclusive fullscreen). The connectivity is an upgrade as well: 2 genuine HDMI 2.1 and a 90W PD USB-C are amazing to have. There are also the usual 2 USB-A ports and a backup DP 1.4, too. Software-wise, this is completely fine out of the box unlike certain Samsungs and Dells were. A DSC toggle and separate color profiles for SDR & HDR should come with a future firmware, and the only other quirk is monitor turning off rather than going back to standby after a pixel refresh on idle. For pure gaming performance, this is the best OLED at the joint lowest price for this panel. I haven't been able to identify a caveat here. It is a great time to be an OLED aficionado.

Great motherboard and WIFI extender that goes with motherboard. The WIFI extender has really helped me with my WIFI and has significantly improved my gaming when it comes to really competitive games like apex or call of duty

I use the Apex AX-48 keyboard stand for a heavier digital piano, on the bottom and a Roland Juno Di on top. Each keyboard is easily accessible and adjustable keyboard heights make playing very comfortable. This stand is very sturdy.

I love it, the best keyboard I have ever owned. I prefer the wired one, that way I never change batteries.

Old school wired keyboard, non-lighted keys, no nonsense.

5 stars.