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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hey guys hope you're doing great today I'm here to share my thoughts on the new Corsair strafe RGB mechanical keyboard you might recall that we took a look at the non RGB version of the strafe keyboard that was priced around a hundred and ten dollars but now for an extra forty dollars you get the RGB a new silent mechanical switch and a few extra features so without any further ado let's check it out at first glance I noticed that the design of the strafe RGB shares a lot of similarities with its non RGB younger brother the auto frame along with the build looks and feels the same the spacebar texture is the same way the brightness control and the windows lock buttons are located on the same top right hand corner although you might notice that the Corsair branding is shifted underneath these buttons and towards the top left hand side of the keyboard you may notice the hidden illuminated logo that lights up when plugged in now like that there's a USB pass-through port on the back side of the keyboard which is a nice addition but I would have preferred an extra USB port with the added price you also get a detachable wrist rest with the strafe RGB and the soft textured finish on it is comfortable to type but attaching it was just a matter of snapping it onto the keyboard at the bottom there are several anti slip pads and flip-out feed to adjust the height of the keyboard and it does a fantastic job preventing the keyboard from movement the media functions for volume adjust and track controls have been programmed as commands in the f5 to f12 keys and they can be accessed via the function key I would have preferred a dedicated media command section but course I decided to preserve the same design of the original strafe with this model course it also includes two set of contoured and textured key caps just like the non RGB variant the WASC set is meant for FPS gamers while the Corpse set for mobile players I really enjoyed my time gaming on this key cap since my fingers are placed perfectly on them and you also get a key cap puller which is nice speaking of typing this keyboard comes with four types of Cherry MX switches the MX blue MX Brown MX red and a new silence which which is the one we have here tapping on it is familiar and that's because they are based off the red switches both with 45 grams of actuation force but the MX silent switches are much quieter so if you're looking to minimize the audible clicky clack while gaming or typing the MX silent switches is what you need take a listen for yourselves now on to the best part that RGB lighting you guys have no idea how beautiful and bright this looks seriously this is by far on the best nope I'm going to phrase that the best RGB lit keyboard ever the colors are vibrant the spectrum cycling effect is so smooth without any lag the secret behind this glorious illuminance is that the support plate is coated with white paint which in turn intensifies the lighting through the gaps and I love how they look in low-light scenarios the driver software is very simple and easy to use the profile tab comes with three different sub categories the first assignment tab lets you assign every single key on a straight RGB to your preference the lighting tab allows you to change the lighting effects to different modes like Spiral rainbow rainbow wave visor rain color shift color pulse color wave type lighting and ripple you can also adjust the direction and the speed of these effects which is pretty cool the performance tab lets you disable certain keys and that's it not a lot of options here also do note that you can create multiple profiles within the software and it's directly stored onto the microprocessor built inside the straight RGB I was really excited to review the strafe RGB from Corsair when I took a look at the regular strafe keyboard the only thing that was missing was RGB and think Corsair has delivered all the things you need with this gaming keyboard plus the new cherry MX silence which is a nice addition to the line that silences your keystrokes and because of that we're giving it the hardware connects dandy reward well that concludes our review of the Corsair strafe RGB mechanical keyboard would you consider this over the non RGB variant for that price premium let us know in the comments down below I me bear with Harbor connects don't forget to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one