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Linus tech tips coverage of pax 2013 is brought to you by Western Digital Intel and steel series well here at the course our booth we're going to check out what they're announcing for mouse pads and keyboards so first up is the Corsair mm 200 extended this is more of a desk pad and less of a mouse pad you can see if you wanted to you could probably have four individual people operating mice within normal ranges on this mouse pad or you can put your keyboard here and your mouse over here and not have to deal with that annoying lip that tends to exist at the edge of your keyboard where it overlaps a little bit is really frustrating next up we've got the MM 400 compact which is just a smaller version of the existing mm 400 so that's pretty much it for things that you didn't already see from our computex coverage now we're over on the other side where there's the new Raptor k30 so from the Raptor branding that should tell you that it's more of a value-oriented option compared to vengeance but I think given the price you guys are probably going to like the features of this keyboard so it has the same aesthetic as the Vengeance keyboards however it does use plastic construction and membrane keys versus aluminum construction with mechanical keys but it still got back lighting it's still got a variety of different brightness levels it still got programmable keys with three different banks over here a lockable Windows key and dedicated media keys so when you look at what it's up against that makes it look pretty compelling actually if you're looking for a more value oriented keyboard personally I prefer mechanical though which actually is fantastic because right over there we've got course they're showing off their cherry MX blue and cherry MX brown vengeance series gaming keyboards which are available for pre-order now and are going to be shipping by the end of the month so for all of those of you who are asking when are they coming when are they coming they are finally coming now be excited guys don't miss any of our pax prime 2013 coverage huge thanks to our sponsors Western Digital Intel and steelseries for allowing us to be here at the show and as always don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips