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Introduction
Manufacturer: Cooler Master
Model: Masterkeys Pro L
Price: €169 EUR / £129 GBP (At the time of review)
Hey everyone, back again with yet another mechanical keyboard review: This time, Cooler Master (CM) have sent over the Masterkeys Pro L, featuring full RGB LED backlighting and genuine Cherry MX switches, which seem to be losing popularity over the cheaper clones, that have flooded the mechanical keyboard industry of late. This particular model dubbed “L” stands for large (as you probably guessed), which just means it is a full sized keyboard, whereas the “S” edition is TKL, so no numpad.
The Masterkey Pros are the first CM mechanical keyboards to use the infamous Cherry RGB switches, which were previously exclusive to Corsair. They come in three different switch flavours, so you can choose your preferred type: Red, Blue and Brown (no black). I’m expecting the keyboard to pretty much be an improvement over the Quickfire XTi, which only had dual LED backlighting, so I am hoping to see software configured LED lighting and a range of customisability options. Before I take a closer look, let’s check out the spec
Specifications
| Model Number | SGK-6020-KKCM1-US (Brown Switch) SGK-6020-KKCL1-US (Blue Switch) SGK-6020-KKCR1-US (Red Switch) |
| Switch Type | CHERRY MX |
| Material | Plastic / Metal |
| Color | Black |
| LED Color | RGB |
| Polling Rate | 1x / 2x / 4x / 8x |
| Response Rate | 1ms |
| MCU | 32bit ARM Cortex M3 |
| On board Memory | 512KB |
| On-the-fly system | Macro Record and Lighting |
| Cable manager | 3 ways, 180 degrees cable management grooves |
| Cable | Detachable with Micro-USB |
| Software AP | Yes, Supports GUI Software |
| Connector Cable | USB 2.0 |
| Cable Length | 1.5 Meters |
| Dimensions | 439.23 x 130.32 x 41.95 mm |
| Product Weight (without cable) | 1090 g |
| Warranty | 2 years |
From the spec, it’s looking like it will be very similar to the XTi, so fingers crossed it does just raise the bar that bit more. Will it differ in appearance?
