Cooler Master CK350 Review

UNBOXING AND ACCESSORIES






COOLER MASTER CK350 REVIEW












COOLER MASTER CK350 REVIEW













COOLER MASTER CK350 REVIEW






Cooler Master is a brand known for making quality keyboards like the quickfire rapid and the trigger. Their keyboards can survive a durability test wherein the keyboard will be run over by a car. Today, Cooler Master changed its packaging color from a gray box from the previous Masterkeys into a bright purple box now. Also they now have a small window pocket for consumers to be able to press the keys and test it.





Upon opening the box, you can see that the keyboard is protected by a clear hard plastic cover wherein you can see the keyboard itself. After taking out everything outside the box, we can see that it’s just the keyboard and a manual, nothing else.
SPECIFICATIONS
Outemu switches (brown/red/blue)
Full layout design
Brushed aluminum design
Gunmetal color
RGB, on-the-fly lighting control
1ms, 1000hz polling rate, USB 2.0
64kb on-board memory
440(L)*140(W)*45(H) mm
1100g / 2.43 lbs
1.8 m cable length
2 yrs warranty
DESIGN AND BUILD QUALITY














The Cooler master CK350 is an RGB mechanical keyboard with a floating keys design and has a 104 key layout. It has a brushed aluminum finish which gives it a minimalistic look on top of the gunmetal color of the top plate. CK350 also has an angled case design for maximum comfort while typing. As you can see, there is no visible print of the CM logo in front aside from the subtle branding in the windows key with its famous hexagon design. At the back, there is the branding, 5 rubber feet and 2 flip-out feet. As for the connectivity of the CK350, it has a USB 2.0, non-removable rubber cable with 1.8m in length with 3 cable routing channels.


USER EXPERIENCE AND CONCLUSION
SWITCHES AND STABS










The CK350 offers 3 variants: outemu blue, brown and red. What we have here in our review is the Outemu Blue, a clicky switch with 60cN force. The housing in this switch is clear with 4 pin holes to accommodate the 4-pin RGB LEDs. It is soldered and unlike the current trend of hotswappable board, it offers a 4-pin vibrant RGB LED instead of an SMD LED. The Outemu blue in this mechanical keyboard is somewhat different from other outemu blues that can be found in some china mech kbs. The sound is not that noisy as to what a common Outemu blue sounds like.


The stabs use in the long keys are great and has very minimal rattling. You can check our typing sound test below for the CK350 (00:15 to 00:19 for the stabs) and a sound test of a Cherry MX blue.