Cooler Master MasterKeys - difference to the QuickFire?

wywywywy · 7 Aug 2016 at 22:53

So the Cooler Master MasterKeys range is going to have white LED version instead of just RGB.

But the QuickFire range has white LEDs too. And they use the same Cherry MX switches with the same layout.

What's the difference? I can't really tell from their website...

Maverick2332 · 8 Aug 2016 at 11:37

wywywywy said:
So the Cooler Master MasterKeys range is going to have white LED version instead of just RGB.

But the QuickFire range has white LEDs too. And they use the same Cherry MX switches with the same layout.

What's the difference? I can't really tell from their website...

From a quick glance the masterkeys has centralised lighting in the keyswitch i think.

Also has some cringy images on the coolermaster website as a bonus.

wywywywy · 8 Aug 2016 at 13:29

Thanks but not too sure what you mean by that - is the old one back-lit only? Is that what you're saying?

Maverick2332 · 8 Aug 2016 at 14:25

EDIT: Just looked again and i was wrong, i can't actually see any big differences.

I think the only difference is brighter backlighting.

wywywywy · 8 Aug 2016 at 14:30

Ah, nice picture clear explanation, I get it now thank you. Basically the old one has an uneven glow.

But, that also means it's not using standard parts so I can't mod or get replacements as easily then I guess?

Maverick2332 · 8 Aug 2016 at 14:30

Sorry, i was wrong as per my edit above.

The LEDs are larger and might be harder to source as they are not the standard parts used.

wywywywy · 8 Aug 2016 at 14:48

No problems many thanks for your effort!