Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 3 Gaming Keyboard for PC Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2013-11-04

Gaming on a budget but still willing to purchase one well-built gaming keyboard from a respected manufacturer? Then the S.T.R.I.K.E. 3 may be for you since it retains some of the important features of the more expensive variants and can be bought in 3 color variants: black, white and red, in order to match the other peripherals.

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A Closer Look Part II

The keyboard itself is also fully covered with plastic, since most of its surface (except the keycaps) is made from shiny plastic:

 

 

 

S.T.R.I.K.E. 3 is quite gorgeous, especially in the red and white versions because of the nice contrast with the black key caps; one downside of having a shiny plastic surface is the fact that we are dealing with a fingerprint magnet and if we do not wipe it clean with a soft cloth, it may scratch easily:

 

 

 

On the top left side we have the first set of 7 macro keys, along with the Windows key lock, in the shape of a switch. Here we also have a button for switching between 3 modes, which multiplies the number of macro key functionalities which we can map:

 

 

 

The Space key is stylish, with a futuristic shape and the white line is semi-transparent so LED light will pass through it:

 

 

 

On its left we have one Fn key for activating some extra functions:

 

 

 

Near the last set of F-keys (F9-F10-F11-F12), we will find the LEDs for NumLock, ScrollLock and CapsLock:

 

 

 

In the vicinity we will also see a handle for transport:

 

 

 

An extra set of macro keys is placed between the directional arrows and the Delete, End and Page Down keys:

 

 

 

In order to distinguish properly the directional arrows even without looking at the keyboard, the macro keys are placed lower:

 

 

 

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