The quality of life improvement that most affected my ability to use the Cooler Master SK620 throughout the day was its support for macOS. That problem could probably be solved with time, of course, and other people might be able to remember what each key does after studying the keyboard for a few moments. At least Cooler Master makes it easy to find those functions at a glance. I simply couldn’t remember what each key’s secondary function was, either, so I constantly had to look at the keyboard whenever I wanted to mute a video or take a screenshot (see how to take screenshots in Windows). I scored 117.33 WPM with 98% accuracy and 116.66 WPM with 99.66% accuracy using the Aukey KM-G17 and Logitech MX Keys, respectively, so my results with this keyboard are clearly worse. When it came to touch-typing my results in the Standard Test with Medium Text averaged out to 109.66 words per minute (WPM) with 95.33% accuracy. Suffice it to say the Cooler Master SK620’s layout didn’t click with me by either metric. Folks who use 60% keyboards don’t even have an advantage here, either, because each manufacturer’s layout is different. Re-learning to touch type is fairly quick remembering which key doubles as a “mute” key takes longer. ![]() It’s harder to get used to the Cooler Master SK620’s layout - cramming as much of the functionality of a full keyboard into a much smaller case is naturally going to require some adjustment. These feel like quintessential clicky switches that should appeal to many of the category’s fans. Regardless of their specs, the switches felt solid in practice, and their click is somewhere between “this barely qualifies as a clicky keyboard” and “I’d like to deafen anyone who walks into my office while I’m writing.” Keypresses feel smooth, and there’s just enough travel to prevent too many accidental keystrokes without impeding gameplay. It’s probably safe to assume they’re largely similar to the specs of their Cherry MX counterparts. Unfortunately that means we don’t have exact details about their actuation force, travel, or other specifications. Cooler Master doesn’t specify the switches’ manufacturer, but their branding indicates they were made by TTC. The Cooler Master SK620 is available with linear Red, clicky Blue, and tactile Brown switches our review unit features the Blue switches. (And leave those keycaps in another tab.) Typing Experience on Cooler Master SK620 There’s no point in considering the merits of third-party keycaps that will probably cost more than the keyboard itself without considering the appeal of that keyboard, so before we start looking for keycaps featuring our favorite Pokémon, let’s consider the day-to-day experience of typing and gaming on the Cooler Master SK620. Just be warned that shopping around for new keycaps can become an expensive habit so quickly that we aren’t even going to mention the fact that artisan keycaps exist. ![]() The switches feature a similar design to Cherry MX’s low profile lineup, so keycaps designed for those stems ought to fit. That problem could be solved with a different set of keycaps, however, and swapping out the default set is made easier by Cooler Master’s bundled keycap puller. They don’t let the light through evenly, and the decision to illuminate each key’s secondary function means the bottom half of most characters is better-lit than the top half. Unfortunately this is where the keycaps end up negatively affecting the experience. The lighting is bright enough, and it looks good reflected off the aluminum top plate, at least on the space gray model. Those stately keycaps are lit by per-key RGB lighting that supports 16.8 million colors. ![]() Shout out to Cooler Master for handling all that complexity without making the SK620’s keycaps a cluttered mess. This is partly a consequence of the 60% form factor, which all but requires manufacturers to print the pre-programmed secondary functions performed by each key, but also the result of supporting both Windows and macOS. The Cooler Master SK620 also features ergonomic keycaps adorned with more legends than a Grecian vase.
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