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so this is the course they're k95 RGB platinum mechanical gaming keyboard and right now it represents the best mechanical gaming keyboard that Corsair can make with their best switches and the best features and of course their most expensive price at ten hundred dollars us why does it cost two hundred dollars well let me tell you all the things that it has first Cherry MX speeds which is already detailed upon their introduction in my Corsair k70 rapid-fire video I'll link that up in the corner they have 45 gram actuation force one point two millimeter actuation distance and if these switches are too fast for you thankfully they'll also have the k95 platinum with Cherry MX brown switches - those have two millimeter actuation distance so you don't have to push them down a little bit further for them to actually register the keys are all individually lit and querque programmable with coursers cue software they've also added a nineteen zone fully programmable light edge sort of edge of light along the top do note the smooth color transitions along that with minimal hot spotting which of course there was pretty proud to point out at CES the k95 platy is also available in black worldwide like the one that you see here or if you're buying in north america you can get it in gunmetal the regional restriction for that one is only at launch though so then of course there if you want to know when that gunmetal finish will go global it has an anodized brushed aluminum frame that's one solid piece across the top so it's lightweight and strong with the whole keyboard weighing one point three one kilograms or two point eight eight pounds Corsair has kept the USB pass-through just like on the k70 RGB which I like but although the keyboard itself requires a USB 3.0 plug the pass-through unfortunately is only USB 2.0 the macro keys from the previous k95 are still there but it's reduced to a single row of six programmable GTS with textured key caps you can assign single keystrokes or complex multi key combos to these with the Corsair utility engine software accessories include documentation of course info on a two-year warranty a key cap puller and a set of textured and contoured replacement key caps WASD for FPS players and wer TDS for MOBA games another nice accessory is the wrist rest which is full-length and detachable with dual sided magnetic pad with a soft touch finish you can flip over if you want textured or a non textured feel a new feature on the other side of the keyboard provides crisp cross cable management channels which most likely will be used for a headset it's great to use if you have like a USB headset that you can plug into that USB pastor and then route underneath but it did also remind me that there's no headphone and mic analog pass through on the k95 platinum okay missing feature rounding out the features though we have 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover while connected via USB and shame on you somehow use an adapter and plug this into a ps2 port by the way we've moved on from that as well as a braided fiber cable nice and thick with two plugs one for the keyboard and one for the USB pass-through and now on to the RGB LEDs and the software so first you've got onboard storage you actually get 8 megabytes of profile storage built in with 3 profiles that are accessible those will store your Hardware macro as well as lighting effects there's a 32-bit ARM Cortex processor that handles the onboard flash storage and the LED display controllers that are integrated so all this means that you can save any backlighting effects that you set up even the more complicated ones and the multi-level in-game macros to the onboard memory in three different profiles and unplug the keyboard and take them with you without the need to install the Q software on the system that you move the keyboard to that's pretty cool that cortex processor in there is also nice and fast so the software updates that you do in the software right to the keyboard was pretty much no wait time at all unless you're doing a firmware update and that only takes a few seconds the Q software has come a long way and you can also use it to control and sync Corsair headsets and mice and even mouse pads and I like that they've separated the Advanced section so it's a little bit less daunting for new users the complexity of the software was a bit of a barrier to entry for new people it will prompt you to update firmware when available when you plug the keyboard in and it detects it and then macros can be set up in the Actions menu while lighting effects are available in the lighting effects section cool looking effects presets can be selected such as rainbow spiral rainbow wave color shift visor rain and more and there's reactive modes as well so you can type and it reacts to your typing or your system sound they're also available to you can also download community made configurations which is great for finding new lighting configurations and you can stack modes on top of each other such as layering the Weiser effect over rainbow wave for example which leads to some pretty unique combinations also you can control the light edge along the top individually if you prefer to have it separate from the lighting that's going on with the keys I haven't mentioned them yet but there are also six dedicated multimedia Keys here on the top right those are still there including a nicely textured volume roller and the backlighting for these buttons is also RGB along with the windows lock key which is over here and there's also brightness and profile switches on the top-left all those have RGB in them you can control them all and synchronize them with the RGB that's going on with the rest of the keys on the board gray so on the plus side the k95 platinum definitely brings together a sweet spot collection of features for a mechanical gaming keyboard that stands out a bit from Corsairs previous offerings I like the updates quickly and the software is also very robust now and I didn't even delve into the advanced settings for this video the USB pass-through is very nice to have and I still like the design of these keyboards with the flat metal aluminum backplate being fairly easy to clean with the key caps removed my critiques here are mostly centered around the fact that this is called platinum and that Corsair said it was the best ever keyboard that they ever made and could possibly have made I do see a couple areas that could be improved first off that USB pass-through could be USB 3.0 or even USB 3.1 compatible which would be nice since this are a USB 3 requirement to use the keyboard fully and I would like to be able to plug in my high-speed storage there for quick and easy access for like USB drives I also do like a mic and headphones pass-through on a keyboard which would be convenient and it will align with those cable routing channels that they added on the bottom of the board and finally I'd say that the Cherry MX speed switches aren't necessarily for everyone they're just a little bit too easy to miss type sometimes with their really low travel distance for registering a keystroke so I'm glad that there's an MX Brown option but it would be nice to see them ad blues and Red's available as well for people who like the switch types that is all for this video though guys thank you so much for watching and let me know what you think of course there's newest keyboard in the comment section below is this worth $200 to you I'm sure Corsair would like to know also of course hit the like button subscribe check out the description for links my store and we'll see you in the next video