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Corsair K95 Platinum - Best Gaming Keyboard Ever?

2017-02-25
the review of course as flagship bamboozled wham who's all king of the mountain keyboard the k95 platinum but of course carries a king of the mountain price tag though what do you get for this price and is it worthy of your money let's find out welcome back to tech yes City in the k95 platinum features a custom switch from cherry label DMX speed which is a linear key with no feedback and as the name suggests actuates at a higher point one point two millimeters to be exact making a superior for gaming than a cherry MX red switch or any other switch currently out there the key themselves feature core says bold font over abs key caps and the RGB lighting is very controlled and dare I say elegant reflecting off the milled black anodized alloy which extends around the front of the keyboard and the top of the keyboard features the corsair logo and another RGB stripe for extra elegance the included wrist rest is also very nice to type on and has a soft yet firm grip to it one of the best included wrist rests I have used anyway let's do a quick noise test on those switches for you guys there is a 2 meter braided cable which splits into two ends one of which is a USB pass-through with the rear of the keyboard featuring the port you also get an additional 10 included grey rugged grip coated keys and a key cap puller besides that is coarse as 6 macro keys which through software you can remap or program to you guessed it macros the software itself is quite simply first-class having the options to change individual backlighting layer and even opaque other lighting settings sort of like Photoshop editing for your keyboard you can also save and change to different profiles on the fly from the software too you can also update the firmware or contact Corsairs customer support if you have any problems the keyboard at the top has extra function keys like brightness settings which come in three different levels of 33 66 and 100% or completely off the back lighting has an time look to it that glows through the letters and numbers and has many different patterns to choose from which as I said earlier can be layered on this keyboard to have many different effects going at the same time with different levels of Oh peaking - there's also a windows lock key and profile switch button and to the right of the keyboard you get standard media control keys and also a volume knob with a mute button the back of the keyboard has an additional level of height adjustment and features four feet in the corners of the keyboard with the k95 branding so now it's time to test this keyboard in games and world of warcraft came to mind here with those extra six keys being able to be remapped which allowed me to have more options available and also my pro arena wall to walk our friends tell me they love the corset keyboard because of the proximity of the F 1 to F 4 keys being so close to the numbers and movement Keys that they can reliably use them in twos and threes trying this keyboard out and csgo as well just felt so damn smooth even though in this game your mouse of course is going to far outweigh the importance of your keyboard and lastly testing the N key roll over 26 key feature worked flawlessly surviving the crazy spam test that I threw at it with flying colors so its verdict time with the K 95 platinum coming in at a whopping 200 USD or if you're in Australia the cheapest I could find it for is 300 Australian dollars though you might just want to get it shipped from Amazon to your door anyway if your instrument worth your money well that depends if you quite simply want the best keyboard bar none especially for gaming I absolutely love the speed consistency build quality and software associated with this keyboard you get what you pay for comes to mind here and what you are getting is just one heck of the keyboard with the standout points being one point two millimeter actuation extremely comfortable wrist rest and a solid and consistent build quality that expanded to each individual key there's also a gunmetal gray look if you don't like the old black even though I prefer the sleek all-black look there's also a Cherry MX brown switches too though what about a comparison to the real force RGB which I branded the best keyboard ever well for typing I still prefer the real force keys which is a highly subjective thing as they have feedback and I find myself making less typos on keys with tactile feedback on them though for everything else including game this keyboard for me comes an easy first I think Corsair quite simply have nailed it with the k95 platinum anyway guys if you enjoyed this review then be sure to hit that like button and if you disliked it then slam the dislike button and let me know in the comments section below do you like the k95 platinum do you want this thing on your desk anyway guys I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye
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