Lightweight and rugged durability, necessary for a keyboard that’s going to see a lot of action.
The keyboard has so many features, it’s going to take quite a while going through them all, but you’ll be able to get the gist of them from checking out the full feature list and spec below: Features Of course, it contains the latest Cherry RGB mechanical switches, of which are available in several flavours including the Corsair-exclusive MX Speed switches and standard MX Brown. As the internals are easily customisable, companies have been known to produce their own parts (or gain exclusivity from the manufacturers such as Cherry), which reduce the travel required for the actuation point, thus improving response time, or allow for RGB LEDs: in fact, both of these mentioned modifications Corsair have implemented in the keyboard I am actually looking at in this review.ĭubbed the Corsair K95 RGB Platinum, it is a premium performance keyboard, packed to the brim with features. Due to the design of mechanical switches, they allow for aftermarket key caps and even modifications (such as replacing the small springs in each switch for one that is less/more “springy”). These types of switches have different types of movement, some linear, some tactile, but all are incredibly durable and superior to type on (OK, that last part is subjective, but once you go mechanical, you’ll never go back!).
The biggest and most crucial different is the switch type: the most common – rubber dome, have a squishy rubber membrane that when it makes contact with the circuit board, it registers the keystroke, whereas a mechanical keyboard has individual switches, which contain durable moving parts that when pressed, create a contact between two points, thus registering the keystroke. However, before I delve into the review, it’s important that I briefly cover what makes a mechanical keyboard so great:
It’s been awhile since I have had the opportunity to review a keyboard with Christmas, the New Year and the birth of my son, it has been incredibly hectic (plus trying to keep the server alive, whilst Gav breaks it), so you can imagine the excitement I felt when Corsair’s newest flagship mechanical keyboard arrived at my office.
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