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Guru3D.com » News » Review: Corsair Gaming K95 RGB PLATINUM

Review: Corsair Gaming K95 RGB PLATINUM

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/07/2017 09:12 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)

We review the new Corsair K95 RGB Platinum edition mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX speed switches. Combined with updated CUE software and a nice RGB overhaul this keyboard has been updated to what the year 2017 requires for the true hardcore gamer. The K95 RGB Platinum is the Corsair flagship keyboard being refined, offers fantastic looks and a 100% programmable keyboard with added programmable G keys.

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JonasBeckman
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#5389658 Posted on: 02/07/2017 11:58 AM
Hmm so K95 a few years back and then updated to the K95 RGB and now here's the K95 RGB Platinum.

Wonder what's been updated for this version then?

EDIT:
Ah it's mentioned pretty early into the review, switch changes from MX Red (or Brown I think was a option as well.) to these MX Speed ones while retaining the full RGB lighting, tweaked the wrist pad a bit too.

I had the regular K95 before, LED's died pretty quickly which seems to have been a common issue but it worked really well even so since that lighting was more of a extras and doesn't really impact functionality much though these RGB models also allow for some interesting light effects should the user desire to set that up.

V.2 of the Corsair Utility Engine (CUE) software (LED control for example but also firmware updating and polling rate plus mouse sensitivity and such.) also had some quirks initially but they've slowly been fixing it up since that first public beta release.
(Think it's still considered beta but it's fairly usable now though there's likely more to be done still before it replaces V.1 entirely.)

Corsair does tend to re-release their keyboards using newer switch types come to think of it, whether it's the earlier MX Silent or these MX Speed.
(0.8mm difference compared to MX Red seems kinda trivial but perhaps there's other changes with these, need to read through the rest of the review.)



PC with 2 USB 2.0 ports


I could be wrong but 3.0 compatibility and only needing one port would be a nice update eventually, if doable of course.
(3.0 USB should be native on most recent motherboard models, not quite the same for 3.1 though even with the new Intel z270 boards.)

Then again if it's for USB throughput I guess people would want the keyboard to have 3.x as well, at least for stick memory or similar higher-speed devices.
(Not so much for say input devices or headphones I'm guessing.)


Though I guess with these mechanical keyboards the real improvement for them would be if pricing could come down a bit, this has some extras but 199$ and whatever it'll be here in Europe (Probably a bit more.) is a bit of money after all though the components themselves such as the actual switches and the on-board memory are probably not that easily lowered in price even if Corsair here does seem to have some deal with the switch manufacturer.

But keyboards and mice do hold up pretty well so not something you usually "upgrade" that often short of the hardware itself failing.

Prince Valiant
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#5389758 Posted on: 02/07/2017 04:41 PM
Increasing the price and gutting the additional macro keys from the K95 line seems like a poor decision.

gUNN1993
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#5389761 Posted on: 02/07/2017 04:51 PM
Increasing the price and gutting the additional macro keys from the K95 line seems like a poor decision.



Had a K95 for about 2 years now, can tell you the only thing a hate about it are those ****ing extra macro keys, make the board extralong and I literally never use them, reaching over it just a pain in the ass.

BlueRay
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#5389786 Posted on: 02/07/2017 06:03 PM
Nice music videos. We want more like this.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5389801 Posted on: 02/07/2017 06:32 PM
Nice music videos. We want more like this.


I'm spinning dat **** like a DJ brother ;)



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