Everything else about its new K100 is extraordinary.
It's somewhat of a modest representation of the truth to state that gaming consoles have made some amazing progress in the previous decade. Adaptable RGB lighting, committed full scale keys and media controls have become standard highlights. Also, a portion of the bigger organizations have even concocted their own mechanical key plans, with Razer taking things much further two years back with new "opto-mechanical" switches which guaranteed quicker composing by utilizing less physical parts.
Be that as it may, I wasn't a fan — there was no perceptible contrast accordingly an ideal opportunity for me, and the keystrokes didn't sound so extraordinary. Presently, Corsair is getting in on the game today with its own opto-mechanical arrangement and, while the new K100 may speak to the absolute best of Corsair's innovation at the present time, I'm as yet not persuaded about this new kind of key switch.
Corsair is calling the K100 its "zenith" of its console line, and it unquestionably packs in each component that Corsair has appeared or iterated on throughout the long term, yet with little enhancements that are indeed, better. The lighting under each key is much more brilliant, the media catches are greater and clickier and the move bar on the upper right side is a ton smoother than past models.
Indeed, even the plastic and metal form is more grounded and heavier than more established decks like my cherished K70. Each one of those little changes alone would make this only an extraordinary console to have. You don't need to agree to the opto-mechanical keys in the event that you don't generally need them; the K100 will be accessible with ordinary Cherry mechanical keys also. In any case, this is Corsair's first endeavor at custom switches, with the goal that's the model I needed to test.
The keys are known as OPX, and they're sponsored up by Corsair's new AXON preparing innovation. It surveys at 4,000 Hz, which the organization says is 4x quicker than standard gaming consoles. Yet, a 1mm activation point doesn't hurt either, and that is a distinction I can observe promptly when composing. It's responsive, and I don't need to put a ton of power on the keys. In any case, beside the space bar, none of the keys are delicate to the point that essentially brushing your hand against them enlists an information. That is a gift in case you're a messy typist as am I, and absolutely an unquestionable requirement during a strained game where each keystroke checks.
The one thing that Corsair actually hasn't explained for me, notwithstanding, is that the sound and feel of opto-mechanical keys actually isn't comparable to standard mechanical keys. I was anything but a major enthusiast of Razer's Huntsman on the grounds that the keys simply didn't sound great; there was a slight metallic ring to each keypress. The K100 likewise has a slight emptiness to its keystrokes that some may discover disagreeable. In contrast with the MX Speed keys of the K70 it's likewise not as delicate.
However, that is actually a matter of individual inclination. A few people may favor the more keen material criticism of the K100. What's more, even the snap of the keys is certainly not a serious deal in case you're wearing a headset. Nonetheless, it will presumably make the individuals around you insane, particularly since the keys all solid marginally unique dependent on their situations on the board. It's not something you'll generally see when you're generally utilizing the bolt and WASD keys, yet I'm composing this involved with the K100 and it's beginning to grind on me.
Fortunately it's simple enough to turn on my music by crushing the media catches, which truly feel such a great amount of snappier than the more seasoned models. In any case, presently there's a wheel on the left half of the deck too that can control your media and that's just the beginning. It can carry tracks and alter the splendor of the key lighting, you simply need to push it to switch capacities. You can even utilize the dial to record macros on the fly, rather than meddling with the iCUE programming.
Truth be told, a great deal of the highlights on the K100 let you go around the product totally. Need to modify the lighting example of the console? There are hotkeys for that. Yet, on the off chance that you would like to play with much more customizations iCUE has been moved up to permit separate equipment and programming design for the K100, sparing your profile to the console's ready stockpiling. You can likewise set the large scale keys from here, which would now be able to be arranged with highlights from the Elgato Stream Deck programming.
In the event that you've been eyeballing a $100 Stream Deck Mini for your streaming arrangement the K100 may really be a decent arrangement at $230 — Corsair's K95 RGB Platinum XT will run you $200 all alone. It's a far and away superior purchase on the off chance that you truly need those opto-mechanical keys, since the nearest Razer Huntsman model, the Elite, will likewise cost $200 and doesn't accompany large scale keys by any means. Also, if, similar to me, you're not that into the new key tech, you can get a K100 model with Cherry keys at a similar cost and still be entirely fulfilled gratitude to the wide range of various upgrades Corsair made.