CORSAIR - K95 RGB PLATINUM XT Full-size Wired Mechanical Cherry MX Speed Linear Switch Gaming Keyboard - Black

Is a really good keyboard I love it, I bought one for me and my brother and they both have worked great. THIS IS IMPORTANT! To note for those of you buying a mechanical keyboard for the first time or are not an expert at knowing your types of keyboards. THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS KEYBOARD. Linear (Silver), Tactile (Brown), and Clicky (Blue). They look exactly the same! You can tell which type it is by the color in its name. This isn't a reference to the color of the keyboard but the color of the type of keys that the keyboard uses. There are actually 12 or more different types of mechanical keyboards in the world, however, this manufacture simplifies it and only produces one of each of the major types. FOR REFERENCE! Linear is Silver, Tactile is Brown, Clicky is Blue. LINEAR is designed more specifically for gamers, or people who like not to feel the keyboard respond to them. The keys are very smooth to push and give no response to being pushed. They are preferred by gamers who like fast responses as it doesn't take much force to trigger them. Also because the keys don't fight you much you can type on them for long periods of time without getting a workout. However, unlike Tactile (the Brown one), there is no response when you push them, so there is no click when you push them down, the key just keeps going down until it bottoms out on the base. This is the SILVER one. Sometimes however other manufacturers refer to this one as the RED keyboard, Red keys and Silver keys are basically the same keys, the silver one is just a special version of Red that responds a bit better. TACTILE is if you like it when you push the keys down you feel a click or a bump when the key is pressed. Almost like a 'click' feel when you push it. This is the most common type of mechanical keyboard out there. So for a lot of people, it feels really familiar. This is a really good keyboard for those who do a lot of typing work and is preferred by people who do things like coding or writing because the keyboard lets you know when a key was pressed, so it responds to you. This is the BROWN one. CLICKY is just as it sounds, it is a tactile keyboard but with a loud click. It's very similar to the brown one the only difference being is that is very noisy. This is for people who love the sound of their keyboards. However, it may also lead to becoming divorced, dismemberment, or cause you to become the most hated employee at work. So only buy this one if you are single, and like living alone. It's the same thing as the Brown one but is clickier. If you love the sound of clicky keyboards then this is the one for you. This one is the BLUE one. When discussing the different types of keyboards and which one you should buy, there isn't a correct answer here. It's just what you prefer. We also couldn't tell the difference in the types either when we were looking at keyboards so we bought a little test kit called a "mechanical keyboard test kit" to play with the different types. I preferred the Silver/Red one and so did my Mom and Sister, but my Dad and Brother preferred Brown. It's a little like a personality quiz. It's just a matter of personal preference. Both my brother and I are gamers, in fact, he does a lot of Twitch streaming and speedrunning, and yet he still prefers Brown, (even though Silver is for gamers). So it goes to show that you simply can't know by the description. I thought I would prefer brown but after feeling silver I loved it. So I bought one each, Silver and Brown, I bought a Silver for myself and a Brown for my brother, and we play on both. So having both and being able to compare them side by side to each other I would say there is a difference between them. They appear identical but feel different. My recommendation is if you going to spend $200 on a keyboard you might want to spend a few extra bucks and buy a kit because it really helps and is hard to tell which one you will prefer from just reading the descriptions. Plus you can keep the kit and when your friends come over you can blow their minds and show how knowledgeable you are with your superior knowledge about all the different types of mechanical keyboards there are out there in the world. (Actually it is fun, like one of those quizzes on Facebook, "Which button do you prefer?"!) As for the keyboards themself I really like them. The palmrests are really nice and the keys type great, they give a slight click sound which isn't so loud that it is annoying, but enough that it can be heard on our professional microphones, it's not annoying in any way, but for recording quality, we are considering buying the rings (You can buy to limit sound) to put under the keys so that when you push the keys down it keeps them quiet. As for the RGB lights. I'm not really a fan of RGB. In fact, I actually hate them and I think that they are kind of annoying. So when I bought this keyboard I thought I would just turn it off or flip it to a plain color, but actually now that I have had it for a bit, it's not so bad, in fact, I like it, it's kinda fun. I have my keyboard do a slow roll from left to right changing colors, it's a very slow transition and your keyboard is always changing colors, so every time you come back to the keyboard from a break it's a different color set, which is cool! Also, the lights on the keyboard are very nice colors and really are not annoying, I thought I would be blinded by them, but no they are very pleasant to look at, they did a great job on the colors, making them look nice. So if you worried about the RGB you shouldn't be, it looks great. Even if you don't like RGB you won't mind this design. So final thought on this keyboard, it's really great! It's a very premium keyboard. After all the research I did I picked this one as the one I wanted and I have no regrets, this is one of the best ones if not the best keyboard out there. That said while I myself wanted the keyboard to finish up my gaming computer and make it a premium working PC, as I am a very big computer geek. I would not recommend everyone because, for $200 it's great, I love it, but at the end of it all, it's a keyboard and that's all it is. If you're low on money this isn't a necessity. You should wisely spend your money somewhere else, like on a better graphics card or something. That said if you don't want to spend money on a K95 a K70 is only about $70 and has 90+% of all the capabilities of this one. So if you strapped on cash buy that one, the big difference is the macros on the side, which most people don't use anyway. So your not losing much by buying a K70 instead of a K95. That said the K95 is fantastic as I said no regrets, but if you low on cash it's cousin the K70 is a better bang for the buck. Would buy it again, in fact, I have I bought 2! It's a great keyboard!

I love this keyboard. The rgb lighting is beautiful, the cherry Mx speed linear keys are just what I wanted and customization to the board itself and in the cue software are awesome. I purchased this $30 off on sale and couldn’t be happier. The only gripe I have is there is an indent in my wrist rest that came like that out of the box. Other than that it’s great. Kind of annoyed about the wrist rest having an indent. Only reason I’m giving four stars is cause of the wrist rest.

So far I'm really liking this keyboard. This is my second Corsair keyboard. I had the K70 before, awesome keyboard as well. Quality is top notch, the keys are very responsive. The RGB is just awesome. The media keys are a nice touch. I really like the scroll volume control and the mute key. This keyboard has a mild click when you are typing. It's their flagship keyboard and it shows. Very expensive as keyboards go. I feel it's worth it. They only thing that bothered me at first is the over padded wrist rest. Not a deal breaker. it's nice after you get use to it, but that's just me. no issues at all.

I admit that I have only had this keyboard for a week or so, but there is a reason the term 'you get what you pay for' exists and Corsair defines it. I love this K95 RGB Platinum XT keyboard. The mechanical keys, the led lighting in several areas of the keyboard and not just the keys, the programmable Macro G keys and the allowance of a passthrough usb port on the board for my Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro is just icing on the cake. The ICUE software is intuitive as always and getting improvements, but I think what I like the most about this keyboard and pretty much any other product that Corsair puts out is that it is always quality work. Since my first gaming computer build I have not owned a keyboard from another company. Just remember... "You get what you pay for". Happy typing... :-)

Keys are definitely not made for typing but if you game it will be GREAT! Not as "touchy" as the k100 but keys activate with very little ease. I use it to type and it works fine. Great for gaming as well! Wrist pad is something i never knew i needed either until ive used one.

Always have enjoyed Corsair products and this keyboard works and looks great!

After some looking around for a mechanical keyboard and i found this one, at a glance yes it is expensive, and yes you can find a lower priced mechanical one. but this does feel like a premium keyboard, if you are looking for one, it is safe to say this is one of the better ones, now with that said, this is a cherry mx speed silver switch if you don't know what that means it is a linear key switch, it is sensitive, i my self like that, you will need to get use to it if you have never typed in one of this type of switches, but for gaming its just amazing you will notice the difference, you will not miss an input and it comes with some extra moba keys, fps keys and stream deck keys that are same texture as the macro keys or G keys, also this does have pbt key caps, they have better texture and don't get all shiny from your natural oils as fast so that is a plus, it has a usb pass trough, that does mean you need two usb ports free to plug it in but on the other hand you have a closer usb port for use, now i don't really care for RGB but oh boy this is customizable, with the software you can do a lot with this and if you don't want the software in your pc this keyboard has on board profile so you can custom your profile and then just save it on board and delete the software, now me I don't really mind it but i do know people that do, also the hand rest is pretty great and comfortable and lastly the macro keys or streaming keys. this is pretty good for people that stream they have ELGATO stream deck software integration that just goes over my head, I don't really use or know how to use that, for me I just use them as macros for games. to end if you don't mind the price this is definitely a very good purchase, if you find it on sale don't over think it that much.

It has short throw switches. 1.2mm compared to the 2.0mom I been using for over a year. Took a day or 2 to adjust to it. Now that I have....they call them MX speed for a reason. LOL The improved padded wrist rest is a huge improvement. You can but white key caps or use hyper x pudding top caps (black on top white on bottom) just understand that corsair keyboards are not bottom row standard. So 4 caps will not work in that hyper x kit. The keys that dont work are both windows keys spacebar and 1 next to the windows key. (See pictures below) The effect is awesomeness. even with them keys still present. Beats having to spend 115$+ on a full set like them. The hyper x kit is 25$ and corsair doesnt make pudding top caps. Corsair ice is great has its issues mind you.....like all software does.