Corsair K95 Platinum RGB Mechanical USB Gaming Keyboard (Cherry MX Brown Switches, Per Key Multicolour RGB Backlighting, Dual-Sided Soft Touch Wrist Rest, UK Layout) - Black

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Meanwhile, a reversible and magnetic rubber pad offers a smooth micro-finish on one side and a rougher texture on the other. I know Far Cry 5 came out with lighting effects on the Corsair K95, but I don’t have the game so I can’t test. The wrist rest is really comfortable, the textured PBT keycaps are fun to customize, and everything is quite nice across the board. Corsair’s flagship K95 is a classic of the gaming keyboard realm, first arriving in 2013 with the RGB model arriving a year later.

They're lighter in colour, contoured, and textured, which isn't a bad idea, as it's quite natural to reach for one of these instead of the Ctrl key if you're not looking, and this helps prevent that. The company’s iCue software is a robust (if a bit clunky) program that lets you do everything from control the lighting (manually, or via pre-installed or downloadable presets), coordinate your lighting with other compatible Corsair devices, creating macros and manage onboard storage. Made with the same military-grade aluminum as the peripheral itself, the wrist rest offers plenty of support. A lifetime gamer, she has written video game and hardware reviews since her freshman year of college. As someone who jumps between Windows and Mac often and has an Apple Arcade subscription, it's nice to have Corsair gear serve as a universal option, especially when it works as well as the K95 XT.Cushioned Leatherette Palm Rest: Breeze through marathon gaming sessions with a soft textured cushioned leatherette palm rest. The keyboard also comes with a nice wrist rest, which helps with the ergonomics, and is quiet enough to not disturb surrounding colleagues. Both keyboards use linear keys, but the Corsair has much less pre-travel before the pre-travel distance. As I said, I can’t find a long list of supported games using the iCue software or RGB capabilities of the Corsair mechanical keyboard. Per-key RGB lighting has been a feature of high-end Corsair mechanical keyboards for some time now, and once again it's here in force.

As you probably would have guessed, the Corsair K95 RGB Platinum XT is a reworking of the Corsair K95 RGB Platinum.While most keys are reprogrammable (all except the profile switch one, in fact), there are six dedicated macro keys down the left-hand side.