![]() On the other hand, because it’s magnetic, you won’t be able to swap out the wrist rest with older models if you don’t like it. It also features a magnetic connection, so you can just slot it in and out without any hassle. Instead, it goes around the plastic material ensuring you’ll always have your wrists on the cushioned portion. On one hand, there’s no bezel around the plush. The K100 also includes a plushed wrist rest, but while it’s an improvement over what we’ve come to expect from Corsair, it still could use some work. They still retain a little bit of the bevel we’ve become used to, but they’re a lot more pleasing to the eyes and even comes with LED lighting behind. Instead of having overly large buttons, Stop, Back, Play/Pause and Forward are small caps ontop of a little box. The media control under the scroll wheel has been slightly adjusted to look a lot less bulky. It wasn’t bad by any means, but felt out of place, especially if you didn’t use the keycaps in the first place. Corsair has also finally removed the textured space bar, which I’m very much in favor for. They’re not as deep, but the texture feels a lot finer compared to the roughness of the past. At least the keycaps feel a little bit better than what Corsair has used in the past. I personally would have preferred the six macro keys on the side to come with their own textured keycaps like in previous iterations of the K95. The K100 also comes with a set of textured keycaps for the standard WASD, but also features QWERDF as an alternative for additional support depending on your preference. The best example I can think of the original Xbox One controller had such a bulky, angular design, but Microsoft iterated upon it and made something that more natural. Even though they are small indicators, it’s refreshing and once again feels like it’s built into the keyboard itself. The Corsair logo at the top of the device also is functional in both lighting and displaying a number of indicators, including mute, macro recording, caps, win lock, num lock and scroll lock. OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but they standout compared to the 114 other keys. There’s a little bit of a click, but the distance from pressing down is small to the point it may as well be touch sensitive. With that said, I would have loved if the newly-designed buttons had more of a clicky feel as there’s not much weight to them. Speaking of which, one of my biggest complaints with the K95 is the scroll wheel was too stiff - it took far too much pressure to actually scroll - but the K100 has a lot of freedom to move which allows you to essentially brush your finger up or down and it will work without much extra effort. ![]() Even the volume scroll wheel is black instead of silver, which perfectly blends in. Instead, they are rectangular (mostly) and look like they’re part of the actual design instead of something that’s drastically different from the rest of the keys. For starters, the profile, lock and mute actions are no longer cylindrical, large buttons that stick out of the top of the device. Having used the Corsair K95 Platinum XT keyboard for a while now, this feels slightly more streamlined in its design to be less bulky. The design of the K100 is one of the most appeasing elements to the keyboard. It’s more of a personal choice as I’ve used Tactile for what feels like a decade now, but the quieter and faster means of pressing your keys (as they require far less operating force) converted me into the linear category. The Speed Silver in general feels incredible for both gaming and regular activities. ![]() We were able to try out the Speed Silver which offers linear characteristics, 45 cN operating force and 1.2mm actuation (with up to 100 million guaranteed keypresses). In an age of options, there are two different models available for the K100 keyboard: Cherry MX Speed Silver, and OPX keyswitches. From improved RGB lighting all the way through to an integrated iCue Control Wheel, the K100 has a lot of improvements that should have fans excited. The K100 takes all of the aspects of the K95 and not only improves upon its design and features, but streamlines a number of components. While it still remains a fantastic keyboard with a lot of options, Corsair is looking to up their game and introduce a brand new device that will be a front runner for best gaming keyboard on the market. Corsair’s flagship keyboard, the K95 Platinum, has been out for quite some time now, with slight iterations having come over the last three-and-a-half years. ![]()
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