Corsair K100 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CHERRY MX SPEED Keyswitches: Linear and Rapid, Leatherette Palm Rest, PBT Double-Shot Keycaps, Elgato Stream Deck Integration) QWERTY, Black

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The incomparable Corsair K100 RGB OPX Optical-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard combines stunning aluminium design with per-key RGB lighting and a 44-zone LightEdge. Like the K95 RGB Platinum before it, the K100 RGB is a sprawling control panel of a keyboard, flush with all the quality-of-life features a PC gamer would want. For the uninitiated, optical or opto-mechanical switches use a laser cutoff to determine when a key has been pressed, rather than a physical switch. CORSAIR OPX RGB optical-mechanical keyswitches, guaranteed for 150 million keypresses, offer hyper-fast 1. The switches provide a very smooth and immediate-feeling actuation after overcoming the tactile bump at the beginning of each keystroke.

The Razer can pair with up to three devices via Bluetooth, and it comes with a unifying receiver that you can connect to a compatible mouse. At the center of the K100 lies a grid of double-shot PBT keycaps, each housing Corsair's OPX optical-mechanical switches.We've added new tests for Single Key Latency, Multi Key Latency, Data Transmission, and Chord Split. The USB Pass-Through port provides convenient access to an additional USB device such as a mouse or headset, with tidy cable routing under the keyboard. However, the Corsair also has a programmable multi-function wheel, a USB passthrough, and dedicated macro keys. It features a unique iCUE wheel that lets you adjust brightness, rewind or fast forward media, scroll through applications, and zoom in or out of windows, but you can also remap all of these to other actions.

The switches on this keyboard provide a satisfying tactile break to overcome right at the beginning of your keypress. Through the iCue software, which I'll go more in-depth with later on, you can remap any key on the board, set macros, and even designate an RGB lighting effect per switch. Still, if you don’t want another piece of gear to clutter your desk, the expanded range of inputs you gain access to through Stream Deck is a game-changer for streamers. At 1000Hz polling, most keyboards deliver their inputs to your PC in under a millisecond: The most quick-acting esports pros may tell themselves that they can see and take advantage of the difference between a millisecond and a quarter-millisecond of lag, but that seems hard to believe.The maximum polling rate on this keyboard using a wired connection is 8000Hz, and the maximum polling rate using a wireless connection is 2000Hz.