The Corsair K95 RGB PLATINUM is a great gaming keyboard and can be used for a wide range of applications; it uses Cherry MX Speed linear switches, which have a very short pre-travel distance and feel quite responsive and quick. The keyboard is very well made and includes six dedicated macro keys; it is an RGB full-light keyboard with strips for underglowing on your desk. Unfortunately, the ABS keycaps feel a bit cheap, but if that’s your preference, there’s also a newer model with double-shot PBT caps, the Corsair K95 PLATINUM XT.
The Corsair K95 PLATINUM is an excellent gaming keyboard. It has very short pre-travel, which makes it very responsive, and the keys are light to press. It also has dedicated macro keys and RGB lights, making it ideal for playing in dark areas.
The K95 feels at home while adding more requested features, and Corsair offers a very attractive but expensive proposition: the K95’s aluminum chassis is sturdy, and the removable/reversible/magnetic wrist rest makes it easy to use, even when gaming at your desk But whether you play with the keyboard on your lap, it’s a great help. Media control and USB pass-through (unfortunately 2.0) are similar to the RapidFire.
The keyboard comes in black or gunmetal, and is one of the few Corsair gaming keyboards to offer two switch options: you can buy either Cherry MX Speed (silver) switches or Cherry MX Brown switches. If you are a writer and have to type a lot, we recommend the Brown switch over the Speed switch.
One obvious change is that the K95 RGB Platinum now has more RGB, which is something that is commonplace. On top of that, it has a very stylish light bar and 19 individually fully programmable LEDs that can be assigned any color. What’s more, the Corsair logo itself is fully luminescent and can be controlled by Corsair’s iCUE.
The Corsair K95 PLATINUM is an excellent keyboard for office use. The typing quality of this keyboard is excellent with the Cherry MX Speed linear keys, although some may prefer the MX Brown variant, which has a bump in front of the switch actuation force for more tactile feedback, but that variant has not been tested. The keyboard comes with a wrist rest that supports ergonomics and is quiet enough not to disturb your colleagues around you.