Corsair K100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Wired Gaming Keyboard - QWERTY US Layout, OPX Switches - PBT Double-Shot Keycaps - Elgato Stream Deck and iCUE Compatible - Black

I’ve been using the Corsair K100 for a bit now, and it’s easily the smoothest typing keyboard I’ve ever owned. The OPX switches feel incredibly responsive and consistent, whether I’m gaming or doing long typing sessions. It genuinely feels like a flagship board the moment you put your hands on it. For gaming and productivity, it shines. The macro-on-the-fly functionality is extremely useful, and the dedicated control wheel is one of my favorite features. I didn’t think I’d use it much at first, but it’s surprisingly versatile once you assign it to things like volume, app switching, or custom functions. It’s a small detail that ends up making a big difference. That said, iCUE can be a little sensitive and occasionally annoying to dial in perfectly. It’s powerful, but it may take some tweaking to get everything exactly how you want it. Also, at full price, this keyboard is definitely on the expensive side. Build quality is excellent — it’s heavy, solid, and doesn’t move around at all (which I personally prefer). The RGB lighting is beautiful if you’re into that sort of thing, with lots of customization options. One extra note: Amazon’s used or “like new” options can make this keyboard a much easier buy if full price is out of reach. It’s a great way to experience a true flagship board without paying top dollar. Bottom line: If you want a premium keyboard for gaming and serious typing and don’t mind spending a little time setting it up, this is a fantastic option

I've owned tons of Corsair's previous keyboards starting with their early monocolor white led k95 to the various other iterations of the K70 and K95 that were released over the years. I've always had some issue with them that made me hope that it would be fixed. The first K95 had problems with the black on the keycaps wearing off and the led lights dying quickly. Later RGB versions seemed to fix the LEDs dying, but introduced issues with a single key press registering multiple keystrokes. Then the quality of the keycaps of newer releases seemingly degraded and were completely loose out of the box. So loose that if you tapped a key too quickly, the keycap would fly off the board. That got old very quickly. Then the K95 RGB Platinum also had the issue of some of the LEDs starting to become really dim compared to the other keys. I switched to the EVGA Z20 after I got fed up with the various issues, but found it had its own host of problems including random disconnecting from the computer and losing power regardless of what USB port I plugged it into. I discovered that Corsair had a new keyboard with a new type of optical switches and decided to give their keyboards one more chance. After some months of use, I have to say this keyboard is fantastic so far and all my previous issues with their keyboards appear to be gone. - The keys feel just right when typing. - The fonts used on the keyboard look a lot better and the keyboard overall has a classier look to it. - The keycaps are not loose in the slightest. They are snugly fitted to the switches and actually takes a bit of effort to pull them off so I'm not worrying about them flying off the keyboard anymore mid-game or while chatting. - There hasn't been a single instance of a single keypress registering multiple keystrokes. So far, the LEDs for these OPX switches have been holding up over the months and I hope they stay that way. - The keycaps are double shot so I don't have to worry about the paint on the keys coming off. - Not really a past issue per se, but perhaps due to the new OPX switches, it's not as loud when the keys bottom out while typing compared to the Cherry MX switches. An improvement in my opinion, but some people might prefer the louder clickety clack of the Cherry MX switches. As an added bonus, the wrist rest is also their best yet. It must use a memory foam inside as it has yet to flatten out even after applying a lot of pressure on like resting my elbows on it frequently. It's a huge improvement over the hard plastic wrist rests with the rubberized coating. It also conveniently snaps right onto the keyboard with magnets. If I were to list any cons, they would be: - Price. This is one expensive keyboard. I have had no issues with it so far, so I'll take it over having a cheaper keyboard with problems. - Easy to accidentally press a key if you're not careful as they are linear and don't require a whole lot of force. Also, they have a VERY short actuation distance. - I find the scroll wheel to only be mildly useful, but that's just my based on my own needs and usage.

TLDR: Premium keyboard loaded with features in a package as solid feeling as it looks. Pros: - Excellent build quality - Smooth optical switches - Up to 8k polling rate (to further take advantage of the optical switches) - Excellent sounding stabilizers right out of the box! - Very nice included wrist rest - Macro (G-key) streamdeck integration - Fully remappable (except for the icue button on the top left) - Double shot PBT keycaps - Standard Bottom row (can use just about any key cap set you want) - Bright RGB lighting with many preset effects and customization (can layer up to 20 effects) - Compatible with iCUE nexus - Can save lighting effects, macros, and profiles directly to the keyboard Cons: - The included wrist rest's geometric pattern locks in grime quite easily Thoughts: Everything about this keyboard screams PREMIUM and QUALITY! Typing feels fantastic with the new OPX mechanical switches. They're smoother than cherry (as are pretty much everything these days) and sound great on the board. The stabilizers feel absolutely fantastic! No rattles at all. Finally! The worst part about corsair keyboards in the past (in my opinion) were the stabilizers. There was nothing you could do to those stupid wires to make them tolerable. The OPX mechanical switches are "speed" switches, meaning that they have a higher actuation point than switches you may be used to. Regular reds or linears actuate at about 2mm, where these actuate at 1mm. If you're not used to speed switches, you may make a lot of typos or walk off of cliffs alot for a while, but after getting used to them, you can hardly tell they're as high actuating as they are. The lighting is very bright and beautiful. I recently tried Razer's new huntsman analog, and nothing about it can hold a candle to this keyboard. If you're trying to decide between the two, there's absolutely no competition there. The wheel in the top left can do various things like adjust lighting, or scrub through music or videos. It's a nice little addition. The volume control is also very tight feeling. I've felt many keyboards with dedicated volume wheels that feel real loose, but this one's very nice. Conclusion: This is as good of a gaming keyboard as you can get right now. It is absolutely loaded with features in a package that feels as solid as it looks. While being fairly pricy, you definitely get what you pay for with this. I highly recommend getting the optical switches since the other selection is a cherry speed switch anyway. The OPX switch feels great and better takes advantage of the 8k polling rate available on the board (not that mega high polling rates REEEALLY make a huge difference on keyboards). That said, I would recommend the OPX switch over the cherry speed switch because its just a much smoother feeling switch. If you've ever used anything besides cherry, you know everything's better than cherry and that's no exception here. The cherry switches are very scratchy through their actuation. The OPX switches make a sort springy sound sometimes, usually on rapid presses, but nothing that you feel, so it's not enough to recommend against it. The OPX switches also feel lighter, probably because they're so much smoother which just feels much better in games. *update 3/16/2021: Corsair has released a new version of iCue that is much more modern, easy to use, and not bad to look at. It's more responsive when making changes and adds 8k polling rate to the K100.

I came from a K70 LUX and was initially hesitant about this keyboard. However, it was briefly on sale during Prime Day so I caved and grabbed one. My old board was Cherry MX Reds and this time I grabbed the Corsair OPX Optical switches. First impressions: The keys have a different texture / finish that the K70's keys, it feels slightly more rough, like mildly rough varnish of some sort. It's not unpleasant and actually prevents my hands from sliding off the keys like on the K70. The wrist mount (not shown in picture) is also very comfy but I find it quickly causes my wrists / hands to sweat. Typing: I typed approx. 100-120 wpm on my K70. The layout on the K100 is a bit different due to the macro buttons on the left side of the keyboard - my pinky keeps mistaking macro key G1 for ESC, but my muscle memory has been slowly rewiring over the past couple of days. This will likely be a common complaint early on however. I find typing on the K100 to be enjoyable and moreso than the K70 due to the speed of the Corsair OPX switches. Gaming: I most play Counterstrike: Global Offensive. As far as a twitch fps goes, the K100 is much more responsive than my K70 LUX was. I've set the hardware polling rate to 2000hz and my movement in CSGO has gotten much more responsive and quicker. It feels like the game got better, but really it's just my hardware that got better. Side note: playing CSGO on a 244hz monitor with a K100 feels like cheating half the time. I've already been kicked twice because people think I'm wallhacking. Build Quality: I've only had the keyboard for a few days now but it's holding up well. The keys seem more sturdy than the K70. You get what you pay for, and this keyboard /feels/ robust and built to last. For comparison, I had my K70 for 3 years before the comma key broke off, and that's after 1,300+ hours of gaming and 2,000+ hours of DMing text-based games in Roll20 for my D&D groups. Software: The Corsair iCue software is very intuitive and nice to use. I set my board to a static blue for preference but it has a lot of powerful features. For example, you can set the colours to match the relative temperature of your motherboard/cpu/gpu, letting you know when you're running hot. The colour wheel on the top left is useful for more than just rgb, and I appreciate it allowing for track jogging / skipping. The media controls are also great and the iCue software lets you remap keys to any other key of your choice. Macros: The Macro Keys (G1 - G6) can be disabled or set to do certain actions. For example, I've set G1 to open Google Chrome (my browser), and G2 opens Notepad++ (my word processor). G3 and G6 are disabled for now but they can be configured to perform game specific actions. Final Thoughts: Coming from the K70, some changes took getting used to but I adapted quickly and I appreciate the upgrades and build quality of Corsair as always. I am very happy with my purchase and feel it has benefited my gaming experience and typing speed.

I love Razer's optical switches and was really looking forward to Corsair's own version and while good, I think this keyboard didn't provide me with what I was expecting for its price. To be clear, this is a great keyboard overall. I doubt anyone would regret buying it. Great response, many nice features and very sturdy and the RGB has good lightning, which makes it look really cool on the desktop. Also, it has a USB passthrough which is always super welcome. Good hand rest, more keyboards should include one. I love the media controller buttons and knob. They do their work, but they are nice. Then there is a special wheel. It is an interesting proposition. Click it's main button and you can change the level of lightning, click it again and you have a wheel to change between active programs. Click it again and you can do other stuff like zoom in and out. These is programmable from iCue software and it is an interesting gimmick. I am still unsure how much I will use it on my gaming sessions, but still interesting. I have a few caveats though. 1. For some reason the keys feel smaller than more other keyboards I have used. I have owned several Razer keyboards, the k95 from Corsair and currently typing on an old MS Sidewinder keyboard. The k100 is the first one I feel that my fingers are big for the keyboards. It is a weird sensation. I can live with that, but still feels weird. 2. The iCue software. I thought that the Razer Synapse was bad, but then it came this one. For some reason it fails to register the lightning options of the Keyboard, and when the computer goes to sleep, after coming out of hibernation, all keys are stuck to red solid color. Only solution I have found is to save the lightning profile to the keyboard and then closing iCue and don't allowing it to run with the computer start up. I have looked online for a solution to this, to no avail. 3. The last one is just a personal taste and the -1 star is not to this. I find the actuation to be a bit too short. These switches feel a bit like cherry red as well, a bit too clicky for my taste. This is completely my own mistake, I should have checked more reviews for the actuation and sound. It doesn't feel bad, but I prefer how the Razer Hunstman feels over this. It is a good keyboard and I might get used to it. I am sure those who like the clicky sensation will find this keyboard very satisfactory. There is a reason is considered a premium one, you can tell it is good quality, but I probably should have researched a bit more if this was in line with my expectations.

Let me tell you, when I say this is literally the best keyboard I've owned in my entire life, I mean it with every inch of my very being. This keyboard is absolutely PHENOMENAL. If you ever thought Razer had quality, then you need to set your eyes on this absolute beast. I can tell you, the utility wheel does not get in the way of your gaming. In fact, there's a lock button right next to the wheel that disables it entirely. However, as someone who draws a lot on a tablet, I LOVE the utility of the keyboard as a whole. I can adjust the volume without opening up the slider, I can preprogram functions on my wheel that I can use on my art program, and I can even change the music on my keyboard with the onboard buttons right above the keypad. Even if you don't have a lot of use for things like this, the keyboard itself is fantastic. I don't personally know a lot about specifics when it comes to what specs modern gaming keyboards have, but I really love the switches on this keyboard. I've always loved the clicky-claky tapping of a mechanical keyboard, so I was a little disappointed when I first started typing. Then, I realized, the sound of this keyboard is really therapeutic. The sound is so much more hollow, and relaxing, I feel like I want to write a book just for the sake of listening to the keyboard. Plus, it's a lot quieter, so you won't bother your friends as much over voice. The macro keys are always a plus to have, but they can sometimes get in the way, at least, for me, since I tend to use escape a lot. However, I do have a personal issue with the keyboard's design. The keys are sensitive. You might think it a weird problem, but given how heavy handed I tend to be with my resting hand, I find myself accidentally pressing buttons I don't mean to be pressing. At first, I also thought this to be a specialized feature-- you know, the ones that try to simulate a controller by lightly pressing on a key like you would slowly pushing a thumbstick. Nope. After trying it on a few games, it's simply just a sensitive stroke. BUT, don't let that deter you from the absolute quality this keyboard has. After switching from a Razer Blackwidow to this, it's SO much lighter, and thinner compared to it. A personal favourite I've come to love about this keyboard are the lights on the edge. Of course, that's a feature with Corsair's firmware, iCue, but putting an audio visualizer on it while you're listening to music is a cherry on top. I don't know what more else I can say about the keyboard, other than I love it. Quite literally the best money I've ever spent on a keyboard.

I upgraded from a Corsair K70 Lux (6+ years old). I think initially I was a little under-wowed because really it's not a huge difference, but thanks to Palworld of all things, I really was happy to have macro keys again and made the purchase more worth it. My K70 was still working fine, but the older key caps were starting to get scratched a little and because of the non-standard key format, it was going to cost me $50 to get a new set of PBT caps. So I decided to spend $150 (Black Friday pricing) to get a new keyboard with the features missing from my K70. So what's different? Well 2 of the biggest changes is that the K100 comes with PBT caps in a STANDARD layout, meaning if I ever wanted to buy some cheap pudding caps or whatnot, I have that option now. And it has a row of 6 macro keys on the side, which I found I missed from using Logitech KBs for the previous 10 years. I also have the new OPX optical-mechanical keys, which I'd heard mostly good things about (with a few caveats I'll mention later). This also has a wheel on the top that can do several things, but I think the use cases of this for most people is going to be fairly slim. The only times I've used it is to adjust the RGB brightness, which is rare. It's really not as useful as people may think. Also initially I thought mine was broken because it wouldn't adjust, but after fiddling with it for a while, I pushed down on the wheel and it popped down and worked properly at that point. Basically it had come off it's connector. Also the K100 has a much nicer wrist rest than the K70 Lux and it has RGB lights along the outside of the KB which are pretty nice. About the OPX keys, any negatives are a matter of getting used to them. They seem maybe a little more sensitive than regular mechanical keys, but it's rarely been an issue. One thing I noted that I've only ever seen mentioned once is they keys have a more hollow sound to them than the keys on my K70. I didn't like it at first, but again it's another thing that you get used to after 2 weeks. So YMMV. So you might not see a huge difference if you're moving up from a working RGB kb to this, but definitely think it's worth it if you're coming up from a non-mechanical and want RGB and macro keys. I just recommend monitoring the price and that'll take some of the sting away.

Corsair build and quality. I went from another Corsair CherryMX keyboard to this. It's extremely sensitive, maybe a little too much. It's going to take a while to get used to this but I appreciate the responsiveness. I feel like I'm hovering over the keyboard at this point. Only had it for a day, so will certainly update if I encounter errors. Corsair ICUE is still a mess. Will still sometimes freak out and need restarting.

Very well made awesome keyboard

Franchement y’a rien de mieux sur le marché rien à dire un peu cher et dessus de pas avoir vu clairement que c’était qwerty mais bon j’avais qu’à faire plus attention. Sinon le bruit est présent mais personnellement c’est ce que je préfère tout est fluide et il y’a une prise usb derrière. Tout est incroyable sur ce clavier sauf son prix 😅

Primeira impressão muito boa, porem uma pena não funcionar no ps5… alguem sabe se tem como fazer algo pra dar certo de funcionar no ps5?

Build quality is absolutely tip top. Aluminium housing. The opto keys and pressure are ideal for me. I can type as quickly as any keyboard i’ve had and then bash the hell out of it gaming. The wrist rest is also premium and doesn’t attract dust like the K95 did. Only negative is give us a python library to control the icue dial rather than having to run that overblown software for functionality