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keyboards) share the multimedia
key functions, buttons and scroll
wheel. Naturally the one on the
K95 is taught, needing a firm push
up or down to move. The quality of
the wheel seems better than on the
Strafe and K70, but that is highly
subjective and in reality they just
may be identical parts with the
Strafe lacking the chrome finish
the other two have. In terms of
functionality, they are the same and
this goes for the multimedia keys as
well. They are firm and offer some
resistance when you push, so each
key press has to be deliberate to
register. There’s a little bit of play
around the plastic caps, but that’s to
be expected.
Moving left, you have the usual
indicator lights for Num, Caps and
Scroll lock. Not much to say about
that so we move on the illuminated
CORSAIR logo and through to the
left where you’ll find the Profile,
Brightness and Lock buttons.
These work exactly as before and
as you’d expect can also be colour
customized via iCUE.
The rest of the keys are identical
save for the absence of dedicated
Macro keys on the MK.2 models.
That’s not to say all three are the
same as they most certainly aren’t.
The largest difference between the
K95 and these MK.2 models is just
how much brighter and subsequently
more vibrant the LEDs are. Line up
all three next to each other and it
looks as if the K95 is literally from a
much older generation of LEDs. This
is especially noticeable during the
day where the K95 LEDs can appear
washed out even at maximum
brightness.
The MK.2 keyboards are head and
shoulders above all other offerings
from CORSAIR in this regard. I know
only of a handful of keyboards which
are as bright.
Prior to observing the improved
LED lighting in person I wasn’t
sure what it was exactly that would
make any MK.1 (I’m making this
up, CORSAIR does not refer to
their keyboards in this manner)
owner even look at any of these. I
saw the lighting in person and I too
became a convert. So, if you put
together just how similar these MK.2
keyboards are to the K95, they make
a compelling case for themselves
over and above just being better than
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