Corsair Keyboards vs Razer

[BelgianNoise]

Ive been using a razer blackwidow chroma for like 6 years now. Recently a key started acting up, managed to DIY it tho.

 

I am thinking of getting a new keyboard new that i can still sell this one(rgb, media control, macros). I think its still worth a couple 10s.

 

Under the recent video on floatplane about 50-75$ keyboards i saw 2 comments about corsair keyboards braking in under a year.

 

Can you guys share ur experience with corsair keyboards? And also recommend me one, i dont put a price a limit on my keyboards

Since im using corsair fans, aio, ram, psu, case im really thinking of getting a corsair kb, just to have less programs for all my peripherals.

 

Also, are their headsets any good? The "leather" on my razer headset started peeling off after under a year, for the second time, never buying razer headphones again.

[Himommies]

Ive had a k95 for 2 years now. It works fine. I've also had the OG razer Mamba for like 4 ish years and it hasn't broke yet

 

[mxk]

corsair keyboards are pretty good, it's not really my kind of preference but they do make good stuff. I wouldn't get a corsair headset though, they kinda suck. Senneheiser headsets are the way to go

[seon123]

Corsair's mechanical keyboards are all pretty bad, and same with Razer (except for the Huntsman TE). Corsair uses mediocre Cherry switches, Razer (other than on the Huntsman series) uses low end Kailh/Greetech switches, and both of them use complete garbage tier thin laser etched ABS keycaps, with non standard bottom rows (so replacing them with decent ones can be difficult).

If you really don't have a budget, you could check out various custom keyboards. That could go from about $100 to a few thousand, depending on what you want. Custom mechs typically don't require any software to run on your PC, you just flash software to them, and then you're done.

[Crunken]

Had my corsair K70 with cherry mx red's since 2013, it's insane how good the quality is, no problems whatsoever with it still even the keycaps feel really good, i've been taking good care of it cleaning it now and then and i removed the keycaps and washed them a couple of times

super high quality stuff

[nox_]

8 minutes ago, Crunken said:

even the keycaps feel really good

Caps aren't shiny? At least some of them must be.

 

 

[Crunken]

5 minutes ago, noxdeouroboros said:

Caps aren't shiny? At least some of them must be.

 

 

barely, had an old cheap razer membrane keyboard that got shiny caps after like a month, this one is still super nice. wasd might be a little bit more shiny than the others but i didn't even notice until now when i looked, super good quality stuff

[nox_]

1 minute ago, Crunken said:

barely, had an old cheap razer membrane keyboard that got shiny caps after like a month, this one is still super nice. wasd might be a little bit more shiny than the others but i didn't even notice until now when i looked, super good quality stuff

Disagree on the super good though, those caps they use are shitty as it gets. Corsair caps get shiny quickly, yours might be exception, but maybe you just don't care. Also it's a bitch to replace them with better ones.

[dizmo]

Check out G.Skill. IMO they're much better than Corsair.

[geo3]

1 hour ago, Crunken said:

it's insane how good the quality is

 

1 hour ago, Crunken said:

the keycaps feel really good

[Crunken]

1 hour ago, noxdeouroboros said:

Disagree on the super good though, those caps they use are shitty as it gets. Corsair caps get shiny quickly, yours might be exception, but maybe you just don't care. Also it's a bitch to replace them with better ones.

Still really good quality, well worth the money imo

[Ravendarat]

Ive had my k95 for only about 6 months but I really like it. I had a logitec 910 before but like you I have a bunch of corsair stuff so I decided to change my keyboard and mouse. Dont regret the keyboard at all but I kinda miss my 502 compared to the Dark Core SE I got

[geo3]

40 minutes ago, Crunken said:

really good quality

How are you defining good quality in this instance?

[BelgianNoise]

14 hours ago, seon123 said:

Corsair's mechanical keyboards are all pretty bad, and same with Razer (except for the Huntsman TE). Corsair uses mediocre Cherry switches, Razer (other than on the Huntsman series) uses low end Kailh/Greetech switches, and both of them use complete garbage tier thin laser etched ABS keycaps, with non standard bottom rows (so replacing them with decent ones can be difficult).

If you really don't have a budget, you could check out various custom keyboards. That could go from about $100 to a few thousand, depending on what you want. Custom mechs typically don't require any software to run on your PC, you just flash software to them, and then you're done.

I really like my razer blackwidow with its razer green switches.
Also, BE AZERTY  isnt supported by lots of manufacturers.

is there any keyboard you can recommend me ?

[sabre350Z]

I have the same problem, i’m Stuck between Logitech G815 and Corsair K95, but you can get a Ducky keyboard as well in azerty BE, don’t know if they’re any good ...

[Crunken]

13 hours ago, geo3 said:

How are you defining good quality in this instance?

That it's well designed and well made, it feels like a premium product. It's worth the money for what you get imo, i've tried other keyboards but this is my fav one. Had it for 6 years now and nothing is broken and its performance is still amazing today compared to other keyboards

[nox_]

6 minutes ago, Crunken said:

tried other keyboards

What other keyboards have you tried?

[Crunken]

5 minutes ago, noxdeouroboros said:

What other keyboards have you tried?

Tried some of the other "mainstream" mechanical keyboards, razer blackwidow, the logitech one with they're own mechanical switches (don't remember what it was called) HyperX alloy, etc

[geo3]

7 hours ago, Crunken said:

Tried some of the other "mainstream" mechanical keyboards, razer blackwidow, the logitech one with they're own mechanical switches (don't remember what it was called) HyperX alloy, etc

 No Filco, Leopold or Ducky? What about Cooler Master. No customs?  You've tried some 2s and 3s so your 4 seems good. But you've never experienced a 9 or a 10. 

[Crunken]

18 minutes ago, geo3 said:

 No Filco, Leopold or Ducky? What about Cooler Master. No customs?  You've tried some 2s and 3s so your 4 seems good. But you've never experienced a 9 or a 10. 

Bruh the topic was corsair vs razer, we're not talking about fully custom keyboards

[BelgianNoise]

42 minutes ago, geo3 said:

 No Filco, Leopold or Ducky? What about Cooler Master. No customs?  You've tried some 2s and 3s so your 4 seems good. But you've never experienced a 9 or a 10. 

I know only Ducky. will ook into the other 2 brands

 

[nox_]

36 minutes ago, Crunken said:

Bruh the topic was corsair vs razer, we're not talking about fully custom keyboards

Filco, Leopold, Ducky and Cooler Master are not custom though.

[BelgianNoise]

1 hour ago, geo3 said:

 No Filco, Leopold or Ducky? What about Cooler Master. No customs?  You've tried some 2s and 3s so your 4 seems good. But you've never experienced a 9 or a 10. 

looks nice but sadly no option for any AZERTY layout.
I think thats why i just went with a "normal" keyboard the previous time.

[cafe]

neither

[cafe]

23 hours ago, Crunken said:

Still really good quality, well worth the money imo

but its not