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Corsair K100 RGB
test de son.
The flagship, built around switches that register a millimetre into the press. Press play on both options below.
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What a Corsair K100 RGB
sounds like.
Each button plays a short phrase typed on that switch family, so you are comparing rhythm rather than a single tap. Play two in a row — that is where the difference actually shows up.
These are recordings of the switch family, not of this exact keyboard. That is the honest way to do it — the family is what dominates the sound, and switch options move between model years and regions. Check the listing before buying on the strength of a match here.
Ce que vous entendez
How it
sonne vraiment.
The K100 is built for speed above everything, and the switches reflect that. The OPX optical actuates at around 1 mm — roughly half the depth of a standard switch — and the Cherry MX Speed option is not much further down. Both are pure linears with nothing in the travel.
Acoustically that produces a light, quick, bright sound with very little weight to it. The exposed aluminium plate is the same reflective construction as the K70 Pro, so there is nothing damping the result. The characteristic K100 sound is fast and shallow rather than deep.
There is a practical wrinkle: with actuation this shallow, the sound depends heavily on whether you bottom out. Type normally and you hear plenty; play with a light touch and the board is much quieter than its specification suggests.
Pourquoi il sonne comme ça
The build
derrière le bruit.
Corsair OPX optical switches actuating at around 1 mm, or Cherry MX Speed as an alternative, on an exposed aluminium top plate. The flagship adds a control wheel, dedicated macro keys, a magnetic wrist rest, and a high polling rate. Damping is minimal, in line with the exposed-plate design across Corsair's premium line.
- Switches
- Corsair OPX optical or Cherry MX Speed
- Actuation
- About 1 mm
- Plate
- Exposed aluminium
- Damping
- Minimal
Which one to pick
Choosing
the switch.
Both options here are very shallow linears, so the gap between them is smaller than the price difference suggests. The OPX is the cleaner and glassier of the two; the Cherry MX Speed has slightly more body to it. Neither will give you a deep sound, because neither is meant to.
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Corsair.
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Other keyboards
in this category.
Or read the full round-up of 51 popular keyboards matched to a sound, and open the labo sonore du clavier to play all eight packs on a keyboard you can type on.
By switch
Or shop
by switch.
If you already know which switch you are choosing between, the switch pages go deeper than any single keyboard page can — the same recordings with Cherry's published specifications, what the mechanism is actually doing, and who each one suits.
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Bonnes questions
Corsair K100 RGB
en questions.
Are 1 mm actuation switches noisy?
Not inherently, but they change how people type. A key that registers a millimetre in gives no reason to press further, so a light typist can avoid bottoming out entirely and the board goes very quiet. Most people do bottom out from habit, in which case the shallow actuation makes no difference to the volume — it just means every press was already registered well before the noise.
What is the difference between OPX and Cherry MX Speed?
OPX is Corsair's optical switch, which registers by breaking a light beam; Cherry MX Speed is a conventional mechanical linear with a shortened actuation point. Both are fast, light, and linear. The OPX is slightly cleaner-sounding because there is no metal contact leaf, and the Cherry has marginally more body. In use they are close.
Is the K100 worth it over a K70?
For sound, no — they share the exposed-plate construction and the K70 Core actually sounds better than either. The K100's case is the control wheel, the dedicated macro column, the polling rate, and the build quality. If the reason you are reading this page is how the keyboard sounds, the money is better spent elsewhere in the range.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the licence MIT. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Corsair K100 RGB specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.