Corsair, What Are You Doing? K65 Mini RGB Keyboard Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Corsair just dropped their new 60% gaming keyboard, the K65 Mini RGB. While it boasts a 8,000Hz polling rate that sounds cool, but with Cherry switches inside what does it matter? Let's check it all out in this review!
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DAMN the sound test with that foam addition! You're a genius hah
-D.
Woah cunucks
Here: 8=======D~~~
Duh me tree
Lmao. It’s a very common thing to do
Yo
Oh wow, the intro. Think somebody can do a Razer-style super cut of all of our commentary? 😂
*YOU READY? LET'S GO!*
lol
hey
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eddie eat dynamite goodf bye eddie
5:41 When mx browns feel smoother you know you f*cked up
When a tactile feels more linear than a linear
That breakup text bruh 🤣🤣🤣
ha
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Me reading the title: "What would be wrong with another 65% on the market?"
Me, 10 seconds in: "Understandable have a nice day"
It's 60%.
@@xleksqx that’s his point
randomfrankp: "razer is the only big manufacturer that makes 60% keyboards"
Every company now: "heres a new 60% keyboard"
everyone is also making their own switches
@@Chopsticks-ef4il Their*
@Explorer 5.0 ok karen
razer was probably the first big gaming company to make small form factor keebs, but I bet you cash money that they wanted some of the change that Ducky, Glorious, royal Kludge, and more have been collecting off of their sff keebs for a while now
@Ella Smith nothing wront with correcting a mistake
Hardware Canucks : Corsair finally did it
Randomfrankp : Corsair what are you doing
I'm confused
Think he means they finnaly made a smaller keyboatd like a 60% but randomfrankp just pointed out that it's bad
Watching the videos and not just reading the titles generally helps! 😉🎩
randomfrankp makes the 1star review
while Hardware Canucks makes a 5 stars review
@@MuhammadIlhamuodd254512 they have different perspectives on it so idk
They just like part 1 and 2 in this keyboard review
Should be titled “Corsair’s first 60% keyboard gets roasted”
“What’s up guys I’m randomfrankp”
This phrase always makes my day!
As a 60% keyboard, I'm happy 60% keyboards are now getting more populated in the market. The K65 seems to be a good buy-and-use kind of scenario, or even for the slightly enthusiastic that will put foam in the case and lube the switches+stabs. For me though, I would really like to see brands like Corsair, Razer, etc, to come in and bring us an aluminium case and/or backplate, some brass would be absolutely brilliant too.
You are a keyboard ❓
"My MX browns feel so much smoother."
kek
Speed switches are god awful so I agree with that, no low actuation switch is good
@@NorthernLaw_ really depends on what you're doing with the keyboard but for the average gamer the actuation isn't going to matter at all. speeds are alright but it really depends on the batch, the older batches are definitely better than the newer ones.
@@zucchini510 hol up i have a old k70 with speeds its from 2016 are newer ones different i was thinking of getting a newer keyboard with speeds
@@skrillah6259 they’re fine, not much different.
@@NorthernLaw_ akko cs silver is good very good. others are awful indeed
They really just selling a GK61 for $40 more.
No sh!t. Its all about that brand tax which seems about right
Except the GK61 offers optical switches..so it's even better..technically. I want optical panda switches, dangit.
For those who love RGB, this is imo the best RGB I've seen on a keyboard. So compared to to the GK61, this is way better RGB wise.
Unless youre in 2015, youre just a fanboy if you think RGB is a deciding factor 😉
@@chaz8652 you're either just an RGB hater, ignorant, broke, or a mixture of the 3.
The comment about Browns being smoother than Speed silvers says more about the browns than the Speed silvers
After Franks rant about Cherry Reds I get a Ad from youtube of cherry mechanical keyboard switches
perfect
rhythm gamers are gonna buy this for the 8k hz alone.
yeah lmao
true.
This keyboard is using cherry switches after all, so it might have chord split- actually, since it does have an 8k polling rate, it'll likely not have chord splitting. I honestly don't know how they implemented this high of a polling rate on a standard mechanical switch.
This is a very basic keyboard at the end of the day, so I don't see why someone would buy that over other better keyboards like the apex pro, origins core, etc.
@@MrGhostYT_ you have a point about chord splitting, that's just something people will have to test out
I think you meant to say: “Corsair. If you were my girlfriend, I’d be ashamed of myself, because I am a happy married man.”
Ps: Wives are scary so be careful what you say 👀
Indeed
Nah man, wives arent that scary. I am not scared of mi
@@JamesBrown-ki2cn u sure?
@@Monkey-sw9yj I don’t think he’s okay...
@@Monkey-sw9yj ne didnt finish his sentence man. His wife must have got him.
It's crazy how fast people moved away from cherry mx switches. I just got the corsair k95 platinum xt with cherry mx blues in Jan and i've been happy thus far, I'm new to the mechanical keyboard community so I guess it hasn't really gotten old me yet. I'm interesting in trying some Gateron browns next
The email I received for this product was “You asked, We listened”
Clearly didn’t listen hard enough!
email them back a ad for hearing aids.
frank the tank do be rolling in with the content supply doe
Fuck you
@@oppastoppa9786 someone’s mom didn’t breast feed them today
cherry speed silvers have a great feel, head over to your nearest bestbuy and try them out
For the price and not really wanting to do custom bs and just wanting to game right out the box the keyboard was awesome for the price I got it. But then again I don’t give a heck what the keyboard sounds like I’m happy with some color, good feeling keycaps, and a strong feeling to the keyboard.
I bought this keyboard for $75 and am waiting for it. I was surprised to see the negative impression on various channels, many people disappointed, but at the same time no one gives any objective information (except about superfluous things like the position of the cable in the back). It's all about "feelings" while I think the most important thing would be to show gaming performance, input lag, etc. By the way, if I am not mistaken this keyboard is in first place in the rtings latency test (0.1s), involving 173 analyzed keyboards, so at least the relevant objective information seems to me to be extremely favorable to the keyboard.
Oh my god, thank you. I was looking to see if someone would mention this. All these reviews are horrible jumping on the bandwagon with literally 0 quantifiable tests. Not many objective reviews, and if we're being objective, this keyboard seems to be one of the best for competitive gaming.
8k polling rate might help for rhythm games, but that is the only scenario where i would consider it relevant. And I suppose even then optical switches would be prefered...
I really thought you were a huge Corsair fanboy. Thanks for this honest review. When I heard they were coming out with a 60% I too thought it would’ve done something more than the minimum. Really disappointed, I’m trying to find something to replace my apex pro tkl and go 60% and this isn’t it.
What did you end up going with?
I've owned a Ducky One 2 mini, a razer huntsman mini, and now a k65 mini, and I've got to say, this Corsair k65 keyboard really is a pretty good keyboard for the price. While my Ducky and Razer keyboards were tactile (brown and purple switches) and my k65 is a linear (silver speed), I can't really compare the switches quality since they are all different kinds, however, the build quality of this keyboard overall is very, very good, and is very similar to the quality of a Ducky keyboard, if not better. While the razer huntsman keyboard has more of a cheap feel to it being lightweight and feeling like mostly plastic, the switches however, felt very fast (faster than my Ducky with MX brown switches). Because this corsair k65 is my first linear keyboard, I don't have any linear keyboards to compare it to, but I can say that the switches do feel very good and premium. If you're looking to get a 60% keyboard for gaming I would highly recommend getting this one or building a custom one.
A little bit late, but you should try HyperX Alloy Origins 60. The best 60% pre-build for just around 100$, sometimes 60-70$.
@@mark11011 i copped my k65 for 70 bucks
@@Bjornerback23 I tried that one, it was too holo and rattly for me. Returned after a week of use.
@@mark11011 hollow? 💀
I had a ducky one two mini aswell and then sold it when I sold my setup for college. But when I got back into gaming I got a hunts man mini because I got it for a steal so for you comment to say you owned both and recommend getting this one really made me but it
Love the collaboration with Dimitri!
"And now we'll sound test these shitty cherry reds" 😂
I agree with pretty much everything you said. Starting with the name, it should've been at least a 65% (I think 75% should become the sought after small form factor). Pretty much everyone that held off on buying the K100 was wanting it in TKL, so they should've just done that honestly. They definitely should move their cables over to the left. I thought for sure that they would have gone for a metal case since every keyboard they've made up to this point is always praised for having a metal body. Overall, I think they should stick to full size and TKL. Not that this was so terrible that they should just give up, but their customer base loves those 2 form factors and that tank-like build quality. I think this was someone in the marketing team pointing at Razer and HyperX wanting to jump on the bandwagon. If there was a hype train I want to see them board, it's lightweight mice. I'd love to see that Corsair quality built into an ultralight mouse.
Dude, tell me you hate corsair without saying you hate corsair. LMAO, typed with corsair k65 mini 60%.
Man that port placement after you told me just messes with me lol
All 6 of my detachable cabled keyboards have the USB-C ports in different locations. It's pretty frustrating.
Waiting for the day prebuits come with ink black switches
SAME
You can get fully assembled boards with them on kbdfans. You’d just have to pick up your own keycaps. Wait time on it may be a while though.
LMAO. Only time I’ve heard MX Browns being described as “smooth”
There goes Corsair again.. realizing they’re behind, imitating Razer, and doing it worse.
imo this is way better than the huntsman mini
@@tasmanbr3385 How? Mini has objectively better switches, more powerful software, an aluminum top plate, and better cable placement. It doesn’t have the same sound issues that the K65 does. It’s $120, but most people are willing to pay $10 more for a way better keyboard. It’s fine if you have Corsair products and are in the ecosystem, but it’s not fine to ignore actual specs and be blinded by brand loyalty.
@@nickpisarczyk Truue
Spittin'
@@nickpisarczyk and then you realize that they are both bad
Now if Logitech would figure out what a standard bottom row and PBT keycaps are I’d be interested in one of their boards.
Love Logitech but man your right.
I love my G613..but yeah, it's not going to last. And no one wants to make keycaps for Romer-Gs. For shame. =\
God I wish they would as well lol
for me a standard bottom row is the main issue, 9/10 times i'll replace the keycaps on my board to add a second color
Imagine having switches that's more scratchy than mx browns ouch....
In my opinion, I think I can explain the reason why Corsair put the type c connector 10 mm away from the center. I think it is because Corsair doesn't want people replace the kb case itself . . .
HOLY. That sound test was all I needed to hear. IMO that sounds awful
Not as bad as the official pewdiepie board, but I agree
especially for a thing that costs over hundred bucks, it's dreadful
It actually sounds very similar to my Logitech G513
@@pixels_per_inch My G613 was the loudest keyboard I had. So much spring ping! But I lubed it up real good.
Frank just took off the gloves and was like Corsair you better buckle up, it's about to get rough in here lol.
I'll just say that this keyboard is in the middle of poggers and unpoggers
Edit: this comment is big DaBaby drip
Its very unpoggers
It's not within miles of poggers idk what you mean
delete the edit NOW
@@TH-camLover-np9lu no
MX cherry red is the best, if you think it feels like 2010 or not doesnt matter, those switches still the best until today. Corsair is amazing
1:57 when my mouse pad gets a big unremovable dirt stain
Glad Corsair took that idea I had for that "Corsair logo keycap as Esc key" When they asked for ideas I said that and it appears they did it, now all they need to do is refresh the K100, put that with it, and put brown switches or literally any high actuation switch and I'm sold
It’s been a year, do you know how bad brown switches are now?
damn you ripped corsair apart on this review and i love it! thanks for putting out an honest review man, this made my purchase decision a lot easier.
what did you buy?
i went with asus falchion wireless keyboard. had it for 4 months and i’ve been loving it so far. go watch frank’s review on it he did a great job.
@@romayojr tbh its way more expensive than the huntsman mini (89£ vs 150) and its a 65% but it looks good
im literally watching this right after i bought one ;-;
“Talk about there 8000hz polling rate” Corsair reps: nervous sweating
You destroyed them with that intro lol
I got this board for about $55 recently. Put like 4 layers of dish packing foam and 4 layers of painters tape on the back of the board with actual switches. Also put 2 o rings on the key caps. Sounds pretty decent in my opinion. With a lil TLC and finding it on a discount or low price, it’s not a bad board
are the switches hot swapp able?
It's probably been said, but it feels like they just wanted to jump on the 60% train because they saw it getting popular and threw out the cheapest fastest thing they could make
Frank:"crappy red"
Me with Reds: 😭
They're not bad, especially if you can manage to lube them. That does require de-soldering them first though (unless you go with a fully custom board)
Me with Gateron optical reds: 👁👄👁
Very well put. As I was listening to the typing, I was thinking "That spacebar needs some love, but the rest of the stabilizer keys seem to sound ok." and "there's a hollow-ness to this sound, and some pinging". Then you went and pointed out all of those. Adding foam is something I do to all my keyboards and tends to help greatly to give them a more muted and satisfying sound. Seems like in this case, it helped, but the keyboard is what it is; lower materials than in other designs from the same company, and they're just pushing their PBT caps. I'm curious if something like the KinesisGaming TKO would at least provide with more for the 60% club...I think I'll try that one next; this one was a bit of a disappointment.
Hey, how thick is the foam you usually use? I ordered a new kb and I plan to add foam inside, but I don't have any idea if 3mm is enough or 6mm is necessary, can you help me out?
i just bought this keyboard and i love it the stabs are so good for a prebuilt and i love the speed switches its so much better than the matrix 60 pervcent whitch is what im coming from 10/10 from me
Oh god thank you for telling me its good i just asked it for my birthday and i was so scared after this vid
Your fingers doesnt hurt a little?
@@DimbuGG I have it an I think the switches could sound clicker but it’s a nice keuboard just got it
me before watching the video perfectly happy with my keyboard and loving it: :D
Me after watching the video: D:
Do you own this keyboard? Have you made any mods? I'm thinking of getting it anyways and lubing and foaming
Waaaaa the Spacebare sounds grose, why havent they lubed it?!
randomfrankp: reviewing the keyboard and flaming it
Me: TRIANGLES
The reason the cable is not perfectly centered is because you are supposed to offset the keyboard slightly to the left so that the cable is centered to your setup then you will have more space for your mouse on your right
switched to this keyboard after having the razer blackwidow v3 tenkeyless and let me tell you this keyboard is wayyyyyyyy better in my opinion
I bought the K65 before I saw this video and I think that it is great. I have had some other keyboards before that for example the Techware Phantom 87 and after it I think that the K65 is great.
Is it comfortable for fingers? Because i just ordered version with speed silvers
I have that keyboard with the silver switches and I'm more than happy. I should add, that my last keyboard had shitty knockoff blue switches so i guess my opinion isn't valid.
Do you think this keyboard can work with the Steam Deck
6:15 i straight up cringed away from my monitor when I heard this
Bruh it sounds a membrane keyboard
i got it for 70 bucks is that good
Disagree on the 8k polling rate doesnt matter :/ Love your channel tho :) I was looking for a higher polling rate keyboard to reduce latency and quicker space bar smash to do a bunny hop in COD. Its easier to bunnyhop on controller because you change directions with a joystick and have a paddle on the back to spam jump. But, on a keyboard i loose momentum of the jump if the click isn't timed right. Hopefully, i explained that well. But after all the time I have put into this game, i can tell that my RK71 isnt keeping up. Getting myself razer viper 8k and a new 8k keyboard for my birthday 😀 Agree that corsair should have used faster switches 🙄
Bruh wtf is wrong with Cherry reds?Their pretty good and I see nothing wrong with them.Just because Cherry switches have been on the market so long doesnt mean they are bad.
Cherry Reds are so outdated on a keyboard these days and for me at least all Corsair needs to do is offer the keyboard with optical switches and put foam inside it and as for the lube on the spacebar key I think it could have been a mistake since they did have lube on other switches. I am not really a small form factor keyboard guy since I like using the numpad but I think even with these issues so many people will buy them since they are iCUE compatible and iCUE is is pretty good for RGB and macros and Corsair sells at least one of each type of pretty much every common RGB component or peripheral that makes sense to be RGB which for me is why my whole setup is pretty much almost just Corsair stuff because they have one of the best RGB and macro softwares and have such a wide variety of products supported in the software and even support the RGB on MSI MOBO's and ASUS MOBO's and GPU's with iCUE and I have an ASUS MOBO and GPU
Also whilst I do mostly agree with Hardware Canucks and RandomFrankP I think BrainBean's review was way way too harsh and too bad and I think it's because he doesn't like linear switches because he said he wanted clicky/tactile switches and most major gaming peripheral companies have been moving away from tactile and clicky switches and so have consumers.
My personal favourite keyboard from Corsair would be a K100 if they integrated the Corsair Nexus in to the top middle where their logo is and removed the iCUE logo on the customisable dial in the top left with their OP-X switches which I have yet to try since I still use a K70 RGB Rapidfire with Cherry MX Speeds from 2016 and am looking to replacing it with a new keyboard that prefferebly supports iCUE and has dedicated macros and is full size and has linear optical switches
I was waiting for a 60% Hotswappable Corsair Keyboard but we got this.
"Mx browns feel smoother" Glarses is not amused.
I doubt Glarses would like the Speed switches either to be fair.
i found this on a display at bestbuy, and the stabalizers sounded amazing and so did the switches. i think the display might have the silents though because it was pretty quiet.
How many keyboards does this man have?!
ALL of them!
Maybe the polling rate would help with rhythm games like osu?
It won't. You're either on beat or you're not. And from a mechanics perspective, i think the key switch and your fingers ability to actuate at the right time means more than how often the keyboard interfaces with the USB.
@@envysmith6832 Not true at all. Polling rate 100% matters on rhythm games where an 8ms delay could mean the difference between a perfect score and a low accuracy hit, or a low accuracy hit and a miss. You'd be artificially trying to hit the beat earlier than it actually is.
that electrical screwdriver is interesting, where did you get it from
Wowstick 1F+
they are still using cherry mx switches because not only can't they make keyboards, the keyboards they make that already suck, especially for the price, are outdated too
Fax, Corsair peripherals are trash
There are keys missing from my mini keyboard and my flip-flops have no laces!
I don't see the appeal of coiled cables for keyboards
They look nice
its preference, usually people have color matched braided cables to match the overall look of the board.
they look cool. I guess it's the same with rgb lighting
If Logitech made a 60% of their G815 board, I'd buy it in a heart beat. Even though I already have a g815 and think it's the best keyboard on the market.
Atlast a standard bottom row, I would buy one if this was released 2 years ago. Lol corsair are way too late into custom keyboard 😅
you considered this ad custom keeb?
*as
Picked up a Durgod k310 last year, absolutely great brand and super well built!
love your videos keep it up
Hello randomfrankp with out a doubt u love 💕 every single vid keep it up man
You know there's something wrong when MX Browns feel better than the silvers
It was cool to have one of your buddies help with the review, but it would’ve been cool to maybe shout him out. Maybe even put a link to his channel in the description. Great review!
I feel like he hasn't posted room tour project in a while.
he did it a week ago
Corsair is a good brand for a new starting set up! I have the void RGB wireless headset and just ordered this keyboard. Gonna buy a mouse and keyboard in a few months and base around Corsair
That 10mm off the center did it for me ; ~;"
I have the k65 mini, if you arent really a tech fanatic you dont notice much other than that its 60% but it feels very nice imo
Corsair is like blockbuster, whereas other companies are like netflix. Corsair is stuck in the past with cherry switches and heavy clunky mice, and other companies are expanding their horizons by using kailh, gateron, even their own switches which are far superior
No SFF cases either
Does the keyboard lights go out after a certain amount of time of none use?
When people say you're paid for reviews
Paid to say "i don't like this corsair" :P
i hate when you called out the un-centered plug for the cord, i cant stop looking at it now
didn't even know this existed
Probably because the embargo was lifted like 7 mins ago....
Because it was just released
i don't really pay attention to corsair much at all so that makes sense how i missed it.
frank belike: mmm time for a keyboard review... lets make dimitri do it!
Plot twist: Frank has a secret GF called Corsair (unknown to his wife) and has just broken up with her in front of thousands of people
Oh god, has anyone checked if she’s ok? It’s so sad when relationships end 😔
DAMN the sound test with that foam addition! You're a genius hah
I still can’t see myself ever committing to a 60% keyboard. It feels so weird without arrow keys, so 65% is the lowest I’d ever go.
same lol
What do you need arrow keys for?
@@TheStreamThatJakeBuilt use your mouse. Why would I need arrows, it's not like I'm playing cool maths
@@TheStreamThatJakeBuilt which in-game menus?
i cant do 65 tkl is lowest for me lol
Lol the spacebar on the reds sounds like broken dreams and pain...
This guy has help me so much and he doesn’t even know it
5:15 absolutely smooth brained logic. this keyboard is faster than the wooting 60he according to rtings which means the debounce delay is far lower than he thinks and if the switches feel scratchy just apply grease lol
That is probably the worst sounding keyboard i've heard in a wile.
Sounds good
Sounds pretty decent after the foam
well... I dont get it. What's wrong in using the solid cherry mx switches? AFAIK there's no Cherry MX Silent red equivalent. (yes, I know, the videos talks about the mx red version). On 8k freq., yes I agree 100%. great video anyways :)
Break up with corsair,
get with Dmitri
I approve
I too enjoy having the arrow cluster mapped to UHJK and needing to awkwardly stretch my pinky to the bottom right Fn key! Almost like IJKL might have been an infinitely and more widely accepted decision!
"INSANE BUDGET KEYBOARD THAT I'VE USED FOR 2 YEARS!"
Wait isn't this new
...what?
Dang even a comment that makes Frank question
@@randomfrankp you've said multiple times you've continually used your crappy corsair keyboard for a couple years now even though you have many better keyboards. I wouldn't be surprised if for some reason this becomes your new main. All jokes and this video was actually quite good, my initial comment was worded a little werid.
Yeah I used to main my K95 for reasons I stated multiple times, which is completely different than this keyboard.
wow now I can't stop looking at the fact that the ports uneven!!! Thanks Frank lolol
I'll just say that this keyboard is in the middle of poggers and unpoggers