Ever for the reason that streaming bods over at Elgato have been subsumed into Corsair’s large PC peripherals basket again in 2018, I’ve been ready for the inevitable mash-up second the place each firms collide in a single little bit of {hardware}. Finally, that point has arrived, as Corsair unveiled a brand new model of their top-end Ok95 Platinum keyboard at CES earlier this week that has built-in help for Elgato’s Stream Deck software program. Dubbed the Ok95 Platinum XT, now you can management your streaming apps and gadgets straight from one in all its programmable macro keys with out the necessity for an exterior gadget.
The Ok95 Platinum XT nonetheless comes with the identical Cherry MX mechanical switches, 19-zone LightEdge RGB lighting and brushed aluminium body because the common Ok95 Platinum, however the XT helps you to program customized streaming instructions onto its devoted macro keys utilizing Elgato’s Stream Deck software program. It additionally comes with an alternate set of blue S-key keycaps for mentioned macro keys, making it simpler to see at a look, and a removable leatherette palm relaxation. It might be obtainable in three sorts of Cherry MX swap, too: the tactile, bumpy Brown, the linear Speed Silver (each of which at the moment are assured for 100 million keystrokes, in line with Corsair), or the clacky linear Blue kind.
Speaking of streaming, Elgato additionally introduced a smaller model of their Key Light LED system, the Key Light Air. Whereas the complete Key Light has 160 OSRAM LEDs powering its customisable studio gentle, the Key Light Air cuts that quantity all the way down to 80. It’s additionally not fairly as shiny as its bigger brother, hitting a peak brightness of simply 1400 lumens as a substitute of 2800 lumens. Alas, it’s not fairly half the worth of the massive Key Light, as it would nonetheless set you again £130 versus £190. Still, for those who’re quick on house or don’t have the finances for an enormous, correct Key Light, the Air ought to hopefully fill the hole.
Finally, Elgato introduced a brand new 4K60 S+ exterior seize field as nicely, which may now seize 4K HDR10 gameplay at 60fps with zero lag with no need to be hooked as much as a linked PC. Instead, you possibly can simply file straight onto the newly-added SD card slot. What’s extra, Elgato say its built-in HEVC encoding ought to allow you to file round seven hours of gameplay on a 256GB SD card.
You’ll must plug it right into a PC if you wish to make the most of its Live Commentary or Flashback Recording options, although, as the previous helps you to file mic audio as a separate observe whereas the latter helps you to rewind and save gameplay retroactively.
Over on the Corsair facet of issues, in the meantime, the one main bulletins of be aware have been a few new coolers: the iCue RGB Pro XT Liquid cooler (pictured above, left) and the A500 Dual Fan air cooler (pictured above, proper). The former is the newest in Corsair’s lengthy line of all-in-one liquid CPU coolers, that includes dynamic RGB lighting in radiator sizes as much as 360mm, whereas the latter makes use of a quad direct-contact warmth pipe design to assist do away with all that scorching CPU air. The A500 Dual Fan additionally has a flowery slide and lock fan mount system that permits you to regulate the fan top so it doesn’t find yourself clashing together with your motherboard’s RAM. Handy!
Personally, I’m simply happy they didn’t announce any extra mice, as a result of good grief I reviewed so many Corsair mice final yr and I may actually do with a break. So thanks, Corsair. I respect it. Now the place’s that RGB iCUE-enabled Key Light, eh?
For extra information from this yr’s CES, take a look at our CES 2020 tag.
