Connect with hyper-fast, sub-1ms slipstream wireless, low-latency Bluetooth, or USB wired; Keyboard Cable Material: Tangle-free rubber
Light it up anywhere with dynamic per-key RGB backlighting from CAPELLIX LEDs, shining brighter and consuming far less power than conventional RGB LEDs
Six programmable macro keys give you the in-game advantage of powerful macros or key remaps.HID Keyboard Report Rate:1000Hz
A detachable, soft rubber palm rest reduces stress on your wrists so you can play longer in comfort
Dedicated volume and multimedia controls give you direct control over your audio without having to interrupt your game. Matrix: 110 Keys
Specification: Corsair K57 RGB Wireless Gaming Keyboard with Slipstream Wireless Technology, Backlit RGB LED, Black
Brand
Corsair
Series
K57 RGB Wireless
Item model number
CH-925C015-NA
Hardware Platform
PC
Operating System
Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Windows 10
Product Dimensions
30.68 x 24 x 22.4 cm, 950 Grams
Item dimensions L x W x H
30.7 x 24 x 22.4 centimeters
color
Batteries
1 C batteries required. (included)
10 reviews for Corsair K57 RGB Wireless Gaming Keyboard with Slipstream Wireless Technology, Backlit RGB LED, Black
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★★★★★
Scott Howard –
I purchased this keyboard for use at work, with my primary goals being use of the dedicated macro keys and the typing experience. It has excelled in this regard. The macro keys have been a revelation in my job, making me so much faster and more efficient, and recording macros is really simple. You can record up to 40 individual key presses (or actions) per macro key, which is just enough for me to have canned scripting that I need to you in certain situations. It remembers the macros even when you unplug and replug into any computer, so it’s portable. Didn’t even need to download the iCue software to use it – just plug it in and go, which is a huge relief when working in office environments where software installation is not allowed.
The keys respond well to typing, and they are nowhere near as loud as some mechanical keyboards which would cause my co-workers to throw things at me if they had to listen to those clicks all day.
I didn’t need the mouse, but it comes as a two-pack in most places around here, so I was okay to use it. It’s a perfectly fine mouse, with a handy DPI switch on it so you don’t have to modify the mouse sensitivity through control panel (which is useful given that we share PCs and I don’t want to be modifying someone’s else set up just for my own needs).
The lighting is great, too, but I’m really focused on having a keyboard that is great to type on, not too loud, and has the macro recording function. It’s fantastic for this use case. The wrist rest is fine – I wish it was perhaps a little higher, but still does a decent job.
Highly recommended!
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★★★★★
Frank –
so i tried to really like this keyboard, unfortunately I couldn’t get used to it. i found the keys to stiff for daily use and didn’t bottom out well, that’s where it got mushy. I ended up getting a the gamesir GK300 which i found to be much better quality for gaming and typing. Which means i gave up RGB for only white backlit and programmable keys. which was okay for me as the key presses are much more satisfying.
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★★★★★
Adrian –
I love the overall design and sensation with typing. Typing is soft and quiet, and can feel a nice give-way when you press down.. However there’s a major manufacturing flaw that totally ruins the experience; occasionally, typed characters will be missed. This seems to occur when in some combinations, two or more keys held down will result in some other keys to not respond to any presses. This has resulted in many typos due to missed characters. Ive talked to corsair support about this and they said “its just normal”… So its not even fixable…
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★★★★★
LRod –
I picked up a full set of Corsair wireless gaming products, including this keyboard. Sadly, I returned them all.
The K57 has many issues, which apparently is something shared by all of Corsair’s wireless peripherals. The main issue is how to set up your devices. Don’t bother with the instructions because they’re all wrong. Here’s how to properly get up and running:
1) Fully charge your device before anything else. It’s actually a thing with Corsair for some reason. 2) Download and install Corsair’s iCue program. 3) Plug in the included USB dongle, then update its firmware thru iCue. 4) Plug in your wireless device directly to your PC via USB cable, then update its firmware thru iCue. 5) Unplug your device, turn it on, and pair thru iCue.
After trying to get 3 separate devices set up, that’s what I concluded.
Anyhow, once I had it up and running, I found it drops connection constantly, even with the dongle not 12 inches away. Let me be clear: this was the first device I conne ted and installed; there were no other devices connected to interfere with the signal.
It goes to sleep at however minutes you set it to, but it takes a while to wake up and reconnect. And even with the sleep timer, the battery lasts less than an hour – and that’s with no gaming and the lighting down to the 2nd lowest setting!
As for cosmetic issues: it’s made entirely of cheap plastic; the LED bed is annoyingly exposed; the chassis is too tall to use comfortably with the wrist rest; and the cheap rubberized wrist rest connects like a hinge and swings freely. I know a few other manufacturers do this too, but I’d prefer it snap on rigidly. The only thing I somewhat liked about this was the typing feel, although it was a bit on the squishy side.
I’ve used a lot of Corsair PC components over the years, but this is my first time using their peripherals. I can honestly say they suck. The whole ecosystem is trash. Even their much advertised “Slipstream” is still in beta testing!! Oh, and even if you can get the program (because it’s so buggy Corsair took it down themselves) you can brick all your dongles! Honestly Corsair, WTF??
I pretty much cut and pasted this review for all 3 products I purchased. I could understand one out of the three having issues or being subpar – but all of them?!? After this whole ordeal, aside from their PSUs and RAM modules, I would not recommend any Corsair products.
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★★★★★
Mia –
This is a great product, It’s worked perfect for me and it’s such a good price. The keys aren’t super loud and clicky like some mechanical keyboards in my opinion and the mouse works great, It all works great for what i need to do and i dont find anything wrong with this. If your on a budget i would def recommend this!
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★★★★★
Gustavo Adolfo Santes Santiago –
El teclado esta en ingles, la tecla “Ñ” es este caso es la del punto y coma, y dos puntos. Es compatible con Bluetooth 4.0 y incluye su propio nanoreceptor con su tecnología inalámbrica patentada. Trae sus teclas macro para funciones múltiples.
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★★★★★
Rob James –
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It has function keys to switch between Wireless and two Bluetooth channels giving you the option of using it with three computers if you wanted to. The keys feel nice. Good to type on; they’re membrane keys, which is totally fine for me and probably 90% of people. The RGB LEDs shine through the keys and behind the keys perfectly! I thought it would be an irritating gimmick but I actually like it a lot! iCue is easy to use and you can set macro functions from there. There must have been an update, because I’m able to use the “Type” RGB function wirelessly, (I left a video in this review) many people say they couldn’t, so that’s not an issue anymore. EDIT: Keyboard Stopped responding and drops the connection. To get an RMA on the keyboard, it needs to be shipped to Corsair. The shipping would be around $40 from Canada. Would I buy this keyboard again? probably not. Go for Logitech.
Edit: Febuary 2021- Sent my keyboard to corsair for RMA, it was an easy process, while I had to pay for shipping (UPS Ground for $30) I got a new Keyboard sent back to me right away. I’m happy…so far. I still like this keyboard. I’m a bit wary about the longevity, perhaps I got a lemon the first time? Hopefully, my new one is better
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★★★★★
Drake W –
Thr keyboard lights up beautifully and connects immediately to the devices i need it to. There is 0 lag on its part and the keys are super quiet when they need to be.
The wrist support can be a little difficult to get use to because its hard plastic but with a little getting use to, its a non issue.
Battery life, with it on 24/7 is roughly 2 days. It says something like 40 hours but im sure as the battery degrades it will get there. Turning off the flashing lights gets it to 4 days surprisingly so they must really suck that battery dry but it does what it says it should!
The hotkeys are in a little weird position on the left if you are not use to it, i didnt hotkey the bottom button yet because i keep clicking it thinking its the ctrl button but im sure with a little more practice it will be fine
Overall, great keyboard! Immediately installs on a myriad of different devices, even a phone it took 15 seconds and was ready to use
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★★★★★
Jon –
Been gaming for all of my life, been PC gaming for a good chunk of that.
This is a membrane keyboard, but I don’t understand the to-do about blue/red switches. This keyboard works great, its perfectly responsive, and feels good to type on.
Although, yes, for a membrane keyboard it is a bit pricey. But you have the option of wireless dongle connection, or bluetooth, and the battery has a substantial life, going at least a week+ with ~8hrs daily use before needing to recharge.
I have no problem with the iCUE app, RGB cutomization is easy. Reprogramming buttons or creating macros is fairly straight forward. Although I’m not entirely fond of the macro-record button placement, it isn’t horrible.
And I do prefer my volume controls on the left hand side, but this can be worked around with the G1-6 buttons.
For per-key RGB customization you will need to remain plugged in.
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★★★★★
Jose Raymundo Correa –
El teclado esta bastante bien construido la señal con el Dongle USB es excelente, lo uso ya que mis sesiones de juego son en la sala en mi tele grande y la verdad es de los pocos teclados gamer inalambricos que sirven al 100% , hay otros Mecanicos pero son un poco mas caros (de Logitech y Corsair) , pero este tiene un buen tacto y sensación, no soy muy fijado en si es mecanico y para mi es mas que suficiente, recomendado.
Scott Howard –
I purchased this keyboard for use at work, with my primary goals being use of the dedicated macro keys and the typing experience. It has excelled in this regard. The macro keys have been a revelation in my job, making me so much faster and more efficient, and recording macros is really simple. You can record up to 40 individual key presses (or actions) per macro key, which is just enough for me to have canned scripting that I need to you in certain situations. It remembers the macros even when you unplug and replug into any computer, so it’s portable. Didn’t even need to download the iCue software to use it – just plug it in and go, which is a huge relief when working in office environments where software installation is not allowed.
The keys respond well to typing, and they are nowhere near as loud as some mechanical keyboards which would cause my co-workers to throw things at me if they had to listen to those clicks all day.
I didn’t need the mouse, but it comes as a two-pack in most places around here, so I was okay to use it. It’s a perfectly fine mouse, with a handy DPI switch on it so you don’t have to modify the mouse sensitivity through control panel (which is useful given that we share PCs and I don’t want to be modifying someone’s else set up just for my own needs).
The lighting is great, too, but I’m really focused on having a keyboard that is great to type on, not too loud, and has the macro recording function. It’s fantastic for this use case. The wrist rest is fine – I wish it was perhaps a little higher, but still does a decent job.
Highly recommended!
Frank –
so i tried to really like this keyboard, unfortunately I couldn’t get used to it. i found the keys to stiff for daily use and didn’t bottom out well, that’s where it got mushy. I ended up getting a the gamesir GK300 which i found to be much better quality for gaming and typing. Which means i gave up RGB for only white backlit and programmable keys. which was okay for me as the key presses are much more satisfying.
Adrian –
I love the overall design and sensation with typing. Typing is soft and quiet, and can feel a nice give-way when you press down.. However there’s a major manufacturing flaw that totally ruins the experience; occasionally, typed characters will be missed. This seems to occur when in some combinations, two or more keys held down will result in some other keys to not respond to any presses. This has resulted in many typos due to missed characters. Ive talked to corsair support about this and they said “its just normal”… So its not even fixable…
LRod –
I picked up a full set of Corsair wireless gaming products, including this keyboard. Sadly, I returned them all.
The K57 has many issues, which apparently is something shared by all of Corsair’s wireless peripherals. The main issue is how to set up your devices. Don’t bother with the instructions because they’re all wrong. Here’s how to properly get up and running:
1) Fully charge your device before anything else. It’s actually a thing with Corsair for some reason.
2) Download and install Corsair’s iCue program.
3) Plug in the included USB dongle, then update its firmware thru iCue.
4) Plug in your wireless device directly to your PC via USB cable, then update its firmware thru iCue.
5) Unplug your device, turn it on, and pair thru iCue.
After trying to get 3 separate devices set up, that’s what I concluded.
Anyhow, once I had it up and running, I found it drops connection constantly, even with the dongle not 12 inches away. Let me be clear: this was the first device I conne ted and installed; there were no other devices connected to interfere with the signal.
It goes to sleep at however minutes you set it to, but it takes a while to wake up and reconnect. And even with the sleep timer, the battery lasts less than an hour – and that’s with no gaming and the lighting down to the 2nd lowest setting!
As for cosmetic issues: it’s made entirely of cheap plastic; the LED bed is annoyingly exposed; the chassis is too tall to use comfortably with the wrist rest; and the cheap rubberized wrist rest connects like a hinge and swings freely. I know a few other manufacturers do this too, but I’d prefer it snap on rigidly. The only thing I somewhat liked about this was the typing feel, although it was a bit on the squishy side.
I’ve used a lot of Corsair PC components over the years, but this is my first time using their peripherals. I can honestly say they suck. The whole ecosystem is trash. Even their much advertised “Slipstream” is still in beta testing!! Oh, and even if you can get the program (because it’s so buggy Corsair took it down themselves) you can brick all your dongles! Honestly Corsair, WTF??
I pretty much cut and pasted this review for all 3 products I purchased. I could understand one out of the three having issues or being subpar – but all of them?!? After this whole ordeal, aside from their PSUs and RAM modules, I would not recommend any Corsair products.
Mia –
This is a great product, It’s worked perfect for me and it’s such a good price. The keys aren’t super loud and clicky like some mechanical keyboards in my opinion and the mouse works great, It all works great for what i need to do and i dont find anything wrong with this. If your on a budget i would def recommend this!
Gustavo Adolfo Santes Santiago –
El teclado esta en ingles, la tecla “Ñ” es este caso es la del punto y coma, y dos puntos. Es compatible con Bluetooth 4.0 y incluye su propio nanoreceptor con su tecnología inalámbrica patentada. Trae sus teclas macro para funciones múltiples.
Rob James –
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It has function keys to switch between Wireless and two Bluetooth channels giving you the option of using it with three computers if you wanted to.
The keys feel nice. Good to type on; they’re membrane keys, which is totally fine for me and probably 90% of people.
The RGB LEDs shine through the keys and behind the keys perfectly! I thought it would be an irritating gimmick but I actually like it a lot! iCue is easy to use and you can set macro functions from there.
There must have been an update, because I’m able to use the “Type” RGB function wirelessly, (I left a video in this review) many people say they couldn’t, so that’s not an issue anymore.
EDIT: Keyboard Stopped responding and drops the connection. To get an RMA on the keyboard, it needs to be shipped to Corsair. The shipping would be around $40 from Canada.
Would I buy this keyboard again? probably not. Go for Logitech.
Edit: Febuary 2021- Sent my keyboard to corsair for RMA, it was an easy process, while I had to pay for shipping (UPS Ground for $30) I got a new Keyboard sent back to me right away. I’m happy…so far.
I still like this keyboard. I’m a bit wary about the longevity, perhaps I got a lemon the first time? Hopefully, my new one is better
Drake W –
Thr keyboard lights up beautifully and connects immediately to the devices i need it to. There is 0 lag on its part and the keys are super quiet when they need to be.
The wrist support can be a little difficult to get use to because its hard plastic but with a little getting use to, its a non issue.
Battery life, with it on 24/7 is roughly 2 days. It says something like 40 hours but im sure as the battery degrades it will get there. Turning off the flashing lights gets it to 4 days surprisingly so they must really suck that battery dry but it does what it says it should!
The hotkeys are in a little weird position on the left if you are not use to it, i didnt hotkey the bottom button yet because i keep clicking it thinking its the ctrl button but im sure with a little more practice it will be fine
Overall, great keyboard! Immediately installs on a myriad of different devices, even a phone it took 15 seconds and was ready to use
Jon –
Been gaming for all of my life, been PC gaming for a good chunk of that.
This is a membrane keyboard, but I don’t understand the to-do about blue/red switches. This keyboard works great, its perfectly responsive, and feels good to type on.
Although, yes, for a membrane keyboard it is a bit pricey. But you have the option of wireless dongle connection, or bluetooth, and the battery has a substantial life, going at least a week+ with ~8hrs daily use before needing to recharge.
I have no problem with the iCUE app, RGB cutomization is easy. Reprogramming buttons or creating macros is fairly straight forward. Although I’m not entirely fond of the macro-record button placement, it isn’t horrible.
And I do prefer my volume controls on the left hand side, but this can be worked around with the G1-6 buttons.
For per-key RGB customization you will need to remain plugged in.
Jose Raymundo Correa –
El teclado esta bastante bien construido la señal con el Dongle USB es excelente, lo uso ya que mis sesiones de juego son en la sala en mi tele grande y la verdad es de los pocos teclados gamer inalambricos que sirven al 100% , hay otros Mecanicos pero son un poco mas caros (de Logitech y Corsair) , pero este tiene un buen tacto y sensación, no soy muy fijado en si es mecanico y para mi es mas que suficiente, recomendado.