Nearly a year after the sale of the Thief Ship K100, the "Brilliant Gold" version was born again. The English name Ofight Gold, debuted in October 2021 in China, and at present, other regions are still in the state of waiting for goods, how to look like "China Special". As a special color matching version, Brilliant Gold and Black Ancestor K100 do not have much difference in basic parameters. In terms of performance, it also supports the native 8000Hz ultra-polling and 8000Hz button scanning frequency provided by the Thief Ship AXON Hyper-Processing technology; in terms of accessories, it is still an aviation aluminum panel, a standard PBT Double-Shot keycap, and comes with a magnetic leather hand rest; in terms of function, the 44-area three-sided RGB LightEdge + full key backlighting scheme, iCUE wheel, volume wheel, multimedia buttons and other points are still there. The main differences are in the panel process, color matching and partial design, as well as the synchronous improvement brought about by the subsequent upgrade of iCUE; then the gold version with the shaft type is currently only available on the OPX axis. Ancestor K100 before the landlord has been evaluated in detail, because the parameters are basically the same, the performance, function and highlights will no longer be re-read, focusing on the change of perception and specific details, the following into the unboxing and experience link details.
Unboxing
The outer packaging is the same as the ancestor K100 using the heaven and earth cover structure veneer cardboard box, but the printing difference is relatively large: the overall color is black, no longer use black and yellow collision color; the keyboard rendering diagram is correspondingly replaced by a gold version, very eye-catching; the cover of the label, parameter information is more, the layout is very reasonable, personally feel that the packaging as a whole is much better than the ancestor version. There is little difference in the interior, with double cardboard cushioning and a transparent dust cover.
The accessory is slightly reduced from the black version, with only 4 arrow keys replacing the keycaps, prints and leather hand rest. I have not seen the ancestral plastic 〇 = key puller, which may indicate that the thief ship is about to be pulled on the wire, probably.
Keyboard body. The main button area standard 104 row + left side 6 G keys, the regular bottom row layout, today's thief ship no matter what the row, the regular bottom row is the default configuration.
The outline lines have not changed much compared to the black version, but the appearance color matching uses a lot of "brilliant gold" elements: the panel includes the roulette wheel at the upper edge, the function keys, and the LOGO trim have all become gold, the macro keys and arrow keys have also used gold custom keycaps (the ancestor K100 uses the upper silver and lower black keycaps), and the woven skin of the keyboard wire is also inlaid with gold silk thread.
Ancestral suspension structure, gold aviation aluminum panel with flange treatment is also a positioning plate, combined with nest-shaped decoration of the side panel to bring a rich technical shape design, this style is also widely reflected in the other keyboard products of the Thief Ship. The left 6 keys use the left high right low custom keycaps, reflecting the artificial concept of the entire key area, the measuring angle looks the same high, pull off this column of G keycaps can see the artificial ladder formed by the OEM height of the main key area.
The gold upper edge is very dazzling, and it is paired with black keycaps and bases to present a timeless "black gold style". The area on the top of the panel that connects to the base also hides a whole RGB backlight area, and the keyboard cable is still ancestrally thick and hard.
The original PBT two-color molded keycaps, the surface of the keycaps is grainy and delicate gripper, the characters are slightly convex, the inner wall is thick, the feeding is very solid; the water spout treatment is excellent, and the overall quality of the keycaps shows the quality of the big factory. Once the 10,000-year-old coating has become the past style, two-color PBT keycaps are now the standard of the full range of thief ships, while there is another color version of PBT Double-Shot Pro series keycaps sold separately, and recently even out of the "sky", "blue sea" two kinds of riot color matching 104 new products, thief ships are also old and really strange.
The chassis is almost identical to the black version: six-way trunking, four large non-slip pieces, simple and beautiful.
The original leather hand rest, the color of the black changed to gray, the back is still six non-slip, two magnetic buckles, the side of the hand rest is a trapezoidal section, the leather upper layer has an extension, can perfectly fit the bottom edge of the keyboard contour.
Exterior details
The upper left corner of the keyboard is still the K100's unique iCUE multi-function control wheel, the iconic triangle continuous texture of the outer ring is still there, and the color contrast archaeopsis version has become all gold. The buttons in the middle of the roulette wheel can be set by iCUE software and then adjusted by rotation. On both sides of the roulette wheel are configuration switch and lock Win keys, which replaces the shortcut key area of the old flagship as a whole.
Gold-toned windows, cable outlets and expansion USB in the middle of the upper edge.
The golden volume roller in the upper right corner of the keyboard, whether it is the appearance of the appearance or texture details, echoes with the roulette wheel on the left, which together constitute the two peaks on the K100 design.
The word K100 is displayed in the lower left corner of the front of the panel. The aluminum panel adopts an anodized coloring process and sandblasting surface treatment, while the ancestor K100 is brushed, which is quite different.
In addition to the 6 G keys on the left, the arrow keys are also fitted with custom keycaps of a gold-gray two-tone nested structure. Among them, the surface layer of the arrow keys is designed with the iconic triangular continuous texture, these 4 keycaps should have been supplied with custom keycaps, but by default directly mounted on the keyboard, the 4 in the accessory are the same as the main keypad of the two-color PBT original keycaps.
Side open two-stage bracing feet, 4 flat trapezoidal non-slip. The side panels are matte surfaces, while the Archaeopteryx K100 is mirrored, which is one of the differences in appearance between the two.
The gray leather surface used for the hand rest fabric, although it is a pity that it is not done with gold patent leather or washable leather (think a little too much), but the overall color matching with black gold is still relatively in tune; the surface removes the black version of the hand rest's iconic triangle continuous texture embossing and changes it to a breathable hole; the magnetic buckle allows the hand rest to easily complete the connection without moving the keyboard, and the adsorption force is also sufficient, which is a very ideal hand rest fixing scheme.
Unplug part of the keycaps on the Kang Kang shaft. At present, "brilliant gold" has and only OPX shaft model, OPX shaft is with the ancestor K100 debut of the thief ship custom shaft type, belongs to a kind of "optical shaft", the shape, structure and C home MX shaft is similar, the same shaft core + spring mechanical structure, so it retains the feel of most of the MX shaft. The trigger mechanism relies on the internal optics to generate an infrared beam, and the switching state is judged by pressing the shaft core to cause the on and off of the optical path. Optical triggering enables faster, more precise, lower latency key recognition, while durability is enhanced, and the OPX axis doubles the advantages of ordinary optical axes, all aspects are better done. The official nominal OPX axis still feels and accuracy after 150 million presses, far exceeds the service life of the MX axis, and is 50% more durable than ordinary optical shafts.
Shaft body appearance. Bridge transparent shaft cover with Thief Ship LOGO, milk white shaft seat, shaft core color close to gray, the overall appearance is very similar to cherry RGB silver shaft. The total stroke of the button is about 3.2mm, and the trigger key range is compressed to 1.0mm, which is lower than the silver shaft (1.2mm), which is known for "fast triggering", and can further increase the response speed of the button under the premise of ensuring the feel of the button.
Power-on effect
After powering on, the 44-zone 270 ° three-sided RGB LightEdge and full-key RGB backlight began to work, the suspension structure plus the RGB axis, the 16.8 million color light effect side leaked out, the light belt of the nest-shaped side panel was to add another layer of buff to the side face of the K100; although the light belt on the upper edge was invisible, the light hit the desktop or cushion, the sense of atmosphere was full, and the bottom edge was not estimated to be afraid of flashing the player's eyes; the advantages of the OPX axis were the same as the LightEdge. Combined with the grainy shadow and finish unique to the Thief Ship PBT keycap, plus a gold panel, the overall effect is as "golden splendor" as stated in the opening chapter.
The iCUE multi-function roulette wheel is naturally the core layout and focus of the K100.
The golden window in the middle of the upper edge, the LOGO light inside is a full key synchronous lighting effect, in addition to the left and right three golden yellow indicators, including the regular Num, Caps, Scroll Lock and lock Win, mute and macro programming key indication function, when not lit, these light bits also have a certain hidden effect.
The upper right corner of the volume roller, mute button, multimedia button this area in the look and feel is not much more.
Drive management
Compared with the ancestor K100 nearly a year ago, iCUE has been upgraded many times so far, and there are more optimizations and improvements in the functions. For example, the key task interface, which is easy to be ignored by the player but the role is very powerful, in addition to the basic key assignment, there is a complete set of preset programs and custom operations including voice keys and mouse functions, macro programming can be set by software, and can also be hardware entry by using the roulette wheel, and the two input methods are immediately stored in the corresponding iCUE configuration or on-board storage. In addition, installing and running The Elgato Stream Deck software, a common integrated software control scheme used in the live broadcast field, can also support streaming actions to write G keys, enabling more diverse and convenient orchestration.
The Thief Ship keyboard lights are divided into two pieces - through the drive operation, stored in the configuration of the software lighting effects and no drive operation, stored on the board hardware lighting effects, set separately by the two lighting interfaces. Software lighting supports 11 kinds of preset effects, and the button area backlight + 44 area LightEge full range of independent customization; "quick light effect area" is the preset light emitting area, you can quickly set which keys have backlight, and the area scheme can be added freely.
Global setting interface, with the iCUE update, the maximum support polling rate and key response frequency have been increased from the 4000Hz synchronization of the ancestor K100 to 8000Hz.
iCUE multi-function roulette set-up interface. Supports 8 preset functions, switched by the button in the middle of the roulette wheel, and each function can be distinguished by customizable backlight color.
Summary session
To tell the truth, the landlord never thought that the thief ship would add K100 color and then release poisonous people, and it is difficult to say how many people really like the pure gold of the local arrogance. Of course, everyone has found that this version is not simply to change the color so simple, the process and part of the details of the design have been adjusted accordingly: the "metallic taste" of the aluminum itself can make the gold panel look more natural, and the surface treatment is changed from drawing to sandblasting, so that the panel reflects a kind of gold should have a "grainy feeling" (after all, there are few gold ware to do drawing), so the surface treatment and coloring are carefully matched; the roulette wheel, function buttons, volume rollers, including custom keycaps, have also been replaced with gold, Fully embodying the "Brilliant Gold" theme, it gives players an alternative.
In other aspects, the performance parameters of the ancestor K100 are basically unchanged, and the driving function is improved synchronously with the iCUE update, and the specific article is described in detail at the beginning, and it is also mentioned in the article, so it will no longer be superfluous induction. The short board is roughly similar to the archaeopteryx version, one is that the key layout with the left G key needs to be adapted; the second is that the keyboard line is stiff, affecting the desktop wiring; the third is that the price starting point is high, although the early cool 11 cool 12 various activities are even lower than the ancestor version, but the chopping hand still needs faith support.