The Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB features ultra-quiet keyswitches backed by a lightweight, durable aluminium frame and dynamic multi-colour lighting. Multi-colour per-key dynamic backlighting USB pass-through port 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB FPS and MOBA keycap sets The USB pass-through port present in the Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB is positioned for uninterrupted gameplay and ready for your mouse or wireless headset adaptor. Harness the power of CUE for sophisticated macro programming and dramatic lighting effects and animations. 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB helps ensure accuracy, so every keystroke translates directly into accurate gameplay. Contoured, textured FPS and MOBA keycap sets keep you in control.
The Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB features ultra-quiet keyswitches backed by a lightweight, durable aluminium frame and dynamic multi-colour lighting. Multi-colour per-key dynamic backlighting USB pass-through port 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB FPS and MOBA keycap sets The USB pass-through port present in the Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB is positioned for uninterrupted gameplay and ready for your mouse or wireless headset adaptor. Harness the power of CUE for sophisticated macro programming and dramatic lighting effects and animations. 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB helps ensure accuracy, so every keystroke translates directly into accurate gameplay. Contoured, textured FPS and MOBA keycap sets keep you in control.
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The lowest price we last saw for Corsair K70 Lux RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Silent was $189.00 at PC Case Gear, compared across 3 retailers (last seen 9 May 2026). Prices may have changed since.
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Corsair K70 Lux RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Silent
The Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB features ultra-quiet keyswitches backed by a lightweight, durable aluminium frame and dynamic multi-colour lighting. Multi-colour per-key dynamic backlighting USB pass-through port 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB FPS and MOBA keycap sets The USB pass-through port present in the Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB is positioned for uninterrupted gameplay and ready for your mouse or wireless headset adaptor. Harness the power of CUE for sophisticated macro programming and dramatic lighting effects and animations. 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB helps ensure accuracy, so every keystroke translates directly into accurate gameplay. Contoured, textured FPS and MOBA keycap sets keep you in control.
The Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB features ultra-quiet keyswitches backed by a lightweight, durable aluminium frame and dynamic multi-colour lighting. Multi-colour per-key dynamic backlighting USB pass-through port 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB FPS and MOBA keycap sets The USB pass-through port present in the Corsair Gaming K70 LUX, Silent RGB is positioned for uninterrupted gameplay and ready for your mouse or wireless headset adaptor. Harness the power of CUE for sophisticated macro programming and dramatic lighting effects and animations. 100% anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB helps ensure accuracy, so every keystroke translates directly into accurate gameplay. Contoured, textured FPS and MOBA keycap sets keep you in control.
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I live in the state of Connecticut, so because I live close, the keyboard should have come quicker than other states, and it did, earlier than expected in fact. After ordering it at night, it came 2 days later which is amazing. I will definitely order from B&H in the future.As for the keyboard itself, it is amazing. I personally don't like the hard wrist rest, and after using keyboards without a wrist rest for years, it is a bit awkward for me to use it. Besides, I play video games with my keyboard and I like to rotate the keyboard about 20 degrees, and with a wrist rest, it makes my hand positioning feel awkward.The keyboard itself has some sort of brushed metal finish on the back which is really nice and makes it feel like a premium product. The keycaps feel ... MoreI live in the state of Connecticut, so because I live close, the keyboard should have come quicker than other states, and it did, earlier than expected in fact. After ordering it at night, it came 2 days later which is amazing. I will definitely order from B&H in the future.As for the keyboard itself, it is amazing. I personally don't like the hard wrist rest, and after using keyboards without a wrist rest for years, it is a bit awkward for me to use it. Besides, I play video games with my keyboard and I like to rotate the keyboard about 20 degrees, and with a wrist rest, it makes my hand positioning feel awkward.The keyboard itself has some sort of brushed metal finish on the back which is really nice and makes it feel like a premium product. The keycaps feel high in quality, and it comes attached with a non removable, thick, braided cable that splits into 2 usb cables to plug into your computer. The spacebar itself is textured, which many people might dislike, but I actually enjoyed typing on it. It is not rough, but it keeps my hand from sliding, and it also prevents the keycap from getting shiny after being worn out from a lot of use.The Corsair Utility Engine (CUE) software is what you would want to download online to be able to control the RGB features. I really liked the software because it is very easy to use and there is a wide variety of presets that you can set and also adjust the speed and colors. You can also set the color for each individual key, and have multiple effects as "layers" that can be used together to create cool effects. There is also an option to create custom RGB effects which is not easy to use, but thankfully, the presets that the keyboard comes with would satisfy anyone else's desires.My one gripe about this entire keyboard is that when your screen is locked, you cannot save a moving RGB pattern onto it. When traveling, this would make it impossible to have a moving pattern saved on it while travelling, requiring you to download the CUE software to be able to adjust it. You must use a static profile, albeit any color for any key, but it must be static, it won't save if it is some sort of moving effect. This is really disappointing as one would expect such a simple feature after spending well over $130 on a keyboard. Unfortunately, due to this one flaw, I must remove a star from it, and this is in no way reflective of B&H, but rather of Corsair. If they come out with some sort of firmware that allows custom moving effects to be saved on to the keyboard, it would have been perfect.Other than that, it is a solid keyboard and I will be using it for as long as it stops working.
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I can't recommend this keyboard at all because it is made with shoddy materials. Multiple keys *broke* during ordinary use after one year. Another problem is that sometimes the keycaps fall off during gameplay when you put a small amount of shearing force on them. There's basically nothing holding them on. I can remove any of the keycaps using nothing but my pinky finger! Speaking of my pinky finger, the ctrl key falls off most often and has caused me to lose games. Even the WASD keys fall off sometimes! I have had to swap keycaps from the numpad, which are not the same shape. If you remove any key caps then you get to have these super bright LEDs shining at you while you game. Don't buy this junk! I'm going to avoid Corsair whenever possible.
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When I was younger I was into gaming, but not so much any more. I write HTML/CSS/jQuery for a living, and this is a nice feeling step up from my old Logitech non-mechanical keyboard. The following info is written for any other coders (or at least non-gamers) out there who might be considering this keyboard. I didn't really want crazy lighting effects, or especially a gamer-centric WASD color key configuration built-in, so it's cool that the Corsair comes with those gamer-color keys as an option in the box. (Not pre-installed on the board) After downloading the software, all of the color profile options came up and were pretty self explanatory after 5-10 minutes of fiddling. If you've read in older reviews that Corsair's color adjustment is painfully difficult, I ... MoreWhen I was younger I was into gaming, but not so much any more. I write HTML/CSS/jQuery for a living, and this is a nice feeling step up from my old Logitech non-mechanical keyboard. The following info is written for any other coders (or at least non-gamers) out there who might be considering this keyboard. I didn't really want crazy lighting effects, or especially a gamer-centric WASD color key configuration built-in, so it's cool that the Corsair comes with those gamer-color keys as an option in the box. (Not pre-installed on the board) After downloading the software, all of the color profile options came up and were pretty self explanatory after 5-10 minutes of fiddling. If you've read in older reviews that Corsair's color adjustment is painfully difficult, I think that was for the older version of their software. It was pretty painless to make 4 color schemes & assign them to 4 programs in about 45 minutes to an hour. Putting together a nice looking but not overly flashy color scheme is easy, and the fact that it's super adjustable helps, too. When migraines hit, I code in a pretty dimly lit room, so having a "migraine" setting on the keyboard is mint! Downloading other schemes from the web and importing them is also a piece of cake, if you don't mind the ridiculously bright & never-ending barrage of colors most of the kids use these days. :-) (I'd have probably done the same if I wasn't old) Be sure to download profiles for the K70. The other models corsair makes are shown in the same menu, but aren't all compatible. That's probably another reason for a couple less-than-epic reviews online. If a downloaded profile "doesn't work", you might be using the wrong profile type. In my opinion, Corsair's website shouldn't use one menu for many incompatible device profiles. That's dumb UI. Also keep in mind that certain profiles for specific games might also have game-specific keymapping, which is useless for pretty much anything besides that game. Creating (and understanding) macros, text insertions, program shortcuts, and a few of the other features in the "Actions" menu of the program takes some effort. This is the unintuitive part. You'd assume you could assign these things by selecting it on a menu, or just typing on the keyboard itself. Instead, you need to click on the giant (75% screen width) keyboard graphic to assign the action you just created. It was frustrating that the answer I was looking for was literally staring me in the face with such a huge percentage of the screen... If the program just said "Click which key you'd like to assign this to", I could have saved myself a lot of frustration. Anyways, the action features probably don't matter to 90% of the users of this board... If you aren't a gamer & won't be using the "windows lock" key, don't worry about it being a useless feature. You can assign whatever you'd like to that button. I use it to change my color/button profile, and it's been pretty handy thus far. 5 eggs for a great piece of hardware, and a moderately good but improving piece of software. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit: I could have handled all of this at 5/5 rating, until I saw that the CUE.exe software (the thing that makes the shortcuts & leds work) uses 144MB of ram at idle. That is ridiculous. Opening the program and using it's GUI uses the same amount of memory as closing the program... If you disable the program, obviously all of the LEDs & shortcuts stop working. That is too much memory, for such a simple task in my opinion. Examples, for reference: Firefox: 91MB Adobe Photoshop: 46MB 3D mouse software: 35MB Nvidia software: 30MB Thermal control software: 30MB Media player: 31MB Windows Explorer (Win 7, tweaked): 69MB CUE Keyboard Program: 144MB?!? There are 3'rd party apps to fix this apparently, but I've got no time for trial and error. Looks like I just downgraded 144MB ram permanently. I'll change my review to, "A great piece of hardware, but bloated & less-than-great software".
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CORSAIR K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - USB Passthrough & Media Controls - Linear & Silent - Cherry MX Silent - RGB LED Backlit
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I live in the state of Connecticut, so because I live close, the keyboard should have come quicker than other states, and it did, earlier than expected in fact. After ordering it at night, it came 2 days later which is amazing. I will definitely order from B&H in the future.As for the keyboard itself, it is amazing. I personally don't like the hard wrist rest, and after using keyboards without a wrist rest for years, it is a bit awkward for me to use it. Besides, I play video games with my keyboard and I like to rotate the keyboard about 20 degrees, and with a wrist rest, it makes my hand positioning feel awkward.The keyboard itself has some sort of brushed metal finish on the back which is really nice and makes it feel like a premium product. The keycaps feel ... MoreI live in the state of Connecticut, so because I live close, the keyboard should have come quicker than other states, and it did, earlier than expected in fact. After ordering it at night, it came 2 days later which is amazing. I will definitely order from B&H in the future.As for the keyboard itself, it is amazing. I personally don't like the hard wrist rest, and after using keyboards without a wrist rest for years, it is a bit awkward for me to use it. Besides, I play video games with my keyboard and I like to rotate the keyboard about 20 degrees, and with a wrist rest, it makes my hand positioning feel awkward.The keyboard itself has some sort of brushed metal finish on the back which is really nice and makes it feel like a premium product. The keycaps feel high in quality, and it comes attached with a non removable, thick, braided cable that splits into 2 usb cables to plug into your computer. The spacebar itself is textured, which many people might dislike, but I actually enjoyed typing on it. It is not rough, but it keeps my hand from sliding, and it also prevents the keycap from getting shiny after being worn out from a lot of use.The Corsair Utility Engine (CUE) software is what you would want to download online to be able to control the RGB features. I really liked the software because it is very easy to use and there is a wide variety of presets that you can set and also adjust the speed and colors. You can also set the color for each individual key, and have multiple effects as "layers" that can be used together to create cool effects. There is also an option to create custom RGB effects which is not easy to use, but thankfully, the presets that the keyboard comes with would satisfy anyone else's desires.My one gripe about this entire keyboard is that when your screen is locked, you cannot save a moving RGB pattern onto it. When traveling, this would make it impossible to have a moving pattern saved on it while travelling, requiring you to download the CUE software to be able to adjust it. You must use a static profile, albeit any color for any key, but it must be static, it won't save if it is some sort of moving effect. This is really disappointing as one would expect such a simple feature after spending well over $130 on a keyboard. Unfortunately, due to this one flaw, I must remove a star from it, and this is in no way reflective of B&H, but rather of Corsair. If they come out with some sort of firmware that allows custom moving effects to be saved on to the keyboard, it would have been perfect.Other than that, it is a solid keyboard and I will be using it for as long as it stops working.
I can't recommend this keyboard at all because it is made with shoddy materials. Multiple keys *broke* during ordinary use after one year. Another problem is that sometimes the keycaps fall off during gameplay when you put a small amount of shearing force on them. There's basically nothing holding them on. I can remove any of the keycaps using nothing but my pinky finger! Speaking of my pinky finger, the ctrl key falls off most often and has caused me to lose games. Even the WASD keys fall off sometimes! I have had to swap keycaps from the numpad, which are not the same shape. If you remove any key caps then you get to have these super bright LEDs shining at you while you game. Don't buy this junk! I'm going to avoid Corsair whenever possible.
When I was younger I was into gaming, but not so much any more. I write HTML/CSS/jQuery for a living, and this is a nice feeling step up from my old Logitech non-mechanical keyboard. The following info is written for any other coders (or at least non-gamers) out there who might be considering this keyboard. I didn't really want crazy lighting effects, or especially a gamer-centric WASD color key configuration built-in, so it's cool that the Corsair comes with those gamer-color keys as an option in the box. (Not pre-installed on the board) After downloading the software, all of the color profile options came up and were pretty self explanatory after 5-10 minutes of fiddling. If you've read in older reviews that Corsair's color adjustment is painfully difficult, I ... MoreWhen I was younger I was into gaming, but not so much any more. I write HTML/CSS/jQuery for a living, and this is a nice feeling step up from my old Logitech non-mechanical keyboard. The following info is written for any other coders (or at least non-gamers) out there who might be considering this keyboard. I didn't really want crazy lighting effects, or especially a gamer-centric WASD color key configuration built-in, so it's cool that the Corsair comes with those gamer-color keys as an option in the box. (Not pre-installed on the board) After downloading the software, all of the color profile options came up and were pretty self explanatory after 5-10 minutes of fiddling. If you've read in older reviews that Corsair's color adjustment is painfully difficult, I think that was for the older version of their software. It was pretty painless to make 4 color schemes & assign them to 4 programs in about 45 minutes to an hour. Putting together a nice looking but not overly flashy color scheme is easy, and the fact that it's super adjustable helps, too. When migraines hit, I code in a pretty dimly lit room, so having a "migraine" setting on the keyboard is mint! Downloading other schemes from the web and importing them is also a piece of cake, if you don't mind the ridiculously bright & never-ending barrage of colors most of the kids use these days. :-) (I'd have probably done the same if I wasn't old) Be sure to download profiles for the K70. The other models corsair makes are shown in the same menu, but aren't all compatible. That's probably another reason for a couple less-than-epic reviews online. If a downloaded profile "doesn't work", you might be using the wrong profile type. In my opinion, Corsair's website shouldn't use one menu for many incompatible device profiles. That's dumb UI. Also keep in mind that certain profiles for specific games might also have game-specific keymapping, which is useless for pretty much anything besides that game. Creating (and understanding) macros, text insertions, program shortcuts, and a few of the other features in the "Actions" menu of the program takes some effort. This is the unintuitive part. You'd assume you could assign these things by selecting it on a menu, or just typing on the keyboard itself. Instead, you need to click on the giant (75% screen width) keyboard graphic to assign the action you just created. It was frustrating that the answer I was looking for was literally staring me in the face with such a huge percentage of the screen... If the program just said "Click which key you'd like to assign this to", I could have saved myself a lot of frustration. Anyways, the action features probably don't matter to 90% of the users of this board... If you aren't a gamer & won't be using the "windows lock" key, don't worry about it being a useless feature. You can assign whatever you'd like to that button. I use it to change my color/button profile, and it's been pretty handy thus far. 5 eggs for a great piece of hardware, and a moderately good but improving piece of software. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit: I could have handled all of this at 5/5 rating, until I saw that the CUE.exe software (the thing that makes the shortcuts & leds work) uses 144MB of ram at idle. That is ridiculous. Opening the program and using it's GUI uses the same amount of memory as closing the program... If you disable the program, obviously all of the LEDs & shortcuts stop working. That is too much memory, for such a simple task in my opinion. Examples, for reference: Firefox: 91MB Adobe Photoshop: 46MB 3D mouse software: 35MB Nvidia software: 30MB Thermal control software: 30MB Media player: 31MB Windows Explorer (Win 7, tweaked): 69MB CUE Keyboard Program: 144MB?!? There are 3'rd party apps to fix this apparently, but I've got no time for trial and error. Looks like I just downgraded 144MB ram permanently. I'll change my review to, "A great piece of hardware, but bloated & less-than-great software".
I don't live in the US, and where I live it's pretty hard to find Corsair products, so when I went to the US I wanted to get the K70 Rapidfire. Sadly, they didn't have the RGB version, but since I won't even have the chance to get this where I live, I got it. I got the version with the Cherry MX Blue switches, which are light switches, have a click and have tactile bump, which all are great for typing. If you type a lot, I'd recommend getting the browns or the blues, the only difference are that the blues are clicky and the browns aren't. The reds are a little bit better for gaming, because they don't have that tactile bump. The lights shine really nicely, though if you like really bright. If you want the brightest of the brightest, I'd recommend going with the ... MoreI don't live in the US, and where I live it's pretty hard to find Corsair products, so when I went to the US I wanted to get the K70 Rapidfire. Sadly, they didn't have the RGB version, but since I won't even have the chance to get this where I live, I got it. I got the version with the Cherry MX Blue switches, which are light switches, have a click and have tactile bump, which all are great for typing. If you type a lot, I'd recommend getting the browns or the blues, the only difference are that the blues are clicky and the browns aren't. The reds are a little bit better for gaming, because they don't have that tactile bump. The lights shine really nicely, though if you like really bright. If you want the brightest of the brightest, I'd recommend going with the Strafe, or the Blackwidow, which both have a white plate under the keys that helps reflect the light, but for me the lights on this keyboard are perfect. The build quality is very solid. It's all made out of aluminium, which makes it feel great. There is also a detachable wrist rest, which I don't see why you would want to detach...it's so comfortable! On the back of the keyboard there are latches that you can use to raise the keyboard the further the keys are, just raise it overall, or make the keys closer to you higher. I like making the keys further higher, but I also like making the once close to me high, (which means raise it overall) because it makes the wrist rest be raised as well, which is VERY comfortable, the only problem is that then the keys that are further are at the same height as the once that are closer, which I don't like... I wish there was and option to raise the further keys a little more, but that's not something people will care about that much, it's only what I think... Another thing I don't like is that the cable is bulky, and requires two USB 2.0 ports. Though if you have USB 3.0, you can only plug the one labeled keyboard. Whoops, looks like I don't have any more letters left
The keys are much harder to press, my fingertips and finger joints hurt after a while. The keys have longer travel and the feedback "click" is barely noticeable resulting the need to bottom out the keys. They keys are very noisy - and this is supposed to be quieter of them. The keys also squeak, wobble and rattle. I don't get why but I keep pressing the key next to the one I need, it has something to do with long key travel and the need to move fingers more. Also, I often miss because I have not lifted the fingers high enough to press another key and my fingers bump the side of the key rather than press it. That does not happen on other keyboards and it gets worse with finger fatigue after a while. I type slower on this and playing games is also problematic. I spent ... MoreThe keys are much harder to press, my fingertips and finger joints hurt after a while. The keys have longer travel and the feedback "click" is barely noticeable resulting the need to bottom out the keys. They keys are very noisy - and this is supposed to be quieter of them. The keys also squeak, wobble and rattle. I don't get why but I keep pressing the key next to the one I need, it has something to do with long key travel and the need to move fingers more. Also, I often miss because I have not lifted the fingers high enough to press another key and my fingers bump the side of the key rather than press it. That does not happen on other keyboards and it gets worse with finger fatigue after a while. I type slower on this and playing games is also problematic. I spent two weeks trying to get used to this and I think I'll go back to my "chiclet" keyboard. I think this is just a fad and advertising like fixed bikes and vinyl records and people are largely embarrassed to admit that they don't like it. I know several professional programmers and web developers and they all use chiclet keyboards and laugh at the mechanical keyboard fad. There was a reason why mechanical keyboards died out.Other than that, the quality of the keyboard is OK, but the cable is something awful, thick and heavy. Since they keys squeak and rattle the overall quality seems diminished.
I purchased this keyboard from Newegg in 2016 intending for it to last me a while, and it has so I'm happy with that. I purchased this keyboard specifically for a few reasons. I'm fairly minimalist when it comes to keyboards and I have bought some in the past with all sorts of special media keys or macro keys that looked like they would be useful, but never got in the habit of using them because I'm just too stuck in my ways. Many other mechanical (gaming or otherwise) keyboards I looked at deterred me because they replaced the right-click key which I use quite a bit with a function key of sorts. Corsair didn't muck with this and so that was my first attraction. Second was the RGB, not that I cared too much but some complaints I saw on the other single color LED ... MoreI purchased this keyboard from Newegg in 2016 intending for it to last me a while, and it has so I'm happy with that. I purchased this keyboard specifically for a few reasons. I'm fairly minimalist when it comes to keyboards and I have bought some in the past with all sorts of special media keys or macro keys that looked like they would be useful, but never got in the habit of using them because I'm just too stuck in my ways. Many other mechanical (gaming or otherwise) keyboards I looked at deterred me because they replaced the right-click key which I use quite a bit with a function key of sorts. Corsair didn't muck with this and so that was my first attraction. Second was the RGB, not that I cared too much but some complaints I saw on the other single color LED models was the brightness of them. The RGB allowed me to configure a very simple color profile of a darker blue and a lighter white that I can see my keyboard in the dark office in the later evening hours without it blinding me. The onboard memory bank for color profiles was a huge one for me. I tried a Logitech G810 and some others and despise that when you flip them to another machine the default back to that nauseating rainbow pattern. I can't remember how great or not the software was, but I used it for all of an hour to set a profile, store it on the keyboard and removed the software and I love that about this model. Beyond that, it's a mechanical keyboard and does it's job, it has a couple media keys, volume rocker which has been useful, but these extra keys don't add much to the size profile of the keyboard. The USB passthrough port is useful as well and I mainly use it to plug in my mouse. The BUT... Right from the start, I noticed a few keys never really held on. For instance, the S key on numerous occasions stuck to my finger and pulled off while typing. Never thought much of it until 2 months ago when my apostrophe key broke off (if you write code, this is a problem). Corsair support was great however and quickly sent me 2 replacement keycaps which arrived within days of submitting my support ticket, and in the interim I had stuck one of the grippy caps that came in the box. I really wish I had looked closer at this before contacting them, but at the same time I ordered a set of their PBT double shot keycaps which only just arrived yesterday (2 months later). As I started pulling the old caps and inspecting them, the ONLY keys caps that weren't loose or clearly cracking were those with multiple mounting posts such as the space bar, Enter keys, backspace. For the rest of them, I could see cracks on one side, though they still held well enough, and this was in areas like the num pad which I do use, but I'm not an accountant or anything. Then there were other keys where they had multiple cracks, were really loose, etc and I suspect a lot of these may have come that way based on reading other poor reviews that mention key caps, but I probably put up with it when it didn't impact me much, but I should have looked closer and dealt with it sooner. That said, the PBT keycaps are what should have come on the keyboard. You can feel the difference between them and the originals before even putting them on, but right now I'm happy with them, and it feels like a new keyboard all over again. I would have paid more up front to have quality keycaps though and if I find myself buying another mechanical keyboard that will be added to my buying criteria because I have an old mechanical from the early 90's that still has all it's keycaps intact, so there's no excuse for poor quality keycaps when the rest of the keyboard is built solid.
I have a large collection of mechanical keyboards to compare this one to. All the way from the original Apples to the Corsairâs and some of its competitors using Blues, Reds, Browns, Silent, and Speed switches. The best mechanical keyboards often use Cherry switches. Cherry (the worldâs oldest keyboard switch manufacturer) was a US company that moved to Germany around 1967. The keyboardâs switch type definitely makes a difference in my gameplay and changing switch type takes a couple weeks to get fully used to it. Keyboard rigidity makes a difference. LED backlighting looks cool but doesnât make much difference to me. Corsair is a great hardware company that got into gaming about 5-6 years ago. They listen to their boards and their customers. WHY MECHANICALS? Most ... MoreI have a large collection of mechanical keyboards to compare this one to. All the way from the original Apples to the Corsairâs and some of its competitors using Blues, Reds, Browns, Silent, and Speed switches. The best mechanical keyboards often use Cherry switches. Cherry (the worldâs oldest keyboard switch manufacturer) was a US company that moved to Germany around 1967. The keyboardâs switch type definitely makes a difference in my gameplay and changing switch type takes a couple weeks to get fully used to it. Keyboard rigidity makes a difference. LED backlighting looks cool but doesnât make much difference to me. Corsair is a great hardware company that got into gaming about 5-6 years ago. They listen to their boards and their customers. WHY MECHANICALS? Most consumer keyboards are cheap, membrane-based boards with a rubber dome switch underneath each key. These are inexpensive, spill-resistant, and donât give you much feedback as to when each key registers - you have to bottom out the key. Also, most can only detect a couple simultaneous keys at a time (called a ârolloverâ number). Rollover often includes only certain combinations of keys. This problem is also called âghostingâ when certain simultaneous keypresses canât be distinguished by the keyboard. Right now, try typing âthe quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dogâ while holding down both shift keys on your current non-mech keyboard. Iâll do this on my Microsoft keyboard now: HE QUIK BRON FO JUPS RIGH OER HE LA DOG. After using a mechanical keyboard, anything else will feel wrong and mushy. Mechanical keyboards also are a bit loud, heavy, and last forever unless you spill your coffee on them. When Apple changed from ADB ports to USB there was a huge market in $50 ADB to USB adapters for people who loved their old keyboards. I bought a few. If you use mechanicals to type, with practice you will type a LOT faster and push more softly because you donât have to bottom out the keys to get them to actuate. Just donât spill coffee on them.
The keyboard worked fine for me just using the one USB connection, on a USB 2.0 port. From what I can tell the second USB connection is mostly for the USB port on the keyboard itself, as the keyboards built-in USB port didnât work until I connected the second USB cable to my PC. The lights are really great, but the key noise will make it hard for me to use at night with someone sleeping in the room next to my room. I did put try putting in some O-Rings under each key which helped, but mainly for the key bottoming out noise. I also tried putting two Rosewill O-Rings under each key but that made things worse by causing keys to not register when pushed down. It works best with just one O-Ring for me anyways. After using it for a while now, during the day time the noise ... MoreThe keyboard worked fine for me just using the one USB connection, on a USB 2.0 port. From what I can tell the second USB connection is mostly for the USB port on the keyboard itself, as the keyboards built-in USB port didnât work until I connected the second USB cable to my PC. The lights are really great, but the key noise will make it hard for me to use at night with someone sleeping in the room next to my room. I did put try putting in some O-Rings under each key which helped, but mainly for the key bottoming out noise. I also tried putting two Rosewill O-Rings under each key but that made things worse by causing keys to not register when pushed down. It works best with just one O-Ring for me anyways. After using it for a while now, during the day time the noise isnât bad and I have become used to it now, its during night time when its quiet in the house that its much more noticeable. BELOW ARE MY COMMENTS ABOUT CONFIGURING THE LIGHTS: (hoping this might help someone or give an idea of how it works) I was tempted to give this keyboard a 4 star rating due to the software, but after a lot of trial and error I finally got an idea of how the lighting works with the BETA software (v2.4.66). So I am giving it a 5 star rating despite the crashing. ***Basically there are 3 things you need to do to set up the keyboard lighting*** First is what they call a âPROFILEâ, which is used to set up individual lighting for specific programs (game or application), this is where you link to the programs .exe file. --- Second is what is called âACTIONSâ, but I have yet to figure that out. Its not needed for setting up most of the lighting. --- Third is the âLIGHTING EFFECTSâ which is where you can figure any of the keyboard keys to whatever lighting you want, brightness and any color, and its only used for that profile whenever the .exe file is run that you linked to in the first profile step. Under the keyboard display there is a drop-down list of default lighting options to choose, which I picked the âstaticâ option in order to configure certain keys whatever color and brightness I want. Hold the CTRL key and click the mouse button for each key that you want to assign a static color to, and then pick the color and click the âapplyâ color box (it looks like a check-mark), then click the save button. If you want more keys with different colors you have to add another lighting effect to that profile, just click the + sign again and repeat this. Remember to save it each time --- There is a quick setup manual in their download section for the keyboard that helps a little. It also describes how to select individual or multiple keys. Although the beta software is a little different than what its describing. Corsair also has forums just for this keyboard and user created lighting effects. So far I love this keyboard minus any negatives it has.
So I purchased this keyboard today, Nov 11, 2018, and was excited to get home and try it. My computer was already on so I just unplugged the current keyboard and plugged in the new Corsair keyboard and while the lights lit up I was not able to type anything, or should I say that while I was definitely pressing keys, nothing was showing up. So I restarted my computer and was hoping that would fix it but unfortunately it did not. Next step, the internet. It appears that some Corsair keyboards have a Demo Mode, which is not mentioned in the Quick Start Guide, that can only be cleared by holding in the escape key when plugging in the keyboard. Tried that several times and finally got it to work. That only took 25 minutes, so no big deal (:. Now for the software, iCUE. ... MoreSo I purchased this keyboard today, Nov 11, 2018, and was excited to get home and try it. My computer was already on so I just unplugged the current keyboard and plugged in the new Corsair keyboard and while the lights lit up I was not able to type anything, or should I say that while I was definitely pressing keys, nothing was showing up. So I restarted my computer and was hoping that would fix it but unfortunately it did not. Next step, the internet. It appears that some Corsair keyboards have a Demo Mode, which is not mentioned in the Quick Start Guide, that can only be cleared by holding in the escape key when plugging in the keyboard. Tried that several times and finally got it to work. That only took 25 minutes, so no big deal (:. Now for the software, iCUE. Downloaded it from the Corsair website because they do not include an installation CD with this keyboard. After installing it and starting it, the keyboard was not recognized, shocking! So back to the internet and the same solution that was needed to get the keyboard working, hold down escape key while plugging it it, was apparently the solution to get the software to recognize the keyboard. So I tried that numerous times over a half hour period with no success. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software but could not get the iCue software to recognize the keyboard. After spending almost two hours trying to get the keyboard working I finally gave up and went back to my previous keyboard.I was just looking for a nice mechanical keyboard with some back-lighting and thought this would fit the bill. I don't even care if I got a bad unit, just the fact that there was no installation CD, no mention of Demo Mode, etc.. has turned me off this brand. If you like tinkering with installation issues and want to build up a good rage then this is the keyboard for you.
With years of experience with Razor and Logitech, here is why Corsairs keyboards are the ultimate next step towards quality and function.1) Quality Metal - This aircraft-grade anodized brushed aluminum looks and feels like real metal. I've had "other" gaming mechanical keyboards that were made of metal but did not feel anything like this. They felt like plastic. This is heavy and feels extremely sturdy.2) Cleaning - The keys stick up and do not hide in the frame. Its super easy to stick the nozzle of an air cleaner from every angle and blow every little crumb out so your keyboard will look like NEW forever.3) Cable - This cable is thick paracord that is very difficult to break.4) RGB and Keys - These lights are STUNNING! Super bright and you can configure ... MoreWith years of experience with Razor and Logitech, here is why Corsairs keyboards are the ultimate next step towards quality and function.1) Quality Metal - This aircraft-grade anodized brushed aluminum looks and feels like real metal. I've had "other" gaming mechanical keyboards that were made of metal but did not feel anything like this. They felt like plastic. This is heavy and feels extremely sturdy.2) Cleaning - The keys stick up and do not hide in the frame. Its super easy to stick the nozzle of an air cleaner from every angle and blow every little crumb out so your keyboard will look like NEW forever.3) Cable - This cable is thick paracord that is very difficult to break.4) RGB and Keys - These lights are STUNNING! Super bright and you can configure them in a million ways inside the software that comes with it. This further makes this keyboard feel one step ahead of the competition. Furthermore, this keybaord has a larger font on the keys witch may look awkward at first but now I want this on every keyboard I own.5) Brown Switch - These switches are the perfect hybrid between the "clicky" blues and "smooth" reds. I'm 6'4 with very large hands and I've always managed to press multiple keys by accident. My last K70 had the red switches and I was looking to get the blue ones but the Microcenter associate convinced me that the brown switches are the best and my god was he right. I can type with a slight click in MMOS yet move like a god in FPS games.I donated my old Corsair K70 (Not RGB) to a friend and I did not hesitate one bit when purchasing this keyboard AGAIN (I love this thing man...)If you're looking for a quality product, hit add to cart and enjoy the best gaming keyboard on the market.
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| Device Type | Keyboard |
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| Interface | USB |
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