Corsair K70 RGB PRO Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CHERRY
Corsair K70 RGB PRO Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CHERRY MX RGB Red Switches: Linear and Fast, 8,000Hz Hyper-Polling, PBT DOUBLE-SHOT PRO Keycaps, Soft-Touch Palm Rest) QWERTY, UK – Black
DETACHABLE USB TYPE-C CABLETake the K70 RGB PRO on the go and connect anywhere.
” data-position=”triggerHorizontal” />MEDIA KEYS AND PROGRAMMABLE VOLUME ROLLERTake command of your media and adjust volume without interrupting your game.
” data-position=”triggerHorizontal” />MACROS ON-THE-FLYRecord keystrokes with a convenient hotkey and save them to FN key combination shortcuts for easy access to complex actions.
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| Weight: | 1.74 kg |
| Dimensions: | 44.4 x 16.6 x 4 cm; 1.74 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Corsair |
| Model: | CH-9109410-UK |
| Colour: | Black |
| Manufacture: | CORSAIR |
| Dimensions: | 44.4 x 16.6 x 4 cm; 1.74 Kilograms |
It’s a corsair what els do I need to say
It’s exactly what I needed for my set up. Easy to use and set up. Cable is a but chunky though
You can stand it on end in December and you won’t need a Christmas tree. Typing and gaming are both quite nice too. Not too twitchy.
My son loves this keyboard especially the light up buttons great features
Great keyboard good quality. It looks so good when lit up. Would highly recommend.
Was tempted to build my own, but the quality of the K70 is enough to postpone that for now…
Looks nice and nice to type on, the keys are very sensitive, amazon needs to package things better tho as wasn’t in a box so could have been easily stole
I keep the keyboard in rainbow mode, where the colors shift with a nice pattern.
Overall is a good quality, though for fast typing – I use it for both work and gaming – it can occasionally happen that a key is repeated twice (reason for the 4 stars).
It quite configurable with the iCue software and allows you to create macros and define the lighting you prefer.
I’ve had this keyboard for a few years and it’s been great, except for durability issues with the keycaps. The bit that connects to the switch keeps snapping (as seen in the picture) I’ve had to get a few keycaps replaced since I’ve had it.
This keyboard is great for general typing, and for gaming.
If you’re using it for both, however, don’t use the FPS or MMO keycaps, because they’ll make general typing a little tougher, due to them being a little thicker. They get in the way of a touch typist’s flow.
The Corsair iCue software is a breeze to use, and once set up, it just works.
The build quality and weight of the keyboard is perfect. No flaws found so far, and the wheel to adjust volume feels solid and smooth.
Well made, robust keyboard with handy wrist rest. However :
The shifted characters are below the number keys not above them, weird
The keys are not very bright
The RGB software keeps resetting the colour style every time I reboot. Have to reset my chosen style every time.
Worst feature as a gaming keyboard is it has incredibly noisy key taps. The whole family complain that they can hear them all over the house. I would not recommend for gaming as spamming the keys creates such a racket. However I wouldn’t pay an extra 40 for the ‘quiet’ version.
It’s a very standard UK keyboard layout (hence the ‘average’ score for Ergonomics) without too many extra things to get in the way (media control & volume controls are present and nicely unobtrusive). I generally prefer laptop style (very low profile) keyboards so this was the closest thing to really low profile that I could find with the right features and it works just great for me. The switches are fast and silent (that doesn’t mean it’s a silent keyboard as you still hear the tap of the keys bottoming out unless you type very carefully – it just means that the switches under the keys don’t make a click when activated/pressed) and the RGB lighting is bright (and adjustable) with nice rich colours.
While Corsair’s iCue software is available for both Microsoft and Apple operating systems (and I have used it without issues on Windows7/10 and Mac) it is a little bit weird in operation. It does the job though. Support for Linux is a bit more tricky – the keyboard works just fine of course but the software to drive/configure the backlighting is a bit old and clunky.
Overall though, it’s a good solid keyboard with dependable switches and pretty lights and that’s exactly what I wanted.
Bought this to replace my STRAFE, and they’re almost identical keyboard apart from the fact that the top keys (escape, F1-F12 etc) are a smidge lower, there’s a volume wheel which is very handy, and there’s no edge to the backplate. No edge on the backplate makes this keyboard infinitely easier to clean, because it can’t actually get stuck under anything but the keys – just pop the keys off to clean and you’ve got full access.
If you’re buying because you want to upgrade from Cherry MX Reds to Cherry MX Speed Silvers, I’d say don’t bother. In comparison, typing is just flat slightly more difficult as its much easier to mis-click letters on the way due to the lower actuation height, same for mis clicking in-game. The lower height doesnt really affect click speed though, so there’s no reason to get Speed Silvers these instead of MX Reds.
As a benchmark, I can type about 90-100 wpm on MX Reds, and after a month of owning this I’m about 5wpm slower just because mis-types are more common.
Same keycaps as my old STRAFE, and those wore out on the common letters to be illegible within 2 years, so I dare say the same will happen with these too.
TL;DR
Easy to clean, MX Silvers are ok but MX Reds would be better, no major complains.
Spent several weeks into researching which keyboard to buy, since it was my first real investement into one. Prior to this, was always the “cheap and cheerful” sort of motto. I put in enough hours into this research that I went from “oh pretty colours” to “oh that one has red cherry switches but the other one has MX silent switches so its going to be quieter”. To resume, could not recommend more if you are looking for a premium gaming keyboard that is not gonna be obscenely expensive, its very quiet despite it only being low profile Cherry MX speed switches and it feels premium through and through. [If key quietness is one of the main aspects you are looking for in a keyboard like it was for me]
I use it for both work and gaming hence the added Numpad and why I didn’t just go for a TKL version, works wonderfully and both scenarios.
Only little tiny aspect I would say is less good, is the space bar. The switch is quite small compared to the key so it causes it to be a bit looser than the rest of the keys due to its size. But again, does not hinder my opinion and love for this keyboard.
5/5 would recommend it and buy it.
Corsair have taken everything that made the Mk1 great, and improved upon it in many ways. The font lettering is bolder, which allows for more light bleedthrough on the keycaps, making for better illumination, The build quality is still outstanding, there’s now a dedicated profile switch button, there’s USB passthrough, cable managing tunnels, and last but not least, a light-up Corsair logo! Best of all, the software makes this a plug-n-play experience (If you’ve previously owned a K70 RGB), just plugged straight into my main PC, and the software applied all my lighting, macros and profile settings that I’ve been using on my Mk1 K70 RGB.
I, along with my many friends who also use K70 RGBs, completely swear by it. I honestly cannot recommend this keyboard enough, it is the best bang-for-your-buck in the market of mechanical RGB keyboards
This is my very first mechanical keyboard after the Corsair K30 – a cheap but solid membrane keyboard. I had a choice to make, either this or the Pro Apex. I chose this mainly because it was on sale at the time (110) and this was actually the highest rated keyboard generally across the internet for a couple years straight too. I didn’t need macro keys as I never used them in my previous keyboard at all so I decided to stick to this Corsair K70 instead of the K95. If you do need the extra macro keys, I’d recommend you get the K95.
I tried the Steelseries Apex Pro at a friends house and each key press on it felt beautiful – the keyboard itself looks so clean and professional. The little OLED screen is a nice little personalized touch but for a solid 200 I couldn’t bring myself to buy it. This K70 was half the price for me and the deal was just too good to pass up, though I can see why you would want to buy the Omnipoint switches on the Steelseries.
Cherry MX is a respected switch maker amongst some other brands so you should feel comfortable with the K70, though BE CAREFUL as the blue switches have some quality control issues. Also, before buying look into whether you want a “linear” or a “tactile” switch.
The software for Corsair RGB works well (unlike the Razer Chrome stuff.. stay well away for your own good, trust me) and it feels good to use. I’ve given it a clear 5 stars. I’m more than happy at the discounted price I got it for. Just know you can literally build your own keyboard for cheaper but if you just want a good quality, straight up plug-n-play keyboard without all the hassle, I can easily recommend this. If money is no object and you don’t mind experimenting to find your “true” actuation depth, go for the Steelseries Pro Apex.
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I love this keyboard; it’s used for my gaming PC and the construction is only matched by the software. The mechanical keys sound and feel great to use, the palm rest is comfortable for me and can be detached, I like having the use of a keypad, the volume and media controls are a nice quality-of-life improvement, the cables are firm, threaded and durable, and allows for a USB passthrough, so I have my little bluetooth dongle in the back of the keyboard. After almost a year of usage, I cleaned it out, which was a long – but easy – process thanks to the keycap puller included.
Corsair’s lighting / control software – iCue – can be a little unintuitive at first. You create lighting or macro assignments and *then* assign them to keys, rather than click your key and then set what you want to do. It’s predicated on the idea of building up a ‘library’ of lighting sets and actions and then re-using them. Once I got used to it I can use it pretty fluidly, and I really like the results. I can set keypress reassignments or macros (for example, I set some buttons to ‘toggle’ an action on and off rather than hold), and colour code my keyboard lights depending on game to act as action reminders – blue keys are movement, red keys are attacks, yellow keys are user interface, et cetera. Profiles can be assigned to applications and the colour change over between active applications is instant.
The only complaints I would have is that some darker colours, like browns and dark reds, don’t show up very well. The media control keys cannot be removed with the keycap puller, meaning they are the only keys that can’t be cleaned so easily (but are also, because of how they’re built and infrequency of use) less likely to receive dirt, and that it is very difficult and buggy to assign lighting ‘hardware profiles’ that get saved to the keyboard itself; however, this only effects you when you are just starting up the computer before iCue starts, or using it on a computer without icue.
Overall a great keyboard made better by great software.
So in my search for a new keyboard my goals where to get one with back lighting and better ergonomics. I am not particularly interested in RGB so plain white would have been enough.
And then I ended up with the Corsair K70. Why you might ask? Well I have read and viewed so many reviews of cheaper back light keyboards but there were always compromises: not full size, having back light but still poor ergonomics, poor driver support or quality.
The Corsair K70 keyboard solved all of these things: the back light is really good and it can be adjusted with the touch of a button. I really love the button that can turn off the windows key (so no more sudden return desktop in the heat of a game), it has full media buttons with a solid feeling volume control rod (?). The keyboard software take a bit to get used to but after that you can program every button to whatever colour you prefer and to swap you just have to press one button. This is great for games or programs where you want to highlight the important keys.
Then we get to the point of the feedback of the keys and the build quality. This is absolutely brilliant and I regret not moving earlier to a much higher standard before. The keys give proper feedback but the sound is not overwhelming.
All in all I highly recommend this keyboard; you will not regret it 🙂
I bought this after 2 keyboards i bought (both membrane keys) sadly stopped working.
I can say that so far i am amazed by the quality of this keyboard! the brushed aluminium finish is really nice, plus with it being metal there is no twisting or flex to this board.
The switches are nice and super easy to get used to, they have a nice linear feel and every keystroke is registered,
The Icue software is super simple to setup and use to change lighting profiles and allows every single key to be lit up in whatever colour you would like.
The normal keycaps that come on this are nice, but i swapped them out for “pudding” caps to allow more lighting to shine through (but be aware that this board has a non standard bottom row so spacebar and windows keys cannot be changed over sadly)
the included wristrest is a nice addition to help with keeping wrists elevated to avoid strain while gaming/typing.
At first i was hesitant to buy this board soley because of the price, but shortly after starting to use it those worries went away as i know this will last me for quite some time and still work perfectly fine!
So all in all i would highly recommend this for anyone who is serious about gaming or even typing as this is a superb product!!
I decided to go for this keyboard for two main reasons:
1. I wanted a wrist rest (The wrist rest accessory for the K68 has been out of stock for a good while now and I couldn’t find on anywhere else).
2. I wanted a quicker response switch for the fast pace games I play – My reaction time is not the best, so the quicker switches allow me to react quicker than I could before.
To keep this review short, here is my list of pros and cons of this keyboard:
Pros:
1. Great RGB (no need to download software) – there is a built-in selection of RGB modes but if you want more customisation you have to download the iCUE software.
2. Switches are quick and responsive
3. Sturdy build – no flexing when pressing down on keys
4. Included textured keycaps (WASD) and keycap removal tool are a welcome addition.
5. Volume wheel – Is great for quickly adjusting the volume
Cons:
1. Sharp corners
2. Personal one – some of the keycaps had fallen off in the packaging – they were pressed up against the switches – luckily neither the keycaps or switch were broken and this was most likely down to poor packaging and inspection.
In conclusion, I found this keyboard to be great for my use case. The typing experience is also great with a good amount of space between the keycaps. If you are in the market for some quicker switches then this keyboard is the one for you.
At the end of the day, the most important thing to consider when buying a keyboard is to consider the switch type and what you personally like – if you can, it is recommended to physically try each of switches in computer shop so you can get an idea of the switch for you.
Ok, so it took a few days to get used to it, I tried the gaming key caps, they were great for gaming, but made any typing at all a complete nightmare… I just had to remove them.. The sharp angles on the gaming key-caps is REALLY not necessary… Add some non slip texture at the most, otherwise it renders the keyboard useless to type on.
The keys feel like great quality tbh, I was expecting more wobble in the keys themselves but they feel really rather good… I can feel the pressure increase slightly as I depress more which I was lead to believe wasn’t a thing since they are linear…
Ok so the kb looks great, fab software but you will need to head to youtube to get some lessons on that… It’s initially daunting, takes about 20 mins to get accustomed to how it works, very versatile after though.
The plastic wrist rest is tacky in feel… No impact absorption at all, just a piece of plastic a few mil thick, it doesn’t feel bad to use, but with such a heavy price I’d have expected something a little better.
I think the low travel distance before key activation is actually more of a hindrance than a benefit as it’s so easy to send signals without even noticing, the way to make a perfect key for gaming also needs a short travel distance before bottoming out… That imo is more important than an early activation. The total travel distance is decent with this kb at around 3.4mm I believe, but there are others out there that I may try next.
I don’t regret buy ing the kb, it’s pretty good, but you will make a lot of typo’s, I’ve decided not to correct any more in thi s review as I’d already made abotu 20 in the section above… THis is think is key in understanding how good the keyboard is or isn’t at reading the keystrokes intended by the uiser.
The keys are a little too far apart, and casue issues when combined with the easy activation.
And finally, where the hell are the macro keys? Is this a gaming kb? Cos without those, it really isn’t…
Overall, I’ve loved it. It’s great for both typing and gaming — it’s not too loud (at least the Cherry Reds that I got), but still feels nice — and despite the slightly annoying spacebar, I’m definitely used to it by now. The iCUE software that controls the RGB and other functions of the keyboard is easy to use and the RGB itself looks great.
The price is reasonable too, not exorbitant like Razer’s keyboards but still high-end. I’m new to the mechanical keyboard market, so I’d be lying if I said that I could give a comprehensive review, but for my first one, I’m definitely impressed and this will be staying on my desk for a long time.
However, it’s hard to ignore this issue I’ve had with it — there’s a volume wheel issue which keeps the volume stuck at either 100 or 0. Originally, I thought it was only a one or two-time thing, it’s happened a few times after, which is really annoying and means that I have to unplug and plug the keyboard in again. This may only be a problem with my keyboard, but I’d definitely watch out for it should you pick one up for yourself.
Other than that, I really can’t fault this. It’s excellent.
I am first and foremost a typist (working as a programmer so speed and accuracy of typing is the most important thing to me). The speed keys are targeted at gamers who need those extra few milliseconds of actuation time. The actuation difference between the two keyboards is 0.2mm. One-fifth of a millimetre, a ridiculously small difference.
When it came down to comparing these two keyboards I took several typing tests at thetypingcat.com and compared the results. With the Corsair speed keys I typed 55 WPM with the corsair Red keys I typed at 45 WPM. I repeated the tests several times and each time I got roughly the same results. So the speed keys live up to their name. My accuracy on the speed keys was higher too. Actually it was the mistakes on the red keys that slowed me down.
The red keys feel a bit spongier than the speed keys; almost like resistance increases towards the bottom. Might be wrong about that description but I can’t think of another way to put it. The speed keys just seem to collapse to the backplate without much force and my typing is faster and more accurate than it has ever been.
So there you go, Speed wins – both for typing and for gaming. And its 40 cheaper too.
OK, that’s not really fair! First off, the keys on this feel absolutely fantastic. I use this as my daily driver for office work and typing, never gamed on it and never will on this PC in this location. It’s permanently in my dock for my laptop. The keyboard chassis is black anodised alumminium and feels super premium. I don’t use the wrist-wrest as I can type properly without out, but each unto their own there. As a keyboard in of itself them, it’s great, and I can’t see me ever wanting or needing to change it, and if I did, I’d probably get the same.
As for the lighting, it’s as flexible and out-there as you want it to be. iCue is a pretty neat but of software, gets some stick, but learn to use it and it’s fine. I downloaded some pre-done profiles for things like halloween, christmas etc., along with some movie-related stuff. But, my go-to is a simple red glow, with a white type lighting effect that spreads out from the key you just pressed. Very subtly, very effective.
If you want a low-profile laptop-style mechanical keyboard with a solid feel, great effects, and genuinely nice volume scroller, and media keys, you could do a lot worse than this. Perhaps the most telling test is pressing the space bar. In most keyboards the space bar rattles and sounds different – worse, in most cases. In this case, while the sound isn’t exactly the same as a normal key, it is MUCH better and closer in sound and feel that most others. If that’s also important to you, again, something to consider in its favour.