CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – USB Passthrough & Media Controls – Tactile & Clicky – Cherry MX Blue…
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Aircraft-grade anodized brushed aluminum frame built to withstand a lifetime of gaming
8MB profile storage with hardware macro and lighting playback allow access to up to three stored profiles on the go independent of external software
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The CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 is a premium mechanical gaming keyboard built to last. Equipped with a lightweight durable aluminum frame and 100% CHERRY MX gold-plated contact key switches, it boasts the reliability and accuracy you demand. Powerful CORSAIR iCUE software enables sophisticated macro programming, vivid dynamic multicolor illumination, and full-system lighting synchronization. With 8MB of dedicated onboard memory and hardware playback, you can take all your settings with you. A host of extras put your PC at your fingertips, with USB pass-through, dedicated multimedia controls, detachable soft-touch wrist rest, and textured FPS and MOBA keycaps making it easy to play your way and minimize interruptions. It’s the most amazing K70 keyboard yet.
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CorsairArt –
Initially was very excited to finally get a keyboard with some lighting and macro options. Arrived on time, and setup with mostly easy… the software is very slow to install and very poor documentation on what each function does. Took a LOT of searching on the internet to get some clues on how to setup the options. Corsair only sends cut and paste responses written in poor English to questions and requests for support. Now that I’ve had it awhile, I find that just having it set on one color with limited functions is about all it’s good for. Could have saved a bit of money and just gotten a standard back-lit keyboard. The “bells and whistles” Corsair advertises are useless and difficult to setup. With each software update, all settings are wiped and you have to start all over again. If I could return it, I would. Initial excitement = 8/10. After a couple of months = 2/10.**09/30/20 – It is dead. Was sent a file to reinstall the bios of the keyboard. It is now bricked.
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Video Review here: […]Transcript of the review below:There’s a couple of different versions of the K70 you can pick up in stores. Depending on what type of switch you like, Corsair makes keyboards with Cherry MX red, blue or brown switches. There is also a version with Cherry MX speed switches, but I’ll review that one separately. When it comes to backlighting, you can pick between red, blue, or RGB. Now, my version came with blue switches and red backlighting and costs around $120 on Corsair’s website. Anyway, if you choose to go with RGB backlighting, be ready to shell out close to $170 depending on availability. The K70 is Corsair’s middle of the lineup offering, above the $100 Strafe series but below the $190 K95 series.The K70 is a full 104-key keyboard and it has the size and weight to show for it. It measures roughly 17 inches by 6 and a half inches and weighs in at around 2 and a half pounds. Part of the reason this keyboard is so weighty is because of its metal construction. The top of the frame is made from anodized aluminum, giving it a super solid build quality. The keyboard also includes two feet to angle or raise up the keyboard, and features a detachable soft touch wrist rest. The braided USB connector is one of the thickest cables I’ve come across, but that’s because it actually contains two USB cables depending on if you’re connecting to USB 2.0 or 3.0. The only neat features are a USB passthrough and polling rate switch, which are pretty standard among keyboards in this range.The layout of the keys is as expected, there’s nothing really out of the ordinary here. The most interesting buttons lie in the top right corner. There’s a backlight brightness control that toggles between three brightness levels and off and a windows lock key which stops you from accidently opening up the start menu when pressing the windows key.To the right of that is the set of dedicated media buttons.There a mute button, track control buttons, and probably one of my favorite aspects of this keyboard: a textured volume scroll wheel. I love that Corsair added this feature since it makes changing volume a breeze.Moving on to the typing experience, all I can say is that it’s pretty much as expected. The Cherry MX blue switches feel similar to others that I’ve used in the past, meaning Corsair hasn’t done anything to significantly impact the typing quality. When switching to the K70 from my laptop keyboard, I didn’t really notice any drops in my words per minute, if that’s any indicator of quality. As these are blue switches, they have are both clicky and tactile with a peak actuation force of 60 grams. I have a tendency to bottom out my keystrokes, so I really like the feedback I get from blue switches. Right now I’ll play a small sample of me typing so you can hear what it sounds like.Perhaps one of the biggest selling points of this laptop, apart from build quality, is the backlight. It’s very bright and makes it a piece of cake to see the keycaps in a totally dark room. Each key has a red LED that lights up the top of the key. This means the primary function of that button is in bright red, while the secondary (or shift) function is more dim.You can program the keyboard backlighting using Corsair’s Utility Engine, also known as CUE. From here you can edit macros, remap keys, and do a wide variety of other actions. You can also change the backlight pattern on the keyboard. There are 7 presets available and I’ll be showing them off in the videos here. Some, like visor and rain function, without input, but others like key type lighting and ripple type lightning respond to your key presses. You can also create your own custom pattern with just specified keys being lit up depending on your preferences. The CUE software features a graphical representation of the keyboard and shows you the live coloring effects so you can see exactly what your keyboard will look like even if you don’t have it next to you.My overall impressions of the keyboard have been positive for the most part. I absolutely love the metal build and appreciate that Corsair stayed true to the Cherry MX switches. The multimedia keys and volume scroll wheel are just the icing on the cake. Probably the only downside I can find with this keyboard involves the USB cable. With more and more people switching over to USB 3.0, I would have liked to have seen this model come with just a single USB connector. As it is right now, I’m left with an unnecessarily thick cable and a second USB connector that kind of just dangles in the air.
Ross –
This is my first mechanical keyboard and I’m blown away with how great it is. The keys themselves feel like sex to even touch as the smoothness and indents on them are just right. The keyboard build quality is very nice, it has some decent weight to it as well meaning it’s not going to be sliding around on a non-slick surface.. Heck I almost thought that the body of it was mostly metal at first. The Corsair software is easy enough to find, setup, and understand.I got it to game with because I have big strong man hands and cherry mx reds would be a bit too delicate for me. My second game of dead by daylight on this keyboard was the best game I’ve ever played in my 200+ hours of gameplay. I was debating if I needed the K95 instead of the K70 but after using the K70 I realized that I do not need a better keyboard as this one essentially replaces a standard keyboard functionality with some extra things like volume control at the top right and a secondary USB port that is pulled directly from your computer. I’m very happy with this purchase, although I have only used it for a day
Kirbythebamf –
UPDATE 7/17/19ITS BROKEN!!!!Keeps entering values without my pressing of the keys. Thought i had a virus. Tried keyboard on laptop, same problem.Looked online and wouldn’t you know, there’s like 1000 other people with the same problem. I bragged about you Corsair, i have your H110i, commander pro, Void Pro, ML140’sThis is a big let down, only lasted 1.5 years.This thing is an absolute dream, I’m actually using it to type this review. This is my first Mech keyboard. I chose Cherry Mx Blue because im an Engineering student and that comes with a lot of typing. I also like to play games, i’m left handed and the extra rugged keys for WASD allowed me to cover the 8,4,5,6 keys with instead because i use the keypad for movement. The keystrokes are so SATISFYING!!! Clickity clack click click clack its wonderful
Roaming Duck –
I initially gave this product 5 stars. It was my first mechanical keyboard and I was blown away with how much of an improvement it offered over low-profile scissor switches I had been using. However, there are some cons I’d like to discuss now that I’ve had this keyboard for almost a year and a half. I also had to go through the Corsair RMA process, as the space key began to malfunction.Pros:-Solid construction, including a gorgeous brushed aluminum back plate.-Authentic Cherry MX switches.-Plenty of features, including a very satisfying volume scroll wheel and extra gaming key caps for FPS and MOBA games.-Bright back lighting-iCue works well for assigning lighting patterns and macros, although I wish they allowed for double-layered macros.-Font looks great on this keyboard, but it’s not for everyone.Cons:-Key caps are ABS plastic rather than PBT and began to develop a shine over the course of a year.-Not RGB, if that matters to you-Space key began to double space and exhibit other odd behavior, which led me to RMA the product.The RMA experience was, all-in-all, quite pleasant. I submitted a ticket through the Corsair website and described the problem. My ticket was accepted and I shipped my keyboard to Corsair. I paid around $25 for this, since it was going from the east coast to the California. I also picked the cheaper shipping option, and it took a full 14 days to arrive. The turn-around from there took only about a week. Corsair chose to send an entirely new keyboard rather than send me my old one refurbished. This seems like a win to me, but I really hope the other one doesn’t end up in a landfill somewhere and is recycled or refurbished somehow.All-in-all, it took about $25 and 3 weeks to get a replacement keyboard. This isn’t terrible. However, I’m quite disappointed that the space key switch failed after just one year. The replacement they sent me also seems to have an issue with adding an extra space occasionally (Maybe less than .05% of the time). I’m really unsure why this phenomenon exists, but I’ve heard it’s not uncommon on Corsair K70s. I am hoping the issue doesn’t progress as it did on my old K70.At present, I do think this variant of the K70 sits at an attractive price point. I would not pay over $100 in 2019 – there are far too many great alternatives out there for that price that offer full RGB and a standard key layout with PBT key caps. If you can pick this keyboard up for under $90, it is well worth it.
Tom E. –
This keyboard is built well, using genuine cherry mx blue, brown, or red switches. They last for a rated 14 million key strokes. But the headline feature is the R. G. B. I’m a global elite and diamond player because of this keyboard! More seriously, the switches are great and consistent. Some of the cheaper knockoff switches are extremely inconsistent to even keys adjacent to eachother. It also has a ‘BIOS’ mode for improved support, however most UEFI BIOS’es support most keyboards out of the box. It also has a USB port on back. The software, though, crashes on my system a whole lot, and is generaly slow. It has a cable splitter thing at the end, which might not fit thru some desk cable gromettes. It is quite solidly build with a metal top, and metal backplate (covered in plasic). The switches are PCB mounted, making them harder to replace, but still doable. The included keycaps are good and resistant to wear (appear to be PBT). This keyboard should last for many years, and will improve your play with the Rgb.
Michael A. –
I love this keyboard! I ordered the blue cherry switch because I like the clickity-clack of a mechanical keyboard. There are better versions out there for gaming, but I mostly use my computer for coding and research. I’m more of a casual gamer and it’s perfectly fine for that. The volume bar is very smooth and much nicer than the volume button I had on my old keyboard. It feels very sturdy, the lighting customization is amazing, and the USB port on the back of the keyboard is a bonus. My only complaint, and it’s not much of one, is the massively thick cable that plugs into your computer (or KVM Extender in my case). It’s braided and will probably outlast me, but it would be nice to have a thinner cord. Maybe one that plugs into the keyboard, rather than permanently affixed to the keyboard itself. So should anything happen to the cable (IE: my naughty cat that likes to chew on cables) then you could just replace the cord itself and not the entire keyboard.
RRW –
I prefer this keyboard to any others I have had.BUT, after one year, one of the LEDs began to flicker.I went through a surprising amount of hassle with Corsair, but eventually they approved a warranty return.i was happy until I learned that my COST TO RETURN the keyboard would be near the cost of a new unit.In other words the warranty is useless, in practical terms.I plan to void the (useless) warranty by opening the keyboard to try to re-solder or replace the LED.
Mebaman –
Believe it or not, I bought this for work, because I do a lot of drafting in my office and wanted a more satisfying typing experience. The RGB lighting, though not necessary, has made it a bit of a conversation piece in the office (it does draw some attention). The clicky tactile switches provide the best typing experience I’ve had since the old buckling spring keyboard I used as a kid. After trying out my K70, one of my colleagues now wants one. It’s an attractive, solidly built device with a nice aluminum deck plate and some very useful media switches (love the mute button when I get an incoming phone call).There are two gripes, however.1. The keycaps are ABS. This seems like a weird place for Corsair to cheap out on this thing given that it’s their flagship model and has authentic Cherry MX rgb switches, an aluminum backplate, a braided cable, and a metal volume wheel.Worse yet, Corsair uses non-standard key sizes on its bottom row, so you just can’t go out and buy any PBT keycaps for the machine. Instead, you have to buy the Corsair set, which is about $30 more than the that popular set of universals that regularly sell for $19. If the total cost of the board with PBT is going to come in closer to $200, it seems you’re better off with a nicer keyboard from an online boutique that already comes with PBT (if that matters to you).2. I’m not sure I’d want to game with this thing – the version with linear Cherry Reds might be a better fit for that. Still, I bought this for drafting documents, so that’s not really a concern of mine.All in all, a great keyboard and probably one of the best around if you can get it on discount.
Yankeese –
Pros: good key action; large glyphs on the keytops; good haptic feedback; dedicated multimedia and volume controls, so the Function key options used by my old Tesoro were unnecessary.Cons: There is only one USB passthrough port, and it requires plugging in a second input cable, which is not adequately explained in either the Quick Start Guide or the User Guide. I could only find information on the second cable in the online FAQs, and even they did not explain everything. I hooked the main connector up to a USB 3.0 port, thinking, as stated in the FAQs, that that was all I would need. But the USB passthrough was inoperative. So then I plugged in the other USB connector to a different port on the motherboard, and finally the passthrough became active. There were issues involving buzzing sounds in the speakers, but I won’t go into detail about those, because it turned out they were caused by an audio cable that had been jarred loose during all the USB hookup activity.I also wish there were more subtle levels of the backlight in standalone (not using Cue software) mode. I don’t use this for gaming. I need the backlights because of visual problems and the room environment. I’m not interested in all the fancy controls available through the software, and I don’t want another root-level device sucking up resources. So I did not install the software. And the lowest level of backlight, without the software, is too bright. My Tesoro had a much better low level.I will continue to test, and see how well it does with my typical use (which is pretty heavy), but the keyboard is a bit disappointing. I am especially disappointed because I built my own PC using a Corsair case and a Corsair PSU, and have been very happy with all those products. This is the first time I’ve experienced a problem with their stuff.I can’t yet comment on durability, since I just installed it.