Corsair K70 RGB PRO Mechanical Keyboard

The Corsair K70 RGB PRO is a top-notch wired mechanical gaming keyboard. The Cherry MX RGB Red switches are linear and fast, perfect for gaming. The 8,000Hz hyper-polling ensures ultra-responsive performance. The PBT double-shot PRO keycaps feel durable and premium, and the soft-touch palm rest adds extra comfort during long gaming sessions. The customizable RGB lighting looks stunning. Highly recommend for serious gamers!

So this is my first venture into mechanical keyboards- I’ve exclusively used membrane keyboards in the past, with my last being a Logitech G110 that served me well for a long, long time. Unfortunately due to a spill I killed the spacebar from working reliably on my Logitech, so I decided in looking for a new keyboard that would serve me well in gaming and general typing, so I looked into going with a mechanical. Here’s my review after spending wayyyyy too many hours researching the pros/cons of going with a mechanical vs a traditional membrane keyboard-

Build Quality – 10/10

You paid for a $140 keyboard, and you’re certainly getting one. It’s very solid, and the keys themselves scream quality. The stainless steel backplate just reinforces the care they put into this thing, even though you’ll rarely look at, not to menti9on touch, that piece of the board. There’s no side-to-side wobble to worry about- you have to actually grip a key with a couple fingers to be able to wiggle one around. Zero complaints here!

Ergonomics – 9.5/10

The low profile form factor sits nice and comfortably comparing to traditional keyboards. Really, there’s no complaint here. I could probably type for hours on this without issue. Wrist position is pretty much as close to flat as you can get, with a very comfortable an not carpel tunnel inducing angle, which was one of my concerns about traditional mechanical keyboard that tend to sit very high to the keys. My only complaint which garnered the .5 minus was while the wrist rest feels very comfortable, it is kind of slick despite its textured surface, which makes me FEEL like my hands are sliding downwards, even thought they’re really not.

Gaming – 10/10

The keys are extremely responsive. The key clicks are very precise and feel great.

They include optional raised and textured WASD keys, which are angled inwards to give you a good resting space for movement. These are more traditional mechanical keyboard height so it makes it easy to locate them by feel, so if you take your hand off of the keyboard for a second, it’s super easy to get back in position. They also have another set of QWERSDF keys, which I’m not 100% sure what that combination would be for. They do include a key extractor tool to pop off the keys to switch them out, which is nice.

My only possible complaint would be accuracy, which I’ll cover below.

Typing – 9/10

Overall this is a pretty good experience. My only complaint may only be from adjusting from a membrance keyboard- the quick switches feel just a little too sensitive. Since the switch weight distance is so low, I find myself resting my fingers on the keyboard and that alone being enough weight to trigger the keys. Great for gaming when you’re tensed up and ready to go, but for general typing I’ve been plagued with lots of repeated letters as I rested my hands while gathering my next thoughts, or mistyped letters as I accidentally barely brush adjacent keys while I’m typing words. But overall, not too bad and I’m getting used to it.

Functionality – 9/10

Overall this satisfied my biggest concern in buying a keyboard – media controls. In particular, the volume wheel, as transitioning between a quiet game to a YouTube video, or even between YouTube videos with different audio levels, makes me want something I can physically adjust on the fly without clicking through software-based volume adjustment. Really I only took off one point because of the lack of Macro keys. My Logitech G110 had those aplenty, however the K70 low profile lacks any. I never used them at all to be honest, but I’m sure there are those who would’ve like to see them on a premium low-profile keyboard. Guess we’ll have to wait until Corsair does one of these in the K90 model.

Also there’s a USB passthrough on the top “back” of the keyboard by the cable. I haven’t used it, but be aware this DOES require you to have a 2nd USB port on your computer to plug in a cable for that.

Sound – 8.5/10

Look, it’s a mechanical keyboard. It’s definitely louder than membrane keyboards I’m thinking of when I’m coming up with a comparison, which is why I’m docking a full 1.5 points. Really for mechanical keyboards that I’ve heard, this should be close to a perfect 10/10, but not compared to regular old membrane typing keyboards. Great for home, not perfect if you have it in an office close to a desk-mate.

The important thing is that it doesn’t put out an ungodly racket, like those folks you hear in game that have an open mic and sound like they’re using a hammer on their keyboard for key inputs. So overall, extremely quiet for a mechanical but folks near you will definitely hear you tap tapping away as you compose that email.

Aesthetics- 9/10

I left this for last, since I don’t really care all that much about RGB or look on my gaming keyboard that I will rarely be laying eyes on while concentrating on the game at hand. But I have to admit, it’s not a bad looking piece of equipment. The brushed stainless steel backboard reflects the LED RGB really well, making it look pretty attractive. Plus using iCue to link the colors with my M65 Elite mouse is a really nice touch. There are some cool effects you can do with lighting, but I tend to like a slow scroll between colors the best. Why the -1 star? The font they use on the keycaps isn’t great. I guess it’s less “mature” than I’d like. Small complaint, but personally it bugs me just a teeny bit.

Conclusion-

Overall this keyboard is fantastic, and you REALLY feel like you get what you pay for. If you’re more concerned about the feel of the board instead of having macro keys that you may not use, this is the board for you. Very happy with the purchase, and considering the quality of the build and the reputation of the switches I’m resting easy on paying to use this keyboard for several years to come.

Gran teclado con RGB, todo lo de corsair es de gran calidad, nada malo que decir, mejore en starwars Battlefront 2!!!Por su menor tiempo de respuesta!!!!

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This review is for a Corsair K70 RGP Pro full-size Cherry MX red/linear wired gaming keyboard.

In short, it’s a great keyboard. Got a new gaming desktop recently, and decided to try a bunch of keyboards because I also wanted to install a bunch of different keycaps and key switches and compare them. My red linear switches are pretty vanilla in the mechanical keyboard world, but there’s a reason – they’re pretty good and hit the sweet spot for most people. Personally, I prefer to type on reds more than speed silvers, which have less travel. Good things about the keyboard include the solid feel and responsiveness, that the keyswitches are removable, the OEM keycaps are decent, and I prefer my desktop keyboards to have media controls because that leaves me my function keys for other uses and I do tend to stream music often while I’m in front of the computer. Great keyboard, and I expect to get lots of use out of it.