Corsair Announces the K70 Mechanical Keyboard

[RedundantInk]

Corsair's latest peripheral is the successor to the popular Vengeance K60 keyboard and features Cherry MX switches, backlighting and onboard memory.

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[Juan Paul]

I personally dislike it

 

[SneakySnake]

What kind of cherry switches? They've used red in the past, which I really don't like. Give me brown or blue switches

 

[alidan]

doesn't look all that bad, i wouldn't get it, as i want plate mounted mechanical, but its not as bad as some i have seen

 

[Elwenil]

[citation][nom]SneakySnake[/nom]What kind of cherry switches? They've used red in the past, which I really don't like. Give me brown or blue switches[/citation]

Their site says they are Cherry MX Red switches.

 

[w0_od]

Looks good, the individual backlighting will be fun to play with. Wonder if one day they will do an ergo mechanical board

 

[chumly]

No macro keys and a price point almost 50% higher than the competition. Next.

 

[SirTrollsALot]

I have this board with the Macro keys on left side. Its solidly built. The only gripe I've had is the weak plastic on the wrist rest that attaches to keyboard, mine have broke. I game on my lap sitting on a bean bag, so from constant moving around I figure it was bound to happen... Also its sustained plenty of rage quits, masterbation, and silly fits with plenty of beer! Holds up well!!!

 

[Guest]

$130 for a keyboard? Too bad you can't buy skill.

 

[hero1]

Is it fully mechanical or is partially mechanical? There's a difference you know like K90 being partially mechanical and Logitech 710+ being fully mechanical. We need more info on this kind of things.

 

[vestibule]

[citation][nom]sublime2k[/nom]$130 for a keyboard? Too bad you can't buy skill.[/citation]

A skilled gamer would notice a significant difference between an average rubber dome KB and a great mechanical KB. Mostly depending on the game, strafe jumping in Quake Live is much harder on a cheap rubber dome KB.

Besides that, I've spilled beer on my Ducky Shine twice and it still works perfectly fine. It was completely filled with beer for hours while on/lit the first time. As long as you get one of the best mech KB's they should last decades.

 

[pocketdrummer]

[citation][nom]Elwenil[/nom]Their site says they are Cherry MX Red switches.[/citation]

Well, that's disappointing. What do gamers have against MX Browns? They're light, the actuation and release points are very close, they're quieter than blues, and you don't sacrifice regular everyday typing.

 

[Brendy]

Yeah, I think I'll stick with brands that actually how to make mechanical keyboards (Ducky, Filco, Leopold). The amount of marketing from these gaming-oriented devices is sickening.

 

[nebun]

ugly

 

[ALANMAN]

1,000 Hz reporting rate? I can see the point for a mouse, but for a keyboard??

 

[crazekid362]

Wonder if they fixed the "stuck key issue" that's plagued the K60 keyboard.

 

[Novuake]

My Facebook feed from Corsair had this on Wednesday...

 

[christop]

I know it is designed that way but it looks like it is missing its top..

 

[nforce4max]

I am happy with an old Model M or a cheap AT101 but this one does provide eye candy lol.

 

[devBunny]

Luv my K90 with a gazillion macro keys on the left hand side. This K70 looks bare. ;o)

 

[xomm]

[citation][nom]chumly[/nom]No macro keys and a price point almost 50% higher than the competition. Next.[/citation]

Also at the same price as their current K90 keyboard, which is virtually identical, but DOES have macro keys. Not quite sure what they're thinking here.

 

[slomo4sho]

[citation][nom]chumly[/nom]No macro keys and a price point almost 50% higher than the competition. Next.[/citation]

Sadly, people still buy into the marketing gimmicks.

1,000 Hz reporting rate that are intended to deliver "fast, accurate input for gaming."

Need I say more?

 

[Non-Euclidean]

[citation][nom]SirTrollsALot[/nom]I have this board with the Macro keys on left side. Its solidly built. The only gripe I've had is the weak plastic on the wrist rest that attaches to keyboard, mine have broke. I game on my lap sitting on a bean bag, so from constant moving around I figure it was bound to happen... Also its sustained plenty of rage quits, masterbation, and silly fits with plenty of beer! Holds up well!!![/citation]

+1 for working masturbation into a kbd review

 

[Non-Euclidean]

[citation][nom]Novuake[/nom]My Facebook feed from Corsair had this on Wednesday...[/citation]

-1 for having any involvement in Facebook

 

[Novuake]

[citation][nom]Novuake[/nom]My Facebook feed from Corsair had this on Wednesday...[/citation]

-1 for having any involvement in Facebook

You are the best of liars if you are saying you do not use facebook... :lol:

EDIT : Or Twitter, or Myspace. Or any such thing actually.