Corsair Gaming K70 RGB LED Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red (CH-9000068-NA)

This is a phenomenal keyboard and is simply the best at what it does. Yes there are mechanical keyboards that cost less, and yes there are keyboards with full rgb back-lighting, but no, outside of this and its brethren from Corsair, there are no others that do both. The keyboard itself is incredibly sturdy with its aluminum construction. The keys feel very solid and of course, they deliver that wonderful clicky sound with the MX Red's as the key switch type. I went with the Red variety for gaming purposes and have found them very comfortable for all of my programming and any word processing I need to do. But this is a review of the keyboard, not the key switches so I digress. Basically this is the same thing as the normal k70, but with RGB LED's. So this thing is beautiful. The software from corsair is very nicely done and well put together. At first it will take a little bit of messing around to get used changing lighting preferences and key-bindings, but corsair does have a series of videos on YouTube that can help you out with getting used to it.Pros: almost everythingComplaints: the software, while quite powerful, does crash occasionally. Also be sure to create a mode with no LED's on or remember to turn them off before you shut your computer down because sometimes they just don't turn off with the computer.Only thing to keep in mind is that if you can afford the little bit of extra cash and are not worried about space, go ahead and get the k95 RGB. The extra macro keys are wonderful for switching color profiles and various commands in Windows and any other programs you may want to have custom presets for. Considering that you can set the keyboard to change modes and key-bindings based on the programs that are running, the possibilities are really endless with this thing.Question: Why does the keyboard still have the extra USB cable for the pass through? There is no USB pass through on this keyboard like there is with the normal k70 so why keep it? Just a little confusing

UPDATE: the drivers and software are actually good now, 5 stars!The physical keyboard is amazing. It looks and feels great, and the LEDs (when they work) are awesome. I can't say enough good things about the quality of the physical design and construction.The software for configuring the keyboard and customizing the LEDs (Corsair Utility Engine) is an abomination. Enough other reviewers have gone into detail so I won't bother here. On the bright side, if you perform the proper magical incantation within their insane software you can import LED profiles that others have made, so you can still get tons of cool effects without learning how to use this monstrosity. This is honestly the worst software I can remember ever using in my life, and as a software developer I've seen some horrible software.If the only issues were with their LED customization software it wouldn't be a huge deal, but there are also debilitating firmware and/or driver issues. I've had the keyboard for a couple months and I've encountered the following problems on a regular basis:- Any time I restart my computer, the keyboard will be completely non-functional for a random amount of time. Currently it is completely unusable after multiple restarts and I'm typing on my $10 backup keyboard.- If you run the software there's about a 50% chance it will think your firmware is out of date and force you to upgrade before anything becomes enabled in the software. You are better of restarting your computer at this point because the firmware upgrade just won't work- If you have the LEDs set to animate it will randomly "freeze" sometimes and just stop animating. The only fix seems to be to restart your computer- I like to turn the LEDs off when I'm not using the keyboard, but the button to turn them off will randomly not work sometimes until you restart your computer (notice a trend? You will be restarting your computer a lot).These problems are so ridiculous (and apparently widespread according to the Internet) that I have to knock this otherwise amazing keyboard down to 3 stars. It doesn't really matter how amazing it is if it doesn't work half the time. I definitely will not be buying another Corsair product any time soon

I initially bought the K70 non RGB version of this keyboard, it came with the 2 key on the numpad not lit up so I used Amazon's excellent return policy (UPS picked it up from my house). For the replacement I decided to upgrade to the RGB version because the plain red LED's were not very appealing to look at. The RGB LED's are quite lovely to look at. It has probably been noted elsewhere though, that on keys with multiple symbols (eg 1!) the lower symbol is always more dimly lit than the upper one because the LED is located in the top part of each key. The brand new Steelseries Apex M800 came up with a new design that centers the LED's, but I didn't go with that one for a variety of reasons.I can't even come up with any other quibbles about this keyboard. I've heard it get a bad rap from people for the software, but I believe it has been improved over time. I managed to set up a basic color scheme with little effort. The more complicated you want it to be, the more complicated it is to create. It comes with a number of preset effects and you can also download user made ones from the Corsair website.The build quality is amazing, you can pick which cherry switches you want, it's compatible with custom cherry keycaps and sound dampening o rings, unlike all these new "custom" switches being released these days. The media keys are helpful and light up like the rest of the keyboard. It would be nice if it came with some dedicated macro keys, but I guess Corsair didn't want to cannibalize sales of their step up k95 keyboard (it has 18 dedicated macro keys). As it is you can program macros to any of the existing keys, including custom profiles for games and all that jazz.The keycaps are raised above the board instead of set into it, which makes cleaning a breeze (especially if you pickup any $5 keycap puller).In short, I would give this product 6 stars if I could.

I.got this keyboard for ₹14000 and now its way above it.Product quality 'Corsair name is enough'

Este es sin duda uno de los mejores teclados mecanicos que hay, yo compre el RGB con MX cherry red en 2300 pesos ya con envio y la verdad no me arrepiento, tengo ya casi un mes con el, la estructura es de metal, las teclas se pueden reemplazar sin mucho esfuerzo, el brillo de los leds es bueno y su tamaño es genial, te nia un Razer Anansi y ese era demasiado grande, brillaba muy poco y eran teclas de goma, es inmensamente diferente.Si compras el RGB, hay un par de programas que bajas de internet gratis para hacer audioritmico el teclado (animacion en base a musica, juegos o peliculas que veas en la computadora), esto se ve increible y es super facil de hacer.Pros:- Es muy comodo- El tamaño es muy bueno pues es bastante compacto comparado con otros teclados gaming- las teclas son firmes, no se atoran- Las luces tienen 3 niveles de intensidad y la maxima es buena- El cable viene identificado (requiere 2 puertos USB) y viene con sleeve de alta calidad- El software es genial y se pueden descargar muchos perfiles del sitio de corsair- Material muy resistente, de metal debajo de las teclas y de metal el reposa manos- Facil de remover y volver a colocar las teclas, por si piensas reemplazarlas por otras teclas Cherry o para limpiarloContras:- Debido al material es bastante pesado, aunque no es tan malo- Debido a lo delgado del teclado, las teclas estan algo saltadas, esto puede ser incomodo para algunos- El cable es de buena calidad pero es algo corto (poco mas de 1 metro)- En la version RGB no incluye las teclas adicionales WASD ni el gancho para quitarlas, que si trae la version Red LedsEn general es una excelente compra, lo recomiendo al 100, y mas por el precio que no esta tan alto como en Mercadolibre o linio

A quality keyboard that has infant possibilities with colours, programming key bindings, and some options like customized wrist gamer pad.

Very good motherboard!The key switch seems very good. Overall build Quality is excellent.The software accompanied seems very difficult at the start, but with the amazing help guide it becomes easier as the time progresses!I do advise to always try the keyboard before buying because everyone has their own way!I'll say 4-star because the firmware seems a bit buggy! It, at some occasions, makes the keyboard not responding and re-pluging is the only way to revive the keyboard! And also coz of the price it is asking!

Excelente teclado, muy cómodo para escribir y los switch cherry mx azules son una maravilla para escribir.El gran detalle que le encontré es que algunos de los estabilizadores de las teclas largas se atoran y esto es bastante molesto si lo piensas usar para pasar todo el día escribiendo. Revisé todos los estabilizadores y algunos se atoran. Es algo a considerar ya que no es un teclado barato.Por lo demás se siente que es un teclado de calidad, fácil de limpiar, las teclas multimedia y la barra de volumen son algo de agradecer.Si no fuera por el detalle de los estabilizadores le pondría 5 estrellas.===================== Actualización =====================A dos meses de uso dos de los switches dejaron de hacer el característico clic que tenían, no me explico el por qué, además de ser las teclas que menos uso, f6 y f8. Siguen funcionando, pero ahora no se siente una retroalimentación táctil.Lamentablemente ya no es posible devolver el producto.