RGB lighting is by far the hottest "trend" right now not only in the gaming peripherals market (both for PC's and consoles) but virtually in the electronics industry as a whole. Granted there are quite a few people out there who may not care much about RGB lighting but gamers and enthusiasts have...

- Excellent Build Quality; - Cherry MX Red Mechanical Switches (50 Million Actuations; - Full RGB Key Illumination (Custom Effects/Individual Key Color; - USB 2.0 Pass Through; - 8MB Built In Memory; - Detachable Wrist Rest; - Up To 104 Macro Keys; - Corsair iCUE Software (Available Settings; -...

- No Dedicated Macro Keys; - Price (For Some; - No BIOS/Polling Rate Switch

Beautiful, functional and innovative, the Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2 is a gaming keyboard that has something for everyone.

Gorgeous design; Key switch selection; High-quality components; Helpful extra features

Expensive

Summer is one of the busiest times for peripheral manufacturers. On one side of the spectrum you have teens on break from school looking to add to their arsenal of gaming. The other side of this spectrum is the remainder of the demographic with their post Computex hype, looking to get the newest and...

When looking for a premium keyboard, it's easy to filter out the keyboards that won't meet your needs based on their set of features. When finally making your decision, it's often the little details that will set a keyboard apart.

The Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 borrows the premium features from the K95 Platinum and levels the build quality in this series.

Powerful software support; USB passthrough port

Too expensive

CORSAIR has launched a new version of the K70 RGB MK.2 RGB Mechanical Keyboard. After using it for just one day, I don't want to go back. The new COR

Super comfortable to use; Low profile without any downside; RGB lights are LIT

My wife wants one too; I want another for the office; I want one for my future children

So, yeah, this thing's pretty awesome! The competition will have a lot of catching up to do if it wants to match what Cherry and Corsair have created in the new K70 Low Profile Rapidfire Keyboard.

Unmatched industrial design; sublime switch actuation; silent operation; amazing RGB lighting effects

Software is comprehensive but as clunky as ever

The K70 isn't a brand-new series, and the RGB MK.2 variant has been around for a while. So there's not much I can say here that you probably don't already know. This is the first time I've used a K70 personally, and I'm really quite impressed.

Well-built; feels sturdy, Low-profile keys are great for those who like laptop keyboards, but with feedback, Very bright LEDs. Button controls three levels of brightness, Includes dedicated media keys and volume roller, Includes a USB port on the back to route your mouse better, Great iCUE software...

A tinny ringing-whine sound can be heard from the keyboard if you tap certain keys right; Low-profile design means no cable routing under the keyboard

Allow me to be a little subjective here first; I dig Corsair keyboards but also understand that not everybody will agree with me. Some have had some bad experiences with failing LEDs on the older models, others just do not like the style and for other others, even the keycap font is a no-no-go.

The Corsair range of keyboards has been a monster success. When they first appeared as the Vengeance range we were impressed by the build quality and clever features, and as time has gone on and Corsair have refined their design, including dropping the Vengeance name, they have continued to blow our...