The Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile wraps up the year to be one of the best mechanical keyboard released in 2018.

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

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

Inclined not to clutter your PC with unnecessary software You'll be pleased to hear that the K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile Rapidfire will function just fine as a plug-and-play solution.

Sleek; low-profile design; Excellent RGB implementation; Rigid aluminium top plate; Well-suited to both work and play; Reasonably quiet action; Easy customisation via iCue

Wrist rest not great; Multimedia controls could be better; Keycap font an acquired taste; Still only USB 2.0 passthrough

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

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 is a well-acclaimed keyboard that has been around for quite some time now, and over the years it's seen a fair few subtle facelifts as well as some incremental performance tweaks, but the MK.2 changed that with its biggest update yet.

+ Excellent RGB; + Dedicated media controls; + USB pass-through; + Comfortable typing experience; + 8MB storage for profiles; + Solid construction; + Great gaming experience; Neutral; +- Slightly flimsy feeling wrist rest; +- A touch on the pricey side; +- Switches are solid but not as polished as...

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...

Low-profile mechanical keyboards are the next trend, it seems. Just last month we reviewed Roccat's Vulcan 120 Aimo , the first keyboard I'd seen to combine laptop-style keycaps with full-sized mechanical switches. It was eye-catching, to say the least.

CORSAIR decided that a RAPIDFIRE version of their K70 RGB MK.2 keyboard was not enough, and have since released another- the K70 RGB MK.2 SE. This special edition uses Cherry MX Speed Silver switches with a silver frame and white doubleshot-injected PBT keycaps, making for an impressive hardware and...

Excellent driver support from iCUE; Hardware playback allows for three profiles to be saved onboard; Great build quality and very good stock keycaps; Full programmability and software profiles via the driver allow for the use of different OS/typing/language layouts; Per-key 16.8 M RGB backlighting,...

Expensive at MSRP; although the sale price is attractive; Only one switch option for the SE version; Aftermarket keycap-set compatibility is still low