At the beginning of the year Corsair showcased their Cherry MX RGB keyboard and ever since avid fans have been eargerly waiting for these keyboards to hit the market. The software which interfaces with the keyboard has been undergoing major development which has caused some slight delays – Corsair Gaming wanted to ensure the application which controls such a keyboard to be 100% stable and we can only admire such effort because the software which works in conjunction with K70 RGB is nothing short of extensive.
As you can see from our video above, the software which handles the K70 RGB offers comprehensive customisation of just about every aspect of the keyboard you could want. At an advanced level technical users will be pleased to see extra options but even basic users who want to apply a few commands or tweak the lighting can do so in a few easy steps.
The software offers per-key lighting patterns as shown in our demonstration. Different configurations can be loaded into the keyboard or specific patterns can be manually set up. By dragging over a region of keys and creating a group, the user can then choose one of the 16.8 million colours on offer – furthermore, animation type effects with ripples or waves can be applied too.
Those who want to create their own macros will be pleased to know there is a detailed macro programming tool which is indepth – providing additional options that other keyboards on the market shy away from.
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K70 RGB uses exclusive Cherry MX RGB switches
By partnering with Cherry, Corsair Gaming has been exclusively working on the Cherry MX RGB switch. As we’ve already mentioned the new RGB design does away with the black housing of a typical Cherry MX switch in favour of clear plastic, allowing light from the circuit board below to shine through. A specially crafted lens formed in the housing focuses the light through the keycap, improving overall brightness and keycap character clarity.
Per-key colour customisation is on offer with K70 RGB – something which is almost certainly unheard of at this particular time. Thanks to the Cherry MX RGB switches, lighting is vibrant and via the software, tweaking specific zones according to preference is extremely easy. Having a palette of 16.8 million colours is likely to satisfy even the fussiest gamers.
