Corsair K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Review

👤by Tony Le Bourne Comments 📅21-04-16
Conclusion

The K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE does the Corsair brand justice with a mixture of top quality craftsmanship backed with intensely pedantic, yet gloriously comprehensive software. The MX Speed switches feel a little strange at first, but once you get used to them, they are something that can potentially give a competitive edge in games or a quick response time for speedy typing. The switches even provided an impressive lighting performance too, giving an accurate white, and fantastic colour rendering. To put it bluntly, the CHERRY MX Speed are the Rolls Royce of CHERRY switches, and at least for now, the Corsair RAPIDFIRE range is the only place you will find them.



There are some minor gripes that are worth discussing. One could moan about having to navigate the CUE software and its learning curve, but the main actions are simple enough and there are now various YouTube video guides to help along the way. Some may moan price, at £149, that is £10-20 more expensive than many good competing RGB mechanical keyboards, including Corsair's own STRAFE RGB. Though not many of the said competition have a beautiful brushed aluminium finish on their keyboard with excellent RGB lighting that will charm its way into the hearts of many.

The stunning K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE is a beautiful keyboard with limitless possibilities that gains a deadly advantage thanks to the CHERRY MX Speed switches.

Pros.
+ Beautiful aesthetic
+ High quality construction
+ Excellent, highly customisable RGB lighting
+ Fully programmable keys
+ Dedicated media keys
+ FULL NKRO
+ USB pass through
+ Included wrist rest and extra keycaps
+ Thin bezels/compact
+ Cherry MX Speed switches

Cons.
- Price
- No dedicated macro keys


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