Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Cherry MX Speed Low Profile (Black)

First things first, I bough the Cherry MX Silent version of the keyboard. If you are buying a mechanical keyboard then it is must you know the difference between the mechanical switches and what will be your preference of the available options.Not into the review,* Body of the keyboard is very sturdy and will give you good life.* Keyboard contains dedicated volume rocker and media control keys which was one of the main reason why I opted for this keyboard. I need the volume control for my daily use.* Keyboard has 1 USB passthrough port which is useful to plugin your mouse or a pen drive if you want to do some light data transfers.* Due to the passthrough port, the keyboard cable is very thick and also has dual USB at the end. Both USB plugs has to be plugged in to your system for passthrough to work.* This has nice stands that keeps keyboard in one place.* Arm rest is comfortable and easy to connect or disconnect.* Keyboard also comes with keycap remover and swappable gaming key caps for A,S,D,F + few more.* RGB is very pleasing to eyes and profiles can be switched using the onboard buttons.* Not a fan of iCUE software which is complex to use compared to Logitech G software. You cannot easy import gaming profiles like what Logitech has. Corsair has to improve in that area.* Now coming to the keys which is the most important aspect of the keyboard, Cherry MX silent are comfortable use on a daily basis. I also own a Logitech G910 which has Romer G keys which are hard and created pain in my fingers after long use. So, I like these new Cherry MX silent keys which are silent enough and has less trigger force for actuation.Overall this keyboard is really nice and good as a gaming keyboard plus your daily driver for work from home use.

Delivery: Okay, they put a stamp of the keyboard box and shipped it without any extra packaging. The keys were all over the place. Lucky nothing was damaged.Keys: They are my first Cherry MX Reds. They live upto my expectations except the ones which have stabilizers on them, especially Spacebar. It is too rattley. I silenced it using a plastic as cushion underneath the stabilizers. It made a huge difference. Infact, I added cushions to rest of the keys too. Two of them, ENTER & RSHIFT, are still noisy but at specific corners not the whole key.Corsair had been notorious with their stabilizers though. So I knew about this when I bought.Overall, the typing experience is amazing. I am definitely feeling the difference coming from macbook's butterfly keys.The keys are smooth. At first, I used to bottom out the keys, pressing it hard and it hurt my finger tips a little. Took me while to adjust to the 45g force and 2mm actuation point with no click as feedback as was in my Blue Switches keyboard.I had a couple of other keyboards is mind, Razer's Blackwidow v2 and Hyper Alloy Ellite.Rejected Razer, for their custom swiches as I decided to have Cherry Switches.Rejected HyperAlloy over looks (though the stabilizers are better on it) and I got a great deal over this on sale.The extra control buttons for media are awesome. They are membrane type and not as smooth as Cherry keys, a little too stiff.RGB on this are phenomenal. Though I rarely keep them on and use boring profiles just as backlit lighting. I think I am not doing them justice.iCue software is terrible. It is not user friendly at all. There is a good learning curve to it not as straight forward. Although, it provides more granular configuration for lighting. You can have 4 profile on the keyboard's memory and can update them from profiles you create. Or, you can load profile from iCue without onboarding or saving but you need to have the iCue window running.Overall the keyboard itself for typing is a solid 5.For lighting I would give it a 5. It looks stunning.There are some issues but not that big.Loving it so far.

So i have been using this keyboard for more then a week now. This is the first mechanical keyboard i purchased. So based on my usage below are key pro and cons of this keyboardPros:1. Keyboard is very sturdy and has good weight to it due to which it does not move while gaming2. Cherry MX Speed keys are awesome and quick response3. keys are tactile enough with mot too much clicky sound like blue switches4. Looks too good5. Even though its white the alphabets and number are visible even with RGB lights switched offCons:1. I didn't find anything wrong with it except for one major flaw. The iCUE software from corsair which is used to control lightning effects takes too much CPU usage. I have Ryzen 5600x on NZXT Kraken Z53 cooler and both are not slouch. Due to iCUE my CPU get more utilized and temperature increased to upto 78 Degrees. In task manager it shows high CPU usage. With out this software we wont be able to control the effects which is very badHence i give this product 4 out of 5 stars