The trouble with innovation is that too often, you have to take two steps forward and one step back. At first blush, the Corsair Gaming K70 RGB ($170) improves in every way over its predecessor, the K70. It's colorful, it feels great and there's a whole new software suite to go along with it.

Excellent keys; Gorgeous, colorful backlighting;Sleek, minimalist design; Choice of Cherry switches

Convoluted software; No textured keys

I love this keyboard, which comes as no surprise to me since it's fundamentally the same Corsair K70 keyboard I reviewed over a year ago . There have been a few noticeable changes since the original K70 was launched, the first being that Corsair have dropped their Vengeance branding in favour of...

Ultra high build quality; Choice of Cherry MX RGB switches; Dedicated multimedia keys; Easy to use macro features; Full N-Key / Anti-Ghosting; Braided cables; Extreme customisable RGB LED lighting; Aluminium chassis

Expensive

It's rare that we reach for the Extreme Ultra award when dealing with a humble keyboard, but if there's one thing the Corsair Gaming K70 RGB is not, it's humble. The levels of customisation, both for key functionality and lighting, reach beyond anything we've seen before.

Not so long ago, I talked about the manipulator Corsair M65 RGB game series from the company Corsair. Today, it was the turn of at least an important tool in the kit gamer, namely gaming keyboard Corsair K70 RGB.

Disclaimer: Corsair Gaming provided us with the K65, K70, and K95 keyboard models for test and review. We used the Corsair keyboards exclusively for about two and a half weeks before writing this review.

Loved everything about but unfortunately it was sent to me with a missing key it was a key that I don't really ever use and it's not worth it trying to get a replacement

Both mechanical-switch keyboards and multi-colour backlit keyboards have been around for a while. However, what we haven't ever had before is a keyboard that combines the two, marrying the high-end typing ability of mechanical switches with the pizzazz of 16.7 million different colours of...

RGB backlighting is useful and fun; Typing experience is excellent; Premium build materials

Programming the lighting is laborious; Features removed compared to previous K70

I came from a logitech G19 'gaming keyboard' while it was membrane it had 32 macro keys which I used in almost all of my gaming and productivity sessions. This was my biggest concern moving to and having to reacquaint myself with a standard form keyboard.

Bling. It's the one word that perfectly sums up the Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. The RGB part is the reason why, as these are the three individual LEDs that can be found in each [...]

Cherry Mechanical switches; Brilliant Design; Scroll Wheel to control Volume; 16.8 million colour backlighting

Glitchy Drivers; Unintuitive Software; No onboard memory to store custom profiles and effects

If you are looking for good pre-installed effects and good build quality then look no further this is the keyboard for you. If on the other hand you are looking for true personalization with smooth user designed effects then proceed with caution.