Corsair K70 RGB Pro mechanical gaming keyboard review — Another excellent entry

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As the gaming keyboard market continues to fill with offerings from almost every company near and far, there are still those companies that rely not only on name recognition, but the respective history of quality as well. Corsair has been at the forefront of the PC peripheral market for years thanks to its wide array of mechanical gaming keyboards. The Corsair K70 RGB was one of the company’s most popular keyboards ever released, which has since resulted in multiple follow-ups such as the TKL variant we reviewed last year. With the new K70 RGB Pro mechanical gaming keyboard, Corsair knew it had to deliver on its follow up.

With carried over features and hopeful improvements to the overall experience, is this a keyboard worth the price tag of $160 USD, or should you look to spend your money elsewhere?

With the K70 RGB Pro, Corsair retains the same aluminum frame, Cherry MX switches, and per-key RGB. From a switch standpoint, you get a number of options with the Cherry MX Red, Blue, Brown, SILENT Red, and SPEED Silver. Depending on the feel and sound you like, there is a switch choice for you.

Corsair brings along its proprietary AXON Hyper-processing technology that claims an 8x increase in response time over traditional gaming keyboards. The keyboard advertises 8,000Hz hyper-polling and 4,000Hz key scanning. Other features of the keyboard include a detachable USB Type-C cable, media controls, and 8MB of onboard memory for storage for up to 50 profiles. Depending on your region, you’ll have 104 to 108 total keys, giving you countless options. For RGB, there are 16.8 million colors at your disposal.

I have to admit, I’m usually not the biggest fan of silent switches — I love the click of my keypresses. But the Corsair K70