• Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!

Corsair K70 RGB TKL Keyboard

Overclockers is supported by our readers. When you click a link to make a purchase, we may earn a commission. Learn More.

Nebulous

Dreadnought Class Senior
Joined
Oct 11, 2002
Location
Access Denied
Yeah yeah I know, I'm sure everybody here has heard my rants about Corsair, but I have to admit some of their keyboards are pretty good. Anyhows I picked this K70 RGB TKL up on the cheap as a replacement for my aging K65 Vengeance kb (which I love btw).

Build is solid, not cheesy or hollow plastics. I like the response time and feel from the TKL switches, but I hate the loud "KLACK". Decided to add some rubber o-ring and now it's practically dead silent.
Not crazy about the red only as the color for the backlights. I can shut it off, but would've liked the option to change the colors.

On a side note: Since the G502 mouse was a waste, decided to try again with a Redragon M801. Looks to have the same shape/size as my old Asus GX950. Should have it in a few days. Can't wait.

Anybody else use these kb o-rings?

20241006_132642.jpg
 
No to the KB o rings, but I have the same keyboard. Picked it up about 2-3 years ago, and love it. It was one of the only TKL keyboards to have built in multi-media keys, and thats why I ended up buying it.

Surprisingly the base was not flat. Its got a small bend in it, but it was fixed with some double sided never will be able to remove 3M tape.
 
...wonder what that does to throw/button press length before activiation... makes it shorter, I'd imagine?
Hmm, most likely, but it still activates the switch. With my big arse mitts and sausage fingers, I don't realize that I use alot of force to press down on the keys which results in the loud klacking. I use the "police peck and press" method of typing: Pointer fingers and thumbs. I type around 50-60 words a minute. In school I failed the typing classes as I type incorrectly.
 
I dont care for O rings on my keeb, I opted for silent switches and then modified them further to my specific feel requirements. The rebound force of using O rings was uncomfortable and caused extended fatigue and since I WFH I use the same keyboard for work and play so a fully day of typing is a requirement.
 
Yeah, that's a bit much for me to do for a keyboard. I don't feel fatigue when I type. My pointer and pinky fingers on my right hand do get fatigue and my palm will cramp and hurt if I use a mouse that's too small for my hand (IE Logitech G502). Only thing I don't want from my keyboard is the loud clacking noise. I type like a cop anyways.

*Edit* I know I notice if I'm updating certain documents my fingertips do feel slightly tingly. It happened alot with logitech keyboards. Is that a form of fatigue?
 
Last edited:
Back