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Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Corsair announced the Vengeance K70 fully mechanical gaming keyboard. The new Vengeance K70 gaming keyboard is built on a rugged, brushed, aluminum chassis and features highly responsive Cherry MX Red mechanical switches under every key. The high performance switches combined with the keyboard's 100% anti-ghosted matrix, 20-key rollover and 1000Hz reporting rate provide fast, accurate input for gaming.
The Vengeance K70 gaming keyboards are available in two color schemes: silver aluminum with blue backlighting, and anodized black with deep red backlighting. Overall backlighting can be adjusted to four levels of intensity and each key is individually backlit, enabling the lighting for each key to be independently enabled or disabled. The key-by-key lighting customization allows users to highlight just the keys they need to emphasize and then save the setting directly to the K70's onboard memory. In addition, the Vengeance K70 comes with alternate colored, contoured keycaps for the WASD and 1-6 keycaps to allow additional customization.
"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version," said Ruben Mookerjee, VP and General Manager of the Peripherals Business Unit at Corsair. "In typical Corsair fashion, we over-delivered and created Vengeance K70 with key-by-key backlighting, mechanical switches on every key, and two color schemes."
The Vengeance K70 also features dedicated multimedia controls to allow users to play, stop, pause, skip tracks and adjust volume. An extra USB connector is provided for attaching to USB devices such as a Vengeance gaming mouse or headset. A removeable soft-touch wrist rest provides comfort for long gaming or typing sessions.
The Vengeance K70 keyboard will make its public debut at Corsair's booth at PAX East in Boston from March 22-24. Corsair is located in booth 1062.
Pricing and Availability
The Corsair Vengeance K70 will be available in April at suggested price of $129.99.
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#4559006 Posted on: 03/21/2013 11:32 AM
no macro keys?
no macro keys?
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#4559033 Posted on: 03/21/2013 12:50 PM
that is the point of this keyboard.
A few months back I asked their customer support service if they will make a backlit mechanical keyboard without the macro keys, and voila !
It is a shame though, because I went for the gigabyte osmium aivia instead a few months back.
But this keyboard looks neat and tidy, just as I like it.
no macro keys?
that is the point of this keyboard.
A few months back I asked their customer support service if they will make a backlit mechanical keyboard without the macro keys, and voila !
It is a shame though, because I went for the gigabyte osmium aivia instead a few months back.
But this keyboard looks neat and tidy, just as I like it.
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#4559084 Posted on: 03/21/2013 01:55 PM
Nice look to it, but that final picture suggest to me that snack food will get under the keys and jam.
The Logitech mech has a nicer look to it, but I plopped for the TT G-unit about a year back.
Nice look to it, but that final picture suggest to me that snack food will get under the keys and jam.
The Logitech mech has a nicer look to it, but I plopped for the TT G-unit about a year back.
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#4559648 Posted on: 03/22/2013 05:20 AM
"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version,"
lol yeah right, more like you couldn't fix the k60 repeating key bug so just made a new keyboard.
On a side note, there is supposed to be a firmware fix to address this bug, I'm still waiting. If anyone has found it let me know lol.
Ok ignore all that. Not sure how I missed this!
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115831
"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version,"
lol yeah right, more like you couldn't fix the k60 repeating key bug so just made a new keyboard.
On a side note, there is supposed to be a firmware fix to address this bug, I'm still waiting. If anyone has found it let me know lol.
Ok ignore all that. Not sure how I missed this!
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115831
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#4559688 Posted on: 03/22/2013 08:01 AM
Nothing but Brown ones for me; Reds are too clickety.
Nothing but Brown ones for me; Reds are too clickety.
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#4559699 Posted on: 03/22/2013 08:38 AM
The K60 was so horrible I returned it the day I got it. I'm using Qpad MK-50 with MX Red Switches and the feel is a lot smoother even though it's a cheaper keyboard. Never had issues with it except that my WASD cluster is starting to fade slowly over 6 (or more) months of use. I was looking at the Logitech mech, but it's too expensive for me... We'll see...
The K60 was so horrible I returned it the day I got it. I'm using Qpad MK-50 with MX Red Switches and the feel is a lot smoother even though it's a cheaper keyboard. Never had issues with it except that my WASD cluster is starting to fade slowly over 6 (or more) months of use. I was looking at the Logitech mech, but it's too expensive for me... We'll see...
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#4559700 Posted on: 03/22/2013 08:44 AM
"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version,"
lol yeah right, more like you couldn't fix the k60 repeating key bug so just made a new keyboard.
On a side note, there is supposed to be a firmware fix to address this bug, I'm still waiting. If anyone has found it let me know lol.
Ok ignore all that. Not sure how I missed this!
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115831
Repeat issue? Never heard or experienced it and i have a K60.
Its one of the best keyboards i ever ownd !
"When we launched the Vengeance K60, customers loved the look and quality, but some wanted a backlit version,"
lol yeah right, more like you couldn't fix the k60 repeating key bug so just made a new keyboard.
On a side note, there is supposed to be a firmware fix to address this bug, I'm still waiting. If anyone has found it let me know lol.
Ok ignore all that. Not sure how I missed this!
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115831
Repeat issue? Never heard or experienced it and i have a K60.
Its one of the best keyboards i ever ownd !
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#4559705 Posted on: 03/22/2013 09:01 AM
Repeat issue? Never heard or experienced it and i have a K60.
Its one of the best keyboards i ever ownd !
Your lucky
It was annoying as hell! 
Only took a year or something for them to firmware fix it. But yeah, other than this problem, love this kb.
This certainly doesn't change my opinion of Corsair, that they are one of the best brands out there and this is a very rare occurrence.
Repeat issue? Never heard or experienced it and i have a K60.
Its one of the best keyboards i ever ownd !
Your lucky
It was annoying as hell!
Only took a year or something for them to firmware fix it. But yeah, other than this problem, love this kb.
This certainly doesn't change my opinion of Corsair, that they are one of the best brands out there and this is a very rare occurrence.
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#4559708 Posted on: 03/22/2013 09:07 AM
Erm, red has no tactile feedback or click. What your hearing must be the keys bottoming out. I use Rubber O-Ring Switch Dampeners on my keys to stop that, got em from wasdkeyboards.com.
Nothing but Brown ones for me; Reds are too clickety.
Erm, red has no tactile feedback or click. What your hearing must be the keys bottoming out. I use Rubber O-Ring Switch Dampeners on my keys to stop that, got em from wasdkeyboards.com.
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No dedicated palm rest and WSAD, 12345 keys ?!
I have the K60 and wanted backlight keys!, now they do have it but not the rest ....... Corsair deliverd .. right