I Bought a New Keyboard, and It's Beautiful!

Hey everyone, I wanted to share this with you, it's my overview video on a new keyboard that I picked up. The Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB keyboard is a full sized mechanical gaming keyboard with RGB LED back-lighting behind every individual key. It uses Cherry MX Red RGB mechanical key switches for a linear and gaming oriented experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7u8y_ZWQbw

Hopefully you guys enjoy this video, and maybe it'll tempt you into buying one. If you're not a fan of the Cherry MX Red switches, Corsair plans to bring out a Cherry MX Blue and Brown version of the keyboard in the future.

Neat vid. Informative.

I would def pick up a K70 RGB if it used Clear keyswitches (Browns too light and Greens too loud). At the moment, my solution is a CODE v2 with white LEDs and some plastic colored coverings to customize the colors.

Coverings on white backlighting is an interesting way to add some color into the mix. Do you have any pictures or references as to what you're talking about?

I doubt they're as vibrant as actual colored LEDs...

Edit: Geekhack has a group buy on them that will be ending this month.

Very cool!

I'll have to keep that in mind if I ever go to a non-RGB keyboard in the future...

I may actually return this one and wait for the Cherry MX Blue model to come out. I think I like the blue switches a little more than the reds, because I can't always tell if I've actually hit a red key unless I intentionally bottom it out. They're also really light to actuate, so I sometimes actuate without meaning to while gaming.

Dont browns have the same tactile feel without the noisy click of blues?
also hows it compare in brightness to something like a saitek keyboard?

I owned an eclipse II for years and it was amazing then when i got the logitech g110 i've been so fucking disappointed by the back-lighting because even at highest intensity's it's nearly impossible to see.

TL:DR, I like bright keyboards, is it REALLY bright?

Join the G110 disappointment club.

Is it possible to auto change colors of keys depending on what program you are working on? E.g. highlighting Photoshop shortcuts

Can the keyboard flash when I get a killing spree in Halo

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Originally Posted by Rentafence

Can the keyboard flash when I get a killing spree in Halo

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Serious answer to non-serious question: apparently not. Seems like a shortcoming not to provide some kind of API for the keyboard's lighting.