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

[Cortexian]

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.



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.

[Tnnaas]

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.

[Cortexian]

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?

[Tnnaas]

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

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

[Cortexian]

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.

[Bodzilla]

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.

TLR, I like bright keyboards, is it REALLY bright?

[Amit]

Join the G110 disappointment club.

[Patrickssj6]

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

[Rentafence]

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

[Btcc22]

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

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