The belief in the past, born for e-sports Corsair K70 series inventory

Many years ago, in the era when many peripheral brands had not yet been born, and the membrane keyboard was still the mainstream mechanical keyboard in the market and only belonged to a few high-end gamers, CORSAIR and Cherry married for the first time, monopolizing the MX RGB switch body for half a year, and launched the first The keyboard K70 with RGB lighting was widely used at that time with a mechanical keyboard with a silly, thick, black and male-looking appearance. Such a keyboard with 16.8 million colors shining on each key and changing various combined lighting effects is undoubtedly a blow to dimensionality reduction. version exists.

K70 not only led the trend of RGB e-sports for many years, but also successfully expanded Corsair's business territory from PC hardware to peripherals, and established K70's position in the key circle. Its influence has continued to this day, and even surpassed Corsair's main hardware business at one point, and it has always been the most popular entry for Corsair in search engines.

Today, however, the peripheral circle is changing, and the vicissitudes of life are changing. With the maturity of the manufacturing process and the reduction of costs, the mechanical keyboard has changed from a toy that the local tyrants could afford to it to an important choice for mass users to upgrade their consumption. It can be called the old days. The swallow in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

Mechanical keyboards are really here, and among them, K70 is not slowly disappearing like most keyboards. Corsair has been injecting fresh blood into it. After continuous optimization and upgrading, various versions of iterations have kept K70 active in the public eye. , that iconic look evolved from trend to current classic.

Back then, the K70 RGB MK.2 SE was a silver-white version. It was the key of my dreams. The bottom plate and keycaps were both silver-white, and the RGB lighting effect. went.

As the first PC hardware brand to enter the field of peripherals, Corsair has enjoyed the dividends of the rise of peripherals, and is also the best one among many PC hardware brands to enter the field of peripherals, followed by brother brands such as Cooler, Zhiqi, and MSI. This path of transformation has not been replicated.

Looking back on the past, when it comes to feel, everyone will think of Filco, Daskeyboard, and leopold, but when it comes to e-sports games, Corsair K70 seems to be the common choice.

Now, even though the options of mechanical keyboards have been greatly expanded, there is still no shortage of Corsair K70 seats in the field of gaming keyboards.

As a keyboard born for gaming competitions, Corsair K70 has led the design direction of gaming keyboards with its high popularity. The iconic floating keycap structure has been the standard configuration of gaming keyboards for a long time.

Since its launch, Corsair has slammed on the update speed of its own products. From entry-level to flagship, from keyboard and mouse to peripheral peripherals, all kinds of new products are dizzying. Among them, the K70 series has also ushered in a major update. The line has been greatly expanded. Today we are going to talk about several keyboards of Corsair K70, the leading star series. They are K70 RGB PRO (hereinafter referred to as K70 PRO), K70 RGB TKL (hereinafter referred to as K70 TKL), K70 RGB MINI WIRELESS ( Hereinafter referred to as K70 mini).

The upper cover is bent from a whole piece of steel plate, which makes the appearance simple and clear.

As far as I know, the processing cost of this metal steel plate is not low, and the stamping and hollowing process must ensure that the steel plate does not deform and the holes are accurate.

For the first time, the K70 PRO gives people the feeling of "domineering". In this era of narrow bezels as the main theme, the bezel of the K70 PRO that can hold a finger is really eye-catching, especially the raised forehead on the top. The rear shape has come to a very exaggerated size, which should be the limit shape of the mechanical keyboard.

So maybe the biggest disadvantage of this keyboard is "big". For most desktops, putting this K70 PRO keyboard will make the desktop space very tight. You can't eat takeaway and do homework in front of the computer as you like. Even playing games can't be too indulgent, because the mouse may hit the keyboard. You must know that the edge of the K70 PRO is a hard steel plate, and hitting it once basically means that the mouse has an extra scratch, which is very painful.

As a professional game-oriented keyboard, the configuration of the K70 PRO is basically completely full, except for the ancestral independent volume wheel + multimedia buttons and built-in hand rest, the ABS keycaps and buttons that have been criticized by players before The oiling issue has also been resolved.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the ABS laser-carved light-transmitting keycaps of the previous K70.

The competitive mode physical switch on the top of the fuselage is the work of Corsair to focus on e-sports. It is a physical overclocking switch of the keyboard.

If you are playing games, low DPI players or arm players, you need sufficient range of mouse movement and operation. Compared with K70 PRO, this K70 TKL will be a better choice. It is still the highly recognizable family-style design appearance of the K70, but after cutting off the digital area and the palm rest, the size is greatly reduced, and the extremely useful volume wheel and physical multimedia buttons are still retained.

TKL is synonymous with the SE versions of various keyboards, and it is a combination of small size and high performance. On the K70 TKL, Corsair is not stingy with its own technical reserves, and has taken out all kinds of configurations at the bottom of the box, which is a proper stacking keyboard.

K70 TKL, as a "small steel gun" player, its configuration and performance are comparable to flagships in all aspects. The overall size of the 87-key size is not too large even if it has a large forehead. At the same time, it retains the super easy-to-use volume wheel and multimedia. button.

Needless to say, the keycaps, switch body configuration, and appearance style are all visible. It is also equipped with Corsair’s latest 8000Hz horror rate of return. In addition, there is also a second keyboard equipped with OPX optical switches, the K70 RGB TKL OPX optical switch version. roll out.

By the way, not long ago, Corsair launched the JOJO joint model K70 TKL, the color is quite aggressive, I said that the hold is insufficient.

The launch of the K70 mini keyboard symbolizes a big step for Corsair to enter the mainstream market. In my opinion, the biggest attraction of the K70 mini is not that it is the first 61-key keyboard of the K70 series. After all, the previous K65 mini has already completed this task. One mission, and 61 keys as the most classic compact keypad is really bad at the moment.

K70 mini brings the most popular wired + bluetooth + 2.4G wireless three-mode connection and hot-swappable structure. Although the switch body still chooses the cherry MX RGB switch body, it basically catches up with the current mainstream in terms of configuration. I think this is Corsair’s new layout after completing the K70’s keyboard performance exploration limit. Maybe the wireless version of K70 or K70 TKL will be available in the near future.

In addition, K70 mini also brings a brand new appearance, continuing the K70 series floating keycap structure, the prismatic polygonal appearance looks cool, the finishing touch is a circle of RGB light strips on the keyboard chassis, very pirate ship, let He has become a keyboard with no dead ends.

For this K70 mini, as the first wireless three-mode product of the K70 series, its significance is to catch up with the mainstream market after completing the layout of the core direction of e-sports.

Speaking of the Corsair product iCUE is a link that cannot be bypassed. After many modifications and upgrades, although the iCUE software is getting bigger and bigger, it is indeed getting better and better. At least it has a good balance between the number of functions and ease of use. , is still very easy to use.

Regarding the ecological layout of product equipment, Corsair is relatively advanced. Long ago, Corsair was able to control each lighting device through ICUE drivers.

As the mainstay of Corsair keyboards, K70 shoulders many missions. The K70 series has always been rooted in the field of e-sports. It is a very rare thing in this era of peripherals. Fan, at least when someone asks me what kind of keyboard is good for playing games, the first thing I think of is Corsair.

In my opinion, the previous upgrades made by Corsair are more about making up for the shortcomings, or replacing the ABS keycaps that are prone to wear and tear, or upgrading and optimizing the feel of the large keys, or upgrading them that were not so easy to use before. iCUE driver. The recent comprehensive improvement of the keyboard refresh rate and the introduction of the OPX optical axis keyboard will refresh the upper limit of the keyboard performance, so the performance must be the most professional gaming scene in front of you.

If I have to choose one of the K70 series keyboards, K70 TKL should be my choice. It is well balanced in all aspects, and the keyboard size and practicality are well balanced. K70 is the most comprehensive but too large. The body shape of the computer requires high desktop space, and there is also a risk of hitting the mouse. Although the K70 mini is equipped with a wireless and hot-swappable structure, and its appearance is novel enough, it is too mini in size and can play games, but it is inconvenient for productivity scenarios.