hi guys welcome to take it easy today we're gonna be reviewing the Corsair k70 mark 2
special edition RGB gaming keyboard that was a bit of a mouthful I'm gonna start off with
a quick unboxing nothing too special is only a couple of components in there then I'm gonna go
over the specs and short clip so you guys can see what it looks like if you liked the video
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what's in the box when it arrives there's nothing really too much in here it comes
with the keyboard a wrist rest and a warranty slash manual but it wasn't my surprise seeing
the actual keyboard because I thought that the image on the front of the box made it
look a little bit tacky but it actually felt really nice really premium to hold as you can
see everything's quite nicely packed no little bits running around after the unboxing I'm gonna
show you a short clip just going into a bit more detail about what the keyboard looks like so you
can get a good look at it then we'll go over some of the specs and features of the keyboard
okay I hope you guys enjoyed the clip as you can see it's full RTV keyboard you pick any colors
you like using the IQ software and that's how you pronounce it anyway just gonna quickly flip the
keyboard over as you can see on the back the big cross in the middle is there for your wires so you
can run cables for it make a set up like a little bit neater then it's got two little stands which
you can flip up just to raise the keyboards like that he makes make it a little bit more ergonomic
for you next is a dedicated button on the keyboard just to adjust the brightness it has three levels
which is like off and then a sort of medium light and then full brightness then similar
to this we have a profile button so I haven't set up a full range of profiles yet but you might have
a different profile for when you're working than when you're gaming so you can save different color
combinations in the IQ software and then save it to the keyboard because it has an onboard memory
so you can just press this button to quickly switch through the different color profiles then
lastly we have a mute button and all your other media controls then it's a sort of nice volume
roller there if you like and it does look a little bit cheap compared to the rest of the keyboard but
it actually feels again quite premium quite sturdy so no complaints there then just to quickly show
you there is a really nice sort of braided cable it has two USB so it's going to take up two USB
slots on your computer one is for the lights and then one is for the actual keyboard functions
okay oh it's some more detailed specs we've got some cherry MX speed mechanical switches it also
features a special silver brushed aluminium frame or aluminum if you're in the US which
means it's incredibly durable and of course I say that they are precision model double shot
key caps that will never fade so again playing on that durability there so I'm hoping that this
keyboard is gonna last a very very long time if for whatever reason it doesn't I will do
an update video for you guys and then I will link it back in this video it also features a
hundred-percent anti-ghosting with full key of all over so basically that means that you're
never gonna miss a pret key press it's always going to register as I mentioned earlier it does
have some onboard storage it says here it has eight megabytes of on-board storage so that's
for your color profiles which I showed off earlier then something I didn't show in the
video it has a Windows lock key so that's quite handy when you're gaming she don't want to be
accidentally pressing that or in the shooting your game it also features a USB pass-through where you
could even plug a mouse or your headset in if you really wanted to which i think is actually
really really handy considering it takes up two USB slots on your computer then finally
we have that detachable soft wrist rest which I showed off earlier which again it's actually
quite nice feels feels really sturdy and I think it actually looks really really smart that's one
thing I love about this keyboard that you can sort of personalize it to your needs and you can
almost have best of both worlds it actually looks really really smart on a desk really professional
but once you pull the lights on and stuff you can sort edge it into a more like gaming environment
okay we're just gonna quickly jump to a sound test now as you can tell are actually relatively
quiet compared to some mechanical keyboards it's definitely not as loud as my old k70 so
that's something to bear in mind it of course does depend on which switches you opt for one thing I
would have liked to have seen on this keyboard is possibly a small screen a little bit like
the SteelSeries peoples have surely because for the price of around a hundred and sixty pounds
I think it just would have been a nice feature to add in considering the SteelSeries keyboards
that like that director competitors are actually priced the same they come with this nice little
screen which i think is quite handy that being said SteelSeries people do not come in white as
of yet so yeah is this is definitely not a game changer it's just something that might have been
nice to see some people would prefer the keyboard without the screen so yeah I actually don't have
any complaints as of yet it's a really great keyboard and again I will update you guys if
anything happens or I run into any issues but yeah I'm also planning on comparing this one - an old
k70 keyboard and doing a video on whether it's worth upgrading or not because it is quite a lot
of money for a keyboard so do you spend another hundred and sixty pounds - no get one or two
extra little features or should you wait out a bit for an newer version we'll see just quickly
I thought I'd show you the IQ software that is used to control the e lights on your keyboard
so once you get into it you'll get a screen up like this and you can pick which keyboard
or mouse you want to set up then it will give you the options to change the static color or
like I'm showing off now you can actually change individual keys so you you can actually just have
one or two keys lit up if you really want to or maybe you just have the wsd a buttons litter or
when you're gaming or what you can do is go down to the lighting effects and change it to a add
a narrow rainbow spiral visor and once you do all this you'll see a sort of virtual example
on the screen of what's happening and I believe you can actually layer everything up as well so
you can really get creative with your effects and as far as I'm aware is also ways to download other
people's profiles so you can copy in I don't know your favorite youtubers style and just
bring it into this software and it'll do it all for you automatically which is really nice okay
guys thanks very much for watching that was my review of the Corsair k70 mark 2 special edition
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