Customer Ratings & Reviews

Awesome keyboard. Well built and the keys have a really nice sound. I am not a huge fan of the red switches but that’s just a personal preference, I know most people love them.

Feels so good to type on. I actually like keyboards wired rather than usb. Having to recharge a keyboard weekly is a pain. This one is wired.

I got this as a replacement for a Razer mechanical keyboard that had a couple of keys go bad. I use this largely for typing...Im a typing nerd and the "clicky" keyboards are my go to since i learned on an actual typewriter (dating myself here), so I'm used to, and lrefer, the "feedback". This keyboard is light (much lighter than the Razer it replaced) and has that sufficient mechanical sound that helps me type faster. Worth the price for my wpecific use case and preference, IMO.

The keyboard is easy to use. The vibrant colors and cool. The volume knob is a nice addition. It’s overall functionality is great.

Love this keyboard, sounds great and the colors are so bright.

Really nice keyboard, nice sounding click to every key. Highly recommend it to any gamer looking for a keyboard, or even for daily task.

Got this keyboard for my Girlfriend and she loves it especially the sounds the keys make its a very soothing soft click and feels nice typing

The Corsair K70 Core confused me. The Core has a pretty standard layout and seems to be made of durable construction. The black anodized brushed aluminum chassis gives it a professional and elegant look, but the key caps are a combination of black and gray, making it look like it doesn't know what it wants to be. It has an odd tall, rotary dial for volume adjustment that looks completely out of place. In fact, I'm not sure what role the K70 Core plays in Corsair's keyboard line. It's one -- I'm not entirely sure exactly -- of about 50 keyboards offered by Corsair that is dubbed a “K70". I went to Corsair's website to get some more information on the K70 Core and typed "K70 Core" in the search and it brought up six pages of results, and the Core was not listed on the first page, which contained 11 other iterations of the K70 keyboard. In fact, I couldn't find it on any of the remaining five pages. I did finally find the page with a Google Search of Corsair’s website, but it was listed with an additional (CN) designation in its model name. Not sure what that means. Selecting “Overview” takes you to product photos and the key points are written in a language I’m not familiar with (see phots) even though it’s Corsair’s English language site. “Tech Specs” were in English, but only listed a couple of interesting things. I later found what the “(CN)” designation means -- a Chinese keyboard layout. This explains the foreign language in the “Overview” section, so apparently they’ve not yet bothered posting the product info for the English version. Anyway, enough about that… let’s get to the keyboard itself. The keyboard uses Corsair’s own RED switches. I despise these switches. They feel a lot more like membrane keys than mechanical switches. There’s no “click” when they engage, nor is there much feeling or feedback. Key engagement is inconsistent at best. In general, the keys are sensitive and engagement point is high. But sometimes keys aren’t quite so sensitive, and the key needs to move a bit during the press before engaging. As I write this, pressing the “d” and the comma key results in two or three characters being placed on the page almost every time, though it’s not just limited to those keys. I happens across all the keys, but to a much lesser degree. I am constantly having to backspace to correct multiple characters being placed during a key press. I’ve used cheap Chinese membrane keyboards that type with more precision. The K70 Core is compatible with the Corsair iCUE software, which allows you to customize various aspects of the keyboard. You can create macros, assign key bindings, adjust the polling rate, manage the onboard profiles, and more. The software is user-friendly and intuitive, if not a little bloated. Users love iCue or hate it, but it does give you a lot of options to fine-tune your keyboard. Unfortunately, I can’t really verify any of that as my iCue install does not detect the keyboard, even though it’s updated to the latest iCue version. The K70 Core has some additional features that are intended to make it more convenient and versatile. It has media keys available using Fn and the volume dial, and some other things that I really don’t feel worth mentioning. Overall, I found the Corsair K70 Core a disappointing keyboard that under delivers on performance and aesthetics, though admittedly the last part is purely subjective. It does seem to be sturdy, but it’s highly unlikely I will ever know as at this point it will end up back in the box and sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Had it not been provided to me for review, I would return it for a refund.

The keyboard is exactly as it is advertised. The keys are extremely clicky, very responsive and have held up to some minor abuse from quick and consistent typing. Overall, would purchase this again if needed.

very good keyboard has lasted me for a while now. the sound it makes when I type makes me happy.

Might be a gaming keyboard but for someone with arthritis it's a miracle. So easy to use and the keys easily respond without a lot of force required. I love this thing.

Love the looks of this keyboard, the feel, and the lights. I also like how it only needs one USB connection where my other Corsair keyboards need two.

Very nice and affordable and easy to use. My son liked it very much. It is exactly what he wanted and what he needed to play games on his computer

I recently purchased this keyboard for home. I have enjoyed it the entire time. Nice mechanical sound for the keys and easy to setup.

Solid construction. Smooth and sensitive keystrokes. The volume control knob on the board itself comes in handy (it is programmable like the rest of the keyboard). I like it so much I'm buying a second one so my business and gaming computers have the same keyboarding feel.

I like the light and the change of colors plus is very soft

Very solid keyboard. Enjoy using it for work and gaming.

Overall a good keyboard. Had issues with the first one I bought but I think there might have been a defect, gladly bought another

Really good keyboard standard size, rgb, even has a dial on the top right that controls the volume

easy install works great, this is the first time buying a lower priced power supply and it didn't let me down