Customer Ratings & Reviews

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.

Keyboard sounds and works great, it’s not too loud compared to others. Sometimes the lighting software doesn’t register keyboard and it takes a second for custom lighting to kick in

For the price, it's a pretty good keyboard. It does its job and it feels alright.

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.

I love this keyboard.. the led light make it look so awesome, it’s hard not to stare. Works great!!!

fell in love with this keyboard, esp for the price, how satisfying it is to use.

works well enough, though ive found myself having to unplug and reset it pretty regularly if iCue doesnt recognize it for what ever reason, which renders things like the knib useless until the reset is done. mostly just a minor inconvenience but still an inconvenience when its mapped to more commonly used functions

Fantastic keyboard. The keys feel perfect and have a super satisfying sound. Cool lights, wife loves it, W.

Great keyboard at this price range probably my favorite I’ve used.

I was looking for a new keyboard and love Corsair products and when I saw this one when I was looking for a new cooling fan I grabbed it. I was really glad I waa able to test it in store. The keyboard keys themselves are what I would say is "creamy" which is what I was going for. It connected seamlessly to iCue and I have several really cool color sets already.

The keyboard preforms well and has a very attractive noise. Keystrokes never fail and it has unnoticeable latency

Great keyboard! Perfect amount of clicky-clacky, very clean and well built with high quality product. Speed my efficiency in typing, working in programs & playing games.

Really easy for my son to set up. And it feels a lot sturdier than his last keyboard.

Favorite keyboard I've ever owned, easy to use, cool rgb settings, quietest mechanical keyboard I've heard

Much nicer than the keyboard that came with my desktop. Satisfying clicks fast response works with iCue and was pretty cheap.

Best f keyboard. Literally couldn’t live without it

This keyboard is pretty good. It’s a full-size keyboard and it has good lighting.

Great keyboard- the volume dial in upper right corner is super helpful.

Pretty good! using it to type this now, has excellent key response

This has been a great product so far. Have had it over a month and everyrhing work perfect. Volume control is so handy.