Customer Ratings & Reviews

The CORSAIR K70 PRO TKL Hall Effect Programmable Keyboard, is a great keyboard for both gaming and everyday use. The keyboard is visually nice looking and lights up. The light colors are programmable, so they can be customized to fit the users taste. It’s a good sized keyboard and feels nice and comfortable on both the fingers and the wrists. After many hours of use, there is no fatigue felt in the hands or fingers. When typing or playing games, the keys sound nice and have an easy bounce to them, so there is no sticking. They are also wobble-free to ensure accuracy and a fast strike. This makes game play easier and speedy. There is no latency and or delay when striking the keys. The rapid trigger makes your gaming faster by increasing the reaction time. This is due to the MGX Hyperdrive magnetic switches. The keyboard was easy to connect to the computer and set up was seemless. The app was also easy to connect and utilize immediately out of the box. Overall, this keyboard checks all the boxes. It’s customizable, nice looking, feels great and performs amazing with its fast reaction time. The ease of use is also a bonus. A great addition to a gaming setup.

There are several versions of the Corsair K70 TKL, but the Pro is far and away the best version of this keyboard. The hall effect switches make this keyboard one of the most sensitive I've ever used, even faster than most optical switch keyboards I've used in the past. iCue offers near-infinite customization of the keys themselves, going beyond the typical RGB lighting to how far the keys need to be depressed in order to activate. The added bonus is these keys are incredibly quiet for a mechanical keyboard. The only thing that could have been better would be a cloth-covered USB-C cable, but it's otherwise about as perfect as a keyboard can get. Unboxing and setup: Just like with every other Corsair keyboard, your unboxing experience is definitely what I'd consider the new premium. An easy-open clam shell box, the keyboard wrapped in paper, a small box of accessories. The rubberized USB-C cable instead of a cloth-wrapped cable is a bit of a drawback in my opinion. it's the only part of this package that doesn't feel premium. Install iCue if you haven't done so already. It makes a difference on how well the keyboard works for you. Usage: As an everyday-usage keyboard, you get all the advantages of a mechanical keyboard but with a quietness you wouldn't expect. Most laptop and membrane keyboards are honestly louder unless you bang on the keys. This is definitely more than a quality gaming keyboard for gaming; this is a premium keyboard for everyday use. The iCue software is what it is. You can use it to set when the keys on the keyboard trigger, configure macros...and yes, adjust RGB for the keys. One really cool feature is 8000 Hz hyperpolling. Keep in mind that the system requirements for hyperpolling to work properly are particularly high - I had some problems with it on Windows 10 and a 4th gen i7, a few problems with Windows 11 and 12th gen i3, but my 8-core Ryzen systems (5700 X3D, 7800 X3D, and Lenovo Legion Z1 Extreme) had zero issues with input lag from too much input. Modern CPUs with 6 or more cores shouldn't have an issue with Hyperpolling mode. The only thing I wasn't thrilled with was the rubber keyboard cable. This is mostly a preference thing, however, and I prefer cloth-wrapped cables over rubber-coated cables, as they're easier to thread for cable management. However, that's not enough to draw back from a keyboard that's now in my top 5, only beat by legendary units from the 1980s and early 1990s. Corsair pretty much nailed it with the K70 Pro TKL with zero compromises. If you're looking for a mid-priced keyboard, this is it.

The K70 PRO TKL is a wired, tenkeyless (TKL-no number pad), mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting. It has Corsair's premium MGX Hyperdrive pre-lubed magnetic switches with adjustable actuation points (you can adjust how far down you have to press the key to register the input). It's fully customizable using the Corsair iCue software, which is user friendly with how to tutorials. The more I used this keyboard, the more I liked it. It has a game mode, which optimizes settings for gaming, the polling rate default is 1000Hz (1 ms response time) and can be increased up to 8000Hz for an amazing 0.125 ms response time! The RGB lighting is fully customizable with layered lighting effects, zone lighting, and per key lighting. The text and symbols on the keycap's faces is translucent so the lighting shows through on the keycap faces. Keyboard functions are also per key customizable. The actuation point of the switches can be adjusted individually from .4mm to 3.6mm, and two actuation points can be set on a key. So, in gaming for example, set the actuation points for a shooting key at 1mm and 3mm, and as you depress the key you can fire off two shots instead of one. Great stuff! The keyboard has 2 foam sound dampening layers so it's about as quiet as possible and the keystrokes are light and smooth. The keyboard is compact, not bulky, but solid with two broad rubber cushioned feet to lift the back for a good angle. The switches are positioned on top of the base, not enclosed, so it adds a little to the lighting effects. A magnetic wrist pad and USB cable are included. I think Corsair got everything right about this keyboard. I couldn't find anything that I didn't like, and it has all the features I was looking for. With all the features and functionality this keyboard has, it's worth the premium price.

I find myself laughing at the absurdity of the level of detail this keyboard is capable of being tweaked to. It’s a keyboard, not a nuclear fusion device but you would never guess that from the amount of options available to tweak. Not that you have to change anything, but you could. Understand that I do not game for money, so the Pro features of this keyboard make me laugh more than they make me a better gamer. Reading through the user manual I would argue some of these are basically cheats and it makes me question why this level of customization is even allowed in gaming tournaments. Is it banned? It probably should be. After all, how fair would it be that this keyboard can have per-key actuation customized down to 0.1mm vs the other guy who is using the keyboard that came with his computer? This keyboard also supports a technology named Rapid Trigger, which in my gaming heyday is the equivalent of the Turbo switch on the NES Pro controller. Yes I am that old. Corsair claims the keyboard is good for up to 150 million keystrokes. In case you are wondering it would take the average officer worker working 8 hours a day on the keyboard about 51 years to hit that many keystrokes. Shockingly a professional gamer playing RTS or MOBA games is likely to hit that number in under 3 years. So perhaps pre-lubricated keys will make a difference to the wear and tear over time. Overall the look and feel of these keys is important if you are heading for the long-haul and I have to admit I love the feeling of typing on on this keyboard. A great many the other customizations are just geek eye candy. I was curious what Corsair considers “pro” about this keyboard and a few things stand out from the product technical specs. This keyboard has a report rate of 8,000 Hz compared with many of their other keyboards which have a report rate of 1,000 Hz. In case you are not aware, a higher number is better here as this value represents how often the keyboard is checking for new input. The weight of this keyboard is higher than the “not-Pro” models by a few grams. The final key difference I found is that this keyboard is using the Corsair MGX V2 which is a fancy term for a magnetic switch vs a mechanical switch. There’s an argument to be found online that magnetic switching is better suited for pro gamers where precise timing is crucial vs a mechanical switch which will feel more comfortable typing on but be less precise. Having spent a few weeks with both types of keyboards I do perceive a small difference in favor of gaming on this keyboard.

Corsair's K70 PRO TKL High-Performance is an excellent, highly programmable, ten-keyless gaming keyboard. Featuring per-key actuation customization allowing for rapid key presses and best of all programmable dual actuation. This feature allows you to set multiple key assignments on a single key, the example that Corsair gives is a slight key press makes your character walk, and a full press can make your character run. This takes advantage of both the key actuation where you set a secondary actuation point, and then you assign keystrokes to the two actuation points. These modes are then activated when you use the Game Mode button, this locks the Windows key (great for preventing accidental presses) and activates the actuation points and respective key assignments for those actuations. My only real complaint is Corsair's iCUE software, while it features extremely strong tools for customizing almost everything on your Corsair accessories, it is very unintuitive and annoying to use. It is very easy to end up messing up your assignment by just clicking in a space off the keyboard in the software, and you end up losing all the work that you just put in trying to customize your keyboard. I think some time needs to be put in by Corsair making sure that their software is more user friendly. I do appreciate that it is very powerful software allowing for near limitless customization of every key, light, and more of your keyboard I just wish it was more intuitive and easier to use without frustration. I would still highly recommend this keyboard to anyone looking for a highly customizable TKL gaming keyboard.

Great keyboard! I love gaming on this. It fits my hands great and it's well made

Very solid keyboard overall. The smallest actuation distance is 0.4mm which, while still very responsive, is relatively high compared to other brands such as Wooting that feature a 0.1mm actuation distance for a similar and sometimes lower price. The software feels a bit lacking, I was not able to find a way to translate the analog position of the keyboard to controller input like some other hall effect keyboard brands offer. It should be noted that NOT ALL OF THE SWITCHES ARE HALL EFFECT. The function row, arrow keys, and navigation keys (Insert, PageUp, Delete, etc.) are NOT hall effect but rather typical mechanical keys, which I wouldn’t expect on a keyboard from a brand of this size. The keys that are hall effect do seem incredibly responsive, and the “rapid trigger” is a game changer when it comes to quick, repeated actions on a single key, especially on competitive games such as Counter-Strike where each millisecond matters. Overall, it’s still a pretty solid keyboard but there are some areas where other brands can do it better at a lower price.

HE, or Hall Effect, keyboards are the latest and greatest keyboard technology specifically geared towards the eSports gamers. • Hall Effect switches are much different in operation. Rather than relying upon a the traditional physical open/close switch it relies upon a magnetic field which senses the location of the key press. • With iCue software you can fine tune the range of the keystroke for operation making it ideal for eSport games like Counter-Strike, Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League, etc. Strafe and fire actions seem to be quicker response since you can adjust the sensitivity of the switch. • The switches are pre-lubed making a smooth, precise operation and rapid trigger effect. Since the switch isn’t a physical contact which has to reset on the upstroke, with hall effect you can set the stroke range and there is no reset delay so each stroke is registered. Quick and precise! • Flashtap is another feature of the keyboard which allows you to set priority to keys in the event two keys are pressed simultaneously. • 8,000Hz polling insures that actions are transmitted to your computer extremely fast Other considerations… • I love the form factor and being TKL you gain the extra space for your mouse. • The multi-function knob and buttons allows quick switching between regular or gaming modes, cycle through RGB effects and the knob as a media control… twist for volume, push for pause/play. • iCue software allows control of most aspects of this keyboard, allowing you to get the most out of your experience. • It even comes with a magnetic wrist rest. I’ve tested a few higher priced keyboards that do not provide one. All of these features result in a class of its own competitive gaming keyboard.

The best feeling keyboard I've ever owned to both typing and gaming. IT manages to do both exceptionally well, something I've struggled to find in a keyboard before.