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with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an

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amazing choice for gamers and performance

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enthusiasts the corer K40 spec list has

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got some pretty good stuff going for it it's got a 16.8 million color

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customizable backlight with cycling and pulsing modes it's got n key rollover

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and anti- ghosting over USB which is no mean feet and it's six programmable G

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keys with three different layers of functionality can be configured through

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software or on the Fly using the Mr Button just press it select a g key type

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in your combo and press Mr again and on

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top of all that Corsair software which I just mentioned has gone from needs work

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to actually pretty good in the last few years and now we're at the point where

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changing the color scheme managing the profiles on the PC and the one saved to

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the keyboards on on board memory and programming the keys with alternate

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functions or macros is Legree and happens in real time without any weird

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Behavior the backlight configurator is especially fun to play with since it

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changes the colors and settings as you dink around with it but honestly I

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didn't find the backl itself to be that amazing sure you can set it to whatever

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color you want but it isn't super bright and like I mentioned in my Corsair RGB

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mechanical keyboard coverage at CES it's one one of those Lighting systems that

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is theoretically capable of 16.8 million colors but in reality you can only

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achieve a handful of distinct vibrant

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colors now the keys themselves are not as linear like an MX black or red but

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reminded me of Browns if Browns were spongier less tactile and generally more

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membran honestly it was a little weird going back to a rubber Dome keyboard

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since I've been using mechanical for so long I'm not used to needing to bottom

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out anymore so that was an adjustment um

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it didn't slow down my typing much which surprised me but my wrists are

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noticeably more tired having used it for about a week at work I'm not sure if

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that's directly related to the switches but it's an observation nonetheless the

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keyboard looks quite attractive like Corsair's other offerings but uses a

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matte black and silver plastic body instead of a metal body with a shiny

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Corsair logo the layout is solid I don't really have any complaints here and

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includes dedicated medium keys to go

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along with a dedicated Windows key lock as well as a brightness key that goes

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from off to a thir to 2/3 to full strength on the backlight but one

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problem with the layout that I actually didn't even notice when just looking at

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the keyboard is that I found the F keys are too close to the number Row for me

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it actually took me a couple days to figure out why I'd been mashing f11 and

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F12 all week when I was reaching for the backspace all right so it's competitive

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landscape time in this price range there's some generic stuff like the

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Gigabyte Ava gkk 8100 which I actually

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used for a while and kind of like it's not a terrible keyboard there's some

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unique stuff like the Razer death stalker with its lowprofile chicklet

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keys and some downright goofy stuff like that cooling fan for your left hand on

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the tte sports challenger but in my mind

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some of the biggest threats to the K40 actually come from Corsair's own lineup

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and from the fact that no matter what checkboxes it ticks on a product Matrix

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it is still a membrane keyboard and

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single color backlit mechanical keyboards like the quickfire Pro and

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Poseidon can be had for a mere $10 more

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I mean guys the keyboard is all right the feature set particularly the RGB

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backlighting is competitive if you like membrane Keys which some people do but

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while I can't complain about this product I guess if I had to complain

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about something I have a bit of an issue with the design philosophy here normally

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I wouldn't even mention this kind of thing in a review but kind of like the

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coach's son on a baseball team I've got to make an example of course there once

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in a while to prove I'm not favoring them for being a longtime sponsor the

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K40 feels like a very corporate driven skew from the ground up it is low risk

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it slots into a small Gap in the product stack between the k30 and k50 it likely

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improves profitability at that price point compared to the K65 Compact and it

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tis all the right boxes on the aord mentioned product Matrix against its

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competition but that's not supposed to be the Corsair way Corsair is supposed

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to be a bunch of enthusiasts who build the coolest thing they possibly can and

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then price it at whatever they need to to support their business and the K40

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just doesn't seem Enthusiast driven to me with that said I can't go too hard on

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them because they are innovating in the category metal finished keyboards

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weren't mainstream until Corsair did it and their new RGB backlit mechanical is

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a Quantum Leap past what everyone else is doing for backlit keyboards so maybe

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that's the problem I mean if it seems like I came into this review with a bit

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of a grumpy mindset that must be the underlying issue I'm sitting here

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waiting for the RGB mechanical and they send me this to review in the meantime

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honestly it's fine but you give a hungry dog a pat on the head and you might

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appreciate the pat on the head it might be an excellent pat on the head but he's

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still waiting for his bone give me my bone Corsair I cannot wait you are

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sitting over there on the most amazing keyboard I have ever seen and I want it

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now guys we should start like a chant in the comments demanding the Corsair RGB

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keyboard I know their PR guy watches these videos so you know yeah I'm on to

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you let's get it going anyway guys like

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want to discuss this product or if you have constructive criticism for me and

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