WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360 I've long believed that hardware can make you a better gamer, 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:07.080 but when it comes to 8,000 Hertz polling rate keyboards 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:11.520 and mice, I've been a bit dubious. So when Corsair decided to sponsor this video, 00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:14.720 so we could check out the K70 Pro TKL 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:18.000 with their version of Snapchat, I said, we'll give it a try. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.160 After we open the box, we've got our typical warranty guide, 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.240 we've got our safety and compliance information, 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:27.560 and then we've got the keyboard just right on top here. 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:30.880 Let's look at everything else first, because there's some stuff underneath. 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:35.000 It should come with, I think, a wrist rest. Yep, that's what this looks like. 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.160 Ooh, I like the paper packaging with the Corsair logo. 00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:43.040 I do really like the look of the logo here, but I kind of wish they'd maybe put it up here 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:47.560 instead of right in the center, because it is magnetized, by the way, 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:51.200 but one of the problems that might encounter is, if you go and you move over just a little bit, 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.280 you're gonna edge of your palm, just gonna touch it, it's not the worst, 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.440 it's totally fine, but Corsair, just move it. I like it, I like the style. 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:04.440 I like the rest of the wrist rest, to be honest. I like this design they've got going on, 00:01:04.440 --> 00:01:10.160 this little texture pattern that they have here. Feels nice, comfortable, squishy, just enough give. 00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:14.000 I'm not big on granite or wood wrist rest, personally. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:20.560 I like a nice foam one, they're nice and soft. There's only one other thing in here, and it is long. 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.600 It's probably about six feet, 5.5? No, it's more than 5.5. 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.880 All right, it's got the MGX Hyperdrive Magnetic Switches, 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:32.440 but then it's not all the Hyperdrive Magnetic Switches. 00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:35.560 The F keys are regular, so that's really cool. 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:40.880 With these being magnetic and Hall Effect, that means that we can change all of our actuation points. 00:01:40.880 --> 00:01:44.640 We've looked at this a lot in the past with other keyboards that have kind of done it first, 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:50.160 but especially with SnapTap becoming dominant in the FPS scene, it's gonna give you 00:01:50.160 --> 00:01:55.360 that kind of fine-tuned control. Let's say you want to action the key 00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:59.480 as soon as you basically press it. So Feather Touch, boom, it's down. 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.560 And then the nice thing is what it can also do is, basically once it's stopped going down, 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:08.400 the moment it lifts, it'll reset. So instead of having to go up all the way, 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.840 I can take my finger off this key just slightly and then push down into action again right away. 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:19.880 But while I'm a gamer, what I care more about is the look and the feel and the sound of my keyboard 00:02:19.880 --> 00:02:24.200 as I type on it and game on it and do everything in between. 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:26.400 So how does it actually, you know, it's really, 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:32.680 it's kind of better than I was expecting. I know that this is sponsored, but I mean, you guys will be able to hear it 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:37.260 and make your own judgment call here. But my biggest pet peeve on most keyboards 00:02:37.260 --> 00:02:39.760 is the stabilizers, particularly the spacebar. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.520 No rattle, or at least very little. I can't really make any out. 00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:49.680 Enter has got a little bit, just the teensiest shift as well. 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:54.760 But it's really, you know, the spacebar is usually, because you're touching the spacebar all the time, 00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.420 you know, every, between every word. And as for the sound, aside from, you know, 00:02:58.420 --> 00:02:59.920 checking out the stabilizers, 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:06.080 the rest of it sounds pretty decent. They've got two layers of sound dampening silicone, 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:11.320 which really helps with this version versus the previous ones that did not. 00:03:11.320 --> 00:03:15.640 I'm not gonna lie to you guys. It's not my favorite keyboard in terms of sound. 00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:20.360 It's not the most amazing sounding one, but the thing is, companies like Corsair, 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.280 their keyboards have come so far in the last few years. They've had to play catch up, 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.580 but they've kind of done it admirably. And I've got to say, 00:03:28.940 --> 00:03:34.020 this is like good enough for most people, especially when what you're really looking for 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:37.760 is that eight kilohertz polling rate and those hall effects switches. 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:41.480 It feels okay too. They're linear, they're pre-looped already, 00:03:41.480 --> 00:03:44.520 which has been so much better in the last year or two 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:49.760 when it comes to buying switches. I used to actually recommend against factory pre-loob 00:03:49.760 --> 00:03:53.600 because they didn't do a good job. Or if it was a good job, it'd be fine on some switches 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:57.760 and then really bad on others. So it's just kind of all over the place, but it feels like that's been fine tuned 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:01.840 over the last year or two. But that's all the hall effect switches. 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.680 How are the F keys? Cause those use another one. Those use their plasma switches. 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:07.480 And these are just regular linears. 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:13.360 Sure, they're fine. Also pre-looped from the factory. Keycaps are a double shot PBT, 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.600 although you can get the ABS version. We'll talk about price later, 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.800 but the ABS one is 10 bucks cheaper. In my humble opinion, 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:24.480 I think you should just get the PBT, spend the extra $10, but to each of their own. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.880 And then they've got their classic brushed aluminum finish. 00:04:27.880 --> 00:04:32.880 I'm not crazy about the brushed aluminum. You guys, please just stop brushing the aluminum. 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:36.360 Just make it aluminum. I do like the stamped Corsair logo here. 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:41.380 And then I like that they've got this included knob. It's hard to go wrong with a solid knob. 00:04:41.380 --> 00:04:44.440 Really satisfying tactile feel. 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:48.980 But then these two buttons are just buttons and they don't really spin or anything. 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:53.640 I'll have to plug it in and find out what exactly they do. But I wish they were just a tad more satisfying. 00:04:53.640 --> 00:04:58.840 I also really like the angle of the case and how the edges are nice and clean. 00:04:58.840 --> 00:05:04.520 It's just a plastic chassis on top underneath this kind of brushed aluminum top plate here. 00:05:04.520 --> 00:05:07.800 And they've got USB-C. And then on the back of the keyboard, 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:11.920 we've got this pretty cool, just Corsair logo in the middle for looks. 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:18.400 And then as per usual, when it comes to the big name brands and keyboards, 00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:22.400 they've got adjustable feet. Something else to note is that's a good, 00:05:23.640 --> 00:05:28.080 that's incredibly satisfying. They're also what feels to be a very durable, 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:32.640 nice rubber feel so that they're not gonna, it's not gonna slip very much. 00:05:32.640 --> 00:05:37.360 Like I'm really pushing on this thing here. In terms of durability though, it's pretty solid. 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:42.000 There's like really not a lot of flex at all. I'm actually surprised. I was expecting a bit more decently heavy, 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:46.840 but not too heavy. I kind of wish it was wireless, but then the weight would go up with the included battery. 00:05:46.840 --> 00:05:49.840 And one of the big benefits of going with a keyboard 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:53.760 like this is you can just go to a store and buy it. Like you can just walk in the best buy and buy one. 00:05:53.760 --> 00:05:57.880 You don't have to sign up for a group order. You don't have to order something online. 00:05:57.880 --> 00:06:00.880 Just walk in, hand the guy your credit card or cash 00:06:00.880 --> 00:06:05.120 and walk out with your brand new keyboard. But let's try it out, you know, properly. 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.080 We'll see some RGB. We'll try typing on it, where I have actual words to type 00:06:09.080 --> 00:06:13.480 instead of random gibberish. One moment, please. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, here we go. 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.920 108, 97%, that's not too bad. I've been slowed down a little bit 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:23.680 because I'm used to typing on Chicklet-style keyboards right now. I've been using my laptop quite a bit. 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:28.680 Also, I have a flat XDA low profile kind of set at home 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.640 that I've been really enjoying. And I really like this. 00:06:32.640 --> 00:06:35.880 The RGB is nice. It shines through really nicely, nice and bright, 00:06:35.880 --> 00:06:40.920 nice and colorful. I love the blue. I don't know if it's just because of the white 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:45.120 and gray and aluminum that it's kind of illuminating, 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:49.440 but I really like the tone of the RGB or the hue of the color. 00:06:49.440 --> 00:06:53.040 I will say Corsair IQ, it's great. 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.700 Is it kind of frustrating sometimes? Yes, but it works. 00:06:56.700 --> 00:07:01.320 It's pretty cool. You hit function, all the lights turn off except for like your FRO and Windows and FN. 00:07:01.320 --> 00:07:06.440 Let's open IQ. Check out some of the Hall Effect customization you can do 00:07:06.440 --> 00:07:13.320 because they say that you can go anywhere from 0.1 to four millimeters of actuation. 00:07:13.320 --> 00:07:16.840 And they've actually suggested that we go anywhere from 0.4 to 3.6. 00:07:16.840 --> 00:07:21.200 You could go as low or as high as you want, I guess, but somewhere in the middle is usually about right. 00:07:21.200 --> 00:07:25.520 The other thing is you can change that in 0.1 millimeter increments. 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:29.080 So let's open IQ and take a, ooh, lighting effects. 00:07:29.080 --> 00:07:33.320 New features exclusively for the Corsair K70 Pro RGB TKL 00:07:33.320 --> 00:07:37.040 keyboard. Okay, click on the control dial. 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.680 Rotate the control dial left and right to adjust brightness. 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.000 Let's turn it all the way, oh, that was fast. Okay, I'd like a few more steps, 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:48.280 but I guess you actually don't really need it, like four or five steps or whatever's here is good. 00:07:48.280 --> 00:07:54.240 That's honestly pretty sweet. Okay, what else? Press on to turn on the brightness, press again. 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:59.720 Oh, okay, and this just turns it on or off. That's great. The toggle turns the mode on, switch the toggle 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.920 to the right to activate horizontal scrolling. 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:07.640 Control dial colors are unique and indicate the current mode. Yellow stands for horizontal scrolling, for example. 00:08:07.640 --> 00:08:11.680 Oh, okay, let's see if this actually works. Let's open a page. 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:14.880 Oh, what? Okay, that's pretty cool. 00:08:14.880 --> 00:08:16.780 Okay, so if I hit FNF12, 00:08:17.960 --> 00:08:21.880 oh yeah, it's back to volume. So there's vertical scrolling, volume control, 00:08:21.880 --> 00:08:25.680 brightness control, horizontal scrolling, and zoom. You can turn zoom on. 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.040 And then you can turn all of these on or off. So say you just want to cycle 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:33.960 between vertical and horizontal scrolling. You don't set the volume with this. You've got like a GoXLR, I mean, they're dead now, 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.280 but you've got some other kind of media control system 00:08:37.280 --> 00:08:43.720 in place and you just want vertical horizontal scrolling. You turn those two on, FNF12, boom. 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:48.040 You swap between the two. That's really cool, actually. I'm gonna try the zoom mode. 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:49.960 What? 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.520 It's kind of features like that you don't tend to get with boutique boards. 00:08:56.520 --> 00:08:59.960 Yes, you all of a sudden have QMKVIA and you can do whatever you want, 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:03.360 but also I'm lazy and I just want to like tick a switch 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.700 in an app that tells me, hey, you've enabled this thing instead of setting up a bunch of macros 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:10.800 and doing it myself. Time to set up key actuations. 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:14.640 Customize the response speed for each one. You can start by adding a new actuation preset. 00:09:14.640 --> 00:09:19.120 Select the key you want. During the tutorial, please select the T key. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.120 Select the color you want to customize your color indicator. 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:27.280 Oh, that's neat. Primary actuation point can be customized from 0.1 to four millimeters. 00:09:27.280 --> 00:09:31.280 Use the slider or enter the exact value. What I do love though here 00:09:31.280 --> 00:09:35.360 is that they've got a little handy visualization for you. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.740 So let's say I want to set it to one. Now I see that it's gonna apply 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:42.600 when I'm about that far deep. And if I set it to four, it's further down. 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.800 So that's actually pretty cool. And then, oh, you can just use the slider. 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:49.800 Okay, cool. So we've got our reset point here and you can change that as well to whatever you want. 00:09:49.800 --> 00:09:53.800 Oh, it visualizes it and everything. That's right, because it's got flash tap, 00:09:53.800 --> 00:09:57.120 which is Corsair's version. So we can set it to just below there. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.520 So as long as I come above that point, it should reset, which is pretty cool. 00:10:00.520 --> 00:10:04.960 And then rapid trigger. Oh yeah, separate press, release sensitivity. 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.440 I'll be honest, you guys, this is the sort of thing 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:12.080 that me as a non-customizer kind of person is, 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:16.800 I don't know how much I'd sit here and tinker with. I think that I would probably unbox this keyboard, 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:21.980 hook it up to my computer and then use it. But for everyone who loves this sort of thing, 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:25.020 which there's a lot of you, they let you do just about whatever you want. 00:10:25.020 --> 00:10:28.340 So it's pretty good in that regard. What I need to do though, 00:10:28.340 --> 00:10:32.900 is make sure game mode is on. Because for some reason, game mode doesn't start on by default. 00:10:32.900 --> 00:10:38.000 Oh yeah, I can change my polling right now. 8,000 Hertz. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:42.700 Yeah, I mean, let's be real. 1,000 Hertz is good enough for the vast majority of people. 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:47.300 When we're talking about going from one millisecond to point one to five millisecond. 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:50.460 Yeah, that's way faster, 100%. Most of you aren't gonna really feel it. 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:53.740 However, if you're gaming and you're playing in FPS 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:57.360 and you need literally that half of a millisecond or less 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:01.160 to determine who's the winner. I mean, technically, that's gonna win. 00:11:01.160 --> 00:11:06.240 Let's see, activate win lock. Yes, brightness max. Yes, static color enforced. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.820 No, actually, you know, I will keep that on. I like it as a good visual indicator 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:15.920 to tell you, hey, you're in game mode now. I kind of wish game mode was just enabled by default. 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:20.300 It does lock out a few keys, like win lock and other macros that you might have. 00:11:20.300 --> 00:11:25.100 So I guess if you're gonna go from using macros and something to wanting to play FPS games, 00:11:25.100 --> 00:11:29.380 you'll wanna go to game mode. But without this on, I can't change the polling rate, I don't think. 00:11:29.380 --> 00:11:33.580 Oh yeah, I can. Hire a USB, okay, yeah, don't show this ever again. 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:37.900 I don't care if hire USB polling rates take more power, select anyway. 00:11:37.900 --> 00:11:41.740 One of the other cool things is how it's doing all of this processing to enable 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:46.540 8,000 Hertz polling rates and flash tap and all of that stuff without getting super confused 00:11:46.540 --> 00:11:50.020 is it's got an axon processor on board. Love to see it. 00:11:50.020 --> 00:11:54.540 Now we got a game on it. I have to actually try flash tap. Can't play Counter Strike as much as I'd like to 00:11:54.540 --> 00:12:00.820 because womp, womp, it's banned. If we try to use, you should be able to disable game mode 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:06.620 and play Counter Strike on this keyboard. However, I'm pretty sure if you go in with flash tap enabled, 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:10.620 you'll get a VAC ban or you'll at least get a warning. So just buyer or beware, be careful. 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:14.060 That's why they made it so obvious that like, yes, I am clearly in game mode. 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:17.180 Flash tap is enabled. You can jiggle peak guys. 00:12:17.180 --> 00:12:20.380 I wish I had the dynamic cursor that CS2 has. Wow, I suck. 00:12:20.380 --> 00:12:25.860 I haven't played in so long. Got that guy. And you know how I got that guy with flash tap. 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:28.940 If I didn't have flash tap, I wouldn't have killed him. That's not true at all. 00:12:28.940 --> 00:12:31.940 And the thing about having a keyboard and a mouse 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:35.380 that's just perfectly responsive with eight kilohertz, 00:12:35.380 --> 00:12:39.740 it's gonna do exactly what you want when you want. Is this the keyboard for me? 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:43.740 Do I wanna get back into competitive shooters? Not particularly. 00:12:43.780 --> 00:12:47.020 But is it absolutely a solid choice 00:12:47.020 --> 00:12:51.900 if you do wanna play competitive shooters or you just want like the next part of your IQ setup? 00:12:51.900 --> 00:12:55.620 I think it's a really solid option. It sounds pretty good. 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:58.900 It feels pretty good. I can jiggle peak. I mean, I could before, 00:12:58.900 --> 00:13:02.980 because I've played Counter Strike for like, I don't know, a couple thousand hours, no big deal. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:06.580 But if you don't have that capability 00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:09.920 and you're trying to just get into the scene now, this could give you that edge. 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:14.660 Is it gonna make you better gamer? Not exactly, but is it gonna make sure 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:17.940 that you've got the same edge that everyone else does? 00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:21.500 Yes, and it'll make sure that you can never blame the peripherals 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:25.780 for your poor gaming performance anymore. You can only blame yourself like me right now. 00:13:25.780 --> 00:13:32.220 If you wanna pick up the Corsair K70 Pro TKL, you can get it with ABS keycaps for 179.99. 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:38.500 But I really think that you should just spend that 10 extra bucks and pay 189.99 for the PPT keycaps 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:42.020 if this is the keyboard for you. I don't know if it's the right keyboard for me, but I'll tell you this much. 00:13:42.020 --> 00:13:46.980 It makes me wanna play shooters again. Thanks for watching this ShortCircuit. Thanks Corsair for sponsoring this video. 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:51.880 If you wanna check it out, we'll have links in the description below and make sure you stay tuned for the next one.