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when a large package from Corsair showed up on our doorstep unannounced our first thought was what kind of cookies did they get us this year are we sticking with Chips Ahoy did they upgrade us to Oreos dare I say Nutter Butter that would be a Christmas miracle but no what they sent us instead was far cooler ladies and gentlemen this is the k70 RGB se rapid fire now this is basically the same rapid-fire keyboard that launched last year but with a few aesthetic changes for one we have white key caps and a silver aluminum frame I have never seen this keyboard before my life until now I looked on Amazon and Newegg both in the US euro and Canadian websites and I did not find any trace of this exact model upon further inspection however I did notice that there was some Chinese writing right on the retail box which cues me in to believe that this is not available in any of those countries but rather way far east overseas in Asia so this is a fairly special product and since I've never given a proper review of the black k70 rapid fire that launched last year I figured I would take a closer look at this one right now does that work for you good I don't getting some angry there's nothing to be angry about alright let's crack this baby open let's see what she's made of terror manure whoo-wee oh oh that Nass I lock it in why I really do I think the white looks spectacular of course I like the black one just as good blacks just just equal their equal taking it out of the box but you've got a large braided K oh sorry hit the mic fair holy moly I'm all over the place put yourself together Kyle go home you're drunk get your plastic wrap I'll be free no now run well here she is lay it out spread eagle and all and holy moley these keycaps are sexy I believe these are double shots PBT thick walls thick walls man these are thicker than even the k95 RGB platinum which is Corsairs flagship model far more expensive than the equivalent k70 rapid fire in the US but yet these key caps are much sturdier that is legit ease the ledgers are nice and big very easy to read whether or not you like the actual font that they've used is gonna depend largely on your personal tastes I don't mind it I do wish however that they hadn't sandwiched or squeezed in the special characters into the same row as their primary characters I'd rather see them utilize the empty space on the key cap for those symbols like they do with the k95 RGB platinum I think it just looks a little bit cleaner less cluttered and a bit more legible as well but of course this is a minor gripe the other benefit to having large Ledger's is that you allow a lot of backlight to bleed through and of course we have perky RGB lighting across the entire board which is fantastic that's all configurable within the cue software along with any macros or key reassignments that you can possibly imagine the cue software has gotten a lot better over the years there's still some quirks to it but it's definitely a lot more intuitive than it used to be when it first came out well let's not detract from the real star of the show that would be a dick move of course I'm talking about the genuine Cherry MX speed switches with a linear travel 45 gram actuation force and one point two millimeter actuation point which means that you only have to depress the key one point two millimeters before it registers a keystroke that last spec in particular is what makes these switches the fastest ones available on the market the only ones that could match it as far as I know are the Razer yellow switches which also have the same one point two millimeter actuation point now most of the other popular mechanical switches out there have an actuation point of around two millimeters which may take a fraction of a second longer to register than the switches we have here but when you're in the grips of an intense firefight a few milliseconds could mean the difference between life or death which is why a lot of gamers gravitate towards these MX speed switches for that slight but sometimes significant competitive edge other bells and whistles on the rapid-fire include 100% anti-ghosting and full NP rollover so you can literally mash down on every single key at once and every keystroke will be successfully registered without a hitch we got a lot going on in the top right corner of the keyboard including a four step LED brightness button you can go off low medium or high next to that is your Windows key lock button so you don't accidentally bring yourself out of game we have some LED indicators for things like caps lock num lock and your multimedia keys with a very nice solid failing volume scroll wheel moving on to the back here we get a USB 2.0 pass-through port I think it's about time that we see USB 3 on a future revision keyboard from Corsair just sayin and then we also have a polling rate switch so you can choose between 1 2 4 and 8 milliseconds for your polling rate if you switch it to the far right that enables BIOS compatibility mode so you can ensure this keyboard will work within the UEFI here we get a super thick braided cable that looks to be about 6 or 7 feet that terminates the 2 USB type a ports one for your keyboard the other for that USB 2.0 pass-through moving on to the bottom yes we have what looks to be four small rubber feet so you don't slip and slide around while you're typing and four fold-out feet if you wanted to put this guy on an incline just to elevate it a little bit makes it a bit more ergonomic for some folks when typing however these fold-out feet do not have any rubber feet ease on them there are no rubber boots so this is gonna be sliding around like crazy unless you fold these feet in work that's kind of a shame because I do like that implant but that's purnam what should I think we covered all that really quickly super efficient this review as far as pricing as I mentioned before I don't know how much this costs in China or wherever the hell they sell it all I know is that it retails for a hundred and twenty bucks on Amazon currently here in the United States the picture on Amazon also reminded me that the US version comes with the wrist rest whereas this one does not I mean how spoiled are we you give an American 120 dollar keyboard what's his response but my whisper with her when you wish brassware anyway cool keyboard honestly it puts a pretty sweet spin on an already great product so I'm 100% for it additionally I'll say if you're planning to use a keyboard with white key caps just be aware that you're gonna get it dirty real quick at the same time using a keyboard like this one in a country where you're technically not supposed to anda makes it all worth it but that's all I got for now guys so if you enjoyed this video feel free to toss me a look before you go it helps me a lot and also subscribe to the channel for more tech stuff coming at you really soon additionally if you'd like to see videos like this up to a week early 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