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keyboards the thing we as PC users hammer away at daily if you're in the market for new gaming keyboard or mechanical keyboard perhaps I would recommend you try a new switch from what you're normally used to because that is the only factor that is currently evolving and the never-ending race of finding the best gaming keyboard dot tech domains have recently crossed 100,000 registrations used by all types of brands startups and YouTube influencers and now you can get your own dog tech domain at just 399 for the first year with our discount code connects on get dog tech so the coursers k70 RGB rapid-fire brings a fantastic new switch the Cherry MX speed that quickly became my go-to keyboard for my own hammering and that is editing and script writing and of course gaming but man why do these keyboards have to be so expensive running from $170 to 130 with tkl and non RGB versions available now aside from the new switches nothing has changed with the k70 Corsairs formulas remain exactly the same with an aluminum frame media controls and at the top right corner with a volume wheel and the windows lock button beside a three step brightness button and a very nice feeling wrist rest that expands the profile of the keyboard but not by much and comfort wise it is very satisfying the extra wast key caps are textured and so is the space bar and I also appreciate the Corsair logo on the Escape key at the back is a USB pass-through which is highly appreciated beside it as a polling rate switch and at the very bottom we have height adjustment at the front and the back of the keyboard so this is all familiar the only thing that's changed is the font on the keys compared to the original k70 it's a little bit too wide for my taste but I think that's on purpose to let more light through the key cap if there's going to be one complaint here from me that would be the cable I dislike how thick it is especially since its position is slightly off-center on the left side and so trying to hide it or rout it cleanly in your setup is quite challenging but it comes with two USB ports and they are easily distinguishable when they plugged in behind their computer so now that we have all that out of the way let's focus our attention on the new MX speed switches the RGB variant comes in clear housing as with all MX RGB switches vibrancy and brightness is on point color accuracy is among the best but unfortunately as with all other RGB keyboards that I've tried white elimination is subpar compare this to the white mode with the Razer chrome ite or the Logitech G 810 and they all exhibit either a pinkish hue or something blue in there when next to the g6 10 which is actually has only white illumination you can see the K 70 here is a touch on the pink side plus there are some green reflections bouncing off the keys themselves effects wise we have plenty everything from rainbow to spiral to color shift to rain effects anything it want is here with smooth uniform transitions so now that quick overview is over how are the switches are they any good you might be asking and the answer is damn yes so the new MX speed is a light linear switch so there is no tactile bump and it also requires only 45 grams to actuate instead of the key traveling two millimeters for the actuation to register as with MX Reds switch actuation happens at one point two millimeters thus reducing the total distance traveled and this is awesome for two reasons one is once you're fully comfortable with the switch and how it behaves you don't have to bottom out the key because you can almost lightly tap on the keys for them to actuate because the distance is so low for them to travel this is awesome for typing the best keyboard for typing in my opinion as of now you know if you prefer the linear actuation and for gaming stuff I noticed that my hand after I csgo match wasn't as tired because I didn't have to apply as much pressure for the key to actuate and number two even if you bottomed out it takes less time and distance for the key to rebounds so that you can start to actuate the same switch faster I noticed this immediately with the spacebar I can continuously tap it much faster than any of my other keyboards and this is also very helpful with csgo by skipping the reload animation which felt really amazing and many users on previous MX switches would apply rubber ring dampers on the stem to reduce total travel distance when you bottomed out and I think that's one of the reasons why the MX speed will be an extremely popular gaming switch because I've noticed a serious improvement in my keyboard action that doesn't require me to press as hard and even if I bottomed out the key I can perform consecutive actions quicker and this is what the switches sound like and after I did the audio test I realized that the switches are actually quiet loud much louder than MX Reds and that could be because the switch itself it's outside of the housing like with the rest of the keyboards but anyway if you love linear switches you will definitely love the new MX speed and last thing to cover is the software which could be a little bit more intuitive but you really get a hang of it you can remap and assign macros to any key which is super awesome so creating macro commands for in-game or you know writing entire line through a single click of a button under the lighting tab we have effects and perky illumination with brightness control and I've created a few modes for my own use with different lighting on each mode so gaming editing and default and lastly in the performance tab you select what you want disabled when the lock is on and I never thought that this day would come but I am going to be retiring my Nova touch TTL with hybrid topper capacitive switches I love this keyboard but I love MX speed more it's literally a game changer I love the short actuation and combine this with a full package that the K 70 rapid-fire offers this is a damn good product and I concludes this review thank you so much for watching we'll see you in the next video