The Keyboard Battle: A Closer Look at Corsair K70 and Cherry MX Board 6.0

The keyboard battle has been heating up, and two new strong players have entered the game - the Corsair K70 and the Cherry MX Board 6.0. While both keyboards are on the same team, they have their own unique offerings that set them apart from each other.

One of the key differences between the two keyboards is their design. The Corsair K70 has a wrist rest, which provides additional comfort and support for long typing sessions. The keyboard also features multimedia controls with a metal scroll wheel that feels great to operate, and most of the controls have their own dedicated button for easy access. On the other hand, the Cherry MX Board 6.0 is a fairly standard-looking keyboard with an aluminum housing that's coated to prevent oily hands from ruining it. The keyboard also features a magnetic wrist rest that clicks in easily and feels very comfy.

In terms of performance, the Corsair K70 has enhanced easy access multimedia controls, but its functionality is mostly based on function keys outside of just brightness and a lock button. In contrast, the Cherry MX Board 6.0 features real key technology, also known as RK technology, which reduces lag within the keyboard from about 20 milliseconds for a key press to 1 millisecond. This technology uses a unique voltage to connect each pin directly to the controller, allowing the switch to be determined by the final total voltage.

However, the reviewer notes that they didn't personally notice a significant difference in performance between the two keyboards. They would like to do more testing with scientific equipment to see if there's any noticeable difference. The Cherry MX Board 6.0 is still considered a fast keyboard, but it may not be significantly faster than other options on the market.

Another key feature that sets the Cherry MX Board 6.0 apart from the Corsair K70 is its ability to work with Q software, which enables users to program each key with automated macros. This feature was not available in the K70 RGB model and comes at a significant price increase. Additionally, the Cherry MX Board 6.0 features six unique lighting effects built-in, as well as the ability to download lighting themes from Corsair's gaming.com website.

The keyboard also has a red back plate that enhances the quality of backlit keycaps, adding an extra layer of visual appeal to the device. In contrast, the Corsair K70 does not have this feature and relies on its own RGB lighting controller for color-changing effects.

In conclusion, the keyboard battle is ever-expanding, and both new keyboards offer unique features that set them apart from each other. The Corsair K70 excels in lighting control, while the Cherry MX Board 6.0 boasts real key technology that promises to reduce lag within the keyboard.

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have USB passrs they both have textured and contoured key caps for a few certain Keys although they're different ones the strafe leans more towards MOA uh they both have 100% anti- ghosting technology and they both have enhanced easy access multimedia control controls so what's different the k70 has a wrist rest the k70 is multimedia controls are amazing the volume control has a wonderful metal scroll wheel that feels great to operate and most of the controls have their own dedicated button for easy access the strafe is mostly based around a function key outside of just brightness and a lock button the k70 has an amazing aluminum construction and it looks great it adds a lot to the structural rigidity of the keyboard and the strafe does not have that it's mostly plas construction but is it all bad news no not at all the trfe has some really cool stuff the k70 doesn't have the hardware inside it in order to work with Q software which enables users to program each key with automated macros this comes from the k70 RGB but that has a huge price increase the other thing that it inherits from the RGB is an enhanced lighting controller lighting modes on the k70 were maybe a bit rather boring but the strafe has six unique lighting effects built in and the ability for the user to craft their own this also includes downloading lighting themes off the Corsair gaming.com website and it's not just a better lighting controller behind your keys is a red back plate which will enhance the quality of your back lighting effects pretty cool moving on we have the MX board 6.0 from Cherry this is a fairly standard looking keyboard the beautiful aluminum housing is coated so your oily hands won't ruin it which is great and the awesome Magnetic wrist rest Clicks in very easily is a great size and feels very comfy but outside of those things and some slightly shorter than normal key caps it looks fairly standard at first one technology that cherry put into this board and as of this point doesn't really seem too interested into giving to other people is their RK technology also known as real key the goal of real key is reducing the lag within the keyboard from about 20 milliseconds for a key press to 1 millisecond and a mechanical version of switch debouncing all of this is compared to the standard m scanning method what the hell am I talking about well every time that you press a key your keyboard has to figure out that you pressed it and which one it was The Matrix scanning method checks all the pins on your board with a specific current and then directs all of that using a bunch of diodes back to the controller which in takes the X and Y AIS and then it can figure out which one you press real key technology doesn't use diodes and connects everything together directly to the controller but this time a unique voltage is sent to each pin and the controller will use the final total voltage to determine which switch was pressed down this in theory is a huge Improvement and I think it's super cool don't get me wrong but I didn't personally really notice a difference I would like to do more testing here but that would require more scientific equipment than I currently have my hands on so maybe we can look into that in the future but it's not a huge very drastically noticeable change in conclusion the keyboard battle is ever expanding and two new strong players have entered the game they're both on the Cherry team but they have their own unique offerings one with fantastic liting control and the other is faster than ever which do you choose Mast drop has another one of their pretty killer deals going on today the Sennheiser urbanite XLS are currently available over there at a whopping $15 off the MSRP these do have a more base focused frequency respon so they're a bit of a new generation sound meat storied Sennheiser engineering type of product of course this product is available only through Mast drop at this significantly discounted price thanks to their group bu model especially uh essentially the more people that buy the more the price goes down to a set minimum with its minimum price being just under 30% below the MSRP for this product you can check out this drop and many more in the link in the description dr. PS Linus techtips so head over there now if you're interested that link doesn't give us any Kickback or anything but it does let them know that we sent you thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do at this point but if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like button or even consider supporting us directly using our Amazon affiliate code to shop at well Amazon buying a cool t-shirt that is not this one or with a direct monthly contribution through the community Forum which is hopefully getting an upgrade soon now that you're done all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click the little like button in the top right hand corner to check out the best tech showrooms in the freaking worldone line of tech tips video two keyboards is it a showdown no it's actually not but I'm going to highlight what these keyboards do differently from each other and what they do differently from the rest of the keyboards on the market treat that like button down there like the big red button that you see in a movie or video game and press it if you'd like to see a video on the r9390x freshbooks is the super simple invoicing solution that lets you get organized save time and get paid faster click now to try it for free let's start with the strafe from Corsair first off I need to check out these two videos from lonus if you haven't seen them yet there are his reviews on the Corsair k70 and the Corsair k70 RGB they're very important com for comparative reasons because the k70 is currently $110 on newegg.com and the MSRP of the strafe is also $110 that price could change but they're the same for now the k70 and the strafe both have cherrymx switches they both have USB passrs they both have textured and contoured key caps for a few certain Keys although they're different ones the strafe leans more towards MOA uh they both have 100% anti- ghosting technology and they both have enhanced easy access multimedia control controls so what's different the k70 has a wrist rest the k70 is multimedia controls are amazing the volume control has a wonderful metal scroll wheel that feels great to operate and most of the controls have their own dedicated button for easy access the strafe is mostly based around a function key outside of just brightness and a lock button the k70 has an amazing aluminum construction and it looks great it adds a lot to the structural rigidity of the keyboard and the strafe does not have that it's mostly plas construction but is it all bad news no not at all the trfe has some really cool stuff the k70 doesn't have the hardware inside it in order to work with Q software which enables users to program each key with automated macros this comes from the k70 RGB but that has a huge price increase the other thing that it inherits from the RGB is an enhanced lighting controller lighting modes on the k70 were maybe a bit rather boring but the strafe has six unique lighting effects built in and the ability for the user to craft their own this also includes downloading lighting themes off the Corsair gaming.com website and it's not just a better lighting controller behind your keys is a red back plate which will enhance the quality of your back lighting effects pretty cool moving on we have the MX board 6.0 from Cherry this is a fairly standard looking keyboard the beautiful aluminum housing is coated so your oily hands won't ruin it which is great and the awesome Magnetic wrist rest Clicks in very easily is a great size and feels very comfy but outside of those things and some slightly shorter than normal key caps it looks fairly standard at first one technology that cherry put into this board and as of this point doesn't really seem too interested into giving to other people is their RK technology also known as real key the goal of real key is reducing the lag within the keyboard from about 20 milliseconds for a key press to 1 millisecond and a mechanical version of switch debouncing all of this is compared to the standard m scanning method what the hell am I talking about well every time that you press a key your keyboard has to figure out that you pressed it and which one it was The Matrix scanning method checks all the pins on your board with a specific current and then directs all of that using a bunch of diodes back to the controller which in takes the X and Y AIS and then it can figure out which one you press real key technology doesn't use diodes and connects everything together directly to the controller but this time a unique voltage is sent to each pin and the controller will use the final total voltage to determine which switch was pressed down this in theory is a huge Improvement and I think it's super cool don't get me wrong but I didn't personally really notice a difference I would like to do more testing here but that would require more scientific equipment than I currently have my hands on so maybe we can look into that in the future but it's not a huge very drastically noticeable change in conclusion the keyboard battle is ever expanding and two new strong players have entered the game they're both on the Cherry team but they have their own unique offerings one with fantastic liting control and the other is faster than ever which do you choose Mast drop has another one of their pretty killer deals going on today the Sennheiser urbanite XLS are currently available over there at a whopping $15 off the MSRP these do have a more base focused frequency respon so they're a bit of a new generation sound meat storied Sennheiser engineering type of product of course this product is available only through Mast drop at this significantly discounted price thanks to their group bu model especially uh essentially the more people that buy the more the price goes down to a set minimum with its minimum price being just under 30% below the MSRP for this product you can check out this drop and many more in the link in the description dr. PS Linus techtips so head over there now if you're interested that link doesn't give us any Kickback or anything but it does let them know that we sent you thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do at this point but if it was awesome get subscribed hit the like button or even consider supporting us directly using our Amazon affiliate code to shop at well Amazon buying a cool t-shirt that is not this one or with a direct monthly contribution through the community Forum which is hopefully getting an upgrade soon now that you're done all that stuff you're probably wondering what to watch next so click the little like button in the top right hand corner to check out the best tech showrooms in the freaking world\n"