1:35. I don't think my girlfriend can handle all that excitement. I already impressed her too much with my Intel CPU and song and dance from Intel Gamer Days.
Right? you could build a GMMK pro for about the same price and theres lots of gasket mounted kits for around 100$. 180$ for a tray mount 60% with 3 pin hotswap is robbery.
I like 65% and TKL keyboards but for me 60% is just too cut down for me to use effectively. In addition I _never_ use a keyboard which needs software to use so for me this isnt really a keyboard I would use. I seem to be in a minority though as there are so many of these sorts of keyboards at the moment.
@@tuxshake It's crazy to me how Ducky and Varmilo fell behind in innovation and market disruption compared to the newer Keyboard brands (Akko and Keychron). They used to lead the market in pricing, build quality and features when keyboards PCBs were still for most part hand-soldered and there weren't any SMD PCBs. Imo Ducky and Varmilo is now more comparable to traditional gaming brands price-performance wise (ASUS, Razor, Corsair, etc). Good prebuilt package but for its price, not that special. Personally I think the Keychron V2 and upcoming V4 has completely disrupted the market. If your board isn't
I've been using a cheap 30 bucks 60% keyboard (ck61) for more than 2 years now. I bought it because it was the only model at the time with arrow keys without the need of key press combinations to use that didn't cost a fortune. Sometimes I wish to make a custom keyboard, but droping more than 200 on a peripheral doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
@@zaxmaxlax Depends on your set-up; there's some value in improving the feel of the object that you're going to be interacting/touching most of the time. I agree with you that beyond a certain price point (for me it's also $200), it hits diminishing returns and it simply isn't worth it. Imo if you're willing to mod (ie. lube, solder-in hotswap sockets or switches) onto that board, you can get the same feeling of a premium board.... But effort. Overall the entire space has been getting crunched from the top and below. Budget boards ($600 in the early 2010s, >$300 in the 2017s. But now? $100 gives the same feature-set, and more than ever before. Take for example, a Keychron V1 is just less than $100 MSRP pre-built and has all the functionality one can ever need. I find it frankly absurd how insanely competitive this market actually is; but then you have most brands never adjusting their MSRP or putting their own spin to things (eg. analog switches, different key-cap profiles etc) -- yet they're demanding more $$$ over the years. Like mate, your product is likely from the same factory, there's little difference.
Corsair really nails it with PSU's, cases and AIO's, but their keyboards leave a lot to be desired. Along with the fact that custom boards have never been easier, and they will look, sound and feel MUCH better than any pre-built.
Hot swapable! that is a win! might be worth swapping the keycaps for Steelseries Prism ones. I got the Corsari K60 MX low profile speed keyboard for about $180NZD. Its great, fast, responsive with gaming, typing takes a while to get used to & even then not the most ideal feel to it. Can't really replace the keycaps as they are also low profile like the MX speed switches. But worth looking into if you are just gaming!
8:29 Oh my god, every Computex I run up to keyboard manufacturers to tell them that I want to retire my Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro from 1999 and 2009 with an ergo split keyboard with switches. Nothing yet.
Hey I was wondering if you can us this keyboard wired so with the wire plugged in all the time? Or do you have to charge it and unplug it it can you keep it in if that made sense?
This is what I expect from a 40 USD keyboard except I don't need wireless and want optic switches. Right now on a rubber dome PS/2 keyboard which is great in the regard that the PS/2 communicates directly with the cpu, so no latencies really.
can someone tell me what illuminated wireless keyboard i can buy? i think there is no such thing as wireless illuminated keyboards only those 2 from logitech and this brand... i cant find another
Corsair in 2022 - still masive tax price for iCue support :/ like damn... i can buy a wireless / wired (working in both modes) 60% keyboard, with Gateron Yellow switches, for like 55% of that price :/ and i don't mean getting something wierd from AliExpress :( i really would like to get more Corsair products into the public with much better price, but hell they have to count in that iCue tax
I 100% left a reply to your comment right here about how iCue is windows only bloatware and about how E-waste this trash keyboard is. But the reply is gone. It has been removed.
Just by taking once glance at the keyboard and even the box. The answer is no. I see an outdated plastic %60 keyboard design with lowest bidder key caps, gamer fart RGB, and proprietary windows-only bloatware most likely required to access the keyboards configuration. 0/10 by any one of those metrics alone. With all of those sins stacks I'd give a -5/10 rating. Absolutely disgusting.
Let’s critique this keyboard. 8000hz polling is basically useless on cherry mx switches. I think that the wooting 60he is a way better board for the price. The keycaps are terrible, they look bad, sound bad and from my experience just get super oily. The stabalizers are still terrible sounding. Cherry mx switches are scratchy. 3 pin north facing hot swap is terrible because that means you need to use non cherry keycaps and will have to clip the legs of almost every switch you would put in here. It sounds pingy. Corsair icue is bloat that barely works and I’d rather use via. It’s still a tray mount keyboard so it’s not interesting like a gasket mount or gummy o ring or anything else you can get for this price. The bakeneko’s are $130, any keychron keyboard is cheaper, the Akko stuff is awesome. This is a $50 gk61x for $180 On a side note Akko and keychron have ergo mechanical keyboards for under $200 and in customs these are called Alice or arisu layouts. And 65% keyboards have delete and arrow keys. Overpriced crap
There are better KBs out there for a better price. Royal Kludge, Keychron, Ducky, Anne Pro, etc. to name a few. The best part, you don't have to deal with the crap iCue software. Lastly, a few of them allow swapping of switches (customization) which beats the pants out of anything Corsair can come up.
Think the reason bigger companies are still using Cherry (I personally like Cherry still) is because they are tried and proven. Big companies have to worry about RMA a lot more with such a mass inventory and Cherry is proven not to break easily.
1.08min scrEEEEEEEch to a halt. $180 fucking what. Nope. Dont need to see the rest mate unless its going to be the most amazing keyboard ever made with lifetime guarantee and it makes the tea.
Those features you talk about in the video like ̶f̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ and adjustable actuation point are just marketing stuff to fool people. Also it's not that the actuation is faster, they just have less travel. The only really interesting features that might actually be innovative are progressive switches that allow for a "joystick-like" kinda movement and the ability to press multiple times without having to reset the switch, so past the actuation point. Other than that, the keyboard is terrible and using the mx switches in 2022 is a fault, but not because they lack features, but because they are poorly made. There's plenty of alternatives and even cheap gateron switches are better than cherry's. Caps are also a major no in this keyboard, as shinethru caps are very low quality, compared to solid double shot or dyesub caps. The design is also meh, but that's because it's meant to attract gamers so I'll pass on that.
I asked a 17yrs old gamer to take this keyboard for free and he said he will use it for his workbench pc in the garage but not for his gaming pc. smh...
I have like many other reasons for why this keyboard is E-waste windows only bloatware garbage and none of those reasons include %60. If %60 layouts arn't enough for you that is fine. Just consider that there are some people that consider %65+ too many keys. %50 %40 and even %30 keyboard users also exist.
1:35. I don't think my girlfriend can handle all that excitement. I already impressed her too much with my Intel CPU and song and dance from Intel Gamer Days.
$180!? I bought a Unicomp New Model M made in the USA on brand new tooling for $104 shipped to me and it will probably survive a nuclear blast.
180 bucks for that keyboard is way too much
Right? you could build a GMMK pro for about the same price and theres lots of gasket mounted kits for around 100$. 180$ for a tray mount 60% with 3 pin hotswap is robbery.
Nah, the mini keyboard trend is so wierd. I use numpad alot, also have the F-Keys as binds for stuff in games. Would miss them so badly.
There are layouts that would cater to your needs that are still smaller than %100 keyboards. Like the layout that has numpad but not home row.
Aesthetic has completely hijacked the (enthousiast) pc Market for some years now..
These form factor keyboards are designed generally for fps based games
@@mikeymaiku that's why I drive a Volvo and play a druid. I like to be able to do everything, not just be good at one thing
check 1800 and southpaw layout
I like 65% and TKL keyboards but for me 60% is just too cut down for me to use effectively. In addition I _never_ use a keyboard which needs software to use so for me this isnt really a keyboard I would use. I seem to be in a minority though as there are so many of these sorts of keyboards at the moment.
"I never use a keyboard which needs software" : A wise comment :) I won’t trade my ducky for this keyboard.
@@tuxshake It's crazy to me how Ducky and Varmilo fell behind in innovation and market disruption compared to the newer Keyboard brands (Akko and Keychron). They used to lead the market in pricing, build quality and features when keyboards PCBs were still for most part hand-soldered and there weren't any SMD PCBs. Imo Ducky and Varmilo is now more comparable to traditional gaming brands price-performance wise (ASUS, Razor, Corsair, etc). Good prebuilt package but for its price, not that special.
Personally I think the Keychron V2 and upcoming V4 has completely disrupted the market. If your board isn't
I've been using a cheap 30 bucks 60% keyboard (ck61) for more than 2 years now. I bought it because it was the only model at the time with arrow keys without the need of key press combinations to use that didn't cost a fortune. Sometimes I wish to make a custom keyboard, but droping more than 200 on a peripheral doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
@@zaxmaxlax Depends on your set-up; there's some value in improving the feel of the object that you're going to be interacting/touching most of the time. I agree with you that beyond a certain price point (for me it's also $200), it hits diminishing returns and it simply isn't worth it. Imo if you're willing to mod (ie. lube, solder-in hotswap sockets or switches) onto that board, you can get the same feeling of a premium board.... But effort.
Overall the entire space has been getting crunched from the top and below. Budget boards ($600 in the early 2010s, >$300 in the 2017s. But now? $100 gives the same feature-set, and more than ever before. Take for example, a Keychron V1 is just less than $100 MSRP pre-built and has all the functionality one can ever need. I find it frankly absurd how insanely competitive this market actually is; but then you have most brands never adjusting their MSRP or putting their own spin to things (eg. analog switches, different key-cap profiles etc) -- yet they're demanding more $$$ over the years. Like mate, your product is likely from the same factory, there's little difference.
Corsair really nails it with PSU's, cases and AIO's, but their keyboards leave a lot to be desired. Along with the fact that custom boards have never been easier, and they will look, sound and feel MUCH better than any pre-built.
I’m guessing the lower light rgb is to save some battery
Review the Epomaker TH80 with Gateron Silver switches, please
just bought this and i am not impressed by the mx silvers... glad to see they can be replaced
Yo bri, try out the wooting 60HE! It's a massive hype
I think the gamer keeyb meta now is; hot swap switches, RGB, small form factor, and wireless capability.
Gasket mount with poly carbonate plate >>>>>
Yeah, but do your ICUE profiles and multi-layer RGB settings work in wireless mode, too or can you only just cycle through default RGB presets?
Impressive typing skills buddy! We need to run some apex pubs sometime!
Hot swapable! that is a win! might be worth swapping the keycaps for Steelseries Prism ones. I got the Corsari K60 MX low profile speed keyboard for about $180NZD. Its great, fast, responsive with gaming, typing takes a while to get used to & even then not the most ideal feel to it. Can't really replace the keycaps as they are also low profile like the MX speed switches. But worth looking into if you are just gaming!
If it uses cherry low profile you can use standard key caps
What are some similar keyboards with rock-solid buttons, unlike this?
8:29 Oh my god, every Computex I run up to keyboard manufacturers to tell them that I want to retire my Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro from 1999 and 2009 with an ergo split keyboard with switches. Nothing yet.
Lol me too. More ergo!
@@techyescity Yo, give me the Corsair rep's email and I'll lay it into him/her.
Can I type comments in the Tech YES City comments section with it?
If so, then it is a Tech YES Banger!
can we have a new CS Go potato PC video?
the original one brought me here and i stayed ever since.
Hey I was wondering if you can us this keyboard wired so with the wire plugged in all the time? Or do you have to charge it and unplug it it can you keep it in if that made sense?
This is what I expect from a 40 USD keyboard except I don't need wireless and want optic switches.
Right now on a rubber dome PS/2 keyboard which is great in the regard that the PS/2 communicates directly with the cpu, so no latencies really.
Which 2 or 3 ergonomic keyboards do you prefer?
Some simulation games I try have more buttons than my whole normal size keyboard and companies keep shrinking them even more 🤣
can someone tell me what illuminated wireless keyboard i can buy? i think there is no such thing as wireless illuminated keyboards only those 2 from logitech and this brand... i cant find another
How can i turn off the rgb without using icue?
Everyone ragged on this for $180. Well now it’s around $100 most places
Got mine for 70 bucks
Neat Keyboard. Corsair keyboard user here but i only use for Doom and Dota 2
Corsair in 2022 - still masive tax price for iCue support :/
like damn... i can buy a wireless / wired (working in both modes) 60% keyboard, with Gateron Yellow switches, for like 55% of that price :/
and i don't mean getting something wierd from AliExpress :(
i really would like to get more Corsair products into the public with much better price, but hell they have to count in that iCue tax
Yeah paying extra for half broken icue doesn't look good. I wonder if they finally fixed their CPU usage with their software
I 100% left a reply to your comment right here about how iCue is windows only bloatware and about how E-waste this trash keyboard is. But the reply is gone. It has been removed.
Just by taking once glance at the keyboard and even the box. The answer is no. I see an outdated plastic %60 keyboard design with lowest bidder key caps, gamer fart RGB, and proprietary windows-only bloatware most likely required to access the keyboards configuration. 0/10 by any one of those metrics alone. With all of those sins stacks I'd give a -5/10 rating. Absolutely disgusting.
$180!? GROSS.
Let’s critique this keyboard.
8000hz polling is basically useless on cherry mx switches. I think that the wooting 60he is a way better board for the price.
The keycaps are terrible, they look bad, sound bad and from my experience just get super oily. The stabalizers are still terrible sounding. Cherry mx switches are scratchy. 3 pin north facing hot swap is terrible because that means you need to use non cherry keycaps and will have to clip the legs of almost every switch you would put in here. It sounds pingy. Corsair icue is bloat that barely works and I’d rather use via.
It’s still a tray mount keyboard so it’s not interesting like a gasket mount or gummy o ring or anything else you can get for this price. The bakeneko’s are $130, any keychron keyboard is cheaper, the Akko stuff is awesome. This is a $50 gk61x for $180
On a side note Akko and keychron have ergo mechanical keyboards for under $200 and in customs these are called Alice or arisu layouts. And 65% keyboards have delete and arrow keys.
Overpriced crap
Corsiar I-cue really do be windows only bloatware
@@jokroast6912 ye
A $180 GK61, hilarious.
Price is completely outragous. These days that means everything when you can do the same job for less. Bling means nothing really.
This keyboard should be $79
nah its E-waste. worthless
I use a dell keyboard from a 8300 dimension desktop it has a ps2 connection
Think I'll stick to keychron lol
There are better KBs out there for a better price. Royal Kludge, Keychron, Ducky, Anne Pro, etc. to name a few. The best part, you don't have to deal with the crap iCue software. Lastly, a few of them allow swapping of switches (customization) which beats the pants out of anything Corsair can come up.
personally i can't go below 75%
Think the reason bigger companies are still using Cherry (I personally like Cherry still) is because they are tried and proven. Big companies have to worry about RMA a lot more with such a mass inventory and Cherry is proven not to break easily.
corsair pos brand. I also bought 2 keyboards and 2 mice but it is crap, gone in no time. Software (ICUE) sucks. It is total crap.
Brian Akko has a ergonomic (Alice layout) custom kit called the ACR Pro Alice its cheaper and runs circles around this corsair garbage.
1.08min scrEEEEEEEch to a halt. $180 fucking what. Nope. Dont need to see the rest mate unless its going to be the most amazing keyboard ever made with lifetime guarantee and it makes the tea.
Keyboard specs? Are you serious?
The problem is the same as always. Relatively mediocre gear with GaMeR!!!! Tax included.
icu is very resource Hungry
Windows only bloatware
probably not
$299 dollarydoos!
Nope
Those features you talk about in the video like ̶f̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ and adjustable actuation point are just marketing stuff to fool people. Also it's not that the actuation is faster, they just have less travel. The only really interesting features that might actually be innovative are progressive switches that allow for a "joystick-like" kinda movement and the ability to press multiple times without having to reset the switch, so past the actuation point.
Other than that, the keyboard is terrible and using the mx switches in 2022 is a fault, but not because they lack features, but because they are poorly made. There's plenty of alternatives and even cheap gateron switches are better than cherry's.
Caps are also a major no in this keyboard, as shinethru caps are very low quality, compared to solid double shot or dyesub caps.
The design is also meh, but that's because it's meant to attract gamers so I'll pass on that.
60 is the cancer of keyboard market.
coming from Fortnite kids who want to have the same setup as their favorite Pro
Its NOT the best 60% :D
I asked a 17yrs old gamer to take this keyboard for free and he said he will use it for his workbench pc in the garage but not for his gaming pc. smh...
can't fly in gta
no, cause it's 60%. BOOOOOOOO!
I have like many other reasons for why this keyboard is E-waste windows only bloatware garbage and none of those reasons include %60. If %60 layouts arn't enough for you that is fine. Just consider that there are some people that consider %65+ too many keys. %50 %40 and even %30 keyboard users also exist.