Corsair Vengeance K70 vs Razer BlackWidow Ultimate

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The K70 is a great keyboard, but it is plagued by LED issues. They tend to burn out after some time, anywhere from a month to a few months. A quick Google search will bring up many results on the issue.

Razer's BlackWidow keyboards are OK, but they are overpriced.

My recommendation is a Rosewill Apollo. It's a MaxKeyboard Nighthawk but with a better finish and palm rest.

claydster6

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I'm using the K70 and absolutely love it, I've been using it for a while now, it feels nice, works great, One of my friends use to use the blackwidow ultimate and he loved it (using the chroma or whatever now) Both will do great :p
 

dazkyl

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It is bigger than the blackwidow , right ?
 
I've been using a Blackwidow Ultimate for a while now and I love it. Very responsive, tactile keyboard, looks great, feels great, very tough, spilled on it, dropped it, etc. and still works like new. I loathe Razer mice (1 DOA, 2 stopped working within a few months), but this keyboard is awesome.
 

frag06

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The K70 is a great keyboard, but it is plagued by LED issues. They tend to burn out after some time, anywhere from a month to a few months. A quick Google search will bring up many results on the issue.

Razer's BlackWidow keyboards are OK, but they are overpriced.

My recommendation is a Rosewill Apollo. It's a MaxKeyboard Nighthawk but with a better finish and palm rest.
 
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Sekraan

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frag: the recent reports are that the LED issue has been fixed. Heard from a number of people who communicated with the company, and the much decreased frequency of mentions in recent reviews seems to corroborate this.

Even if the LEDs weren't working I'd prefer to use it as a LED-less keyboard. The functionality is that good, unless LEDs is a huge priority for you. Though even if they are, the LEDs aren't an issue anymore so go ahead and get it.