Corsair Unleashes Black K70 Gaming Keyboard With Cherry MX Blue, Brown Switches
Corsair's black Vengeance K70 mechanical keyboard is now available with Cherry MX Blue and Brown switches.
The Corsair Vengeance K70 mechanical gaming keyboards have been on the market for a while now, but they were only available in a limited selection of colors. For those of you who wanted Cherry MX Red switches, you could choose from all three colors, but for Cherry MX Blue and Cherry MX Brown switches, you couldn't opt for the anodized black version of the K70 keyboard; it only came with Cherry MX Red switches.
Now though, Corsair has announced that it will be bringing this version of the keyboard to the market with Cherry MX Blue and Brown switches. Availability is set for sometime this month, with pricing set at $129.99.
In order to reduce costs, Corsair looked into non-Cherry branded switches. Cherry's patent on mechanical switches has expired; therefore, many manufacturers are making their own switches or using third party switches. Despite that, Corsair came to the conclusion that it was best to stick to the original Cherry MX switches.
"We re-evaluated all of the available key switches on the market including new clones of the Cherry MX," said Jason Christian, product manager for gaming keyboards and mice at Corsair. "None could match the consistent performance and reliability across the keyboards like the original German Cherry MX switches."

The K60 was not fully mechanical, the F-Keys, and System keys were dome. The
K70 IS fully mechanical, function keys and all. I have a gunmetal K70 with MX browns, works great, backlights are all working fine, and it has a 2-year warranty. I bought it to replace my Rosewill RK9000 that broke after a year.
Cherry MX Brown switches provide fast and precise actuation for fast, competitive play. There’s light tactile feedback for comfortable typing, but no audible click that might be a distraction. http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengeance-k70-fully-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-cherry-mx-brown