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Corsair K70 RGB Pro
Klangtest.
Genuine Cherry MX in a gaming chassis, offered in four switches that sound meaningfully different from each other. Press play on each below.
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What a Corsair K70 RGB Pro
sounds like.
Each button plays a short phrase typed on that switch family, so you are comparing rhythm rather than a single tap. Play two in a row — that is where the difference actually shows up.
These are recordings of the switch family, not of this exact keyboard. That is the honest way to do it — the family is what dominates the sound, and switch options move between model years and regions. Check the listing before buying on the strength of a match here.
Was Sie hören
How it
tatsächlich klingt.
The K70's construction is the classic gaming layout: an exposed aluminium top plate with the switches sitting proud of it and no keycaps hiding the mechanism. That is bright by design — the plate is stiff and reflective, and there is nothing above the switch absorbing anything.
Against that background the four switch options separate cleanly. The Cherry MX Red is the standard smooth linear. The Speed Silver actuates at 1.2 mm instead of 2 mm, so keys register earlier and, in practice, people bottom out harder and faster — it sounds shallower and busier. The Brown adds a tactile knock. The Corsair OPX optical is the cleanest and glassiest of the four.
None of them is quiet. An exposed plate with no damping is the loudest way to mount a switch, and it is a deliberate aesthetic choice as much as an acoustic one.
Warum es so klingt
The build
hinter dem Geräusch.
Genuine Cherry MX or Corsair's own OPX optical switches on an exposed brushed aluminium top plate, with the switch bodies visible above it and RGB shining out from underneath. There is minimal internal damping — the exposed-plate design leaves very little room for it — and the keycaps are doubleshot PBT on the Pro models.
- Switches
- Cherry MX or Corsair OPX
- Plate
- Exposed brushed aluminium
- Damping
- Minimal
- Keycaps
- Doubleshot PBT
Which one to pick
Choosing
the switch.
Speed Silver is the option people most often misjudge. It is the same linear as a Red with the actuation point moved from 2 mm to 1.2 mm, which does not change the switch's sound directly — but it changes how you type on it, because keys register almost immediately and most people compensate by pressing harder. Expect it to sound busier than a Red, not quieter.
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by switch.
If you already know which switch you are choosing between, the switch pages go deeper than any single keyboard page can — the same recordings with Cherry's published specifications, what the mechanism is actually doing, and who each one suits.
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Gute Fragen
Corsair K70 RGB Pro
Fragen.
What is the difference between Cherry MX Red and Speed Silver?
The actuation point, and nothing else meaningful. Both are linear switches with no bump and no click; the Red registers at 2 mm and the Speed Silver at around 1.2 mm. The Silver is faster for gaming and much easier to trigger by accident while typing. On sound the difference is indirect — a shallower actuation point encourages harder, faster presses, so a Silver usually sounds busier than a Red.
Why do gaming keyboards sound so bright?
The exposed plate. Most gaming boards mount the switches on an aluminium top plate with the switch bodies visible above it, so the RGB shines out. That leaves nothing above the switch to absorb sound and puts a stiff, reflective metal surface right at the point of impact. It is a lighting decision with an acoustic consequence.
Does the Corsair K70 use real Cherry switches?
The Cherry-labelled versions do — Corsair is one of the larger genuine Cherry MX customers. Corsair also sells the same chassis with its own OPX optical and MLX mechanical switches, which are in-house designs rather than Cherry. Check which one the specific model you are looking at ships with, because both appear under the K70 name.
The audio on this page comes from community-recorded sound packs, used under the MIT-Lizenz. They are recordings of the switch family, not of a Corsair K70 RGB Pro specifically. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.