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- Cherry MX Red Mechanical, key switches
- 18 dedicated, customizable macro keys
- Full Key Matrix Anti-Ghosting
- 20 Key Roll-over (20KRO) on USB
- Professional grade brushed aluminum chassis with laser etched, backlit keys
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The Vengeance K90 Gaming Keyboard: Designed for performance gaming
Cherry MX Red mechanical key switches
Cherry MX Red key switches are the best of the best — they provide the sensitivity and low operating force that professional gamers love. Reaction times are ultra-fast and responsive for quicker double and triple taps. The action is predictable and linear unlike lesser gaming keyboards that have a tactile bump or the annoying click of a typist’s keyboard.
18 dedicated, customizable G-Keys
Easily access to your most frequently used macros, presets and key combinations even during the most intense action. You can record up to 54 programmable functions accessible from three separate banks, ideal for grouping macros by function, or access. Macros can be created on-the-fly, customized, and activated with a single keystroke.
Full key matrix anti-ghosting
Our expertly designed anti-ghosting technology provides flawless control even when you're pressing multiple keys at once. The K90 has individual switches with dedicated diodes for each switch so every key press results in an input and is 100% ghost free without tradeoff or compromise.
20-key rollover (20KRO) on USB
Typical USB gaming keyboards are limited to the USB standard six-key rollover. The K90 features increased performance with a 20-key rollover implementation on USB at a blazing fast 1ms (1000 reports per second) reporting rate.
Professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis with laser etched keys
The rugged aluminum chassis provides increased durability and stability compared those that are primarily plastic. The stiff suspension chassis and the laser etched keys are made for durability so they won't degrade over time. And the K90 has over 90 LEDs that provide outstanding illumination even in dim light.
Vengeance Gaming Keyboard Software
Create up to 50 profiles and share, import and export macros with the Vengeance keyboard gaming software. It's a free download at corsair.com.
On-board memory lets you take it with you
36Kb of memory built into the K90 lets you take your customizations and profiles with you and use them on any system.
Easy access multimedia controls
Control all of your music with the easy access media controls.
USB pass-through
A USB port on the back of the Vengeance K90 gaming keyboard makes connecting your mouse or other USB devices a simple task.
Soft-touch wrist rest
The soft-touch wrist rest helps you play for hours without fatigue.
Corsair Vengeance: Designed for performance gaming
The gear that brings your gaming to the highest performance
Incredible responsiveness. Precise accuracy. Customizable, reliable controls. Intelligent design. The smallest details and the highly crafted refinements that make all the difference. Vengeance gaming peripherals aren't typical gaming devices, but elite mice, keyboards and headsets that allow you to perform at your highest level. Brought to you by Corsair — people enthusiastic about performance gaming.
The Corsair Advantage
With a long history of building enthusiast-grade memory and components, we've earned a reputation for quality, compatibility, and performance. Need help? We're available by phone call, email or web forum.
Compatibility
- PC with high power USB 2.0 port (+500mA)
- Windows 7, Windows Vista , or Windows XP
- Internet connection (for SW driver installation)
- At least 35MB of hard disk space
- Two USB connectors are required for USB pass-through
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Customer Reviews
Put simply - the K90 is an extremely good board! Firstly, ignore all the complete crap you may have read about the 'not all mechanical' switches destroying this board and not making it worth buying - ultimately 99.9% of your keystrokes will be on mechanical, ie - the keys that matter are mechanical. The only change Corsair could have made to improve it would be to make the Insert--Page Down key block mechanical, however in the bigger picture, this is a fairly insignificant downside for the K90.
================ What is good about the K90? ==================
- Build quality is top notch. Strong, hard wearing, very thick cable with solid fitting (you could probably tow a car with it). The keys are raised, which makes them very accessible for cleaning etc.
- Wrist rest is fantastic - soft to touch, hard wearing and rigid. (Coming from someone who doesn't like wrist rests, this is a massive bonus point to the K90)
- The backlighting is good - bright, customisable and permeates well through the majority of keycaps.
- The mechanical Cherry MX Red's take a little bit of getting use to, but they are relatively quiet (in comparison to other Cherry MX's) and are a dream to type on and game with. I can already see myself never going back to rubber dome again.
- Features!!!! Multimedia keys are simple but are all you need, the volume slider is ace. Anti-ghosting means no 'keyboard's fault' excuses when hardcore gaming, the macro keys / record feature is VERY easy to use and change on the fly.
=============== What is bad about the K90? ====================
- OK, so although the MX Red's are quieter compared to other mechanical switches, the K90 is still a comparatively noisy keyboard - purely due to the keys bottoming out on a brushed aluminium underplate. Just check out a youtube of someone typing on the K90 to hear for yourself, but ultimately it is no noisier than any other mechanical board and is far quieter than the Cherry MX blue boards like the Razer Black Widow etc.
- The backlighting does not permeate as well through certain keycaps (in particular the number 1-9, and F Function keys) however this may be a design choice by Corsair, as it basically just highlights the Qwerty keyblock, + numpad more than the rest of the board.
- The keycaps are in a matte finish. Personally I absolutely love this, as it makes the caps look amazing, and feel great to touch. However some may see this as a drawback, as any 'matte' peripheral owner will know, matte is hard to keep clean as it is fairly unforgiving - showing up any minor blemishes / marks / food / grease.
============ Conclusion ===========
Overall the K90 gets *5 Stars, for extremely good build quality, design, features, Cherry MX Red's, and overall value for money compared to other gaming mechanical boards. Forget about the minor drawbacks, the K90 is a top notch board and you will be hard pushed to find a better mechanical gaming keyboard out there right now that matches the K90's specs.
I am not going to go into a detailed review as the other review nails it.
What i will say is the build quality, responsiveness, overall design, features and keystroke accuracy of this keyboard are very obviously superior to anything else on the market. I replaced a 6month old Razer keyboard that i could not tolerate any longer and honestly... its like comparing a Bentley (K90) to a Fiat (Razer) in every way.
Well done Corsair for building an absolutely cutting edge product on your first attempt and for making it superior to the competition in every way.
Razer, Logitech, Microsoft and the rest really have to up their game in terms of design and build quality to get anywhere near this awesome product. It makes me realise how much profit Razer, Logitech etc have been making by charging us over a hundred quid for a so-called top of the range keyboard that is made of shoddy plastic components.
The K90 is the game changer that oozes quality in every aspect of its design.. It is a must buy for gamers.
The good:
Red cherry keys feel fantastic, as good for FPS as MMO. Play a round of BF3 and they are responsive; the low actuation force makes them a pleasure to hit, and pressing shift or caps with your pinky is easier than with a membrane board. No issues with it registering a number of simultaneous key presses.
Keys are just as nice to type on, satisfyingly clunky without the annoying patter of blue cherry keys.
Key lighting looks really smart and is effective.
Keys have a tactile rubbery finish which grip your fingertips and don't mark as badly as glossy finishes.
Quality. I feel that the complete package justifies the price, which cannot be said of some other alternatives.
Why not 5 stars?
To be the perfect keyboard, the wrist wrest would be deeper. It's nice enough and robust but doesn't offer much support. Although I haven't found this to be an issue it might become one if you intend to do a lot of typing. Its detachable so a third party support would fix this.
Other point - Requires 2 USB sockets.
Straight out of the box this keyboard is class, from the brushed aluminium chassis to the finish on the keys... Read more
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