Corsair’s K70 mechanical gaming keyboard has finally evolved. The K70 MK.2 takes the well-known - and well-loved - classic from Corsair and moves components around like a painting by Picasso. But has it all been worth it? No, not really.

It’s no secret that we love the Corsair K70 at PCGamesN. The usual clatter of keyboards all day every day is made up of a choir of K70 keyboards, all bought and paid for. Its robust aluminium design, fantastic scroll wheel, and stellar RGB lighting has been an obvious standard bearer for the many keyboards we’ve had in the office since it first launched back in 2013.

Corsair still holds onto the top spot in our roundup, but for how long?
The K70 has been through many iterations over the years, too. There’s the LUX, with new bold keycaps; the logo changed from a sail to a strange lower back tattoo and then back to the sail design Corsair brandishes today; and the brought with it new speedy key switches. Yet, this is the only time Corsair has seen fit to change the nomenclature, stitch a two on the end, and proclaim this to be the true second generation of its crown jewel: the Corsair K70 MK.2.

Sadly, what you get from the second generation is little more than what was introduced with the few iterations of the K70 prior, which strangely weren’t worthy of the significant and coveted title of MK.2. So let’s take a look at what’s new, and what all this fuss is supposed to be about.