Tuesday, October 13th 2020
Corsair Announces K60 RGB Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
CORSAIR, a world leader in high-performance gaming peripherals and enthusiast components, today announced the launch of the new K60 RGB PRO, the first CORSAIR keyboard to feature CHERRY VIOLA keyswitches. Delivering an essential gaming experience without compromising on style or substance, the K60 RGB PRO is built with a durable aluminium frame, vibrant, per-key RGB backlighting, and new 100% German-made CHERRY VIOLA mechanical keyswitches, featuring smooth linear travel and reliable inputs to secure clutch victories when they matter most.
Equipped with new CHERRY VIOLA keyswitches, the K60 RGB PRO offers gamers the precision, feel, and reliability made possible by mechanical keyswitches. Created by CHERRY, the inventor of the mechanical keyswitch, the new VIOLA keyswitches utilize a patented self-cleaning V-Shape contact system and a two-stage, CrossLinear activation. The result is a smooth linear keypress and a satisfying fast reset ready to take on whatever your fingers can throw at it.
Topped by sturdy and stylish brushed aluminium, the K60 RGB PRO continues the CORSAIR legacy of streamlined looks and battle-tested durability. Vibrant dynamic per-key RGB backlighting, with custom keycaps for an enhanced underglow, illuminates your desktop in rich, customizable color. The K60 RGB PRO's full range of colors and RGB lighting effects are unlocked with CORSAIR iCUE software, synchronizing with all iCUE-compatible CORSAIR devices for spectacular system-wide displays. iCUE also offers in-depth personalization, such as key remaps and custom macro programming, to make K60 RGB PRO your own, while iCUE game integrations enable all iCUE compatible devices to dynamically react to in-game actions and events when playing select games.
The K60 RGB PRO also delivers a range of premium features that have long defined CORSAIR mechanical gaming keyboards. Full N-key rollover ensures that every keypress registers precisely as intended, and Windows Key Lock mode guarantees that you'll never interrupt your game at crucial moments. Convenient keyboard shortcuts control media playback, volume, and onboard lighting effects on-the-fly, keeping you focused and immersed.
Also set to join the K60 PRO lineup are the K60 PRO, which features the same CHERRY VIOLA keyswitches and single-color red LED backlighting, the K60 RGB PRO SE, which adds a premium magnetic detachable cushioned palm rest and wear-and-shine resistant PBT double-shot keycaps, and the K60 RGB PRO LOW PROFILE, which offers the lower 11.9 mm switch height and short actuation performance of CHERRY MX Low Profile RGB SPEED keyswitches. These three variants of the K60 PRO will launch in select regions and retailers over the coming months.
With an iconic brushed aluminium frame, 100% CHERRY mechanical keyswitches, and brilliant lighting, each K60 PRO keyboard is a stylish and strong choice to make you the key player in every game.
Equipped with new CHERRY VIOLA keyswitches, the K60 RGB PRO offers gamers the precision, feel, and reliability made possible by mechanical keyswitches. Created by CHERRY, the inventor of the mechanical keyswitch, the new VIOLA keyswitches utilize a patented self-cleaning V-Shape contact system and a two-stage, CrossLinear activation. The result is a smooth linear keypress and a satisfying fast reset ready to take on whatever your fingers can throw at it.
The K60 RGB PRO also delivers a range of premium features that have long defined CORSAIR mechanical gaming keyboards. Full N-key rollover ensures that every keypress registers precisely as intended, and Windows Key Lock mode guarantees that you'll never interrupt your game at crucial moments. Convenient keyboard shortcuts control media playback, volume, and onboard lighting effects on-the-fly, keeping you focused and immersed.
Also set to join the K60 PRO lineup are the K60 PRO, which features the same CHERRY VIOLA keyswitches and single-color red LED backlighting, the K60 RGB PRO SE, which adds a premium magnetic detachable cushioned palm rest and wear-and-shine resistant PBT double-shot keycaps, and the K60 RGB PRO LOW PROFILE, which offers the lower 11.9 mm switch height and short actuation performance of CHERRY MX Low Profile RGB SPEED keyswitches. These three variants of the K60 PRO will launch in select regions and retailers over the coming months.
With an iconic brushed aluminium frame, 100% CHERRY mechanical keyswitches, and brilliant lighting, each K60 PRO keyboard is a stylish and strong choice to make you the key player in every game.
16 Comments on Corsair Announces K60 RGB Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
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I wonder if there was a compatibility issue with the new switch. Despite the standard MX cross-stem, the exterior shape is different enough that the deep standard keycaps on the K100 might have clearance issues on the K60. It's the reason I can't use standard keycaps on my K70v2 low-profile, even excluding the non-standard bottom row.
I ended up backing Wooting and I have to say that I'm quite happy with the Wooting Two and the optical switches. The only Corsair keyboards I've ever really liked is the ones with the low-profile switches.
I guess that's the thing with keyboards, everyone has their own personal preference and some people don't seem to really care what they're typing on. My first love will always be Keytronic... :love:Aren't those PBT keycaps on the K100 though? I doubt they could make ABS keycaps in the same moulds.
At least both keyboards are using the same fonts for the keycaps, but even the number row has a different layout which is odd.
Wireless, mechanical, months worth of battery, AA replaceable batteries, but quality switches and construction unlike Logitech's junk. How come no company is releasing such a model? Closest we've got is Corsair's K63, and that one has a both a non removable battery and ridiculous battery life. :-(
Now I am thinking that any such a product with out 10 years offered warranty this worth 10 Euro retail as they do all no-name ones.
The other 67 people in my team all use them too, and they have no complaints...
Not saying they are the best KB's out there, as I know there are betters ones available (albeit more expensive too) but the batch we got have been a blessing to our productivity :)
be nice to see more true gaming keyboards, for example rumble option :P. like OMG RGB is a thing but rumble keyboard :P.
Typing on a Thinkpad equivalent board here and its god damn glorious, even for gaming. Short travel, tactile but not clicky, great resistance, mechanical, snappy feel... And very light typing. Its also great when you work with laptops in general, no awkwardness switching input devices during the day. I believe they also sell a wireless version of it. You also don't wake the rest of the house at night with key presses.
I'm never going back and I might buy another five to last me a lifetime. Maybe an optical switch once the jury is in on how they last long term... but good old mechanical has definitively gone byebye over here.