Audio/Peripherals Keyboard Reviews

Corsair K60 RGB Pro – A slightly different entry into the world of mechanical keyboards

Software

Corsair uses the iCUE software suite for all its devices. Here, as with many other providers, you can manage all connected devices and make various settings. When the K60 RGB Pro is selected a clear menu is displayed. First you can choose between the profiles in the upper left corner, create new ones and of course import and export.

In the area called Actions, which can be found under the profile selection, you can create macros and create all kinds of actions. From text input to automatic application launches and much more. These actions can also be added to a library and managed.

In the next section you can now set the lighting effects, choosing from a variety of well-known pre-programmed effects, or configure your own combination of effects.

Among the normal lighting settings there is also the menu item Hardware Lighting. Here you can set the effect that is active when iCUE is not running or the keyboard is connected to another PC.

In the last section you can make some interesting settings for the Win-Lock mode. Here you can deactivate some shortcuts that some gamblers like to accidentally press during a very intense session and then unintentionally get thrown out of their game.

Last but not least, one can click on the settings above and there adjust the query rate, the maximum illumination brightness and the layout. You can also check the firmware version here and update it if necessary.

Summary

The K60 RGB Pro is a good entry point into the world of mechanical keyboards, it has a simple but nice design, a good quality with high quality materials and no unnecessary overkill of features. But for me personally there is a little problem and that is the price. The K60 RGB Pro is not a bad keyboard per se for its price – no way – but the built-in Cherry Viola Switches were developed and brought to market by Cherry as cheaper entry-level switches. And for just under 140 Euro RRP I can find a whole lot of other mechanical keyboards that have the higher positioned Cherry MX switches built in.

But if one predicts the later street price to be approximately 120 euros, remembers the look and feel, then one can perhaps even live with the price point. So in the end it is again a question of aspiration, purse and of course brand affinity. All in all, the K60 RGB Pro really convinced me, just not quite as much in the UVP. I’m really curious to see if the price on the road will still adjust, because as long as Cherry himself calls the switches “High Precision Budget Switches”, it’s kind of like a Mercedes GLA with a 1.6 liter gasoline engine. You sit well, it smells just as much like a new car, only the image is a little lacking. Although many people probably don’t care about that anymore.

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