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their predecessors.
Key customization options
between these three keyboards as
you’d expect are about the same or
at least should be. I write should
be, only because both keyboards are
said to have 8MB of on-board
memory for storing profiles,
however the specification for the
Strafe is difficult to pin down. Made
more complicated by the fact that,
while I could still create and load
profiles for the Strafe via iCUE. I
can’t be sure where these profiles
were being stored (via profile on the
computer or actually using the 8MiB
said to be on the Keyboard). I rarely
if ever use more than two profiles
but I do recognize that there are
many others who rely on having a
large number of these available at
their disposal - independent of the
machine they are using. That aside I
won’t tell you that either of these
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keyboards will make you a better
gamer as they won't, but these two
keyboards are without a doubt better
than their original versions (You can
read the review of the original RGB
Strafe in issue 38).
Back to the keyboards and their
material qualities though, if one
examines the underside of both
K70 and Strafe. The Strafe shows
it’s more budget orientated focus
and fittingly as this is basically the
entry level or more budget oriented of
the two. Unlike the Strafe, K70 has a
cable routing system, similar to the
one you find on the K95 Platinum
RGB. You can route whichever cables
you desire here and typical use would
be headset cabling, or your game
controller. The Strafe doesn’t have
any of this so if you're particular
about about such things, look to the
K70. How valuable these little
differences are depends on your use
case and related peripherals of
course. Given that CORSAIR has
several wireless headsets, not having
this routing system isn’t a train
smash and certainly has no impact
on the value proposition of the Strafe.
Since we are looking at the bottom
half and underside of the keyboard,
it’s worth noting that as similar as
these two keyboards are. The palm
or wrist rest rather on the K70 is
clearly of a better quality. They are
both textured (helps prevent your
palms from slipping off) but the
plastic feels far cheaper on the
Strafe. These differences are not
only in feel but in how they attach to
the keyboard body as well.
The Plastic hooks on the K70 are
again similar to those used on the
K95 and even the rest itself is closer
to this one than the Strafe. There’s
no cable routing here (present on