Corsair - K70 MAX RGB Magnetic-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

I was in the same situation as you bought the 815 and sent it back after a week because the experience was all around horrible. I now bought the corsair K70 Max. I can't speak to longevity yet obviously and it's expensive, but everything about it is miles ahead of the G815. Way better software, better RGB, better keycaps. All in all the G815 felt very cheap/low quality by comparison.

+1, both [Wooting Two HE](https://wooting.io/wooting-two-he) and [Razer Huntsman V3 Pro](https://www.razer.com/gb-en/gaming-keyboards/razer-huntsman-v3-pro/) are solid recommendations for gaming-focused boards. Other modern high-end full-size gaming boards I'd recommend are the SteelSeries Apex Pro (as you know!) and Corsair K70 Max. If you wanted something more focused on the typing experience and aesthetics, [Nuphy](https://nuphy.com/collections/keyboards?filter.p.m.custom.size=96%25), [Keychron](https://www.keychron.com/collections/all-keyboards?sort_by=manual&filter.p.tag=96%25+Layout&filter.p.tag=100%25+Layout) and [iQunix](https://iqunix.store/collections/f97-series) do some lovely keyboards, though I'd say that their smaller (non-numpad) keyboards are probably more interesting than their full-size ones.

If you want to match in icue/match RGB, the K70 MAX and Nightsabre is what I recommend. But if you want properly good stuff, Keychron Q Max series and any of their mice. But RGB on those are worse.

>I would want something WITH ten key, macro keys, and volume control as well. As far as a mouse goes, I would want a couple extra buttons on the side, but nothing crazy like some MMO mice I've seen If you need dedicated macro KB keys, then the K100 is about the only choice. K95 Platinum XT models are getting scarce and you may prefer the standard bottom row and spacing on the K100. However, be aware any KB key can be assigned as a macro key, so all those Scroll Lock, Pause, num pad and right sided keys can be made to do the job with a click. That makes the K70 models like the MAX an additional choice. The Darkstar has the nice amount of useful side buttons that can be activated without requiring extreme finger precision. It also has tilt command options, so left, right, front, rear mouse tilts also can become macro triggers or other commands. The M65 Elite and Night*sabre* also have tilt commands that effectively become another set of side buttons.

Razer and corsair made some pretty good analog keyboard that can compete with wooting. To be precise the huntsman series especially v3 pro and the k70 max from corsair

That one has game specific presets,  right?  I used a Corsair at the demo booth for Deep Rock Galactic, and throwing a flare caused a flare of white light from around that key. Looked so cool.

They also had a massive keyboard display, where they had synced them up to display moving images across like, 16 of them.  I bet there's somewhere to get presets. 

I've spent like a week trying to mod my Corsair k70. It just needs so much work that it's not worth it. Switches are soldered, there's no dampening, there's weird connections to daughter boards for media keys and the bottom row is nonstandard. I finally just gave up and overpaid for a keychron..

Razer Cobra (wired), Zowie G-SR-SE, Corsair K70 Cobra is the Viper Mini just with a new name and I genuinely believe it is the greatest mouse of all time.

Thanks, I'm in the same boat, ended up grabbing a Corsair k70 and it's just so loud that I'm going to end up returning it.

Inhave the k70 prontkl and it's solid. I settled for the g50x plus for a mouse but have thoughts about finding a corsair equivalent for icue May try the nightsabre but idk

That's a bit of an exaggeration, I'd still recommend the vast majority of people at least ensure they've got a proper quality mechanical keyboard. I've gotten rid of a keyboard or two, not just because of the gaming performance, but because my regular typing was too fast for it. It was very annoying getting constant spelling errors due to latency or key conflict or whatever the reason was. $100 is probably the sweet spot for a good keyboard. I use a Corsair K70 I got off marketplace for $70 and it's been perfect.

For me, I like mechanical, 100% keyboard layout, media keys, low-profile, RGB. Corsair used to make K60 and K70 that fit the bill, but now only the K100 Air exists which meet those specs.

Corsair K70. No complaints.