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@Daniel Lee It undermines the writers message, and the word choice is bland. Grammarly's cutting-edge technology helps you craft compelling, understandable writing, and makes an impact on your reader. Much better. Yes, I did copy that straight from a grammarly ad.
I would actually enjoy gaming keyboards to be modded and made as good as customs more than custom ones themselves. Because software, wireless, latency and RGB integration is still straight up better on them, if they felt the same they would be the better boards
I actually modded a gaming board. (Armageddon smk-9r). Replaced the switches with outemu purples and lubed them with krytox 205g0. Then replaced the keycaps with gmk darlings. Now it's poppy as hell
Software in terms of keymappings is straight up worse, USB latency (poll rate) of most top gaming boards are 1000Hz (I'm pretty sure this is limited by USB protocol), which QMK can be configured to with #define USB_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS 1, and picking up multiple keypresses in the same 1ms interval with #define QMK_KEYS_PER_SCAN.
I agree with everything except for the software part, as a lot of them are kinda bloatware-ish. QMK is meh, but Via and Vial are imo better than almost all OEM software.
As a guy who's still using his Corsair Vengeance K95 (Not even RGB, even before the one you're working on) I am mighty impressed by this video. I love my keyboard and don't really want to throw it away just yet. I might do some restoration like you are doing ;)
I have a Corsair k75 rgb mk2 and it has a lot of issues: spring ping issue, rattley space bar etc… but it is a brill keyboard with the software it’s amazing
K70 was my first ever mechanical keyboard. I recently bought a Wooting and took the K70 to work. I am 100% going to do this to my board soon. It sounds so much better.
I'm glad to see one of these keyboards restored, I used to use a k70 until i ago a k95 just cuz the macros, wasn't even that long ago, maybe two years. good times.
Me over here still using my K70 LUX RGB from 2017 with MX Browns. I had two keys completely break within a couple days last week, so I got cheap white double shot PBT pudding keycaps from Amazon and am loving it. If someone were to want to buy it though, a barebones full-size GMMK, Gateron SMD Yellows, and GPBT keycaps sounds kinda nice..
My K70 with the MX speed switches is old crusty and survived so many liquids, they are sorta a beast. The LEDs are mostly gone at this point but the switches are broken in and much smoother than stock. Kind of odd but I used to think it scratchy but have no decent solder sucker so I went with it and they smoothed out over the years. I may reclaim them after I do take it apart some day. I bet they would glide like butter after a cleaning and lube.
Can you drop 99% percent solution of isopropyl alcohol in the broken switches and let it dry but please don't use 70% percent solution because it will corrode I hope that help Edit: Press the switches after dropping the alcohol to spread out the alcohol
I did the same recently to my old quickfire rapid but instead of lubing the ultra scratchy mx blacks i replaced them with akko cs rose reds lubed with 205g0. The keyboard is amazing now
This is by far the most relatable piece of keyboard content I have ever seen. I actually stuffed mine full of paper towel and put vaseline into my stabs. It sounds pretty good tbh.
Thanks so much man! I just refurbed my OG blue-light Razer Blackwidow Ultimate with lubed SP Star magic girl + tape mod and it turned out fkn amazing - - but made my corsair feel like ass by comparison, so here I am thinking of doing silent zeals and you completely set me up for success. Greatly appreciated.
Love your videos Squashy, just got into the keyboard scene a few weeks ago and am waiting for my GK96S to come in now. You are the funniest keyboard content creator I have found, keep the great videos coming!
I'd like to mention that at the beginning of this video you show the MkII version of the K70 and do a tear down of the MK1 version. There are quite a few differences between the two.
That sounds very suspect and is incongruent with his story of buying 1 kb and upgrading it. Not buying 2 kbs and pretending like it's all just one kb. ?!
i really am confused as to why people disliked this video there was nothing offensive he was funny and smart with his jokes theres nothing un likeable about this video
I got my first mechanical keyboard like 3days ago. A gift from my aunt. it is the redragon k552. I was really happy until I pressed it and..... FKING ITS THE BLUE SWITCH ONE. Its still pretty good but I'm definitely gonna change it to otemu red that it supports. the redragon k552 is also a pretty popular keyboard so maybe try to do a video on that??
outemu reds are alright but pretty scratchy even when lubed. if you can, go for akko cs switches, outemu ice switches or gazzew boba switches. unless you like the sound of outemus reds which is fine ig
I didn't know they ever made the RGB versions with the tramp stamp logo. I had the K65 RGB with reds back in the day... I remember it fondly, other than the twangy, echo chamber that was the case.
Man, I still can't believe I'm doing the same thing with my keyboard which is Royal Kludge G87. So, he use one of those Hakko desolder tool meanwhile it took me 2 separate nights to desolder all 87 brown switches using soldering tool and a solder sucker.... Old school indeed.
I actually have one of the first Corsair Vengeance K70s, released back in I think 2012? The box says Vengeance K70, but I guess Corsair rebranded it later and simply called it the K70 Lux? I'm not sure, finding information on this specific iteration of the K70 is quite hard since Corsair has made so many revisions to it over the years. It has no RGB, just red north-facing LEDs, and no hot-swappable switches. However it did come with some nice Cherry MX Reds. At the time, I think I spent about $200 on this keyboard. I've been using it for about 10 years. I am actually typing this message on it right now. At some point, when the stock keycaps started to get super shiny, I decided to swap them out for a random set of doubleshot PBT keycaps I found on eBay. With how long it has been, the keyboard sounds HORRIBLE. Lots of scratchiness on the switches, and also the stabilizers are horrible. Recently, I had decided to look into DIY custom keyboards and figured I was due for replacing this one. I figured I could just dismantle this one, desolder all the switches, lube them, and maybe even replace the stabilizers with something better all together. However, the work for that would have been insane and I just really wanted something different. I decided to get a Keychron K8 Pro, along with a nice set of MT3 keycaps. When I get that put together, I will most likely mod out my original K70. Despite taking so much work to mod, I think it would be worth it. It is still a 100% functional keyboard, the only real issue with it is the volume knob, which I have accidentally damaged through the various times I have taken apart the keyboard to thoroughly clean it over the years. It still works, it just makes noise when scrolling it. I could probably fix this, I think this is an issue with one of the plastic bits it slips into. I may even figure out how to interface a USB-C port into it, possibly even figure out how to slap in a lipo battery and give it a proper protection circuit. It sounds extensive but I think modding this would be cool. I'd love to give it to a friend, or even just sell it after I mod it.
lol my first mechanical keyboard was a corsair vengeance (means it only has red lights) k70 and it was from a thrift store in a logitech g915 box and it was $6. i can confirm the keycaps were held on my almost nothing XD
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Writings not that easy. But grammarly can help! This sentence is grammatically correct, but it's wordy and boring...
sponsored moment LOL
@Daniel Lee It undermines the writers message, and the word choice is bland. Grammarly's cutting-edge technology helps you craft compelling, understandable writing, and makes an impact on your reader. Much better.
Yes, I did copy that straight from a grammarly ad.
Not in Malaysia 😂
"Rules to me are just suggestions"
Thanks Squashy, I'm gonna use this as an excuse as to why I keep blowing up stuff in chemistry
I'm using this to break the natural rules
I’m gonna use this to break physics
@@jay-still-plays You must be brave to break physics! Let's team up!
I'm gonna use this to make the Geneva convention a Geneva suggestion
Ah, are you a part of A.G. Streng's lab? Preparing to do some FOOF chemistry?
The "HI" never gets old.
Also the sheeeesh
Or the AH!
And also the………hey
For 1 April he should say "hello" intstead of "Hi" 😂
@@only_great_kicks5916 😹
"And I shit you not,
he greenscreened himself onto a greenscreen,
funniest shit I've ever seen"
time stamp?
@@babab003y 0:25, he didnt say it tho.
I would actually enjoy gaming keyboards to be modded and made as good as customs more than custom ones themselves.
Because software, wireless, latency and RGB integration is still straight up better on them, if they felt the same they would be the better boards
mansspittinfax
I actually modded a gaming board. (Armageddon smk-9r). Replaced the switches with outemu purples and lubed them with krytox 205g0. Then replaced the keycaps with gmk darlings. Now it's poppy as hell
@@iotaku nice, how good are outemu purples, i was thinking of getting them but idk how good they are
Software in terms of keymappings is straight up worse, USB latency (poll rate) of most top gaming boards are 1000Hz (I'm pretty sure this is limited by USB protocol), which QMK can be configured to with #define USB_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS 1, and picking up multiple keypresses in the same 1ms interval with #define QMK_KEYS_PER_SCAN.
I agree with everything except for the software part, as a lot of them are kinda bloatware-ish. QMK is meh, but Via and Vial are imo better than almost all OEM software.
''im more than a man im a god of keyboards' =said squashy
time stamp?
Timestamp
Man was speaking straight fax
Timestamp?
That Perfect 100 WPM and 100% Accuracy was the best part...
And I liked how he made the brown switches sound great 😀
Browns suck
@@Cringetopia cherry browns suck gateron brown is not
1:48 we gonna ignore that he was writing “I have a very very big dog”
lol
Cherry mxbrowns: exists.
Squashyboy: I won't sleep until every cherry mx brown is terminated.
squashyxglarses cherry mx extermination crusade
mx browns
@@ihavenoramen8535 bad
Browns are great for people like me who has trouble concentrating on work because of keyboard sounds
@@ElShogoso there not that bad but I preferred pandas but good for u :D
You took what people look down on - a generic brand, gaming, RGB keyboard with browns, and made it awesome. POG
NO FREAKIN WAY i actually love ur vids
and i swear to god Your channel is gonna
blow the fuck off of the roof of anything and skyrocket
Thank you that means so much T_T
That's the exact kind of keyboard I want 😐
5:48 anyone else incredibly satisfied by 100wpm, 100%?
Because squashy likes to keep it 💯
i just love the transition of content from OSU to keyboard i never even realized and now i went from playing osu to making keyboards and typing
WOW! that is a huge sound difference! I have a couple of these lying around I may need try this on!
As a guy who's still using his Corsair Vengeance K95 (Not even RGB, even before the one you're working on) I am mighty impressed by this video. I love my keyboard and don't really want to throw it away just yet. I might do some restoration like you are doing ;)
"Old Corsair K70"
me with my original blue led, scratchy red switch, non-gamer edition k70: "god damn it."
@u/555mackereltuna some housings dont
i have the k70 vengance which has red switches and only color backlight color is red (found in thrift store for $6)
also owned a corsair strafe with red switch and holy crap the numpad and arrow keys are scratchy AF
I have a Corsair k75 rgb mk2 and it has a lot of issues: spring ping issue, rattley space bar etc… but it is a brill keyboard with the software it’s amazing
love these restoration videos somehow
also the keyboard actually sounds more than decent
1:00 when you get too much grammarly ads, even the video has the grammarly ad itself.
As a Mk1 K70 owner (non RGB, the OG K70) I thank you for this video!
6:09 "And I'll see you all in another video."
SHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHH
ha, i'm actually trying to restore my old k70 right now (non-rgb too). so glad this video popped up.
Squashy Boy: Cherry MX Browns!
Glarses has entered the chat
K70 was my first ever mechanical keyboard. I recently bought a Wooting and took the K70 to work. I am 100% going to do this to my board soon. It sounds so much better.
I'm glad to see one of these keyboards restored, I used to use a k70 until i ago a k95 just cuz the macros, wasn't even that long ago, maybe two years. good times.
Me over here still using my K70 LUX RGB from 2017 with MX Browns. I had two keys completely break within a couple days last week, so I got cheap white double shot PBT pudding keycaps from Amazon and am loving it. If someone were to want to buy it though, a barebones full-size GMMK, Gateron SMD Yellows, and GPBT keycaps sounds kinda nice..
My K70 with the MX speed switches is old crusty and survived so many liquids, they are sorta a beast. The LEDs are mostly gone at this point but the switches are broken in and much smoother than stock. Kind of odd but I used to think it scratchy but have no decent solder sucker so I went with it and they smoothed out over the years. I may reclaim them after I do take it apart some day. I bet they would glide like butter after a cleaning and lube.
Can you drop 99% percent solution of isopropyl alcohol in the broken switches and let it dry but please don't use 70% percent solution because it will corrode I hope that help
Edit: Press the switches after dropping the alcohol to spread out the alcohol
I did the same recently to my old quickfire rapid but instead of lubing the ultra scratchy mx blacks i replaced them with akko cs rose reds lubed with 205g0. The keyboard is amazing now
You're one funny dude. I couldn't stop laughing. You put crazy work into this. I give you props for your dedication and know-how. Thanks.
Going to follow these steps for my K95 brown
Kind of tempted to desolder and put Gateron yellows in their place
The fuckin dust-off, lmao.
The difference in sound is night and day, pretty awesome.
This is by far the most relatable piece of keyboard content I have ever seen. I actually stuffed mine full of paper towel and put vaseline into my stabs. It sounds pretty good tbh.
finally Squashy Boy made a new video
i spray water from garden hose outside and let it air dry.. works good as new!
Yo Glarses needs to take notes.
This actually sounds good.
In all honesty it sound meh at best. But with different switches and keycaps it might sound pretty good
The sound test might be fake but it actually sounds pretty good.
@@foggyd8821 I majorly doubt that the sound test is fake.
U got the one with the corsair logo most people didnt like. I still got my k65 tkl from years ago.
I actually prefer the pre-mod sound (maybe with lubed stabilizer).
"Keyboard number 'B'" - Squashy Boy, 2021
Thanks so much man! I just refurbed my OG blue-light Razer Blackwidow Ultimate with lubed SP Star magic girl + tape mod and it turned out fkn amazing - - but made my corsair feel like ass by comparison, so here I am thinking of doing silent zeals and you completely set me up for success.
Greatly appreciated.
Love your videos Squashy, just got into the keyboard scene a few weeks ago and am waiting for my GK96S to come in now. You are the funniest keyboard content creator I have found, keep the great videos coming!
0:01 He is literally claiming mana to gain the ability to say hi XD
When the browns sound more rattly than the stabs. *surprised pikachu face*
bro squashy is the one of the only people whose sponsors i willingly watch
I have the Corsair K63 with Cherry MX switches. I cna't wait to get my switches to build my first keyboard
I got this same exact one for 20 at a thrift store with cherry MX reds. It's pretty good but the spacebar sounds like yours beforehand
Squashy be out here upgrading gaming keyboards
0:05 best ad ever.
I was watching this on my phone and as soon as you test the space bar my dog freakin looked at me
I would very much like one of these, but Brazil is out of reality, 220 one of these if not more!
The people that dislike this video, they don't watch the vid till the end... they just dislike, and throw their phone / life when they see mx brown
the only grammarly advert i'd ever watch
first the razer black widow elite now the K70? what’s next, an Apex Pro?
Interesting....
Squashy: is that a challenge?
casuals: watching squashy for keyboards
me: watching squashy for his sponsor breaks
hopefully my professors wont kill me for calling them "BRRR"s 3:47
Probably the only youtuber whos sponsor break is fun to watch
Yoooooo that switch opener is the beans
Please look into how to make a keyboard hot-swappable for your next keyboard upgrade vid!
Squashy Boy's the only guy that can make me watch the whole ad break lol
4:46 HE IS OUR SAVIOUR
squashys vids in a nutshell: 25% of it is a ad the other 75% is whatever the title says
Perfectly cut screams from squashy boy 6:10
Love the intro nice jump scare
Thanks mate !! Working on mine (spilled coffee on it 🤦🏽♂🤦🏽♂) ... btw, you look like my previous manager at Microsoft 😅😅
now i think squashy can open keyboard museum alrdy
I'd like to mention that at the beginning of this video you show the MkII version of the K70 and do a tear down of the MK1 version. There are quite a few differences between the two.
That sounds very suspect and is incongruent with his story of buying 1 kb and upgrading it. Not buying 2 kbs and pretending like it's all just one kb. ?!
That ending sheesh was magnificent
What's also needed is cable replacement. That cable is so huge
the Ultra Mega Loud SHEEEESH just ended the video perfectly
i really am confused as to why people disliked this video there was nothing offensive he was funny and smart with his jokes theres nothing un likeable about this video
when you make brown switches sound actually good
LESGOOO WITH THE TAPE MOD
squashy boy keeps cherry mx browns
**glarses wants to know your location**
that sounds way better than it should
No one
Literally no one
Squashy boy: SmAsh Like!!!
I actually did know about the air duster upsidedown thing
kind of proves that gaming keyboards have good bones and just need some love to get near the level of a custom keeb
I got my first mechanical keyboard like 3days ago. A gift from my aunt. it is the redragon k552. I was really happy until I pressed it and..... FKING ITS THE BLUE SWITCH ONE. Its still pretty good but I'm definitely gonna change it to otemu red that it supports.
the redragon k552 is also a pretty popular keyboard so maybe try to do a video on that??
Lmao I got that for my cousins birthday tomorrow because he doesn't know what a mechanical keyboard is
outemu reds are alright but pretty scratchy even when lubed. if you can, go for akko cs switches, outemu ice switches or gazzew boba switches. unless you like the sound of outemus reds which is fine ig
@@ItsNotFrey will those switches fit in the redragon k552?
@@_zer.0 should do yeah. most recent k552s are hotswap with outemu sockets that those switches support
@@ItsNotFrey Thanks for the suggestion mate. currently looking at the akko matcha greens. :)
4:50 tetris music playing in the background lmao
ngl it sounds good from the start
that sponsor segment tho, props on the creativity
I didn't know they ever made the RGB versions with the tramp stamp logo. I had the K65 RGB with reds back in the day... I remember it fondly, other than the twangy, echo chamber that was the case.
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Squashy: *inhales deeply*
Squashy: hi 😐
I used your promotion code to write my MBA assignments. Fingers crossed
This vid has new energy, I like it
The only ads i never skip:
congratulations now you've got cherry mx reds
THE PART WHERE HE SCREAMED WHEN GRAMMARLY SAID YOURE WELCOME LMAOOOO
Dude I love your content it is unique fun to watch and your sense of humor XD thx for the videos!
A good keyboard guy, and also a good promoter for any sponsor
SQUASHY'S DOING SOME WORKOUT NOW IN THE TIME I TYPE THIS
Man, I still can't believe I'm doing the same thing with my keyboard which is Royal Kludge G87. So, he use one of those Hakko desolder tool meanwhile it took me 2 separate nights to desolder all 87 brown switches using soldering tool and a solder sucker.... Old school indeed.
Cherry mx browns sounding good wowow
He said smash like twice meaning you have to like.
I actually have one of the first Corsair Vengeance K70s, released back in I think 2012? The box says Vengeance K70, but I guess Corsair rebranded it later and simply called it the K70 Lux? I'm not sure, finding information on this specific iteration of the K70 is quite hard since Corsair has made so many revisions to it over the years.
It has no RGB, just red north-facing LEDs, and no hot-swappable switches. However it did come with some nice Cherry MX Reds. At the time, I think I spent about $200 on this keyboard. I've been using it for about 10 years. I am actually typing this message on it right now. At some point, when the stock keycaps started to get super shiny, I decided to swap them out for a random set of doubleshot PBT keycaps I found on eBay.
With how long it has been, the keyboard sounds HORRIBLE. Lots of scratchiness on the switches, and also the stabilizers are horrible. Recently, I had decided to look into DIY custom keyboards and figured I was due for replacing this one. I figured I could just dismantle this one, desolder all the switches, lube them, and maybe even replace the stabilizers with something better all together. However, the work for that would have been insane and I just really wanted something different.
I decided to get a Keychron K8 Pro, along with a nice set of MT3 keycaps. When I get that put together, I will most likely mod out my original K70. Despite taking so much work to mod, I think it would be worth it. It is still a 100% functional keyboard, the only real issue with it is the volume knob, which I have accidentally damaged through the various times I have taken apart the keyboard to thoroughly clean it over the years. It still works, it just makes noise when scrolling it. I could probably fix this, I think this is an issue with one of the plastic bits it slips into. I may even figure out how to interface a USB-C port into it, possibly even figure out how to slap in a lipo battery and give it a proper protection circuit. It sounds extensive but I think modding this would be cool. I'd love to give it to a friend, or even just sell it after I mod it.
Those switches sound good!
6:11 my guy sheeshed in full caps lmao
lol my first mechanical keyboard was a corsair vengeance (means it only has red lights) k70 and it was from a thrift store in a logitech g915 box and it was $6. i can confirm the keycaps were held on my almost nothing XD
"rules for me are just a suggestion"
My parents felt that one when I was younger lma.
I never knew that I'd be calling MX browns good sounding
Oh Squashy, they sell PBT Keyboard for not standard bottom row! You should try them
" i have a rather very big dog" -Squashy Boy