Pros: It appears the K70 LUX is an updated version of the K70 keyboard. The "lux" at first made me think it was a premium version, but that's a red herring. The list price of the Lux is ten dollars less than the original k70... The best I can tell, the lux has the newer key cap font -- bolder more modern, similar to the strafe -- and an updated logo at the top of the keyboard. This keyboard rocks. The cherry red keys work flawlessly, and the aluminum top plate and braided usb connector cable gives a feeling and look of quality. At first, i didn't think i would like the wrist rest, but after using it a bit, I think its great, so it will stay installed. Note, the connection to the keyboard is flimsy and not well engineered. Mine actually broke right off the bat. Luckily, a piece of duct tape is a quick fix and will probably last the life of the keyboard. There are media keys above the number pad, and a very nice volume scroller. The num,cap,screen lock lights are small white LED's, and there is a windows key lock (which can be programmed to lock other things as well). This is a modern, well-built mechanical keyboard that looks great and could easily be used in a corporate environment (if not for the characteristic sound of the cherry red keys). Other pros include adjustable polling rate (1, 2, 4, 8 ms) and a BIOS compatibilty setting. If you're not gaming, slowing the polling rate seems to improve the accuracy of my typing. The BIOS compatibilty setting is needed when booting your computer into BIOS, since the keyboard may not be recognized otherwise. The scroll lock light flashes to remind you that you have engaged the BIOS switch, so you remember to reset it. The gamer features (key rollover, etc.) are also helpful for the touch typist. Be warned, if you are used to typing on a cheap laptop keyboard, it may take some time to acclimate to this. It just takes a little time and practice.

Cons: The cherry red keys have no tactile feedback - just a very smooth stroke until the key bottoms out. This is the most popular key for gamers due to the quick action. The light action has made my initial typing attempts a bit rough, lots of misspellings. After a few days, I'm getting used to it, and am comfortable that it will be just fine. The CUE software continues to be un-intuitive but incredibly powerful. You can tweak the keyboard lots of ways, but you'll have to invest in learning how to use the software - macro options are pretty impressive, but i spend several hours tweaking and refining them as I began to understand how to use the software better. The version I chose has red led's only, but are individually controllable for a number of built in effects. Once over the initial cool factor, i settled on just a uniform back-light - about 30% for all keys. Once saved to the keyboard, the hardware lighting button cycles the intensity 0-10-20-30% That gives a nice subtle backlight allowing the keys to be read in a darkened room. Because of the placement of the under-key lighting, keys with multiple markings (like the 1! key or 2@) are "flipped" see the picture above. This means, for example the 1 is above the !, which is flipped from a standard keyboard. However, the ! is still the shift character, so if you, like me, occasionally look at the keyboard to find special characters, you might have a touch of confusion. So why do they flip them? Because they wanted the lit portion of the key to be the normal character, and the LED's are towards the north of each key. I'm probably not explaining it well, so look closely at the picture and you'll get the idea.

Overall Review: OK, this is odd. Not only does the keyboard have the typical flip out feet to angle up the keyboard by lifting the top, it has feet at the bottom part of the keyboard to raise up that, too. Don't know what that's for. Maybe you do. A good mechanical keyboard is a fun to use. Somewhere between the heyday of teletypes and iPhones, a bunch of great keyboards were made, its nice to see a re-emergence, even if driven by gamers. This isn't the only kind of great keyboard out there -- some of the early think pads had the best notebook keyboards I've ever used, so for sure there are other approaches. This keyboard may just last through multiple desktop upgrades. Who knows, it 10 years, you might be able to get more than you paid for it by selling on online. Red vs RGB. I prefer the single color LED for a couple reasons. For one, the key switches themselves are black (rather than clear) which looks better when you see the keyboard from the side. Second, all I really want the lighting for is to be able to see the keys in a darkened room. If you're like me, RGB and animation is fun for 10 minutes and then I loose interest. YMMV.

Pros: First off, what this is. Its a gaming mouse specifically for games where lots of buttons is a good thing. Many folk will choose this to use with complex software applications like Autocad, solidworks, etc. where programming the buttons can make you more productive. Things I really like: Large, programmable buttons with a gazillion options, lots, RGB color. Dedicated DPI buttons with color indication (you'll probably want to dim this as its a bit bright) you can instantly switch from fast mouse movements to precision. Very nice connecting cable is cloth wrapped, a feeling of quality.

Cons: Corsair software (corsair utility engine) is still confusing although full featured. Programmable buttons require software be running (only the lighting scheme seems to be able to be stored in the mouse). But a slight lag when logging in to your computer can be annoying, the mouse noticeably stutters while the drivers kick into gear as computer wakes from sleep. And of course for what this mouse is all about, the thumbuttons. I think the fact that the buttons can be adjusted forward and back is great, and the buttons seem to be of very good quality. The neg, for me, is that although they are textured in a way to help you feel the difference between keys, its fairly subtle -- and you thumb is not your most touch sensitive finger.

Overall Review: Designed for games with lots of keyboard buttons to push (like WoW), but for the same reason this is a great mouse for use with applications like photoshop, autocad, etc. and other programs that use the mouse for drawing and selecting, allowing the user to keep her hand on the mouse. Great for that. I'd like to see more responsive software (or macros that are stored in the mouse itself) and better tactile cues on the thumbutton array. Otherwise, not bad, but i'll wait for V2. Or maybe just the next software/driver rev. :)

Pros: This drive is getting some good press in online reviews and seems to deliver as promised. 2TB is currently the sweet spot for NVME drives, and there are now a few in 2230. This one is said to perform at the top of the pack. I've added a screenshot of Crystal Disk Mark (default settings). This was run after adding about 500 GB of data, on a desktop x4 slot. Crucial (Micron) is a reliable brand who makes their own flash. Incredible how small 2TB has gotten. Note, its a single sided drive! Oh, and its really fast.

Cons: Its a lot of power in a small space and seems to run warmer than full sized NVME in my system, which makes sense. During setup, I transferred several hundred GB of data at high speed and managed to trigger thermal protection. I hadn't installed a heat spreader solution. With a simple copper heat sink, dropped 20c, solved the issue, but still doesn't idle as low as other drives. When installing this in a laptop or steam deck, don't forget to put on the foil/heatsink. That should keep if from thermal throttling in all but the most extreme circumstances. I've seen some aftermarket heat sinks for steam deck, so that might not be a bad idea. Some concerns in reviews of the 220 writes per cell endurance (440TBW in total in 2TB), due to the QLC / 232 layer chip. I'm not concerned as I've got smaller 10 year old OS drives barely chewed through 100 writes per cell. And at 2TB, not much of the data will be rewriting by percentage. Endurance becomes less important for large drives, since the vast majority of data just sits.

Overall Review: If you need 2230 sized drive with lots of capacity, this is a winner from a performance/brand quality perspective. Watch for it on sale, Crucial seems to keep their pricing competitive on Newegg, so ignore MSRP.

Pros: Interesting motherboard. Did you notice the two vertical m.2 slots (4 total)? They are slower slots, but a cool way to easily add a bunch of nvme drives.

Cons: Some minor squirreliness during windows install with the realtek ethernet and wifi drivers. You may want to download those ahead of time. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.

Overall Review: Was happy that the board arrived with an updated BIOS for 14th gen already. I know the BIOS can be updated without CPU, but sometimes that's a royal pain.

Pros: Rock solid RAM at a good price. 192GB across 4 slots works fine on my B760 board, 14th gen, subject to the note below for stable configuration. The notes below should also apply to anyone attempting to install 4 DDR5 on Intel.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Some Fiddling to get 192 to work reliably. According to the motherboard manufacture, this footnote in the ram QVL list: * Speed dropping policy according to Intel processor specification (XMP disabled): DDR5 4800 MHz speed drops down to 4400 MHz when 2 DIMMs of the same channel are populated e.g., DDR5_A1/ _A2. Please adjust your setup according to the recommendation above. DDR5 4800 MHz speed drops down to 4000 MHz when 4 DIMMs are populated (1Rx8/ x16 modules). DDR5 4800 MHz speed drops down to 3600 MHz when 4 DIMMs are populated (2Rx8/ x16 modules). To get 192 GB (4 x 48) running stably, I needed to de-rate the speed to 3600 manually, then tighten up the timings. Rather than trial and error, I interrogated the ram w/ CPUz (output as text file so you can see all the available official timings). Ended up using 30-30-30-60-90, running stably. You might be able to tighten more, but this is within official timings. It is unclear whether this limitation is something the board manufactures could "fix" with a BIOS update. Official info is scarce. Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

Pros: Fast, small, large capacity. I like that its made by crucial/micron so I expect it to work for a long time. Hey, did you notice there is a loop in one of the corners to add a strap if you like (not included.) I've attached a screenshot of a real world file copy (a large VM file) -- this was using a laptop with a typical nvme business ssd and plenty of ram. Nice speed. (Windows copy has overhead, and does its own thing with ram buffering, and will be limited by the speed of the source ssd. All in all, a very good showing compared to the benchmarks in other reviews.) The biggest benefit of this speed for me, is that I can use the drive (reformatted to ntfs, bitlocker on) to store working files from multiple large projects, and use the files directly from the drive without copying first to a local drive.

Cons: Its "almost" as small as a flash drive, but still shaped like large exernal drive. Not a problem, but at this size it might be nice to come up better form factor -- like maybe an integrated USBC connector, rather than a plug in cable that's almost as big and nearly as heavy as the drive itself. Does not include adapter to older usb3 ports.

Overall Review: The purpose of having a large, fast external storage has changed over the last 10 years. Microsoft 365 (windows 11) is designed to back up to the cloud automatically, and frequent whole drive backups to a local disc seem to be less popular. I think for most purposes (pictures, music, files) super speed is not so important, reliability and capacity are. That said, the drive is plenty fast. I tested running a VM directly off it attached to my laptop. Worked fine, so the speed is there if you want to use it.

How can I possibly complain. Good product, good price, good seller... Note, these guys generally sell complicated stuff for folks who know what they are doing and what they need... so keep this in mind when reading other folks reviews.

These guys are the real deal, selling semi-professional, wisp, carrier level stuff at a good price and great shipping.