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[Arshdeep]

Are the K70's blu's and brwn's released in Black Metal and Red or is it only Silver natural brushed alu.

[CoolBeans]

Yes they will come in that variant 

[Arshdeep]

Yes they will come in that variant 

How come I can;t find em in black color and brown switch for pre order

[CoolBeans]

How come I can;t find em in black color and brown switch for pre order

Hmm weird, I can't find them either. You will probably have to wait before they will be available to preorder 

[Damikiller37]

As far as I heard Corsair mentioned that the K70 with Cherry MX Blues and Browns will initially come to the silver with blue LEDs model on it's release date. I would imagine that they will release them in the black metal with red LEDs soon after because of the high demand (or at least I assume so).

[Arshdeep]

As far as I heard Corsair mentioned that the K70 with Cherry MX Blues and Browns will initially come to the silver with blue LEDs model on it's release date. I would imagine that they will release them in the black metal with red LEDs soon after because of the high demand (or at least I assume so).

Corsair makes us wait AGAIN? 

Edited September 3, 2013 by Arshdeep

[renz62]

Actually, the color is not Silver.. It's Gunmetal Silver so if you saw the video of Corsair at PAX Prime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsepVd-60is It actually looks nice

 

Silver  VS Gunmetal Silver

[rashdanml]

MX Blue and Brown keyswitches will ONLY be on Gunmetal grey with Blue LEDs. The other colour/LED variants won't have them, so far. Whether Corsair decides to add them later on is a different question.

 

Also, Gunmetal grey is a lot closer to black in person than it is in pictures.

[Arshdeep]

MX Blue and Brown keyswitches will ONLY be on Gunmetal grey with Blue LEDs. The other colour/LED variants won't have them, so far. Whether Corsair decides to add them later on is a different question.

 

Also, Gunmetal grey is a lot closer to black in person than it is in pictures.

Is their any marketing involved? Some say it always is all about it. Why keep away the switches and not manafacture them in our fav color, black and red... is their something about bussiness and encomny demand I am missing other then how to SPELL it?

[rashdanml]

Is their any marketing involved? Some say it always is all about it. Why keep away the switches and not manafacture them in our fav color, black and red... is their something about bussiness and encomny demand I am missing other then how to SPELL it?

Supply and demand. People have different tastes, so actual demand for particular combinations aren't that high. Manufacturing fewer quantities to supply that demand makes the product more expensive to make reasonable profit.

 

If they were to offer all possible combinations:

- 3 colours (black, gunmetal, silver)

- 3 switches (blue, brown, red)

- 2 LEDs (blue and red)

 

That's 18 possible SKUs. Each one isn't guaranteed to sell a certain amount, and they'd need a minimum quantity to keep manufacturing cost low. What if they don't sell that minimum quantity? It becomes a storage problem then. The alternative is to produce fewer of each SKU, driving up the price to $150+, which people seem to be willing to pay (considering that's the price of a Ducky Shine).

 

Corsair doesn't seem to want to take that chance.

[TooManyErrors]

I don't see why they wouldn't have a black keyboard with red lighting using the blue and brown keyswitches when those exact colors are a very popular color scheme in builds.

[Arshdeep]

Supply and demand. People have different tastes, so actual demand for particular combinations aren't that high. Manufacturing fewer quantities to supply that demand makes the product more expensive to make reasonable profit.

 

If they were to offer all possible combinations:

- 3 colours (black, gunmetal, silver)

- 3 switches (blue, brown, red)

- 2 LEDs (blue and red)

 

That's 18 possible SKUs. Each one isn't guaranteed to sell a certain amount, and they'd need a minimum quantity to keep manufacturing cost low. What if they don't sell that minimum quantity? It becomes a storage problem then. The alternative is to produce fewer of each SKU, driving up the price to $150+, which people seem to be willing to pay (considering that's the price of a Ducky Shine).

 

Corsair doesn't seem to want to take that chance.

and the lay outs... which are depended on the location and sometime perfence, some times... why not in black? Its so popular

[Arshdeep]

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and the lay outs... which are depended on the location and sometime perfence, some times... why not in black? Its so popular

Their making each config one at a time and seeing how the maketing goes and move on depending on the sale and demand at that point. Smart and usual in the business.