#Update corsair utility engine k70 install#
#Update corsair utility engine k70 drivers#

With this redesign, CORSAIR has changed a lot of things, but some digging around revealed an iCUE skeleton that is still familiar to me.

#Update corsair utility engine k70 drivers#

While perhaps because of all the CORSAIR reviews I have put together over the years, the more likely reason is that other software drivers have been much worse to navigate. We now finally get a look at the brand-new iCUE, and I have to say that I was never one to have a problem with the user experience of anything from CUE to iCUE. I also got a pop-up the first time around that asked me whether CORSAIR can collect personal information, which I promptly did not consent to. When you do open the program, it is best to have the keyboard connected, although you can still play around and get familiar with it without any connected hardware.

#Update corsair utility engine k70 install#

Oh, and did I mention that the final install takes up a whopping 1.1 GB? To be fair to them, it does seem to tax the CPU less than before even though it supports hundreds of products across CORSAIR and other hardware brands (MSI, ASUS, and Lenovo, to name a few).

The final splash screen uses their gaming-oriented typeface, which is a reminder that this is a gaming product first and foremost. CORSAIR knows that I am basically a human cat, so their tricks worked on me. The install options are also on a single screen in four colored bars to either toggle or press for further options, which seems like a strange move, and animations and splashes of color are meant to keep your attention. Actual installation has also been given a revamp with a more colorful skin as well as some embedded videos to play should the installation take a while. The installer is bigger than anything else I have used for keyboards, coming in at ~760 MB. A massive jump in numbers from the previous 3.x.xxx release, it indicates that a lot of internal and beta testing took place, which is a good thing since each major iCUE release thus far has brought with it an updated user interface, and CORSAIR aims to address some of the complaints with this update. The release provided to me was iCUE 4.9.318. Further adding to the mix is that iCUE (or CUE, CORSAIR Utility Engine) is now in version 4.

Normally, I would use the latest public version that supports the product, but with embargo releases, it tends to be an advanced version sent to the media first before the public release. The software driver for the CORSAIR K70 RGB TKL keyboard is iCUE and can be downloaded from their downloads page.