HyperX Alloy Origins - Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Software-Controlled Light & Macro Customization, Compact Form Factor, RGB LED Backlit - Tactile HyperX Aqua Switch,Black

After trying several competing products, this is likely the one I am keeping.Thoughts:1. The LEDs are really bright. The only other company on par with this are the logitechs. The LEDs just look phenomenal and are true to color, unlike many competitors.2. The alloy frame is solid and just screams quality. The only thing I don't like is that the keyboard is really thin overall. I prefer to use a wrist rest and I think it will be difficult to find one thin enough to truly match this keyboard's height.3. The switches are really nice. I got the red linear and they are buttery smooth. They don't really thock but are relatively quiet. NZXT might be quieter but are higher pitched. steelseries was lower ptiched but very thocky, if you like that.4. The pbt keycaps feel great but the legends on the the symbol keys look a little gamery and not really crisp (eg. ;: looks pretty trash).5. The stabilizers are really the big problem. There is more lateral play than I would really like (my right shift is pretty wobbly) and they are really rattly. Such a stupid oversight for what is otherwise a really well thought out product, particularly since they chose to make it not hotswappable.6. It's not hotswappable... I don't really want to swap the keys out, but it would be nice to have the freedom to do a little light modding like replacing the stabilizers with something that isn't trash.All in all, after trying several competitors-NZXT, steelseries, logitech, royalkludge-this is likely what I will keep. The tecware phantom+ is on backorder, so I haven't been able to do a comparison of that yet.Update: I followed a youtube tutorial on how to basically do a variant on the bandaid mod for this keyboard that significantly helped the stabilizer issue. While the stabilizers could use some lube, the main problem is that they are just way too loose on the top plate. I partially pulled up the stabilitzers by unclipping them from the top plate. Then, I cut some really thin strips of electrical tape and used some tweezers to feed them through the part where the clip is and then clamped the stabilizer down on top of the very end of the tape. This made the stabilizers more snug with the top plate and I think the rest of the tape is sort of under the stablizer and the padding it from the PCB. This has made it so the longer keys have a lot less play in them and they are also quieter. I am still trying to decide if I will use a syringe to inject some krytox on the stabilizer bar and maybe the housing. For now, this was a good enough fix and I recommend others give it a try.

The media could not be loaded.  I picked this up to use across two systems as I recently started using a docked laptop as my daily driver. The usb-c connection makes swapping between systems as simple as swapping a single cable, meanwhile I can tuck the other cable away when not in use. This is replacing the alloy elite and this is my experience so far ...Been using this board since late Feb 2021 and I love it. It has a much smaller footprint than the alloy elite while boasting pretty much all of the same features. At first the removal of the dedicated media keys, volume roller, and dedicated RGB keys was bothering me, but all of these functions are mapped to the function keys on this board. Not having those keys is actually the big thing I love about this board. It offers the same hyper x clicky switches that I love in a much more compact form factor.The build quality is great. The deck is all metal and super slim compared to the alloy elite as well as every other board I've used in the past. It's close to logitech's offerings as far as thinness goes, but without the extreme flex and terrible keycaps. The hyper x keycaps use standard mx stems so using pretty much any keycap set should fit these, though check the questions if you're looking for specific compatibility.I removed the pudding keycaps from my alloy elite and swapped them over to these which ... is a mixed bag. Overall I love the floating keycap design and the backlighting on this thing is both very bright and software accurate. I do miss the the legends printed on the FN keys that tell me which keys do what since I no longer have the dedicated media keys, but it took approximately a day to remember everything. Compared to the alloy elite this board seems much brighter overall. The lowest setting on these switches seems to be brighter than the highest setting on the elite, which could be a placebo effect but I don't know. I can't turn these up to max without it being painful to keep in my periphery. So RGB?? Fantastic on this board, especially with the pudding keycaps.I also really like the adjustable feet that offers you 3 different height adjustments. It's pretty standard these days but I still love to see it.Another thing I love is the numlock/caps lock display. It's positioned perfectly so that you can easily see at a glance which functions you have activated. This was not the case on the alloy elite. The display was placed too closely to the numpad meaning that unless you were sitting up very straight, are super tall, or leaned forward to look at it you could NOT tell what was on/off. This is a big improvement. It seems minor but it really bugged me on the elite.Not much else to say. Keycaps feel great, very stable and it has that satisfying bump I'm looking for in an mx-blue style switch. i love it.So everything about this keyboard is amazing, but it right now!! ... oh wait ... the softwareWell the software is pretty barebones, isn't very streamlined, and still appears to be in beta from the MS store? I'm not sure as I didn't install this on the computer I'm using right now. I used my old pc (desktop) to set this up since it already had the hyperx software (ngenuity i believe) installed, and it works well enough. While the colors of the keycaps are very accurate in terms of how close they are to what you see in the software you would not notice this with the stock keycaps. The black seems to shift the colors just a little bit so that they appear darker. With the pudding keycaps though they're amazing. Can't complain here. So yeah use the software once to customize your board, then uninstall it. There are plenty of effects to choose from whether you prefer static colors or moving effects ... it all looks great.And with that yeah I think we're done. This is a fantastic keyboard for anyone looking for a better overall typing experience. Do some research about switches, maybe order a sample pack of switches or something, to find the one that's right from you, then go nuts. Great product, will definitely be buying hyper x again if they can maintain this level of quality and value. Good stuff

Really great quality, light weight, great performance and responsiveness, sounds great too. I love how easy it is to use and customize the lighting. Great value for money and feels even better if you get the HyperX pudding key caps.Do yourself a favour and just get it, what could go wrong? Just return it if you don’t like it!

Really happy with this keyboard. The keys are very easy to press with no fatigue throughout the day. I work a 8 hour desk job and will spend an additional 4-8 hours gaming here and there throughout the week gaming.The switch itself gives a satisfying muted clacking sound without being overly noise-y.Something I noticed between the last keyboard I was using is this keyboard is a little lower to the desk. It has multiple tilt options which is great. But my current wrist support is a little too high and will sometimes slide into the front row of keys(like the space bar or control button).I also noticed that the keys are shallower so you do not need to press the key down as far to allow it to make contact compared to my last key board. It's taking a bit to get use to, but I feel it's quicker and more responsive than I'm used to.Lights are bright and high quality. Highly recommend.

Muy buen producto, super recomendado.

teclado pequenininho, muito bom, delay imperceptivel, não é barulhento e tempo de resposta muito bom

Mesmo que você queira usá-lo com configuração de teclado abnt2, a experiência será a seguinte:Ç ~ , . ; ' [ todos nos lugares normal pra quem já está acostumado a digitar em um abnt2.] fica logo ao lado do [/ pode ser encontrada ao usar o alt da direita e a tecla Q? pode ser encontrado ao usar o alt da direita e a tecla WA única coisa que realmente ficaria faltando seria a tecla \ que em um teclado abnt2 ficaria entre o shift esquerdo e a letra Z, porém com a opção de configuração na camada fn você pode adicionar facilmente tal tecla.A tecla ESC vem por padrão para ser ESC e " com o uso do shift, para fazer ' basta usar fn e a tecla ESC.Caso você prefira usar o sistema em configuração de teclado us mesmo para poder usar as teclas que você vê no próprio teclado, há tutoriais de como você pode usar a configuração correta para ainda digitar em português e onde vai encontrar tudo que precisar.A construção do teclado é maravilhosa, ele é muito gostoso de se usar e ouvir, muito confortável e fácil de transportar. Por ser de metal é um pouco pesadinho para o tamanho; tal peso, junto com as borrachas na parte inferior fazem com que ele não escorregue na mesa.Para jogos ele é muito bom, o único problema é que você pode sentir faltas de usar teclas F1-F12 dependendo do jogo e, assim como eu, talvez sinta falta da tecla ' ao lado do 1, mas nada que uma configuração de perfil não resolva. Eu uso uma configuração de perfil para jogar que inverte a tecla ESC fazendo com que o padrão dela seja o ' e precise usar o fn para ESC.O software para controle é muito bom, o controle de iluminação é bem completo e te permite colocar várias camadas para criar a iluminação que desejar. Controle e criação de comandos e de configuração na camada FN são muito bons também. Pra mim é importante então devo ressaltar que, diferente do software da Corsair, o NGENUITY não te dá a opção de usar as teclas F13-F24 para comandos; caso isso mude e eu lembre, virei alterar minha avaliação.Para usar a configuração de diferentes perfis como eu disse na seção de jogos, é necessário fechar o NGENUITY, coloquei o meu para não abrir automaticamente quando o pc ligar e não tenho problemas. Ele deixa tudo salvo na memória do próprio teclado.

The media could not be loaded.  J’adore le look du clavier 60% rose avec les HyperX Pudding Keycaps! 🩷 les touches sont silencieux pour un clavier mécanique. Rien à dire on verra avec le temps si le clavier va briser.

UPDATE: Still loving the keyboard. After a few day use I noticed that my muscle memory often wants to hit "enter" key in bottom right of the keyboard. On this one it hits right arrow. Easy fix was to reprogram the right arrow key on third profile to "enter". For daily use I'll use this profile and problem solved. No need to retrain muscle memory and hunt for the enter key... Especially when I'm entering a URL and reaching for the mouse I hit that lower bottom "enter" on the numpad. Now I just hit the right arrow with same effect... Beauty!!This keyboard (aqua switches, tenkeyless) replaced the the original Razer BlackWidow Ultimate i got in 2009/2010 that had Cherry switches and not the custom in-house switches they put into keyboards now. BlackWidow was replaced due to wiring issues and not wanting to waste more time repairing it.I looked at a LOT of keyboards on the market now and settled on this one, even though HyperX Ngenuity software was criticized in reviews. I'm primarily a Linux user and will use it occasionally for gaming.I've gotten a tenkeyless version, since I don't use numpad for day-to-day. It is very nice and distance to reach the mouse is welcomed.Upon first plugging it in, RGB was blaring brightly in a wave pattern. It's not very nice at all. Since on Linux, I looked at OpenRGB first to see if I can program it, but current version 0.6 even though it had support failed to do anything. I installed Ngenuity software in Windows (beta, offline version they have on website - not from Windows store). I was immediately prompted for firmware update. When I started it I learned about the three profiles. Configured first to be "black" and no effects; second to be fully on with single solid colour but opacity set to 10 so it's very dim (for night mode) and third one had "explosion" effect with high fade so that it lights up small area if you click on the keys. I doubt I'll be using the third one but it's there for show.I read that settings aren't saved on the keyboard, so to test I plugged it back into Linux machine and settings were saved on the keyboard. This is a nice surprise I was worried about and glad that keyboard preserves profile settings on board and doesn't require software running in the background.Keys can be re-bound, reprogrammed with macros, etc. This may come useful in the future. As I'm typing this review I can say that compared to original Razor, keys have a bit sharper edges so moving fingers between keys can cause a bit of a fatigue, but I think this is something I may get used to rather quickly. Sound is nice and quiet and provides just enough tactile feedback.