The importance of whether or not a gaming keyboard for your
everyday activities will actually depend on the fact whether you've tested it
or not. Skeptical gamers often see the variety of features he offers beyond
endless gimmicks that only increase the selling price and "pull" to
gamers who just want to show off their identities. But most gamers who have
tested the gaming keyboard, especially those based on mechanical switches, will
usually agree on one or two major claims related to this one peripherals. That
sometimes is not just a matter of function alone, it is also a matter of
convenience. Something that HyperX is trying to offer with their latest gaming
keyboard - Alloy Elite.
Design
If you look at it from a surface, you may come directly with
two major impressions. You are not too familiar with HyperX keyboard so far it
will probably see it as a keyboard with a design that is not too unique. A
large conventional shape with all the extra buttons you need remains offered
here. As for you who are quite familair with HyperX products, you will meet
with a design approach that is not much different. A small logo on the top
right with a fierce and clear keyboard impression makes the function a top
priority.
With the position of the keys are quite high and steel frame
as a base, it looks sturdy and reliable. A keyboard that seems ready to
accompany your gaming activities consistently, for a very long time. The good
news? You are pursuing the cosmetic side still get a design that might make
your eyes a little pampered. In the midst of this unobtrusive conventional
design, the HyperX Alloy Elite adds an LED bar on the top rather like a lava
stream that divides between two different areas. It reinforces the existing
identity, although it is not reinforced with other LED color variants. True,
this is not an RGB keyboard.
Along with this form, you'll meet an additional mechanism to
add a palm rest at the bottom and a variety of additional buttons above the
"existing lava river" to instantly access various functions. There is
a set of buttons for multimedia functions and three extra buttons to enable /
disable any other features we'll talk about later.
So, how in terms of the specification itself? What is
actually offered by this HyperX Alloy Elite? This is it:
Switch: Cherry MX
Type: Mechanical
Backlight: Single Color, Red
Light Effects: 6 LED Modes and 4 Brightness Levels
Connection Type: USD 2.0
UBS 2.0 Pass-through: Yes
Polling Rate: 1000Hz
Anti-ghosting: 100% anti-ghosting
Key Rollover: N-Key Mode
Media Control: Yes
Game Mode: Yes
OS Compatibility: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Cable length: 1,8m
Cable Type: Attached, Braided
Width: 444.00mm
Depth: 226.80mm
Height: 36.30mm
Weight: 1467g
PC gamers who typically use mechanical keyboards will find
it hard to go back to tasting the membrane keyboard, although not a few unique
cases will deny our statement on this one. Admittedly, there are a lot of
gamers out there who are always keen on testing out a mechanical keyboard that
comes from a trustworthy brand, with guaranteed quality and dependable
reliability, but never the courage to enter and start voting. Those who do not
need a lot of cosmetic side and just want something that they can comfortably
use for not only gaming activity, but also daily productive activities. Looking
at the composition of existing design and features, this seems to be where the
HyperX Alloy Elite is shining.
The decision to use the German Cherry MX - a switch with
reliable quality and reliability seems to be a viable decision to thumbs up.
Although the ends can not be sold for as cheap as a competitor's keyboard using
another switch or even the "original" switch of some existing brands,
Cherry MX is strongly associated with fantastic durability. Not just one,
HyperX Alloy Elite actually offers three switch color variants - Blue, Brown,
and Red each of which, of course, offer different press sensations. We
ourselves get the Red version that feels like a proper Red switch. Although
personally we prefer to "choose" Blue switches for daily work.
With a variety of other features such as anti-ghosting for
example, you will no longer be faced with the risk that the quick command you
injected will end up not being properly translated by this one keyboard. HyperX
Alloy Elite also provides one USB 2.0 slot in the bealkang section to help you
connect your other USB based devices, or simply to recharge the battery for
your smart device.
While the other functions? As you can predict from a gaming
keyboard. Beyond the additional keycaps for you that do replace some specific
buttons that we think are insignificant, HyperX Alloy Elite does have one
weakness that we feel is quite big - carrying a name that is too
"heavy". Why? Because with the name of Elite that he stretcher, you
may anticipate that this keyboard will offer something so unique and different.
But in the end, all the features that he offers as a gaming keyboard is not so
crisp it.
First, unlike other gaming keyboards, HyperX Alloy Elite is
not supported with additional software. So, you will not get additional
features and functionality such as macros for example, to adapt to any existing
gaming genre. Secondly, from the cosmetic side, the option to include only red
LEDs is of course simple in the middle of a flood of gaming keyboards that are
now beginning to look like rainbows. HyperX Alloy Elite also does not offer a
specific feature or function that really makes it feel different as a gaming
peripheral. But REMEMBER, we did not mention that this product is bad. It's
just that, from what he offers, the name "Elite" actually more
inviting than to reflect what you will get. Potentially misleading. HyperX
should be able to come up with a more appropriate name, leaving this word
"Elite" for a variant that may offer more full and complete features
in the future.
In the midst of these limitations, HyperX Alloy Elite is
still offering a variety of extra features that strengthen its identity as a
gaming keyboard. You can not change the color of an existing LED, but there is
one dedicated button dedicated to offering various lighting effects for it. You
can get effects from Breathing, Static, to Wave. While one other button is
intended to adjust the intensity of the existing lighting, whether you want it
to be darker or brightly lit, or even, to die altogether. In addition to the
two buttons located on the top left of this keyboard, a button appears to
activate Game Mode, which is also a function that seems to be starting to offer
the layman.
But for the affairs of performance, you need not doubt the
ability of this one keyboard. The quality of CherryMX switches and the existing
anti-ghosting features, HyperX Alloy Elite will "devour" any type of
PC game you've targeted, especially if you do not need a lot of macros. After
all, you're dealing with a conventional gaming keyboard that carries almost any
button, which, of course, can facilitate the change of control scheme you need
via the in-game option. We ourselves tested it with two different
approaches-PUBG and Divinity: Original Sin 2 each of which has a different
charm. The result? No more doubt.
Conclusion
So what can be concluded from this HyperX Alloy Elite? That
despite the fact that we are commenting on the weight of the name he wears, he
is a capable gaming keyboard. Simple, comfortable, with a side of cosmetics
that is not excessive, this is a mechanical keyboard that is ready to meet
whatever your needs, either when completing a job or having fun with your
latest PC game.
The anti-ghosting feature and alternate switch options will
facilitate that. But again, the name "Elite" that he stretcher does
cause a lot of question marks. Probably because of our interpretation, but we
will be hard to imagine what kind of name HyperX will bring when releasing a
new variant in the future with more complete features, including RGB to
software support for macro functions and the like. Because ultimately, Alloy
Elite is actually a rational alternative for new PC gamers wanting to taste
their "favors" of a reliable mechanical keyboard.
HyperX Alloy Elite itself is offered with a price range of
about $ 100 USD