CABO: O cabo é removível e isso facilita muito o transporte para quem quer jogar fora de casa, ou precisa viajar pra x lugar pra fazer y coisa. (O cabo é trançado, isso quer dizer que possui um reforço a mais, que da um charme e + durabilidade pro produto) Finally, the keyboard uses a removable Mini USB cable rather than the usual Micro-B or USB-C, as the older standard is slightly cheaper and users are less likely to plug in their own (potentially subpar) cables.

Consider, for example, the Overwatch profile. On the Alloy FPS RGB, it's a neat, static lighting design with a lot of white keys, and some blue, green and pink keys to highlight the ones you need to play. It's pretty, but it's not really on the same level as Razer's Overwatch lighting profiles, which change dynamically depending on your characters, health and special abilities. The Alloy FPS RGB uses a “floating keys” design, which exposes the switches to more dust and debris but makes cleaning slightly easier – and looks fantastic. The keyboard feels well-built, with a metal top-plate and no flex evident when I gave the board a good twist. There is a subtle chamfer along the keyboard’s edges, which looks good and is comfier to rest your fingers on than a boxier design. You can set up your own lighting schemes in the terribly named but functional NGenuity software, including synchronising with other HyperX peripherals such as the Pulsefire FPS Pro mouse. The software isn’t great, with an interface that is simultaneously feature-light and over-complicated, but it gets the job done. Kailh Silver Speed Switches

The HyperX Alloy FPS RGB performs well, but it leaves out a number of useful premium features.

Cherry MX Speeds feel as though they have a completely linear, uncushioned actuation curve to go with their light actuation force and high trigger point, so they feel as light and crisp as their specs suggest. The Kailh Speed Silver switches have the high actuation point of the Cherry switches, but they also have a distinct cushioned feel at the end of their stroke that stands in stark contrast to the Cherry switches. As a result, the Kailh switches feel less speedy than the Cherry switches do, despite their similarity on paper. To get started with all the fun features of HyperX NGenuity, you first need to select a profile. Upon booting up, you’ll only see the default profile: a Wave lighting preset with no macros. However, this profile can be customized to your heart’s content, or you can create a new one. Cercavo una tastiera tenkeyless, cioè senza tastierino numerico, e ho trovato in assoluto una delle migliori se non LA migliore. But when HyperX says you can feel the difference with these switches, they aren’t straining credibility. You barely have to touch a key to register a keystroke. At first, I was amazed by this, then instantly booted up several games and found that, as the keyboard’s name implies, these switches were amazing for FPS games. In-game, it felt almost as if my keyboard was reacting before I did, which helped ensure I could drop a grenade before I died in Halo Online and deliver justice from beyond the grave. HyperX uses a detachable Mini-USB cable to pass its user’s input to the host system. This wire is nice and pliable and shouldn’t oppose any efforts to route it across a desk. While I appreciate the detachable cable, I wish the company had put another Mini-USB port on the left side of the board to allow for more cable-routing options. As it stands, the rather bulky plug and strain relief on the board’s cable mean that the wire runs haphazardly across my desk to the PC on its left side.

The switches are rather wobbly. You can put your finger on the key and easily move it around in a wide arc whilst bottomed out. If you were hoping for more stable keys like a lot of the newer Razer or box stemmed variants, you're going to be disappointed. HOWEVER, I would argue that it's less noticeable than with Cherry MX switches during use, because you don't bottom out the Kailh Speed Silvers as much, due to higher actuation points and stiffer springs. It's like typing on air :P Completely untenable, as well. These software utilities are already sneered at by power users, with comparable offerings by Logitech and Razer taking up approximately 300MB of space. That’s unwieldy, sure, but 1.1GB? To change the lighting on your keyboard? Ridiculous. IDG / Hayden Dingman HP’s MSRP is subject to discount. HP’s MSRP price is shown as either a stand-alone price or as a strike-through price with a discounted or promotional price also listed. Discounted or promotional pricing is indicated by the presence of an additional higher MSRP strike-through price Either way, the differences are slight. Cherry MX Silvers are a linear switch requiring 45 grams of force, with an actuation of 1.2mm and a travel of 3.4mm. Kailh Silvers require 40 grams of force, with an actuation of 1.1mm and travel of 3.5mm. HyperX’s Alloy FPS keyboard earned a TR Recommended award in days past for its no-nonsense design, quality construction, Cherry switches, and software-free setup, but no gaming-peripheral company worth its salt these days can ignore the demands of the RGB LED-hungry masses. A little while ago, HyperX melded those multicolor LEDs with its no-frills gaming keyboard to make the Alloy FPS RGB. I’ve been typing on this board for some time now, and I’m ready to issue my verdict.

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The HyperX Alloy FPS RGB is a mechanical gaming keyboard that should appeal to a lot of people. It has a full-size 104/105-key layout, pretty RGB illumination, a well-considered design and light, linear Speed Silver switches. Here are my thoughts after testing the keyboard for four weeks. Clean, thoughtful design The switches are made by Kailh, using the usual Cherry MX designs. Kailh is one of the most popular and well-respected switch makers, so this is a sensible choice even though some purists insist on OG Cherry switches. I personally can’t feel a massive difference between speed switches made by the two companies. Wrapping up Lastly, the keycaps felt a bit harsh on my fingers, almost abrasive. I've seen mention online that they need some breaking in, but it was very noticeable after a couple hours, at which point I moved to the above-mentioned, smoother Milk Puddings that I bought along with the board. Kailh switches like those on this board do use standard Cherry stems, so changing keycaps is a simple affair with the myriad keycap sets available online. If you're unhappy with these that is. You won’t find as flashy a set of pre-baked effects through HyperX’s software as you might in Corsair’s iCUE utility, and HyperX doesn’t have any RGB LED sync partnerships in its corner to keep colors or effects consistent across multiple brands of peripherals. Still, I suspect Ngenuity has enough effects to please both mild and wild fans of RGB LEDs.

When it comes to in-game performance, the Alloy FPS RGB is beyond reproach. I put the keyboard through its paces with Overwatch and StarCraft: Remastered, two games that have significant presences in the competitive scene, and I was extremely pleased with how the peripheral handled both titles. But when it came time to make the Alloy FPS RGB, apparently HyperX opted for Kailh Silver Speed switches instead of Cherry. Do they actually like Kailh more? Is it just a cost-cutting measure? It’s honestly hard to tell. The RGB LEDs are definitely better than other boards I've got, though I will say that it wasn't a big selling point for me. I don't care much for RGB, but if the board has it, I'll turn it on and leave it on a solid colour, unless there's a nifty effect like the fire ripple of Razer's, or the GMMK's various wave effects. The software was extremely basic though, and it took me a good bit of fiddling to figure out how to set my profile as a default on the board. The top of the Ngenuity hierarchy for the Alloy FPS starts with profiles. The board has onboard memory for up to three different combinations of lighting settings, macros, and key-deactivation settings for the Alloy FPS RGB’s gaming mode. Once you choose a profile to edit, you’ll gain access to lighting, game mode, and macro sub-settings. Lighting is the most complex part of Ngenuity, so it’s where I’ll focus most of my overview.Time to update you on the state of HyperX’s software. Reviewing the Alloy Elite RGB last year, I noted that HyperX’s Ngenuity utility took up a whopping 1.1GB of space after installation. Gigabytes! That’s just…incredible.