I’m not afraid to recommend mechanical keyboards to anyone who listens. It doesn’t matter if you’re a player or just a lot of typing – there’s nothing like the feel of real mechanical switches under your fingers, and I’ve used one at home for at least the past 10 years. I hate having to switch to my laptop. While many mechanical keyboards are based on (admittedly excellent) Cherry MX switches under each key, HyperX designs and produces its own custom switches, and the result is an excellent keyboard. Right now, you can save $ 20 on a HyperX keyboard: get it HyperX Alloy Origins mechanical keyboard for $ 90 at GameStop. It’s the cheapest price I could find online, even $ 10 less than Amazon.
HyperX has a good reputation for mechanical keyboards. While CNET has not reviewed this particular model, it is CNETs Luke Lancaster has touched the HyperX Alloy FPSand praised its quality and performance (and found it a great value and a lot cheaper than some competing keyboards). The HyperX Alloy Origins is equally impressive. For reasons of rigidity, it is almost entirely made of aluminum and has three adjustable angles. The USB-C Keyboard cable is also removable.
The Alloy Origins keyboard consists of the linear switches manufactured by HyperX, which behave similar to Cherry MX Reds. The LEDs are exposed for particularly bright key lighting – not embedded under the housing. The RGB lights can be programmed with the HyperX software per button.
What is your preferred keyboard? Let me know in the comments what you think of HyperX and other mechanical keyboards.
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