HyperX Alloy Rise Gaming Keyboard Review: Made for Modders Without Enough Modder Considerations
Mark Knapp/CNET HyperX Alloy Rise 7.0 $100 at Amazon Pros & Cons Decently customizable 8,000Hz polling rate Hot-swappable switches Not enough options at purchase With the $200 Alloy Rise gaming keyboard, HyperX joins the many brands venturing into the enthusiast keyboard market. It has the typical features of a higher-end gaming keyboard, including per-key RGB lighting, an 8,000Hz polling rate for extreme responsiveness, N-key rollover, anti-ghosting and mechanical switches. For keyboard enthusiasts, it also offers a removable aluminum faceplate, hot-swappable factory-lubricated switches and a gasket mount.
- ▪Mark Knapp/CNET HyperX Alloy Rise 7.0 $100 at Amazon Pros & Cons Decently customizable 8,000Hz polling rate Hot-swappable switches Not enough options at purchase With the $200 Alloy Rise gaming keyboard, HyperX joins the many brands venturi
- ▪It has the typical features of a higher-end gaming keyboard, including per-key RGB lighting, an 8,000Hz polling rate for extreme responsiveness, N-key rollover, anti-ghosting and mechanical switches.
- ▪For keyboard enthusiasts, it also offers a removable aluminum faceplate, hot-swappable factory-lubricated switches and a gasket mount.
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Mark Knapp/CNET HyperX Alloy Rise 7.0 $100 at Amazon Pros & Cons Decently customizable 8,000Hz polling rate Hot-swappable switches Not enough options at purchase With the $200 Alloy Rise gaming keyboard, HyperX joins the many brands venturing into the enthusiast keyboard market. It has the typical features of a higher-end gaming keyboard, including per-key RGB lighting, an 8,000Hz polling rate for extreme responsiveness, N-key rollover, anti-ghosting and mechanical switches. For keyboard enthusiasts, it also offers a removable aluminum faceplate, hot-swappable factory-lubricated switches and a gasket mount. Broadly speaking, it’s unobjectionable. It’s fast, reasonably customizable, not bold in its design but not unsightly either and it does the job it’s meant to.
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