HyperX Alloy Origins Core – RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard, Tenkeyless, Aqua, (QWERTY – US Layout)

Overall Review: With a hefty aluminium chassis, good switches, good sound, and feel, this keyboard should be worth £200. I would recommend it for anyone who wants a tenkeyless RGB keyboard for gaming and typing.Switches (Aqua) and Stabilisers: More tactile and smooth than MX Browns, still some scratch but it is minimal. Almost no sound from the switches themselves (Which is what I like). The stabilisers are actually pretty good for a pre-built keyboard of this price, the spacebar is not rattly like other similarly priced keyboards and are pretty smooth (Although I still recommend that you lube them). Overall very satisfying to type and game on.RGB: The LEDs can get very bright and shine well through the switches and keycaps. The software (INGENUITY) is a bit lacking with only about 8 effects to choose from, however, you can stack effects and customise their colours to get a bit more depth from it.Keycaps and Layout: The keycaps are a bit on the cheaper side (As to be expected for this price range). They collect oil and dust pretty fast but are easy to clean. They are double shot and have good shine-through for the RGB. The tenkeyless layout is the perfect middle ground between 60% being too small (Loss of easy to access function keys) and a full keyboard being too big for your mouse.Chassis: I love the aluminium body of this keyboard, it gives it a premium look and feel - it also reflects the RGB shine well. Of course, this means the keyboard is sturdy as well adding to the premium feel.Sound: The stock sound signature for this keyboard is shockingly good for this price, although the switches and stabilisers are not lubed they are not scratchy or rattly either, this is a major win over similarly priced keyboards that often have obnoxious rattly spacebars.

The media could not be loaded. I bought this about a month ago to replace my go membrane keyboard, a long due upgrade, I type a lot and game on the side, I watched a few reviews and knew this was a good board with some minor problems, I got lucky and bought it for €70 on amazon warehouse and it came in the box and was perfect apart from a bit of dust.About the boardPros ✅-> Built like a tank, you could probably kill someone with it-> the aqua switches are amazing, they are tactile but soo damn smooth-> I’m not a big rgb guy but damn, it’s impressive, it’s super bright and the floating keycap design is clean->the Function + f key secondary function are very usefulCons❌-> The stabilisers are very rattly but can be fixed if you put a bit of card between the stab housing and the aluminium plate, my implementation is a bit messy on space bar but you can do better than that.-> the keycaps are double shot abs and are a fingerprint oil magnet and get slippy after a while, this is that bad and a cheap Aftermarket keycap set would be a great add on-> the ingenuity software is a Microsoft store exclusive and is fairly basic for such a big pheripherals company,Overall I would definitely recommend thus board if you are too get keycaps for it and do something with the stabilisers.Overall 9/10

I dont know what a good or bad mechanical keyboard feels like. So if this is your first step away from membrane this will blow you away. The weight of it coming out of the box was enough to make me happy. Feels so sturdy, and well built. I would say its probobly twice the weight of my previous keyboard and around 3/4 of the size. So thats always a good sign. Switches feel amazing.I watched a few hundred reviews before i bit the bullet. The reason i went for this keyboard is because it appeared in several peoples top 5, sometimes reaching the number one spot. The aqua switches are "apparantly" amazing, even if you are used to mechanical keyboards, or at least one review lead me to think that. Lights are stunning, even in a fully lit room. The software gives you so many ways of customising to make it your own.All i can say is if your here reading reviews and you've never had mechanical, get this you will not regret it. I'm sure there are better on the market, but at this price point it would be hard to beat.I don't even have anything left to say, ive just enjoying typing on this keyboard so much.

The media could not be loaded. There is a reason this is so highly rated among YouTubers and other reviewers and you will soon realise that when you use it. The keyboard is much heavier than you think. Superb build quality and for the price is a steal.I bought the Aqua switches and love the feel of them. It is not the quietest keyboard and that isn't a bad thing. What I mean is that if you have been using your office keyboard which will have come with your PC, they are quiet but they are also rubbish which is why they cost £10 and this costs more. I hate using my office keyboard now after buying this and I am giving a lot of thought to getting a mechanical keyboard for the office now.The software you download from HyperX's website makes configuring the keyboard colour pattern easy. It comes with a nice thick braided detachable USB C to USB A cable. My only gripe, well 2 of them actually, is that it comes with ABS keycaps which are fingerprint magnets. I purchased the HyperX Pudding caps which are made of PBT and they don't display the fingerprints now. My 2nd gripe is that it is in an ANSI layout meaning the keys are slightly different to the UK ISO layout. Not an issue if you know your keys but just thought I would point that out. You can replace the keycaps with an ISO layout but I haven't done that yet.Overall cannot rate this keyboard highly enough and I don't think you would be disappointed in your purchase.