HyperX Alloy Origins AQUA TACTILE Switches: Surprisingly Smooth

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Looking at my first keyboard from HyperX - the Alloy Origins and it features their new Aqua Tactile switch. Tactiles being my favorite, I was anxious to check them out - and they didn't disappoint.
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[@biyabo]

Really appreciate the no-filler information delivery. A video respectful of my time

[@RiceisJelly]

cant believe its 2020 and companies still think its ok to require you to run their software 24/7 with no on-board memory.

[@badseedtech]

Was honestly really surprising. It had me at MS Store app and then it finished me with "minimize to taskbar" lol

[@ItsReaxxion]

wish synapse could save ONE single Lighting profile on the keyboard/mouse itself, but no it doesnt.

[@electricbluee]

Why I would not buy another Razer product even tho the Mamba is not bad tbh

[@briannash1603]

Right? And I guess Mac and Linux users just don't exist either. What were they thinking?

[@sploit777]

@Shinya You are correct. But this is not very clear. It took me too long to realize how to do it than it should. They should have a use on board toggle like on g hub

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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO POST A REVIEW OF THE AQUA SWITCHES. SO FAR YOU ARE THE SECOND ONE! Thank you very much good sir!

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@@timothywhite3734 no messing around huh

[@Forandras]

Got this keyboard as birthday present and its amazing 😀

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Anyone noticed the Mr. Beast hoodie?

[@sentsuu]

I would love to see larger KZbinrs like you to lube the stabs as well since they're plate mount they're relatively easy to lube without desoldering.. that's what I did with my keyboard and it really made it sound a lot better than before.

[@soccerscience8507]

I got super excited for a second because when I saw that they had aqua switches I thought that you meant that they added zealios aqua zilent switches lmao Great vid

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[@SNLOfficial_]

Great Review, well constructed and very informative. Also! high quality... Keep it up

[@Ma77]

This popped up, which was perfect as I was just waiting for the new TKL HyperX keyboard with aqua switches!!

[@badseedtech]

Would DEFINITELY take this in a TKL for sure. It was pretty weird playing with a full size board again. Had it at a weird angle in the video because my usual angle had me smacking my thumb against the board the whole time lol

[@nathanaelaguinaldo9663]

Just got the Origins Core today w/these Aqua switches, and I actually prefer typing on these over my previous MX Brown board!

[@KiLLJOY1056]

Dude, the Aluminum case, the floating switch and key, the vibrant colors, the smooth tactility. This is the ultimate keyboard for me. I feel like I wanna stock pile them lol. I have the Aqua, but im consider getting red linear so i can switch them out. I like Tactile for FPS games but for games like OSU i like Linears. Especially since they fixed the software and now able to save 3 presets to keyboard

[@Nyah420]

Good review. I was starting to get impatient, wondering if he was going to let me hear the keys, but there he was! lol Thanks for your review. Very informative.

[@TheBoringOctopus]

I've taken apart this same series of keyboards and they do have a small amount of lube on the stabilizers but its extremely inconsistent and even missing on some stabs.

[@mikaelhuostila4005]

6:20 More cats in the reviews please!! :D

[@akaxanii1591]

great vid my guy

[@jellyuser]

I love the voice and beard of this guy, nice video!

[@tmtimber6837]

Nice vid. Btw im typing with this keyboard and it feels awesome. I have hyper x reds and they are really smooth and perfect for gaming!

[@gryffin533]

You ready, let’s go!!!

[@CosmicApe]

You can save the settings to the keyboard and close the software. Also, it's $89.99 now.

[@inissate]

Love that the cat made a guest appearance 6:20

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Glorious man

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another upload lets goooooo

[@wac_]

Couldn't have been better perfect timing! My friend was debating whether or not to get this keyboard in aqua or red switches just yesterday XD

[@spktral313]

Have the red switch version of this board and absolutely love it. The HyperX white PBT keycaps look amazing on it.

[@rup3rt752]

1 year update?

[@spktral313]

@@rup3rt752 Still use it! No issues. My only gripe is the spacebar rattle. Really bad with PBT keycaps, not as bad with the stock spacebar.

[@rup3rt752]

@@spktral313 Nice good to hear

[@sAuJun1]

Worth for a cherry mx red user change to hyperx red switch?

[@asc7193]

@@sAuJun1 i'd say it's worth it. Hyperx reds are incredibly smooth to me compared to even stock hyperglide reds.

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[@jakeduffy2053]

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[@badseedtech]

Hopefully super fast - just backlogged right now with everything going on.

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[@M00NM0NEY]

Great review, Brian. I hope HyperX is watching. Their hardware is good (keyboard and mouse)... but HyperX, please fix your Ngenuity software. Also, nice cat! Is that the BadSeed Tech editor? ;)

[@DBSTH0R]

Fully agreed. I sold my Hyper X Alloy RGB, mostly due to the poor software that eats up disk space like no ones business (over 1 GB!!! for not even half the features Corsair's software does...).

[@G_blicky]

DBSTH0R I still think it’s better than synapse though lol

[@Cichlid_Visuals]

yea hyperx u need to completely nuke that malware you guys call software.

[@G_blicky]

DBSTH0R idk what version your downloading but it only took 48 mb of my disk and I haven’t had a single issue with performance

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@@G_blicky I didn't use the one from MS store (this is apparently new), I used one available from Kingston website.

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[@EnergeticTK]

I'd love to see a blackwidow elite orange switch review :D

[@auzziebridger]

Must have updated Ngenuity since this video. Running the board now and you can save presets to the onboard memory and close the software.

[@trenh]

Do you know if this is true for the alloy origins core with red switches too?

[@princezuzu4505]

Trenh yes it does

[@auzziebridger]

Trenh can confirm. Bought the red and blue switched to try both. Software update worked on both

[@CamperTheFlow]

@@auzziebridger and which one did you like the most aqua or the red switches?

[@alingheorghe4426]

You can actually save 3 on board profiles on the keyboard , the option it's just in a weird place in the software

[@MalakaiDerg]

Just as I was thinking about a black logo, you showed the TKL one. Definitely a much better look. Wish they did the same to the spacebar too, that logo it's just not really nice to look at.

[@skraegorn7317]

As far as I can tell, HyperX switches are most likely made by TTC. I believe these are similar to TTC Browns but with tighter tolerances and a raised and more intense tactile bump.

[@vernoningram5421]

You could run the coil to the left then loop it back around (coil to the left, 'u turn' the cable back to the right) I think that would solve the cable issue. Well make it better at least.

[@bezee]

I recently got this keyboard and I love it. Great video! Do you have link or a shop where I can get the mousepad @1:39

[@tpore2784]

any mice reviews comin soon?? really hoping this year is a BIG year for lightweight gaming mice...possibly wireless as well....

[@jasonhaiad]

Ngenuity can now be minimised to taskbar, still havent added many other lighting effects but the software is smoother overall I feel, have no regrets with my tkl version of this

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[@SpartanCortex]

I wish i had the money for this the keyboard sound sooooooo good

[@ABlackWoman]

There is on board memory for 3 different custom profiles.

[@2moons72]

There’s a strong case for you to bend the case of the keyboard to see the strength for ourselves.

[@NightMotorcyclist]

I have the tenkeyless version of the Origins. With the aqua switches a little lubing goes a long way in terms of stabilizer feel/ sound which sounds better/ far less rattling along with a more refined and better tactile feel than a modified MX brown (MX browns out of the factory don't feel all that great and Cherry needs to stop resting on its laurels).

[@davidxu6289]

How do you mod it?

[@aforce7994]

I would love to see a review of the azeron keypad. I don’t know If I should buy it or the steelseries apex PRO.

[@removeobstacles]

Towards the end of the video you clicked a keyboard on the right, which was quiet. Was that a TKL keyboard? If not, can you recommend a non-mechanical fullsize TKL keyboard?

[@robertapostoiu2272]

6:38 sound

[@HoveKB]

My guy! That Stache needs some wax! Can’t wait to see its final form!

[@Fitchman55th]

Best alternative to HyperX Aqua????? I absolutely fell in love with these switches today however HyperX does not sell the switches (and the HyperX keyboards are sort of meh with god awful software to boot). I loved how stable they felt, really smooth - just the perfect fit (also their low noise level is perfect). Really need help finding the closest alternative given the previous stated limitations .... Gateron or Kailh browns perhaps? (lazy answer is obviously cherry browns - - but I'm asking the community, of all the tactiles, which would be the closest to the Aqua.... please please please

[@rebeccareisdorf5429]

I had a similar keyboard with silver speed switches and didn't have an issue with NGENUITY. I could close it and everything still worked but maybe we're talking about different things

[@lennonhunt6269]

thank you brian p

[@gustygraphics]

Which chair are you using? A noble chair? What are you using in your recent videos?

[@shinobu5283]

My favorite switches

[@flyby130]

I have the NK65 keyboard by novel keys which also has the usb port on the right side. I just lay my coil right to left then the straight cable off the back of my desk into pc.

[@noidsuper]

Nice to see someone else with the NK65 on youtube. A rare sight

[@daniellara299]

i got this from 50 bucks in mexico its really good , i tried gateron brown but didnt liked it im really happy with the aqua switches for typing but kind of makes me wonder how good a more famous switch like the glorious panda actually are then ? would be better than this?

[@Supremee1337]

I feel like the full keyboard would sell better if it had dedicated multimedia keys, kind of like Logitech g810 orion spectrum. The scroll bar for sound is so great, why would you want to press those keybinds to change volume

[@angles711]

would u overall recommend this keyboard over something like the durgod k320 in terms of overall quality ?

[@randomstuffbychris]

*me watching this video with this board right in front of me* "wow seems like a good buy"

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Beast merch!

[@Zeraphor]

You say the ABS show fingerprints (2:49) but isn't the part you actually touch in the video covered by the dye and therefore not actually ABS? I might very well be wrong and am wondering this since I have an ABS board with dye sub myself [Corsair K70 series] as far as I can tell - I am very new to this.

[@victorpapagelos6758]

the switches are actually pretty good

[@Boemtie]

Nice review again, is it me or is that board really high pitched and loud?

[@badseedtech]

I really think it might be this new recorder - I'm literally typing on it right now and its loud but not loud and pingy like the video. Probably gotta ditch that thing.

[@meltedmarshdaddy]

Not sure if I should get this or Ducky 12 Sf with Kaihl Box Browns

[@khoimt4187]

I think It is a perfect gaming keyboard

[@shinjieva]

I got the same board but the Khalil silver.

[@UnusualPudding]

6:20 Bruh Aqua Tactiles suprisingly smooth but feel like 67g Zealios? That doesnt make sense

[@BeauxGnar]

Closest to Zealios compared to the other he listed, which is still an odd comparison considering the complete difference in spring weight.

[@chidoridrago]

At the end, does it feels more like linear? Or Is it closer to a clicky switch because of the bump?

[@qoobes]

There are onboard profiles!!!

[@gavriellowell8713]

Could you compare these to Mx blues and greens? I feel like that’s what it’s competing with

[@Just1n2802]

if the software situation wasn't so bad I think this would be my perfect dream keyboard. I'm honestly so disappointed in where keyboard are right now it seems every keyboard has at least one fatal flaw that prevents it from being a viable option and companies are discontinuing older keyboard that more represent my needs/preferences making them impossible to obtain, especially new.

[@ObscenePizza]

Profile data can be saved to the keyboard now, no need for the software after saving. They fixed/added that feature.

[@kevinzyrkowski]

What’s up Brian!

[@badseedtech]

Hi, I'm Brian

[@arkouda1735]

So should I get aqua or red switches?

[@sh1nenkai258]

they need to make a emerald or violet switch which is very very loud, clicky and makes a very loud noise, dont know why but i like loud boards

[@calvin1053]

finally. im early Great vid

[@M0onMo0n]

i have 2 hyperX keyboards, 1 alloy fps RGB and 1 alloy fps(original)... when i first bought my keyboard, they had a good software that wasn't on the microsoft store, and the keyboard kept(atleast the different profiles) stuff between computers without having the program opened etc, so when i reinstalled my computer i got really bummed :/ luckily i still had the old software, though it wouldn't work on my main machine, it did work on my laptop :x

[@Snake_0rbital]

So for the tkl board should i go with the aqua switches or reds

[@DumbassUsername]

Would be the best keyboard if they fixed: 1) Stabilizers 2) Added a USB Port like the SS Apex Series 3) Software 4) Routing Cables on the back?

[@_jqy427]

THE NEW ZACH CHOI OF KEYBOARDS

[@TheSusDog]

I like YA cut G

[@crsorsmth9951]

I have been using their older model, the "Alloy FPS RGB". Their software wasn't a Microsoft Store app at first and it allowed you to save your presets on the memory of the keyboard, so they downgraded a lot with that shitty app.

[@edifilote4589]

hello i have a question for those of you who know... do aqua and blue sound the same?

[@staplez6038]

The hub theme song playing in the background

[@sploit777]

I really want to try these switches but I got so used to nice stabilizers on my Ducky One 2 Mini that I don’t want to go to this board with trash stabs