Once you've got your keyboard ready to show off, you can save up to 3 customisations to your onboard memory and take your own personal light show and macro settings on the road.

But that’s pretty much it, and really the lighting controls are the only design change from the original Alloy FPS. While HyperX makes no mention of software, the Alloy FPS RGB works with NGenuity software, which delivers features like remapping, Macros, lighting control, and so much more. The footprint is also smaller than usual with very little of the frame extending past the key zones.The light from the keys reflects off of the frame to provide an ambient glow that is genuinely cool and distinctive. It is where you can choose the language of the presented information, grab the manual, and can even check for updates to the software and firmware, as well as resetting the entire suite to its factory default settings.

It has a wrist rest and more extra features like dedicated media keys, a volume wheel, and a USB passthrough. The Alloy FPS RGB is an excellent keyboard that distinguishes itself through the careful implementation of a thoughtful design; there are so many small touches that HyperX got exactly right here. You can use “keyboard function” to remap a key, as well as “mouse function” to map any mouse buttons to a key. I will add that these Kailh switches are a departure from Cherry MX designs, and are often found on lower-cost mechanical keyboards, but I found nothing that said ‘budget’ about their implementation in the Alloy FPS RGB, which feels rock solid.I really do love the size of it, and actually kept the original Alloy FPS on my desk for a number of months after review because it took up so little space. All of them offer a steel top plate, all of them work with NGenuity software, all have detachable cables, and all but one model comes with a charging port on the back edge. It offers fantastic customization options, allowing you to set macros, customize RGB lighting, and save as many profiles as you'd like on the program. On the plus side, it comes with nice extra features like macro-programmable keys, full RGB backlighting, and superb companion software offering plenty of customization options. Durable Kailh Silver Speed keyswitches are rated for 70 million keypresses and feature an ultra-light actuation force, making them ideal for gamers looking to get every extra split-second advantage over their rivals.

The Alloy FPS doesn’t include dedicated media keys, but it does allow you to skip songs and adjust the volume using Fn + F6 through F11; Fn + F12 is the gaming mode that disables the Windows key. The flat black PBC is not as easy to clean as the shiny ones, and we do see residue in minute spots, but on the whole, it is clean, and the soldering job is precise without any faults we could see.The keyboard itself will look familiar to people familiar with HyperX keyboard offerings, especially given it is a full-size keyboard in a completely black color scheme and minimalist design based off the Alloy FPS out of the box. The SteelSeries Apex 7 TKL is a better overall keyboard than the HyperX Alloy FPS RGB, though both are exceptional for gaming. A huge help to many, the software highlights what can be done, such as in this instance, we can select an image rather than the HyperX logo, there is an option to like to a specific program, or, if you'd like, you can scroll through the list of predefined lighting effects for various games. In checking out the Kailh Speed line at Flashquark, I find that the these switches come in four versions (Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper), with the Silver the only linear option, and tied for the lowest actuation force of the group at 40g. All of the Alloy models sport a frameless design, which exposed the switches so that the LED lighting shines better and further.

It has a full-size 104/105-key layout, pretty RGB illumination, a well-considered design and light, linear Speed Silver switches. It comes with a detachable wrist rest and has dedicated media keys, a volume wheel, and a USB passthrough. There are multi-media controls offered, there is a Game Mode button, and the Alloy FPS RGB works with any Windows OS since and including Windows 7. First of all, we can see the plastic lower half and the steel top plate which makes the frame-less enclosure.

With all fifteen screws taken out, the two main pieces of the keyboard can be easily separated given the lack of internal USB cables and use of a detachable keyboard cable. These key switches have exposed LEDs for stunning lighting with an actuation force and travel distance elegantly balanced for responsiveness and accuracy. HyperX packs the Alloy FPS RGB inside a white and red box that has a large product picture at the front surrounded by the layout of the keyboard, type of switches used, RGB feature and the company logo. The HyperX has onboard memory to save your preferred settings, and all of its keys are macro-programmable. On NGenuity 2 you have a fair number of effects that you can layer on top of each other, and unlike its predecessor, we can actually put any kind of effect on top of each other and there are more than 2 to use in a profile.