Asus has recently been tears with game keyboards. I tried most of his last game keyboards, from ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless to compact Falchion RX, and I liked almost everyone. You expect that then I will burden ROG Azoth X with the same praise, but I am not so convinced.
Azoth X is a refreshment of the existing ROG Azotha. It shares a great offer: 75% layout, more or less identical chassis design (in this place for storing a 2.4 GHz key) and a 2-inch OLED screen in the upper right corner. On the surface they seem incredibly similar, especially if you compare nitrot x with original white nitrus.
Azoth x is changing a little. At the beginning, the switches have been updated to the latest ROG NX V2 switches of the company, snow V2 or Storm V2. Here I have a Snow V2 version, which is a line switch and most adapted to games.
I have to convey both ROG Strix II 96 Wireless and ROG Azoth Extreme with snow switches, which is theoretically a elementary comparison of the V2 and V1 switch versions. However, through all my years of pressure on the key switches – about professionally – I cannot distinguish them massively. V2 may have a little more spring, Smidge, But I tapped a few keys on each keyboard for about 10 minutes straight and I’m not sure if any differences that I notice now are my tricks for me. All three seem incredibly liquid, due to the grease used in the factory, and all are consistent, although there is a clear difference in their overall tone.
Specifications of Azoth X.
Azoth Extreme has the best writing nature, which is interrupted by a lithe and airy, pittering pattern of each pressing key when writing. Strix scope II 96 imitates this to some extent, although compared to this seems a little more spongy. Azoth X is the most essential and the least encouraging to the noise and general sense of writing, which, I think, comes down to the keys. Keykaty, which, according to the nitrog box, made of PBT, although they feel trashy and do not have a slightly detailed sense of other PBT hats, including on previous ASUS boards. Although I should say that none of these three offers bad writing experience, only different degrees of good.
Keycaps is supposedly a immense sales for nitrogen x. The keys are a bit thereFrom Spacebar, Enter, Tab, Shift and Caps Block Keys waving the motifs and planetary phrases, such as “Join the Republic”. The letter keys even have skinny lines with a pink/purple gradient that matches the gradient in a numerical line. The surrounding keys and a part of the functional order are in a darker color, which I am not against-tonowy keyboards can look quite great, and this one has something about drawing an eye.
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The appearance of this keyboard will certainly be an accident, if you like it, you like it. If not, it’s a bit. Either way, it means that you got stuck on the desktop, not your own machinations, which somewhat overcomes the sense of addressable RGB lighting in every key. Hey, looks well illuminated in purple or pink gradient to fit, shining through strangely designed semi-translucum keykat.
These key keys are translucent from three of the four sides. The remaining page and the upper part of the key contain legends, although they are NO Flash. What is even stranger is RGB LEDs on each key switch, face to the unclear side of the switch, sitting closest to each key (the so -called PCB structure directed south), and thus reduced the apparent shine by semi -transparent sides of the keys. This means that the actual LED is hidden as an unclear side of the switch, preventing all excessive ugliness, but I think that the North LED from the north would largely achieve the same effect.
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In defense, ASUS may decide to employ a PCB project from the south due to this approach to prevent potential problems compatible with LEDs directed north, in which some key profiles to the bottom of the LED housing, not a real switch stopping point. Although I have never had this problem – or at least I never noticed it.
It is hard to judge. It doesn’t look bad, but I think it can look much better. Especially since I think that the promise of this keyboard is its aesthetics outside the world, which is a bit more muted in reality. To the appearance could add some kind of lighting of the environment or bottom, but nitroth X seems to be such a coal copy of the original nitrogen that Asus has not changed anywhere close enough to get a full look.
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As for the screen, I was pampered by a full unit of nitroth extreme colors. The black and white panel on Azoth X is the same as the one on Azoth and is not so close to shiny or handsome. Even the best keyboard screens I used, but I thought they were quite frivolous. The screen can be moderately useful on a competitive game keyboard with many options in flight and configurable keys, such as Apex 9 TKL SteelSeries, although the screen most often increases costs and offers little in return.
As for the Nitoth X screen, it can be used to control lighting, brightness and multimedia control. It is often easier, however, to adapt them in the armory application, and I wish you elementary multimedia controls so that I can reactively employ the volume control buttons, without accidental.
Buy if …
✅ You love science fiction things: There is something to like in the aesthetics of this board. It definitely aroused my interest when I saw it. It also looks good personally, but I am disappointed with lighting.
Don’t buy if …
❌ You only want the highest impression of writing and a compact table: The original ROG Azoth is cheaper, although a slightly larger Strix range II 96 is even cheaper. What’s more, I would argue, for pure writing, is Keychron Q3 Max.
Sure, if Azoth X was the same price as the original Azoth, you can just think that it’s just a entertaining, bizarre color for a fairly popular compact keyboard. But there is no same price. Primary Costs of Azoth USD 209/£ 210 now. Azoth x costs USD 300/275 £. While the older board has been using discount prices since the premiere in 2023, nitroth X is actually more pricey than nitrogen was for the premiere.
There is a diminutive bonus for the purchase of Azoth X. In the set for the box there is a cushioned silicone rest of the wrist, occupying a bathtub from the lubricant and brushes contained on the original nitroth, in case you want to kill the lubrication of the switches a bit. I was there, it’s a bit fresh to spread my own switches once, but I appreciate the rest of the wrist more. Especially since NX switches are already preliminary. Although it is not enough to justify the price jump.
This is ultimately the biggest problem with Azoth X. It is focused on something fresh and stimulating, but it is more color for the existing nitrogen than anything really fresh. This makes its price extremely hard to swallow. What’s more, I prefer practicality, simplicity and ease of Strix range II 96 Wireless, i.e. USD 161/£ 126. We do not yet look outside Asus and we already find much better options, but I recommend Keychron Q3 Max to get an alternative if you are looking for excellent writing and a two -colored style. I employ this keyboard in the office and I had many compliments, including the belief of one friend to buy. And although I do not think that everyone needs a Hall effect keyboard, they are great for many competitive players and you can get the Hall Effect keyboard for less than the mechanical nitrogen X.
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