Overall and Final Verdict

Given how good the HyperX headsets have been I came into this one with high expectations so forgive me if I seem ultra critical but I feel like the Alloy Elite is exactly what everyone wanted a few years ago and is a little late to the party. They did a great job by going with genuine Cherry MX switches, there are a lot of companies going with knockoffs of their own design just to cut costs while justifying it with shorter actuation points. The dedicated media keys and the volume knob are also awesome to have. I was also happy with the solid construction other than the plastic wrist rest. Then, of course, you have a standard layout that leaves this keyboard begging for a nice set of PBT doubleshots to really expect the life.

It was the red backlighting that surprised me though. Don’t get me wrong, they implemented it well and it works great. It is just that just about everyone has their RGB options out. I would also dig a touch less on the HyperX branding, I know what keyboard I bought, I don’t need to be reminded every time I look down with three logos facing up at me. Now the rattling backspace on our board, it might not even be an issue on other keyboards. But the Cherry stabilizers as a whole cause this from time to time. I still prefer them for their ease of use when cleaning my keyboard but a little lube might be needed if you run into the rattle yourself.

So this leaves me at the price. The Alloy Elite is priced at $109.99 at launch putting it up at the high end for single color backlighting and right in the mix with the cheap to mid level RGB boards. Now you get Cherry switches and that does require a bit of a premium. The wrist rest adds to it as well, even though I think it could be improved. If you compare it to the Corsair K70 LUX that it shares a lot of features with or the MasterKeys Pro L with its white backlighting. The K70 LUX has a $119 MSRP and the MasterKeys Pro L has a $109 MSRP, but both are currently selling for just under $100. Sticking close to those two in pricing would be ideal as they are both leading the market in this class of keyboard. So overall for my first look at a HyperX keyboard I do think they have a few things to work on. It isn’t the home run right out of the hole like the Cloud headsets but they are on the right track, they just need to flush out a few things and make sure to stay competitive in pricing.

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