Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Mechanical Keyboard Review
Peter Donnell / 8 years ago
A Closer Look
The Alloy FPS comes with an extremely thin bezel, and this is made possible by the steel construction of the keyboard, allowing it to be thinner than plastic chassis keyboard while retaining its strength. Surprisingly, it hasn’t added to the weight, it’s still as heavy as you would expect for a mechanical keyboard, but it’s comparable to rival keyboards.
There’s really very little here to show that shouldn’t be familiar to any PC user. The keys are floating above a thin chassis with barely any bezel around the edges, which should prevent wasting just that little bit extra desktop space.
Tucked up on the top row, you’ll find some secondary FN-shift accessible functions, giving you basic multimedia and volume controls. Not much for controlling your full media player, but enough to skip through a few songs while gaming. On F12, there’s a game mode, which will lock out the usual, such as the Windows key, to prevent you interrupting your gaming action.
On the right, again we see all the basics, with a full-size number pad which looks pretty standard. The arrow keys offer up a secondary function, allowing you to adjust the LED lighting on-the-fly.
The slim chassis design is simply awesome, as the keyboard sits nice and low on your desk, although there is a slight curve to the keys, giving you a more natural arc for your fingers, and of course, there are some kickstands on the underside.
The key caps pull off using the included tool, behind while you’ll find the lovely Cherry MX Blue keys with red LED lights.
Most of the rear of the keyboard is blank, with just a small I/O on the right.
Here you’ll find a charging port for a mobile device, as well as the USB line-in.
There are four small but firm rubber grips on the base of the keyboard, although most of its grip comes from its flat and weighted design.
Finally, two durable kickstands at the back offer a little height adjustment, and also feature their own rubber grips to help keep the keyboard locked in place.
