@@miibrawler They're okay, but the UPnP implementation skips all the "optional" bits of the spec, which allows for stuff like multiple XBox or Playstation decks to have their own separate audio streams. I also found that even with just the one device, my kids could completely trash the memory fragmentation condition of the router to the point where after about 36 hours it would lock up completely having run out of buffer space for even the kernel.
I just got this keyboard after contemplating the azoth price tag… best decision of my life this keyboard sounds so nice right out of the box and it feels SO good
I had both and the Azoth is quite a bit quieter but ASUS's Amoury Crate software is broken so the OLED and custom RGB doesn't work on the Azoth - for that reason I returned the Azoth and am keeping the Scope II.
@@Sth_Magical I beg to differ. They will shine in your face because who is sitting south of the keyboard? Right, that's me ;-) So now and then if you sit in the "wrong" angle, you can see the LED's directly between the keycaps shine in your face. Bought myself an EPOMAKER EK68 for fun, also to test what i do like and do not like. I also forgot that there's no right Ctrl key, so i can't crouch anymore lol. So it's not usable for first person shooters for me as well, but this Asus looks actually nice and has a right Shift and Ctrl key with a bit of space between the arrow keys and those keys so that's good. North facing LED's and shine through keycaps another plus.
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I love that he has to take the keycaps off to even tell if they are north or south facing. It only matters if you're using custom switches--otherwise it doesn't matter at all... again, dude literally can't tell without taking it apart.
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@@haroldallaberg6359 and asus is clearly trying to make this hobby become big with this and the rog azoth so why wouldnt they? they already have the rog flachion wich is a 65% keyboard but it just needs to be updated with hotswap capability and other of this keyboards features and then they covered the 3 major layouts(96% basically replaces 100% since its only better and has no downsides)
North faced LEDs is for the legends to shine through. I noticed among custom keyboards legend shine through is increadibly rare. While the entire point to have backlit keyboard was to light up those legends on the keyboard on darker environment.
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Ive had mine with the Snow switches for about 3 months now. I absolutely love it. Last Keyboard was a Logi G612, went through 4 of them in 2 years due to double clicking/chatter. Changing to the Scope II is awesome.
@@curiaregis9479 You should try putting isopropyl alcohol in to the double pressing switches. Make sure keyboard has no power, remove keycap, press switch down and put some alcohol inside. Rapidly press couple of dozen times and leave to dry for hour. It's likely just some dirt inside the switch. My keyboard is working perfectly fine after 7 years with that trick. Also works with mice
The Northfacing situation is eh, it's still matters of preference honestly. They still targeting it mostly towards people who are into backlit keycaps, and that's perfectly fine. Doesn't mean it won't fit any aftermarket keycaps set, after all there are still exquisite colorway/theme that aren't only available in cherry profile. All in all they're going good and wish other big mainstream peripherals brand can follow suit.
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So, the problem isn't north-facing LEDs, it's that the switch molds aren't always designed to make Cherry keycaps compatible with NFLEDs. There's no good reason for this, as there are many switches that don't experience that problem, like Epomaker's Flamingo, Budgerigar, and Sea Salt Silent switches. It literally just takes a slightest slope on the LED-side of the switch. Or a longer stem (like, maybe half a millimeter, if that). There is no good reason for any new switch not to avoid interference with Cherry keycaps.
@@a55techNo, but that's a good question! Cherry interference refers to the fact that Cherry keycaps, particularly in the "home row," (A through Enter in the alphanumeric section), when placed on a switch on a board whose LEDs are north-facing, will sometimes impact the switch housing itself before fully bottoming out. This is because of the way the "standard" switch housing was molded for a long time. It often results in a clacky sound as well as being rather easily felt compared to the other keys. So, my point was, if you use slightly longer stems that aren't flush with the housing when bottomed out, or if the housing on the LED-side is sloped a little more than the "standard" was for a long time, such interference can be quite easily avoided, making the north-south distinction a matter of personal preference rather than one being "better" than the other.
all gateron switches have a slight indentation in the top housing to prevent interference. rather than getting mad at north facing pcbs, which are objectively better for people who like shine thru caps, we should be directing that anger at switch manufacturers for being lazy and not adapting the way gateron and others have
I don't even get why north facing is still the default. Key legends aligned to the top of the cap was the standard for like, ever.. but now there are so many variants which are more centred, and with doubleshot you can even have centred shine through legends right over the stem. On top of that, side legends are also gaining popularity somewhat where the top is blank and south facing LEDs would allow for shine through side legends which would just be dope
@@MotoCat91 I don't get why either has to be the default. Let's have decent options either way. While north facing is the default for gaming oriented boards, which make a lot of sense for that demographic, south facing is absolutely the default for enthusiast boards. And decent shine through caps are rare, especially for non standard layouts. Decent side lit keycaps are even rarer. I have yet to encounter a side lit set which doesn't suck in one form or another. Plus, there's plenty interesting switch options which don't suffer north facing interference with cherry profile caps. And there's plenty interesting profiles besides cherry which won't cause interference in any case.
@@valadi7698 if a brand like logitech or asus did make some front facing shine throughs, we’d probably get a lot more keycap sets that also have front facing shine through that would be better quality. i agree that they should start making those
The only thing I don't like about linear switches is that I've come to notice that while gaming, as I'm resting my fingers on the keys (not actively pressing them), sometimes just the weight of resting my fingers on the keys would be enough to unknowingly press a key down far enough to register it. Kept thinking "Why the hell do i keep strafing occasionally while running forward". Took a bit to realize. Keyboard in question is the Glorious GMMK2 with its factory Glorious Fox linear switches. Replaced the switches with some Gateron Green clickys, and it's SOOOOO much nicer feeling.
I love 96% keyboards. I have a small desk, and my PC is on there next to 2 monitors. I have to have a numpad as I work with CAD software a lot, and being able to type in dimensions with it is so much better that having to use the number row.
What about a separate numpad then? You can place it anywhere. Which is beneficial for ergonomics. And it saves space since you can move it out of the way when you're not using it.
@@valadi7698 I'm basically always using it, and ergonomically this already makes sense for my setup. I'm not chucking my mouse around in FPS games, so I just have this and a normal mousepad set up. I tried the numpad thing with a 75% keyboard before I got a 96%, and it just became an extra thing that existed on my desk and would get moved around more than it should.
@@valadi7698 it's not subjective, it's small, that's it. it's just a trend the 60% keyboard, completely doom. And if you mesure a 96% compact it is very close to a tkl. Idk what are you doing with your mouse bro but probably not the right thing, or maybe u forgot that you are suppose to lift the mouse after a moment ?
ASUS does a great job on their Keyboards. I currently daily a modded Azoth and even with a number of bespoke options it's by far my favorite deck. I'm not a big fan of this particular board's layout or profile, but I have to admit it does sound nice.
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i have a azoth as well.. beautiful keyboard.. i upgraded from a Asus Flare and i can say, dampening is a MUST.. the azoth makes my flare look like a 10$ dell keyboard
i got the 60% one the other day after looking around for days and testing out different keyoards. Got the white board with the nx red switches and its unreal. Best stock keyboard ive found
I just now realized ive been using wrist rests completely differently. I put mine a decent distance away from my keyboard and just put my palm flat on the wrist rest instead of my wrist.
Just got mine from Amazon US and it does come with the PBT keycaps and OMFG, it is REEEEEEALLY good stock, miles better than my Keychron K4 pro stock, the stabs on the keychron were awful, had to tune them a lot.
Your comment put a smile on my face. Keyboard snobs still refuse to accept that this is better than most homemade keyboards acoustically. And it demolishes the custom scene in terms of battery life and wireless range. It's a murder and they don't even see it coming.
I'm typing this comment as I watch this. I haven't watched any reviews of this. I just happen to test it at a local game shop. I fell in love without knowing what this was. It didn't matter what the price is. I like the layout, the sound, the feel, wireless (bluetooth + 2.4ghz), RGB, USB-C, a volume rocker, and with a magnetic wrist pad that has the right amount of cushion. Only the font is undesirable.
I kinda struggle to fathom how a keyboard enthusiast who went across so many boards still struggles to differentiate between ABS and double-shot PBT keycaps on a very first glance :) Also, important argument for the North RGB - yeah they can be delivered without interference and the way the discretely emit light mostly just via the shine-thru keycaps is exactly how I love them. The south facing RGB bleed is annoying and unbearable, so I perfectly understand this position and wholesomely support it. The south-facing RGB are mostly just a gimmick that on most boards just does not serve any purpose apart from a decorational battery drainer. But hey, that's just me. Btw, have you tried the wireless further away from the desk? I found out that most keyboard's I have tried struggle massively beyond 2m of range in a clear sight from the dongle. Logitech G915 being the only exception - even Deathstalker V2 Pro would not deliver at such a tiny distance.
One thing that you didn't mention was how heavy this keyboard is. I just got one last week. And in comparison to my last keyboard, a Microsoft comfort curve 3000, I could fight off a home invader with this thing. I like the key clicks. Sounds great. And reminds me of old school IBM keyboards that I used ages ago. Using this sucker with the Aura Sync was a bit of a hassle. I had to turn off the dynamic lighting to be able to use Aura Sync with it. Which suits me fine since my G502 mouse doesn't like Aura Sync. But at least I can control the RGB with Aura sync now. The only thing that I notice is that typing on it takes a little getting used to. Even so I got close to 60wpm in the first few minutes of trying it out. So far I'm really liking this keyboard.
The knob button mech is interesting considering it's not just a separate knob with a weirdly molded standard keycap next to it. Wish there were some better shots of what's going on with it during the teardown and modding; also explaining the feel of this button specifically, considering it's not sitting on a standard keyswitch.
Fun fact I’ve had cubitial tunnel / surgery, but basically I’ve learned from Hand therapy is that wrist rests are actually bad for you because it can compress your nerve and cause carpal tunnel.
I have this. The best keybaord I have ever used. I used Razor and Hyper X for a long time. I still have my HYPER X ALLOY and my RAZOR Balckwidow mini v3 but trust me, this 96% beast is the best I have ever used. The snow switches are amazing and the design, the build and overall quality is unmatched. Worth every penny. I use it for work
Asus needs to fix their firmware. I got this keyboard a few days ago and there are a TON of issues with it. It has two separate kinds of software (armoury crate and armoury crate se). Even after installing hte lastest firmware, several issues persist: green ROG led is turned on even when your pc is off (bright enough to light the whole room), keyboard RGB turns on when any key is pressed and pc is off, function keys for light modes on the keyboard are not working (either with armoury crate, armoury crate SE or no software installed). The keyboard just keeps sitting at blue color. After resetting the colour switches to rainbow mode for a few seconds, but then sits at blue again. It has become impossible to turn the lighting off. IMHO it is downright cheeky and insulting to sell a product with such a buggy firmware for more than 150 Euro. Typing would have felt nice on the board, but there's barely anything working aside from typing. Getting it to work wirelessly and updating the dongle firmware took me way longer and various installs and uninstalls of different versions of armoury crate. I'm so done with this keyboard, I would not take it for free. Great hardware ruined by abysmal firmware/software.
13:05 Try self sticking felt gliders, made for the underside of table legs (3mm thickness). They have an incredible effect and are pretty good mass and surface structure wise for absorbing sound
This is my rogue opinion, but if you have shine through key caps with legends on the top, north facing LEDs make the legends much more legible. If you like your legends on the side, you rebel, then you need south facing LEDs. And if you don't have shine through keycaps, LEDs are pretty useless. But that's just my opinion. I have a num pad that has _mostly_ south facing LEDs except for a couple. Seriously, just be consistent one way or the other.
True, but I'll raise you one further: South facing LEDs are terrible. They are facing your face. You just randomly look at them from an angle and wham you get a flashbang in your eyes.
if there was a 75% layout of this with south-facing led, magnetic switches and rapid trigger I would buy it in a heartbeat (would probably swap out the case for something cleaner though)
5:39 that only "issue" i see, the lights are north facing, but that was because prior i was interested in a board that i needed to switch out the keycaps and i liked some side labeled ones, so south facing would be best. but even though this is "gamer type font", i am actually ok with this one. So i would only switch out a few keys, for accent with my esthetic honestly.
I've tuned them with just grease without trying to open it up. All in all they are really good after greasing. Just slight rattle with the spacebar on the far right side I couldn't fix entirely.
@@HipyoTech could you give some advice on tuning the spacebar stabilizer please? Mine rattles badly on the right side, only had it for a few days. From what I can see there’s some foam blocking you from removing the stabilizer. I could possibly push the foam down but I’m worried it won’t return to it’s original shape.
I don't think you can say all gamers use headphones. I've been gaming on PC since 2002 and I've only used speakers. I can't and can't stress enough that I really don't like headphones. I need to use speakers and I mean at least decent speakers. I first started off using a full-blown Sony 5.1 surround sound receiver and then moved to desktop speakers with a sub to save on some space now I'm using the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1. Also, I work with about 10 other gamers and it's a mix of headphone and speaker users. Not all gamers use headphones. I personally don't like how close everything sounds and the slight claustrophobic feeling I get with headphones.
I also enjoy my plastic board. I wish I had the cash to throw down on a CNC so I could do some custom housings. That would be so fun to do! On a side note, I think I would be more concerned about Nola's teeth if she chompa'd mine. Don't get me wrong, she might cause a little scratching but I would be more concerned about her toofers.
8:40 there is a range you are used to and this keyboard goes beyond that, so you would have to adapt. but honestly, i think this was made more for the casual gamer, while the Falchion is more for gamers like yourself.
i bought this kb p much based off of this video, never tried it at a local store, only 1 retailer in my country sells it and turns out i really like the switches - nx snow. they are considered linear but have a clear sound attached. ive come to like the scroll wheel and what it can offer. the 96 layout is perfect for me. after that i basically went down a kb hobby rabbit hole :):):) i have bought many sets of keycaps and am having fun buying and trying switches... before this kb i had tried a keychron k3 low profile which i liked some aspects of but ultimately could not get use to the smaller form factor (over my logitech mx keys kb - not the mech one) and the lower profile switches i had a love hate relationship with. i also bought a full size ducky kb which is great build quality but is not wireless like this one. so it is nice to have different types of custom keyboards that do different things...
I have two Azoth 75s, the original with NX reds, and I have a white with NX snows. I love them both with a nods to the white board. On the Azoth, the keys feel different than on the Scope display for whatever reason. Sound is different, too.
I recently bought this keyboard, qnd I find it amazing. Coming from a Ducky Shine 7 Blackout, I feel like this is a huge upgrade. The typing experience, how quiet it is, and how stable the switches feel (specially the space-bar).
@@Jadzim27definitely worth buying, just bought mine and it feels so good coming from tkl user. The nx snow are exelent at stock feels similar to gateron milky yellow but better. Just need to replace the abs keycaps to better ones and it good to go, the only downside was need armoury crate to update the firmware, can uninstall later tho
@@gxchrome7546 bought it as well, my previous was some random one for 30 $ , it was really big upgrade for me, just have to get use to it becwjse of the high profile key caps
Is there really any benefit to getting this compared to a Keychron Q1? Still using their K4 96% and still haven't fully decided on a much needed new build yet.
I mean, I will be using it to play StarCraft 2. Although, I really hate the "gamer" aesthetic that ASUS puts on literally everything that has the ROG logo on it. The only thing I really don't like about the Keychron boards is the lack of 2.4Ghz wireless connectivity. Leaving it wired isn't the end of the world though, so I would just rather have the better/more premium overall board. Seems like that would be the Q1. Probably will just get that and find some highly rated pre-lubed switches, and eventually find some keycaps I like more. Thanks for the replies guys. :)
Too bad not in black, makes me think if I wanted to try this "genre" of keyboard that the Azoth is still the winner. But honestly thinking about the Wotting or the DrunkDeer 75. But then I want wireless for flexability so really no perfect keyboard and I hate swapping keyboards for different things. For the the Keychron Q3 is my daily driver and I really enjoy it, but a bit "worried" about latency and I do not have wireless for when I am doing techy stuff like working on servers where Bluetooth is not an option, need the USB dongle.
there need to be more shine through options for south facing led's lol, I've only seen 2 font variations and am not the biggest fan of either plus color options are lacking it's almost exclusively the shifting gradient colorways
Back watching this video again after buying this keyboard at MicroCenter; I know it's not really the point of your channel, but on a keyboard like this, I would love if you went into more detail about the software for customizing it, because man I thought I knew how bad Armoury Crate/Aura Creator are before, having to use them for some lighting inside my PC case, but my god, I cannot believe how absolutely garbage both apps are for keyboard customization. Yes, there are macros, but they are extremely barebones and really don't let you do what actually want with them. No way to create multiple layers on the board (as in, if you create a macro, you can only assign it to a single keypress, you can't, for example, use Fn plus some other non-function key to use for your own shortcuts/macros). RGB control is...not great. There are some quite cool effects built in, but no way to customize them very much, and if you want to do more extensive customization you have to use Aura Creator, which then eats like 3-5% at least of my 5800X CPU running any effects other than static lighting, and also forces you to customize other component lighting in Aura Creator too, not just leaving them alone separately in Armoury Crate...and the light effects look laggy/stuttery as hell on top of all that, despite using so much CPU! I could go on and on, but it's really so bad. :/ which is an absolutely massive shame, as the hardware of this keyboard is honestly pretty amazing. To be fair I'm coming from a Logitech G910 with Romer-G tactile switches, so not even close, but I've been consuming keyboard vids and info for a year or 2 now and this one really does sound and feel super great. And I completely love the 96% layout which is so rare to see...but I still might return it just because of how bad the software is. The Keychron Q5 Pro is coming out soon for $30 more than this so I might go for that but then I'm losing out on the actually-good shine-through RGB and the super low latency wireless. Didn't think I'd ever say this but I really miss the Logitech G Hub software that controls my G910...that flawlessly runs lighting real-time in the background and uses
Can you give your opnion about the Asus switches vs Cherry MX switches? My CODE Keyboard is giving signals of retirement after 8 years :), time to look for a new keyboard.
@@felipeprenholato2301 unfortunately I have like literally zero experience with Cherry MX switches, since my G910 was my first and only mechanical keyboard before getting this Asus one.
@@MyAmazingUsername Thanks for the info, do you have a source on that? Also, any idea if SignalRGB will also support it? I've checked both out and I feel like SignalRGB is the one with better options for actual RGB effects, not just setting static lighting, but correct me if I'm wrong on that
@@Boomer.Roberts I will probably be coding Scope II support for OpenRGB. If not, someone else will do it. It's trivial to support ASUS devices. They all work roughly the same way. SignalRGB is polished but I have no way to run it on Linux. I would never use its animation feature, since it uses up to 10% of your CPU just to flash some lights. OpenRGB can also do animations via the Effects plugin and I suspect it would also use lots of CPU. Calculating effects and transmitting constant updates is gonna waste CPU no matter what. You know that meme about "RGB makes your game FPS higher"? If you animate it, RGB makes your game FPS 10% lower. The only exception is if your device supports on-board animations that don't involve the computer at all. Like a built-in rainbow animation. Those would run without CPU involvement and would be fine.
So this comes with Asus own designed NX Snow switches that cant be purchased separately. Which switch that u can buy would be actually the closest to those NX Snow switches?
I absolutely DESPISE the ridiculous fonts on keyboards these days and I don't buy them if I know the keycap font is terrible, even if it's the best keyboard on the planet. I don't know if I hate seeing these fonts on keyboards more than cherry green switches and equivalents or not. It's like seeing projects, reports, or anything for that matter, written in comic sans that isn't produced by a 12yo. Like, I'm sorry, but who the f*** thought it was a good idea to put these sorts of fonts on keyboards and, even worse, looked at it and agreed? This one is far from being bad, comparatively to most mechanical keyboards available these days anyways, but it still makes me do a double take if I'd actually manage to look at it for it's entire lifespan or not, and for roughly 200€, the answer to that question better be a yes, which I don't think it is. Making me go out of my way to buy an entire keycap set just so I don't have to look at an atrocious font all day has been on my top 3 reasons to not choose a particular keyboard - especially since my language layout isn't available in most places meaning keycap set offers and potential choices are minimal at best.
I have the ASUS Azoth with the SNOW switches. I LOVE the feel of typing on these SNOW switches, but for some reason the Azoth doesn't sound quite as good as the Strix Scope II despite being a significantly more expensive board. What do you suppose accounts for the difference? I think perhaps there is too much foam inside the Azoth.
@@simonx5863 Since I posted this a month ago, I've replaced the caps and I can confirm the difference in sound is the caps. I put some thick-wall doubleshot PBT caps on there and they sound great.
I bought this keyboard. It does everything I wanted (replacing a logitech g15 I bought during the Bush Admin). I don't get the asmr thing keyboard people go nuts over.
detachable wrist rests are good, separate wrists rests are better. Love the one that came with my logitech kb. I have my wrist rest a good 10-12cm away from the keyboard so I actually don't rest my wrist on it
Man, I was like "What the F is thock?!?" I just recently bought a Corsair DeathStalker V2 KB and thought it was certainly better than my previous Logitech Romer switch KB. And then I saw the Asus ROG Strix Scope II and hit the order button (gotta have a numpad). Now I understand "thock". I think I just thocked my pants. I'm sure it's lower on your list of really good keyboards but for my first thocky hot-swappable switch KB, I understand your videos better. It's going to take some getting used to a few of the keys (like delete) being in different location however.
I have the Corsair K70 silent keyboard and I LOVE how it sounds and feels and im wondering if this keyboard will sound and feel similar as im looking at getting a new keyboard as mine is starting to play up and the K70 silent is very hard to find and this looks very good.
The biggest problem is not the north facing rgb nor the abs keycaps, but the software, oh god the software. First of all you get 10 processes running in the background after you install it, 99% of them are completely non related to the keyboard or the function of it and the best of all is after you remove the main software, all of them are still installed and you have to uninstall all of them one by one. And that would be not as bad if the software itself was usable at all, I just don't understand how you can botch this so bad with a 200EUR keyboard. Just using any gaming software after the ROG one feels 10x better.
@Hipyo Tech Did you swap the stabs too? I got mine with their own stabs (idk the name, but the Azoth have the same type of stabs). Does this keyboard compatible with 3rd party plate or screw-in stabs too? Ty for your answer
Did you ever look at where the legends are on your keycaps? They're on the north side of the switch. So it may. It seems kind of asinine to have LEDs and the opposite side of where they're needed. I don't like one of your switches so there's that, I prefer tactile. The 2.4 GHz is fine as long as you love plugging in your keyboard all the time to charge it so I don't see a point to it, especially if you're going to run RGB.
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Now if only Asus could fix their motherboards and routers as well.
Mhm 😭
I have an asus router and it’s incredible, but it’s from like 2012-2014 (not sure but it’s old)
@@miibrawler They're okay, but the UPnP implementation skips all the "optional" bits of the spec, which allows for stuff like multiple XBox or Playstation decks to have their own separate audio streams. I also found that even with just the one device, my kids could completely trash the memory fragmentation condition of the router to the point where after about 36 hours it would lock up completely having run out of buffer space for even the kernel.
@@miibrawler Asus used to make amazing motherboards and routers now they have significantly dropped in quality
Props to the Asus laptops though
I just got this keyboard after contemplating the azoth price tag… best decision of my life this keyboard sounds so nice right out of the box and it feels SO good
I had both and the Azoth is quite a bit quieter but ASUS's Amoury Crate software is broken so the OLED and custom RGB doesn't work on the Azoth - for that reason I returned the Azoth and am keeping the Scope II.
@@r3conwoo what is your facorite asus rog azoth vs asus rog scope 96 ?
Gaming boards sell by having rgb shine through, which means south facing LEDs would be a huge mistake
South facing is the correct orientation...
@@Sth_Magicalnot when ur selling a gaming keyboard. Gaming and mod keyboards have different priorities
@@Sth_Magical I beg to differ. They will shine in your face because who is sitting south of the keyboard? Right, that's me ;-) So now and then if you sit in the "wrong" angle, you can see the LED's directly between the keycaps shine in your face. Bought myself an EPOMAKER EK68 for fun, also to test what i do like and do not like. I also forgot that there's no right Ctrl key, so i can't crouch anymore lol. So it's not usable for first person shooters for me as well, but this Asus looks actually nice and has a right Shift and Ctrl key with a bit of space between the arrow keys and those keys so that's good. North facing LED's and shine through keycaps another plus.
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I love that he has to take the keycaps off to even tell if they are north or south facing.
It only matters if you're using custom switches--otherwise it doesn't matter at all... again, dude literally can't tell without taking it apart.
Asus should make a lineup with these switches with different layouts and stuff
They never will, because this is an extremely niche hobby.
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Or sell the switches separately
@@haroldallaberg6359 and asus is clearly trying to make this hobby become big with this and the rog azoth so why wouldnt they? they already have the rog flachion wich is a 65% keyboard but it just needs to be updated with hotswap capability and other of this keyboards features and then they covered the 3 major layouts(96% basically replaces 100% since its only better and has no downsides)
This is genuinely impressive. I'm surprised by asus!
TOAD?!?? when is ur next upload/stream? anyway love ur vids :)
Toad why are you, a skyblock sweat, watching a keyboard channel?
Now toad, we talked about this. Your current keyboard is good. Don't go down the rabbit hole
Skyblocker spotted
here before it blows up
North faced LEDs is for the legends to shine through. I noticed among custom keyboards legend shine through is increadibly rare. While the entire point to have backlit keyboard was to light up those legends on the keyboard on darker environment.
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I have to do a ton of data entry for work, so 96% is my jam. I'm happy to see the layout getting more "mainstream" traction.
If they made a 60/65% of this I'd get it in a heartbeat. They clearly took what they learned from the Azoth and ran w/ it, and I'm all here for it.
96% is the best of all size
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@@PoutouPtou11 if you need a full size keyboard then sure but everyone has his own needs so there is no best layout for everyone
Ive had mine with the Snow switches for about 3 months now. I absolutely love it. Last Keyboard was a Logi G612, went through 4 of them in 2 years due to double clicking/chatter. Changing to the Scope II is awesome.
Having the same problem with logitech. Never again will I buy logitech.
@@curiaregis9479 You should try putting isopropyl alcohol in to the double pressing switches. Make sure keyboard has no power, remove keycap, press switch down and put some alcohol inside. Rapidly press couple of dozen times and leave to dry for hour. It's likely just some dirt inside the switch. My keyboard is working perfectly fine after 7 years with that trick. Also works with mice
I've felt the keyboard and it feels frickin AMAZING! It's a fairly heavy switch that feels like thick butter. It's so nice.
The Northfacing situation is eh, it's still matters of preference honestly. They still targeting it mostly towards people who are into backlit keycaps, and that's perfectly fine. Doesn't mean it won't fit any aftermarket keycaps set, after all there are still exquisite colorway/theme that aren't only available in cherry profile.
All in all they're going good and wish other big mainstream peripherals brand can follow suit.
Thank you. I avoid south-facing LEDs like the plague as they are visually bothersome for me.
Same. Not every interesting keyboard needs to be south facing. Try finding a decent QMK/VIA board with north facing LED's , they're very rare.
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So, the problem isn't north-facing LEDs, it's that the switch molds aren't always designed to make Cherry keycaps compatible with NFLEDs. There's no good reason for this, as there are many switches that don't experience that problem, like Epomaker's Flamingo, Budgerigar, and Sea Salt Silent switches. It literally just takes a slightest slope on the LED-side of the switch. Or a longer stem (like, maybe half a millimeter, if that). There is no good reason for any new switch not to avoid interference with Cherry keycaps.
Any switches that has 3.5mm or less of total travel will have no problem with thicker cherry profile keycaps.
what exactly is it interfering with? like you can't put on the keycap?
@@a55techNo, but that's a good question! Cherry interference refers to the fact that Cherry keycaps, particularly in the "home row," (A through Enter in the alphanumeric section), when placed on a switch on a board whose LEDs are north-facing, will sometimes impact the switch housing itself before fully bottoming out. This is because of the way the "standard" switch housing was molded for a long time. It often results in a clacky sound as well as being rather easily felt compared to the other keys.
So, my point was, if you use slightly longer stems that aren't flush with the housing when bottomed out, or if the housing on the LED-side is sloped a little more than the "standard" was for a long time, such interference can be quite easily avoided, making the north-south distinction a matter of personal preference rather than one being "better" than the other.
all gateron switches have a slight indentation in the top housing to prevent interference. rather than getting mad at north facing pcbs, which are objectively better for people who like shine thru caps, we should be directing that anger at switch manufacturers for being lazy and not adapting the way gateron and others have
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I think it's one of those "you can have south facing switches OR RBG, but not BOTH" situations.
I don't even get why north facing is still the default. Key legends aligned to the top of the cap was the standard for like, ever.. but now there are so many variants which are more centred, and with doubleshot you can even have centred shine through legends right over the stem.
On top of that, side legends are also gaining popularity somewhat where the top is blank and south facing LEDs would allow for shine through side legends which would just be dope
@motocat5685 yeah I'm with you. Side legends are the ultimate gamer move, however I'm having such a hard time finding caps for a 67%
@@matttran7161 Pro tip: Get a set of uniform profile caps like XDA or DSA, they fit everything
Can mix and match novelties around too if you want
@@MotoCat91 I don't get why either has to be the default. Let's have decent options either way. While north facing is the default for gaming oriented boards, which make a lot of sense for that demographic, south facing is absolutely the default for enthusiast boards.
And decent shine through caps are rare, especially for non standard layouts. Decent side lit keycaps are even rarer. I have yet to encounter a side lit set which doesn't suck in one form or another.
Plus, there's plenty interesting switch options which don't suffer north facing interference with cherry profile caps. And there's plenty interesting profiles besides cherry which won't cause interference in any case.
@@valadi7698 if a brand like logitech or asus did make some front facing shine throughs, we’d probably get a lot more keycap sets that also have front facing shine through that would be better quality. i agree that they should start making those
7:26 That melts my heart, you are a nice servant for the cat, also the video covers everything about the keyboard, thanks for that.
The only thing I don't like about linear switches is that I've come to notice that while gaming, as I'm resting my fingers on the keys (not actively pressing them), sometimes just the weight of resting my fingers on the keys would be enough to unknowingly press a key down far enough to register it. Kept thinking "Why the hell do i keep strafing occasionally while running forward". Took a bit to realize.
Keyboard in question is the Glorious GMMK2 with its factory Glorious Fox linear switches. Replaced the switches with some Gateron Green clickys, and it's SOOOOO much nicer feeling.
You need a heavier Linear then.. anything over 45g actuation would work out well.. I know the Novel Creams come in 3 different weights
@@TomGunna88 ..... The ones I was using I believe were the Glorious Lynx switches that come with their GMMK2 keyboard. 60g springs.
Why is nobody talking about how hypio taught nola to do a spacebar sound test ?
I think the north facing RGB is because of the shine trough keycaps. If they were south facing, the legends would be less illuminated.
This is amazing. If I didn’t have the Glorious 96% with Boba U4T switches I would 100% consider this.
I love 96% keyboards. I have a small desk, and my PC is on there next to 2 monitors. I have to have a numpad as I work with CAD software a lot, and being able to type in dimensions with it is so much better that having to use the number row.
What about a separate numpad then? You can place it anywhere. Which is beneficial for ergonomics. And it saves space since you can move it out of the way when you're not using it.
@@valadi7698 I'm basically always using it, and ergonomically this already makes sense for my setup. I'm not chucking my mouse around in FPS games, so I just have this and a normal mousepad set up. I tried the numpad thing with a 75% keyboard before I got a 96%, and it just became an extra thing that existed on my desk and would get moved around more than it should.
@@valadi7698 bro 96% are small enough, this argument of space can't be taken up.
@@PoutouPtou11 That's entirely your own subjective opinion. You are entitled to your opinion, but opinions are not facts.
@@valadi7698 it's not subjective, it's small, that's it. it's just a trend the 60% keyboard, completely doom. And if you mesure a 96% compact it is very close to a tkl. Idk what are you doing with your mouse bro but probably not the right thing, or maybe u forgot that you are suppose to lift the mouse after a moment ?
ASUS does a great job on their Keyboards. I currently daily a modded Azoth and even with a number of bespoke options it's by far my favorite deck. I'm not a big fan of this particular board's layout or profile, but I have to admit it does sound nice.
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i have a azoth as well.. beautiful keyboard.. i upgraded from a Asus Flare and i can say, dampening is a MUST.. the azoth makes my flare look like a 10$ dell keyboard
i got the 60% one the other day after looking around for days and testing out different keyoards. Got the white board with the nx red switches and its unreal. Best stock keyboard ive found
there is a 60% version of this ?!! where? xD
I just now realized ive been using wrist rests completely differently. I put mine a decent distance away from my keyboard and just put my palm flat on the wrist rest instead of my wrist.
I’m glad they listened to you and came out with the nx snow’s for the azoth. I got mine on the way!
Bought this bad boy based on your video. I really like it as my first mechanical keyboard. Easy to type, easy to game, love the num pad. Thanks again!
I hope they put these switches on the Azoth.
They did xD
@@Youssef_Ben_Yedder yes white snow x model
wish this came in a 75 65 or 60% version. the 96% throws me off from buying it
Just got mine from Amazon US and it does come with the PBT keycaps and OMFG, it is REEEEEEALLY good stock, miles better than my Keychron K4 pro stock, the stabs on the keychron were awful, had to tune them a lot.
Your comment put a smile on my face. Keyboard snobs still refuse to accept that this is better than most homemade keyboards acoustically. And it demolishes the custom scene in terms of battery life and wireless range. It's a murder and they don't even see it coming.
I'm typing this comment as I watch this. I haven't watched any reviews of this. I just happen to test it at a local game shop. I fell in love without knowing what this was. It didn't matter what the price is. I like the layout, the sound, the feel, wireless (bluetooth + 2.4ghz), RGB, USB-C, a volume rocker, and with a magnetic wrist pad that has the right amount of cushion. Only the font is undesirable.
I kinda struggle to fathom how a keyboard enthusiast who went across so many boards still struggles to differentiate between ABS and double-shot PBT keycaps on a very first glance :) Also, important argument for the North RGB - yeah they can be delivered without interference and the way the discretely emit light mostly just via the shine-thru keycaps is exactly how I love them. The south facing RGB bleed is annoying and unbearable, so I perfectly understand this position and wholesomely support it. The south-facing RGB are mostly just a gimmick that on most boards just does not serve any purpose apart from a decorational battery drainer. But hey, that's just me.
Btw, have you tried the wireless further away from the desk? I found out that most keyboard's I have tried struggle massively beyond 2m of range in a clear sight from the dongle. Logitech G915 being the only exception - even Deathstalker V2 Pro would not deliver at such a tiny distance.
As a non-British person,
I love your knob Hipyo, very good job on having a knob Hipyo
One thing that you didn't mention was how heavy this keyboard is. I just got one last week. And in comparison to my last keyboard, a Microsoft comfort curve 3000, I could fight off a home invader with this thing. I like the key clicks. Sounds great. And reminds me of old school IBM keyboards that I used ages ago. Using this sucker with the Aura Sync was a bit of a hassle. I had to turn off the dynamic lighting to be able to use Aura Sync with it. Which suits me fine since my G502 mouse doesn't like Aura Sync. But at least I can control the RGB with Aura sync now. The only thing that I notice is that typing on it takes a little getting used to. Even so I got close to 60wpm in the first few minutes of trying it out. So far I'm really liking this keyboard.
The knob button mech is interesting considering it's not just a separate knob with a weirdly molded standard keycap next to it. Wish there were some better shots of what's going on with it during the teardown and modding; also explaining the feel of this button specifically, considering it's not sitting on a standard keyswitch.
Muted clicky sound 👍
I wish that it was replaceable to get rid of the gamer logo on that knob button.
7:37 this is the third video now i have to say this. THIS IS THE BEST STOCK LINEAR I HAVE EVER HEARD!!
Fun fact I’ve had cubitial tunnel / surgery, but basically I’ve learned from Hand therapy is that wrist rests are actually bad for you because it can compress your nerve and cause carpal tunnel.
I have this. The best keybaord I have ever used. I used Razor and Hyper X for a long time. I still have my HYPER X ALLOY and my RAZOR Balckwidow mini v3 but trust me, this 96% beast is the best I have ever used. The snow switches are amazing and the design, the build and overall quality is unmatched. Worth every penny. I use it for work
Asus needs to fix their firmware. I got this keyboard a few days ago and there are a TON of issues with it. It has two separate kinds of software (armoury crate and armoury crate se). Even after installing hte lastest firmware, several issues persist: green ROG led is turned on even when your pc is off (bright enough to light the whole room), keyboard RGB turns on when any key is pressed and pc is off, function keys for light modes on the keyboard are not working (either with armoury crate, armoury crate SE or no software installed). The keyboard just keeps sitting at blue color. After resetting the colour switches to rainbow mode for a few seconds, but then sits at blue again. It has become impossible to turn the lighting off. IMHO it is downright cheeky and insulting to sell a product with such a buggy firmware for more than 150 Euro. Typing would have felt nice on the board, but there's barely anything working aside from typing. Getting it to work wirelessly and updating the dongle firmware took me way longer and various installs and uninstalls of different versions of armoury crate. I'm so done with this keyboard, I would not take it for free. Great hardware ruined by abysmal firmware/software.
13:05 Try self sticking felt gliders, made for the underside of table legs (3mm thickness). They have an incredible effect and are pretty good mass and surface structure wise for absorbing sound
what the fuck why have i never thought of that lmao
The white version Azoth actually got this swtiches :)
My brother was just telling me about this board. He got one and loves it. I figured it was just another gaming keyboard, turns out maybe not. Nice
Hipyo after everything: but we’ll talk about that later
THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME HIPYO
This is my rogue opinion, but if you have shine through key caps with legends on the top, north facing LEDs make the legends much more legible. If you like your legends on the side, you rebel, then you need south facing LEDs. And if you don't have shine through keycaps, LEDs are pretty useless. But that's just my opinion. I have a num pad that has _mostly_ south facing LEDs except for a couple. Seriously, just be consistent one way or the other.
True, but I'll raise you one further: South facing LEDs are terrible. They are facing your face. You just randomly look at them from an angle and wham you get a flashbang in your eyes.
if there was a 75% layout of this with south-facing led, magnetic switches and rapid trigger I would buy it in a heartbeat (would probably swap out the case for something cleaner though)
You’re asking for too much bud 😂
I love it when hipyo posts it lights up my day.
5:39 that only "issue" i see, the lights are north facing, but that was because prior i was interested in a board that i needed to switch out the keycaps and i liked some side labeled ones, so south facing would be best. but even though this is "gamer type font", i am actually ok with this one. So i would only switch out a few keys, for accent with my esthetic honestly.
I'm... Impressed! That is actually pretty sweet for stock.
Good review Hipyo! I wish you talked more about the stabilizers. And if there's an option to replace it
Honestly I wouldnt replace them, they are really really easy to tune
I've tuned them with just grease without trying to open it up. All in all they are really good after greasing. Just slight rattle with the spacebar on the far right side I couldn't fix entirely.
@@HipyoTech could you give some advice on tuning the spacebar stabilizer please? Mine rattles badly on the right side, only had it for a few days. From what I can see there’s some foam blocking you from removing the stabilizer. I could possibly push the foam down but I’m worried it won’t return to it’s original shape.
I don't think you can say all gamers use headphones. I've been gaming on PC since 2002 and I've only used speakers. I can't and can't stress enough that I really don't like headphones. I need to use speakers and I mean at least decent speakers. I first started off using a full-blown Sony 5.1 surround sound receiver and then moved to desktop speakers with a sub to save on some space now I'm using the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1. Also, I work with about 10 other gamers and it's a mix of headphone and speaker users. Not all gamers use headphones. I personally don't like how close everything sounds and the slight claustrophobic feeling I get with headphones.
Right. Probably because most gamers buy the shittiest "gamer" speakers they can find, rather than some nice studio monitors or hi/fi speakers.
If you flip the wrist rest around and let it catch on the bottom it's way more comfy.
I also enjoy my plastic board. I wish I had the cash to throw down on a CNC so I could do some custom housings. That would be so fun to do! On a side note, I think I would be more concerned about Nola's teeth if she chompa'd mine. Don't get me wrong, she might cause a little scratching but I would be more concerned about her toofers.
8:40 there is a range you are used to and this keyboard goes beyond that, so you would have to adapt. but honestly, i think this was made more for the casual gamer, while the Falchion is more for gamers like yourself.
Just when I thought I found my endgame, this board comes around. Now I'm tempting on dropping more $$
Gotta love when it thocks stock.
i bought this kb p much based off of this video, never tried it at a local store, only 1 retailer in my country sells it and turns out i really like the switches - nx snow.
they are considered linear but have a clear sound attached. ive come to like the scroll wheel and what it can offer. the 96 layout is perfect for me.
after that i basically went down a kb hobby rabbit hole :):):) i have bought many sets of keycaps and am having fun buying and trying switches...
before this kb i had tried a keychron k3 low profile which i liked some aspects of but ultimately could not get use to the smaller form factor (over my logitech mx keys kb - not the mech one) and the lower profile switches i had a love hate relationship with.
i also bought a full size ducky kb which is great build quality but is not wireless like this one. so it is nice to have different types of custom keyboards that do different things...
Honestly I love the style of the space bar.
Now the fact that they put the same lit logo on the BACK of my monitor is kinda pointless, but still.
As a brit, I love when keyboards come with knobs !!
I have two Azoth 75s, the original with NX reds, and I have a white with NX snows. I love them both with a nods to the white board. On the Azoth, the keys feel different than on the Scope display for whatever reason. Sound is different, too.
Is the ASUS rog azoth white bigger than the original black one?
I always love when hipyo shows his knob in the video
You should make a video with just your cat like a day in the life of your cat or something I would love it and I’m sure the others would too
I recently bought this keyboard, qnd I find it amazing. Coming from a Ducky Shine 7 Blackout, I feel like this is a huge upgrade. The typing experience, how quiet it is, and how stable the switches feel (specially the space-bar).
Are u still satisfied? Currently thinking about buying
@@Jadzim27definitely worth buying, just bought mine and it feels so good coming from tkl user. The nx snow are exelent at stock feels similar to gateron milky yellow but better. Just need to replace the abs keycaps to better ones and it good to go, the only downside was need armoury crate to update the firmware, can uninstall later tho
@@gxchrome7546 bought it as well, my previous was some random one for 30 $ , it was really big upgrade for me, just have to get use to it becwjse of the high profile key caps
Is there really any benefit to getting this compared to a Keychron Q1? Still using their K4 96% and still haven't fully decided on a much needed new build yet.
This is good for a "gaming" keyboard. Aka a keyboard marketed towards gamers. But the Q1 is probably a lot nicer.
At the end of the day its all preference, compare the features you like in both boards and go with the one that checks the most boxes
I mean, I will be using it to play StarCraft 2. Although, I really hate the "gamer" aesthetic that ASUS puts on literally everything that has the ROG logo on it. The only thing I really don't like about the Keychron boards is the lack of 2.4Ghz wireless connectivity. Leaving it wired isn't the end of the world though, so I would just rather have the better/more premium overall board. Seems like that would be the Q1. Probably will just get that and find some highly rated pre-lubed switches, and eventually find some keycaps I like more. Thanks for the replies guys. :)
@@itranscendencei7964the Q series is excellent and very premium all around. I have a Q2 and love it.
Too bad not in black, makes me think if I wanted to try this "genre" of keyboard that the Azoth is still the winner.
But honestly thinking about the Wotting or the DrunkDeer 75. But then I want wireless for flexability so really no perfect keyboard and I hate swapping keyboards for different things.
For the the Keychron Q3 is my daily driver and I really enjoy it, but a bit "worried" about latency and I do not have wireless for when I am doing techy stuff like working on servers where Bluetooth is not an option, need the USB dongle.
there need to be more shine through options for south facing led's lol, I've only seen 2 font variations and am not the biggest fan of either plus color options are lacking it's almost exclusively the shifting gradient colorways
Disgustingly ...
Me be like: Bad
Hipyo actually says: Fast
What "type" of keycaps is used? I've always loved those roundish design of the keycaps, I would love to know!
Great video as always hipyo, I was wondering if you could review the Akko 5075s😊
I love your knob Hipyo, veey good job on having a knob Hipyo
Back watching this video again after buying this keyboard at MicroCenter; I know it's not really the point of your channel, but on a keyboard like this, I would love if you went into more detail about the software for customizing it, because man I thought I knew how bad Armoury Crate/Aura Creator are before, having to use them for some lighting inside my PC case, but my god, I cannot believe how absolutely garbage both apps are for keyboard customization. Yes, there are macros, but they are extremely barebones and really don't let you do what actually want with them. No way to create multiple layers on the board (as in, if you create a macro, you can only assign it to a single keypress, you can't, for example, use Fn plus some other non-function key to use for your own shortcuts/macros). RGB control is...not great. There are some quite cool effects built in, but no way to customize them very much, and if you want to do more extensive customization you have to use Aura Creator, which then eats like 3-5% at least of my 5800X CPU running any effects other than static lighting, and also forces you to customize other component lighting in Aura Creator too, not just leaving them alone separately in Armoury Crate...and the light effects look laggy/stuttery as hell on top of all that, despite using so much CPU!
I could go on and on, but it's really so bad. :/ which is an absolutely massive shame, as the hardware of this keyboard is honestly pretty amazing. To be fair I'm coming from a Logitech G910 with Romer-G tactile switches, so not even close, but I've been consuming keyboard vids and info for a year or 2 now and this one really does sound and feel super great. And I completely love the 96% layout which is so rare to see...but I still might return it just because of how bad the software is. The Keychron Q5 Pro is coming out soon for $30 more than this so I might go for that but then I'm losing out on the actually-good shine-through RGB and the super low latency wireless.
Didn't think I'd ever say this but I really miss the Logitech G Hub software that controls my G910...that flawlessly runs lighting real-time in the background and uses
Can you give your opnion about the Asus switches vs Cherry MX switches?
My CODE Keyboard is giving signals of retirement after 8 years :), time to look for a new keyboard.
@@felipeprenholato2301 unfortunately I have like literally zero experience with Cherry MX switches, since my G910 was my first and only mechanical keyboard before getting this Asus one.
OpenRGB will support this keyboard someday, probably this year. That is an efficient way to manage RGB
@@MyAmazingUsername Thanks for the info, do you have a source on that? Also, any idea if SignalRGB will also support it? I've checked both out and I feel like SignalRGB is the one with better options for actual RGB effects, not just setting static lighting, but correct me if I'm wrong on that
@@Boomer.Roberts I will probably be coding Scope II support for OpenRGB. If not, someone else will do it. It's trivial to support ASUS devices. They all work roughly the same way.
SignalRGB is polished but I have no way to run it on Linux. I would never use its animation feature, since it uses up to 10% of your CPU just to flash some lights.
OpenRGB can also do animations via the Effects plugin and I suspect it would also use lots of CPU. Calculating effects and transmitting constant updates is gonna waste CPU no matter what.
You know that meme about "RGB makes your game FPS higher"? If you animate it, RGB makes your game FPS 10% lower. The only exception is if your device supports on-board animations that don't involve the computer at all. Like a built-in rainbow animation. Those would run without CPU involvement and would be fine.
I love your knob Hipyo, very good job on having a knob Hipyo
I like it, but I wish the arrow keys lined up with the rest of the keys in the same row
That’s just how most 96% are
"I love your knob Hipyo, very good job on having a knob Hipyo."
So this comes with Asus own designed NX Snow switches that cant be purchased separately. Which switch that u can buy would be actually the closest to those NX Snow switches?
I absolutely DESPISE the ridiculous fonts on keyboards these days and I don't buy them if I know the keycap font is terrible, even if it's the best keyboard on the planet. I don't know if I hate seeing these fonts on keyboards more than cherry green switches and equivalents or not. It's like seeing projects, reports, or anything for that matter, written in comic sans that isn't produced by a 12yo. Like, I'm sorry, but who the f*** thought it was a good idea to put these sorts of fonts on keyboards and, even worse, looked at it and agreed? This one is far from being bad, comparatively to most mechanical keyboards available these days anyways, but it still makes me do a double take if I'd actually manage to look at it for it's entire lifespan or not, and for roughly 200€, the answer to that question better be a yes, which I don't think it is.
Making me go out of my way to buy an entire keycap set just so I don't have to look at an atrocious font all day has been on my top 3 reasons to not choose a particular keyboard - especially since my language layout isn't available in most places meaning keycap set offers and potential choices are minimal at best.
Damnit. now I want to try this because of the wireless. Its the thing I was Keychron would do. The Bluetooth isn't it
Honestly the switches sound a bit scratchy. Otherwise, it sounds amazing
No scratch on my batch, I compared the switches with cjs, oil kings and silver g pro 2s and they are equally scratch free 🫡
@@hakanakman3226 Great! Sometimes I feel like the mic may pick certain sounds over others, or it's just my ears playing tricks on me.
Suggestions of a similar sound/feeling switch to the NX Snow? I think a big part of its sound profile is the POM housing.
They should actually stick to the TUF font. It's better. Not too gamery but still has a bit of a character.
“Wow, this channel is really unhinged” 🤣
great video its amazing, I'm definitely thinking about buying this keyboard.
I have the ASUS Azoth with the SNOW switches. I LOVE the feel of typing on these SNOW switches, but for some reason the Azoth doesn't sound quite as good as the Strix Scope II despite being a significantly more expensive board. What do you suppose accounts for the difference? I think perhaps there is too much foam inside the Azoth.
caps
@@simonx5863 Since I posted this a month ago, I've replaced the caps and I can confirm the difference in sound is the caps. I put some thick-wall doubleshot PBT caps on there and they sound great.
I wish you had done a sound test after the press n seal mod before adding keycaps.
I have this keyboard and watching the space bar get gnawed on and the thing get completely rebuilt made me want to scream into a pillow
Thumbs up for Asus, doing things right and Thumbs up for Hipyo and the keyboard videos!
Thoc & Thoc from argentina
I bought this keyboard. It does everything I wanted (replacing a logitech g15 I bought during the Bush Admin). I don't get the asmr thing keyboard people go nuts over.
detachable wrist rests are good, separate wrists rests are better. Love the one that came with my logitech kb. I have my wrist rest a good 10-12cm away from the keyboard so I actually don't rest my wrist on it
Man, I was like "What the F is thock?!?" I just recently bought a Corsair DeathStalker V2 KB and thought it was certainly better than my previous Logitech Romer switch KB. And then I saw the Asus ROG Strix Scope II and hit the order button (gotta have a numpad). Now I understand "thock". I think I just thocked my pants. I'm sure it's lower on your list of really good keyboards but for my first thocky hot-swappable switch KB, I understand your videos better. It's going to take some getting used to a few of the keys (like delete) being in different location however.
After my ligitech g915 1 year later Looks as ass with the abs Caps. I Order this Asus. ❤️
I have the Corsair K70 silent keyboard and I LOVE how it sounds and feels and im wondering if this keyboard will sound and feel similar as im looking at getting a new keyboard as mine is starting to play up and the K70 silent is very hard to find and this looks very good.
Hell yes, just got this at 50% off on a BF sale!
The biggest problem is not the north facing rgb nor the abs keycaps, but the software, oh god the software. First of all you get 10 processes running in the background after you install it, 99% of them are completely non related to the keyboard or the function of it and the best of all is after you remove the main software, all of them are still installed and you have to uninstall all of them one by one. And that would be not as bad if the software itself was usable at all, I just don't understand how you can botch this so bad with a 200EUR keyboard. Just using any gaming software after the ROG one feels 10x better.
now i need a custom built keyboard from companies like asus corsair or msi
ordered me this KB, but with Nx storm clicky-blue switches
an 1800 layout from a gaming company was unexpected
@Hipyo Tech Did you swap the stabs too? I got mine with their own stabs (idk the name, but the Azoth have the same type of stabs). Does this keyboard compatible with 3rd party plate or screw-in stabs too? Ty for your answer
Do you post your climbing anywhere? I’m a climber as well and always enjoy watching other climbers stuff
Not really, but I should!
@@HipyoTechlet us know if you ever do, im sure some other people would be interested as well!
What if rog sent you a handlubed keyboard saying that it is factory lubed, so you will "advertise" this keyboard
Did you ever look at where the legends are on your keycaps? They're on the north side of the switch. So it may. It seems kind of asinine to have LEDs and the opposite side of where they're needed. I don't like one of your switches so there's that, I prefer tactile. The 2.4 GHz is fine as long as you love plugging in your keyboard all the time to charge it so I don't see a point to it, especially if you're going to run RGB.
this keyboard or the epomaker 96??
speaking of gaming keyboard, are you going to look into Keychron's recently announced lemokey series of gaming keyboards when they come out?
Do you dislike north facing leds just because this makes the keyboard incompatible with older keycaps?
Yeah, I like to swap around keycaps a lot
In the video 7:48 nola tried to type for the first time how cute😂❤