[Hardware] ASUS ROG AZOTH KEYBOARD

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The Asus ROG Azoth is the Taiwanese tech giant's first real enthusiast gaming keyboard , And honestly , it's a doozy , That's a technical term which translates as a quality keeb that ticks all the boxes , then draws in some more at the bottom of the list and ticks those off , too.. 

Asus is no stranger to mechanical keyboards . I've tested a bunch of its previous ROG mech boards , even its almost smart hybrid Claymore board which got ahead of Mountain in the detachable numpad game , but failed to make it stick . I mean , literally . The floppy attachment of the extra keypad was one of the reasons I hated it so much.. 

But it's only really ever just dipped its toes into the enthusiast keyboard market.. Well , the ROG Azoth ( opens in new tab ) is Asus going in with both feet , which is no real surprise given the burgeoning market for high-end custom keyboards.. 

It is though offering everything you could possibly want from an enthusiast keeb. The build quality is absolutely exceptional and the weight of the Azoth is extreme. And I love it for that . It's also been built with all the pre-lubed , gasketed , dampened trimmings you'll want for that premium typing experience.. 

And premium it is . The Azoth is a delight to tap away on , even more so now that I've completely replaced all of the supplied ROG NX switches the board shipped with. Not that they're bad at all , the custom linear mechanical switches are Cherry MX Red analogues , but do have a nice feel . No , it's just that I've got a bunch of delightful Halo True switches that I bought to go into my Mountain Everest Max ( opens in new tab ) board . That board's been retired in favour of the Everest 60 , and I've left the Mountain Tactile switches in place.. 

That's one of the must haves for any keyboard with enthusiast pretention hot swappable switches . Us keyboard nerds love needlessly replacing switches for an infinitesimal difference in feel that even the princess of pea fame would struggle to notice . And the Azoth happily caters for that , and with what I will say is my absolute favourite switch puller bundled into the package . Yes , I actually now have a favourite.. 

 

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