ALIENWARE SOFTWARE KEYBOARD PRO
ALIENWARE SOFTWARE KEYBOARD PC

If you press the logo as soon as you get the keyboard, youвЂ™ll notice that it will turn off all the LED lights on your keyboard. The last thing I want to cover on this side of the keyboard is the Alien head logo. Finally, the last indicator is for when your вЂњSCROLL LOCKвЂќ is on. The middle indicator is whether or not you have your вЂњNUM LOCKвЂќ on. Beginning from the left, thatвЂ™s your indicator that your вЂњCAPS LOCKвЂќ is on. Right above the volume roller, youвЂ™ll find three light indicators. Obviously, to the left of the volume roller is your sound off/on key. This is simply a bit quicker and more interactive way of controlling your volume. Unlike many keyboards were volume control is typically dedicated to pressing one key or the other, with this Alienware Keyboard, youвЂ™ll be able to control your volume using the вЂњrollerвЂќ. If we had over to the right side of the keyboard, we find some cool options: Outside of that column, you have complete control over the colors and color cycles: The colors are Red, Yellow, and Light Blue (as seen in the photo). As it stands right now, whenever you switch modes, it decides on a different color. This is where I believe they fall short, unfortunately, you cannot customize the different color options for these macro keys. Whenever you hit the key to switch the mode, youвЂ™ll hear an alert on your desktop letting you know youвЂ™ve done so, as well as that column of keys, will turn to a different color. This always you to switch between the different sets of macros youвЂ™ve set for what you are doing. Well, you can have Mode 1 for one game, Mode 2 for the second game and then Mode 3 for photo editing.

ALIENWARE SOFTWARE KEYBOARD PC

For example, letвЂ™s say you play two different PC games and also do photo editing. The key at the top of the column lets you switch between three different modes of macros for those keys.

These are five keys that are programmable to anything that you want. In this image, youвЂ™ll find that the keyboard was set to a purple tone, except for the column of keys to your very left. With this placement, you receive a nice and subtle light right under your keyboard. The light begins in the corner and then goes all the way through the bottom to the other edge. Along with the LED light under each key, the bottom section of the keyboard is also equipped with an LED light.

click to enlargeДЄlienware has done a fantastic job in terms of lightning. The keys feel perfect to the touch, and leave behind a satisfying sound with every press. But when you hold the keyboard, everything feels sturdy and well made. If we take a look at the keyboard and mouse image at the top of this article we can see how they both flow with one another: click to enlargeДЄt first look, the silver part of the keyboard looks metallic but itвЂ™s actually hard plastic. The moment I saw both pieces side by side, I fall in love with the design and the keyboard/mouse felt great to the touch. It wasnвЂ™t until I walked into a local Best Buy when I saw the Alienware AW768 Mechanical Keyboard and the Alienware AW958 gaming mouse that I made an impulse purchase. With my new PC build, I was definitely in the market for a new keyboard and mouse so my Amazon cart began to tick higher. I wonвЂ™t bore you with the rest of the details, but IвЂ™ll share a photo of the water cooling! click to enlarge The M.2 SSD being the one where I run my OS on and important programs.

ALIENWARE SOFTWARE KEYBOARD PRO

Storage: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD AND 850 Evo 1TB SSD Out of the box, youвЂ™ll see clock speeds at 1670Mhz under boost, but IвЂ™ve successfully overclocked it to just a bit over 2Ghz! High-performance motherboard with many features.

This CPU has a turbo boost of 4.5GHz, but IвЂ™ve taken the liberty of overclocking it to 4.9GHz thanks to liquid cooling! A 35-inch monitor with 2k resolution and ability to have it overclocked to 120 FPS. This is a beautiful case that allows you to showcase all your hardware. Unfortunately, living in a city makes it difficult to dedicate even more space to your home workspace. I wanted to create a kick-ass PC that was as aestheticallyВ pleasing as possible! The reason why IвЂ™m telling you this is because Alienware products typically try to promote an edgy and attractive design, so I feel it would be fair to share why I gave their product a try in the first place.Д«efore we get to the keyboard and mouse, I want to plug in my completed build if you donвЂ™t mind! click to enlarge A few months ago I started a new project, building my first custom water-cooled PC.

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