Asus ROG Azoth Review

Incredible construction; Gorgeously smooth typing feel; OLED display is a fun addition;

Very expensive; Software is a little bit fiddly;

Asus ROG Azoth Review

Certain PC input devices are love at first sight; the ROG Azoth proved, for us, to be love at first . We met the Azoth at CES 2023 and awarded it our Best of CES award for new keyboards. Not that there was anything especially eye-catching about it, just standing there; it’s a truncated 75-percent-style, 81-key model with no immediate evidence that it’s a star. But pick it up, and you realize it’s one of the densest-feeling keyboards there is, reassuring like the heft of a Rolls-Royce's door. That premium feel is matched by the key action: If you don’t swoon over the ultra-polished, granite-stable key feel, your fingers may be impossible to please. The $259.99 Azoth is Asus’ all-in response to the custom DIY keyboard market, and the feel of the company’s switches (you get a choice of three kinds), plus a handy included kit of customizers’ tools and gadgets, make it the best possible on-ramp we can think of into that world. We’ll say right out, though, that even if you don’t tweak a...

It may look unassuming, but the compact Asus ROG Azoth is a little dynamo of an enthusiast gaming keyboard, packing super-stable, satisfying key switches and a cornucopia of keycap and switch-tweaker tools.

Highly compact footprint for the key count; Ultra-stable key switches with box stabilizers; Includes comprehensive starter tool kit for keyboard tweakers; OLED panel for adjusting media/volume or simple animations; Per-key RGB key backlighting

Pricey for a sawed-off keyboard; Delete-key placement less than optimal; Armoury Crate software is a heavy install