ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Azoth Extreme

[TheLostSwede]

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the Azoth Extreme, a custom 75% gaming keyboard featuring a precision-crafted aluminium-alloy chassis with metal frame, delivering premium aesthetics and top-tier wireless performance. A carbon-fiber positioning plate delivers a crisp typing feel and keeps keystroke vibrations down to a minimum. The keyboard includes an adjustable gasket mount that can be toggled to offer a hard or soft typing feel via a quick-flip switch. A full-color OLED touchscreen on the top right corner of the keyboard can show system info and keyboard settings; with the adjacent three-way knob allowing for instant volume, multimedia, lighting adjustments, and settings customization. An extended wrist rest ensures comfortable typing experiences and retains its firmness over time.

Superior build quality
The eye-catching ROG Azoth Extreme gaming keyboard boasts a premium aluminium-alloy chassis with a metal frame that undergoes an intricate 12-step manufacturing process that includes sandblasting, anodizing, CNC machining, and more. Additionally, the Azoth Extreme achieves an impressive 8000 Hz polling rate when used with the ROG Polling Rate Booster, while offering up to 1600 hours of battery life.




Crisp typing and sublime acoustics
The ROG Azoth Extreme uses a carbon-fiber positioning plate instead of FR4, steel, PC, POM, or brass, which are commonly found in other gaming keyboards. Carbon fiber offers metal-like rigidity for crisp typing sensations; and its elasticity provides excellent shock absorption to effectively minimize vibrations while typing.

The Azoth Extreme utilizes three dampening layers, with two PORON layers and a silicone pad to absorb vibrations and minimize switch pinging and echoes to offer sublime acoustics.

Adjustable gasket mount
An innovative gasket-mount design allows users to adjust the typing feel via a quick-flip switch found on the bottom of the keyboard. In Hard typing mode, the ROG Azoth Extreme delivers firm keystrokes with quick rebound that's ideal for gaming. Alternately, Soft mode offers a more cushioned and bouncy feel to ensure comfort during extended typing stints.

Full-color OLED touchscreen
The 1.47-inch full-color OLED display on the upper right of the ROG Azoth Extreme can show various types of information including keyboard connection status, Caps Lock, and PC/Mac mode indicators. Tapping and swiping on the high-resolution OLED screen allows users to view other various functions such as hardware info and the KPS feature that displays the user's keystrokes per second.

Additional features
The ROG Azoth Extreme has pre-lubed ROG NX mechanical switches that provide smoother keystrokes with better acoustics. Tri-mode connectivity allows users to connect devices via Bluetooth, low-latency ROG SpeedNova 2.4 GHz RF wireless, or standard wired USB; with Bluetooth enabling simultaneous connections and easy switching between three devices. A bundled extended silicone wrist rest that aesthetically matches the keyboard ensures typing comfort and retains its firmness over time. Lastly, the Azoth Extreme includes two pairs of magnetic feet of different heights, giving it three tilt angles to suit user preference.

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[dgianstefani]

What switches are used?

 

[Chaitanya]

Isnt this the overpriced garbage board thats supposed to cost over $350?

 

[Assimilator]

And it'll only cost $500.

 

[Chaitanya]

What switches are used?

Rog NX

 

[aciDev]

No Hall effect switches? No purchase from me, no matter how much they lube them up! Additionally, they could genuinely start innovating instead of sticking with this packaging inspired by Cherry MX, which then needs silencing, etc.
We're talking about a brand that has been feasting on consumer money for quite some time... What are they giving back to the consumers?

 

[TheLostSwede]

Review from the Philippines.

What are they giving back to the consumers?

You expected a for profit corporation to give something back to their customers end users?!

And it'll only cost $500.

You were off by $5... I expected more from you.

 

[bonehead123]

Isnt this the overpriced garbage board thats supposed to cost over $350?

And it'll only cost $500.

If either of those prices are remotely close to accurate, then this KB is sure to be a hit for the "mo $$ than brains" gamr boi/gurl crowd...

However, for that kind of coin, you'd think that maybe, just maybe, they would offer something other than the standard circus pukefest, a few special keys and self-branded switches, which, to my knowledge, are still a mostly unproven variety, and knowing the ROGr camp, probably a cheap knock-off of some better ones....

And yes, I know that the metal/CF frame parts costs $$, but not THAT much nowadays, since they are more commonly available than in the past...

 

[Noyand]

Isnt this the overpriced garbage board thats supposed to cost over $350?

If either of those prices are remotely close to accurate, then this KB is sure to be a hit for the "mo $$ than brains" gamr boi/gurl crowd...

However, for that kind of coin, you'd think that maybe, just maybe, they would offer something other than the standard circus pukefest, a few special keys and self-branded switches, which, to my knowledge, are still a mostly unproven variety, and knowing the ROGr camp, probably a cheap knock-off of some better ones....

And yes, I know that the metal/CF frame parts costs $$, but not THAT much nowadays, since they are more commonly available than in the past...

For people that don’t use the ainsi us layout, that Rog doesn’t have too much concurrence…keychron is pretty much the only other option for an Azerty layout keyboard with the same level of personalisation. (IF it’s in stock). Otherwise you gotta get into very niche group buy that are quite expensive

 

[TheLostSwede]

For people that don’t use the iso us layout, that Rog doesn’t have too much concurrence…keychron is pretty much the only other option for an Azerty layout keyboard with the same level of personalisation. (IF it’s in stock). Otherwise you gotta get into very niche group buy that are quite expensive

ISO = Europe, ANSI = US.

 

[bitsandboots]

This is a little much... gaudy even.
But I do have a ROG Falchion which is similar in purpose.
Main issue with it being the cherry keys start repeating keypresses about once a month requiring maintenance. The things you do to put up with mechanical keyboards.

 

[TheDeeGee]

For people that don’t use the iso us layout, that Rog doesn’t have too much concurrence…keychron is pretty much the only other option for an Azerty layout keyboard with the same level of personalisation. (IF it’s in stock). Otherwise you gotta get into very niche group buy that are quite expensive

ISO and Azerty are different things. Both ISO and ANSI have can have a Azerty layout.

ISO - big Enter, small LShift
ANSI - small Enter, big LShift

I have a Keychron Q6 ISO (Knob) myself, best piece of PC hardware i bought in a long time. Feels like it's going to last me forever, and if something breaks it can be replaced/repaired. And it's nice not being tied to bloatware software, but open source webbased VIA.

 

[Noyand]

ISO and Azerty are different things. Both ISO and ANSI have can have a Azerty layout.

ISO - big Enter, small LShift
ANSI - small Enter, big LShift

I have a Keychron Q6 ISO (Knob) myself, best piece of PC hardware i bought in a long time. Feels like it's going to last me forever, and if something breaks it can be replaced/repaired. And it's nice not being tied to bloatware software, but open source webbased VIA.

Interesting, but Azerty ainsi would still require a custom profile , you can’t put the <> key on the same place.ISO is going to feel more natural (And I still got to deal with having to buy the keys separately from a very limited selection. What do you mean I can’t have Le petit prince key set in Azerty ? It’s a French book for Christ sake!)

ISO = Europe, ANSI = US.

I’m always mixing the two haha. You can can tell that I don’t really partake in custom keyboards, ever time that I try to, I always find that my trusty mx keys is the thing that’s going to be the less headaches inducing, and avoid the disappointment of not not finding a set of keys that I like for the French layout that nobody cares about

 

[aciDev]

You expected a for profit corporation to give something back to their customers end users?!

Of course not! It was just a thought to ponder!

 

[Broken Processor]

Will this have the legendary Asus price tag? It should be inexpensive since they won't have to worry about warranty because they will deny it XD

On a serious note why can't companies make wrist rests that are attached to the keyboard.

 

[Gigaherz]

I am so tired of those tiny ass layouts. Give gamers buttons!
Not everyone just plays fortnite.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Just saw this story over at Tom's and was hoping it was here on TPU as well. And goddamn it...I'm still trying to find the words to describe the latest BS offering from the Republic of Garbage, good lawd. Rather than go off on a tangent, however, I''ll just let my man Ace Frehley sum things up in one effective GIF:

And then, once it sets in that "Gamer Boi Extreme" spent $500 on a keyboard from Asus and it doesn't immediately make him a god-tier Fortnite player, you can bet he gonna be doing this:

 

[SN2716057]

If you don't show a price in your announcement you know it's ridiculously high.

ps: Why is the Asus website is so slow?

 

[TheLostSwede]

If you don't show a price in your announcement you know it's ridiculously high.

ps: Why is the Asus website is so slow?

It'll apparently cost US$495 according to the review I linked to.

 

[Kn0xxPT]

the "cheaper" Azoth was $250 ... did they sell it that much units to deserve a $499 model ?...
even if I could afford it, how that hell can I justify $499 buck for 75% keyboard with a bad software ?

 

[Double-Click]

It'll apparently cost US$495 according to the review I linked to.

 

[trsttte]

I really don't understand how a keyboard can be so expensive without having decorative precious gems or being embossed in gold or some other ridiculous nonsense like a louis vuitton logo.

This is not the first keyboard going for such a ridiculous price tag but usually you can at least say "well it's a piece of art from a small brand, they might just be a couple people doing custom keyboards in their garage", but this is fucking Asus, I'd be surprised if production cost was anywhere near 50$ for this.

Who in their right mind would buy this? Certainly they exist but damn, people be stupid

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I really don't understand how a keyboard can be so expensive without having decorative precious gems or being embossed in gold or some other ridiculous nonsense like a louis vuitton logo.

This is not the first keyboard going for such a ridiculous price tag but usually you can at least say "well it's a piece of art from a small brand, they might just be a couple people doing custom keyboards in their garage", but this is fucking Asus, I'd be surprised if production cost was anywhere near 50$ for this.

Who in their right mind would buy this? Certainly they exist but damn, people be stupid

YES! Somebody finally said it!

I'm still trying to figure out how they're able to justify the stupid-high price tag.... Big whoop, it supposedly has an all aluminum build - so does my assortment of HyperX Alloy boards, and they didn't cost no $500 bucks. Maybe it's because its hot swappable? But I don't think that's right either, because hot swappable boards aren't exactly rare these days, especially given the influx of Chinese brands. And then you have Razer knocking it out the park with their Blackwidow 75, which I guess would be considered the Azoth's closest competition... But I'll take the BW 75 over either Azoth anyday of the week -- in fact, I just bought another one (the white one) because I love the board that much and it's fun playing around with switches and whatnot -- and a big part of that is due to Armoury Crate. I'd be perfectly content never having to purge that shitstorm from my PC ever again.

But yeah, I'm gonna stop thinking about it now, otherwise the ROG eye will haunt me in my dreams.

 

[Caring1]

It'll apparently cost US$495 according to the review I linked to.

For that price I expect it to have the computer built into it and only need a screen plugged into it.