worst Asus keyboard !

[Anas Dweik]

Hello guys . 

i just wanted to say don't buy asus strix flare . this keyboard is super bad

1-cheap plastic

2- really bad rgb profiles 

3- you cant download rgb profiles online

4- only one layer of effect per key

5-only 5 profiles are available 

6- if you use a lot of different custom colors the brightness goes down Specially red "the red looks like pink in this problem"

7- the keyboard feels really cheap 

8- software sucks ass full of crashes , and sometimes when it doesn't response to my custom colors apply 

 

good things:

1- colors are beautiful if you are not using a lot of colors

2- the Design looks really good

 

if u r thinking to buy this keyboard dont do it . its really bad . just go for corsair or something . i used to have corsair k70 rgb lux  but the warranty gave me Asus flare instead cuz i the k70 had some problems and i feel so scammed 

 

[Firewrath9]

When a company that doesnt make perhipherals makes perhipherals, or really a company making something that it doesn't make, always never buy the first gen, wait for 2nd, or 3rd, where it is more refined.

[Anas Dweik]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

When a company that doesnt make perhipherals makes perhipherals, or really a company making something that it doesn't make, always never buy the first gen, wait for 2nd, or 3rd, where it is more refined.

you are right i thought Asus is really good company , but i will never buy anything from them no more

[mxk]

2 minutes ago, Anas Dweik said:

you are right i thought Asus is really good company , but i will never buy anything from them no more

Don't let a keyboard keep you away from them, lol.

 

They make great video cards and motherboards (not including the Z390 Asus mobos, they suck pp).

[Eastman51]

I have the Strix Flare and absolutely love it. The lack of multi-layer affects is a little disappointing, but overall it is a massive improvement over my total trash Corsair K70 Rapidfire; and it cost significantly less. Asus is a great company, uh, I may have practically everything Asus/ROG that I can across 2 systems. It's Corsair I'm avoiding from here on out.

[Anas Dweik]

2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

I have the Strix Flare and absolutely love it. The lack of multi-layer affects is a little disappointing, but overall it is a massive improvement over my total trash Corsair K70 Rapidfire; and it cost significantly less. Asus is a great company, uh, I may have practically everything Asus/ROG that I can across 2 systems. It's Corsair I'm avoiding from here on out.

dont u have the same problems ?

[Anas Dweik]

6 minutes ago, mxk. said:

Don't let a keyboard keep you away from them, lol.

 

They make great video cards and motherboards (not including the Z390 Asus mobos, they suck pp).

you know that feel when you downgrade form high to low 

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Anas Dweik said:

you know that feel when you downgrade form high to low 

yeeeeeee

[Eastman51]

Just now, Anas Dweik said:

dont u have the same problems ?

Not really.

-I think the plastic is fine.

-The profiles are fine, for me anyway.

-Don't care about downloading profiles from online

-I do miss my ripple and then flicker back on profile from my K70, but that's literally the only thing I miss

-I only ever use 1 profile, and the profile switching is better than Corsair; so I don't get random profile switches anymore (was a big problem with iCUE)

-I didn't notice any problems with multiple colors

-The Flare feels much higher quality than my K70

-I never had any problems with ROG Armoury, unlike iCUEs constant crashing and errors and the K70 didn't have onboard profile storage so I had to run iCUE constantly.

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

Not really.

-I think the plastic is fine.

-The profiles are fine, for me anyway.

-Don't care about downloading profiles from online

-I do miss my ripple and then flicker back on profile from my K70, but that's literally the only thing I miss

-I only ever use 1 profile, and the profile switching is better than Corsair; so I don't get random profile switches anymore (was a big problem with iCUE)

-I didn't notice any problems with multiple colors

-The Flare feels much higher quality than my K70

-I never had any problems with ROG Armoury, unlike iCUEs constant crashing and errors and the K70 didn't have onboard profile storage so I had to run iCUE constantly.

I personally think a lot of the gaming keyboards are ugly. The legend on the corsair keebs is nasty, and I hate razer kind of in general.

 

I'm going to be building my first keeb, or getting one that isn't marketed as "gaming"

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

I personally think a lot of the gaming keyboards are ugly. The legend on the corsair keebs is nasty, and I hate razer kind of in general.

 

I'm going to be building my first keeb, or getting one that isn't marketed as "gaming"

Don't blame you. I, personally, enjoy the look of the Strix Flare; esp over Corsair and Razer. But a lot of other keyboards are just plain weird or ugly, I totally agree.

[Raudi_]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

I personally think a lot of the gaming keyboards are ugly. The legend on the corsair keebs is nasty, and I hate razer kind of in general.

 

I'm going to be building my first keeb, or getting one that isn't marketed as "gaming"

I will say the Tiffany Blue Tealios V2 switches are

But I fell you with that, I always find myself going back to my Shine 3 just cause of the legend on it is nice.

[mxk]

Just now, KingCry said:

I will say the Tiffany Blue Tealios V2 switches are

But I fell you with that, I always find myself going back to my Shine 3 just cause of the legend on it is nice.

I'm trying to pick up a keeb with cherry silvers. I'd love some electro capacitive switches but they're pricey.

 

This keeb catches my eye. It has silvers

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

I'm trying to pick up a keeb with cherry silvers. I'd love some electro capacitive switches but they're pricey.

 

This keeb catches my eye. It has silvers

Never go with Cherry Speeds, they are the worst. I'd rather use membrane than use speeds again.

Cherry Silvers are much like Speeds, I would recommend against them

[Raudi_]

Just now, mxk. said:

I'm trying to pick up a keeb with cherry silvers. I'd love some electro capacitive switches but they're pricey.

 

This keeb catches my eye. It has silvers

-snip-

I'm currently getting ready to build a keeb with ALPS switches next. electro capacitive switches are like 50/50 with me.

[mxk]

Just now, Eastman51 said:

Never go with Cherry Speeds, they are the worst. I'd rather use membrane than use speeds again.

really? I guess I'll have to try them for myself. It is about personal preference, after all.

[mxk]

Just now, KingCry said:

I'm currently getting ready to build a keeb with ALPS switches next. electro capacitive switches are like 50/50 with me.

there's this nasty ass old dell keeb with membranes at my school, but for some reason it's not super mushy and hard to press it. The switches are fairly light and I actually like the feel.

[Raudi_]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

there's this nasty ass old dell keeb with membranes at my school, but for some reason it's not super mushy and hard to press it. The switches are fairly light and I actually like the feel.

Yeah the I can understand that Cherry Silvers, are Cherry Speeds. Basically a better Romer G switch.

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, mxk. said:

really? I guess I'll have to try them for myself. It is about personal preference, after all.

I suppose it is.

 

I thought they were far too light; I could rest my hand completely normally over WASD and it would be just enough to trigger a key press. The lightness also slowly drove me insane, typing felt extremely mushy and I was completely inaccurate 80% of the time; I was at the point I'd rather type on my laptop's completely mediocre keeb instead.

 

Swapped to Browns with the Flare, all problems washed away

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

I suppose it is.

 

I thought they were far too light; I could rest my hand completely normally over WASD and it would be just enough to trigger a key press. The lightness also slowly drove me insane, typing felt extremely mushy and I was completely inaccurate 80% of the time; I was at the point I'd rather type on my laptop's completely mediocre keeb instead.

 

Swapped to Browns with the Flare, all problems washed away

This is actually really great to know! I have relatively large/heavy hands and do precise movement in counter strike so I do need a little bit heavier switches. I like the bumpy and clicky noise of blues but it's too loud. I have time so I'll figure it out.

[Anas Dweik]

12 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

Not really.

-I think the plastic is fine.

-The profiles are fine, for me anyway.

-Don't care about downloading profiles from online

-I do miss my ripple and then flicker back on profile from my K70, but that's literally the only thing I miss

-I only ever use 1 profile, and the profile switching is better than Corsair; so I don't get random profile switches anymore (was a big problem with iCUE)

-I didn't notice any problems with multiple colors

-The Flare feels much higher quality than my K70

-I never had any problems with ROG Armoury, unlike iCUEs constant crashing and errors and the K70 didn't have onboard profile storage so I had to run iCUE constantly.

the keyboard kinda looks like k55 but level 100 

the plastic feels really cheap comparing to monitor  headphones , mouses plastics

i dont think plastic feels higher quality than metal in k70 or idk what they are build of

i always had a problems with rog armoury but not icues

when u use alot of custom colors u will notice " if not the problem form my keybard"

 

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Anas Dweik said:

the keyboard kinda looks like k55 but level 100 

the plastic feels really cheap comparing to monitor  headphones , mouses plastics

i dont think plastic feels higher quality than metal in k70 or idk what they are build of

i always had a problems with rog armoury but not icues

when u use alot of custom colors u will notice " if not the problem form my keybard"

 

I have a K55, I don't need mech but I want it.

[Eastman51]

1 minute ago, Anas Dweik said:

the keyboard kinda looks like k55 but level 100 

the plastic feels really cheap comparing to monitor  headphones , mouses plastics

i dont think plastic feels higher quality than metal in k70 or idk what they are build of

i always had a problems with rog armoury but not icues

when u use alot of custom colors u will notice " if not the problem form my keybard"

My K70 felt really cheap, despite being made from aluminum. I had a K55 once, that was also complete and utter garbage. I don't know how people never have iCUE problems, I had a ton of issues with it that totally ruined my user experience.

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

My K70 felt really cheap, despite being made from aluminum. I had a K55 once, that was also complete and utter garbage. I don't know how people never have iCUE problems, I had a ton of issues with it that totally ruined my user experience.

I don't even use the Corsair software. It uses so much of my precious PC power that I don't have that much of. I need everything I can get for discord and CSGO and Corsair fucking zaps my FPS away.

[Eastman51]

16 minutes ago, mxk. said:

I don't even use the Corsair software. It uses so much of my precious PC power that I don't have that much of. I need everything I can get for discord and CSGO and Corsair fucking zaps my FPS away.

Understandable.

-iCUE broke my K55's firmware so that connecting USB devices locked up the PC

-iCUE also caused excessive key ghosting on my K55

-iCUE always caused errors during shutdown, preventing Windows from continuing to shutdown

-iCUE would crash periodically

-iCUE liked to randomly switch profiles while alt-tabbing or opening/closing programs and windows

-iCUE liked to corrupt my Scimitar Pro profiles (non issue anymore since I set my profiles and uninstalled it since I got my Flare)

-My K70 came with a misaligned BIOS switch, so I had to disassemble the keyboard to make it useable

-My K70 caused every USB device to disconnect randomly

-The K70 didn't have onboard profile storage, extremely disappointing for a $160 keeb

-Fancy profiles lagged when CPU was under moderate load

-Lighting profiles would randomly stop functioning, requiring a PC reboot to restore functionality.

-Having the K70 connected, with iCUE running made my motherboard's rear USB 3.1 type A only allow devices to connect for 30 seconds before disconnecting.

-The K70's USB passthrough was in an inconvenient location

-The K70's cable was too stiff for the way my desk is setup

-The look of the K70 was horrible (imo)

-The height of the keys and placement of the media keys was extremely annoying/inconvenient

-The lighting brightness was a little low (imo)

-Color accuracy on K55 and K70 was trash (imo, maybe)

-The Corsair 100R case has no cable management room (you can't even fit the motherboard 24pin cable without forcing the back panel on)

-The 100R's drive cage made for some extremely mangled SATA cables (power and data)

-My Vengeance LPX 3000MHz can't run at 3000MHz

-My Vengeance LPX doesn't like to mix channels (my Kingston RAM in my other PC mixes channels without issues)

-My PC takes 30 seconds to POST with my Vengeance installed

 

The only Corsair product I like/haven't had issues with is my Scimitar Pro. And I won't be buying anything Corsair from here on out; I don't care how good their PSUs are, I've had good experiences with Seasonic and EVGA.