ROCCAT Horde AIMO waa kiiboodhka ciyaarta oo loo soo bandhigay inuu yahay mid xusuus^{(membranical)} leh . Fikradda ka dambeysa fikradan waa in furayaasha kiiboodhka ay isticmaalaan xuubabka halkii ay ka isticmaali lahaayeen furayaasha farsamada, khibradduna waa inay u egtahay kiiboodhka farsamada. Waxyaabaha kale ee dheeriga ah waxaa ka mid ah, waxa kale oo ay ku qalabaysan tahay nalka RGB oo ay ku qoran tahay furayaal makro ah oo go'an iyo taayir taayir ah oo u eg Dial^{(Surface Dial)} - ka dusha sare ee Microsoft . Sida aad qiyaasi karto, waxaan xiiso u qabnay inaan aragno waxa ROCCAT Horde AIMO ku saabsan yahay. Ka dib markii aan isticmaalnay in muddo ah, waa kan waxa aan ka helnay oo aanan ka helin kiiboodhkan:

ROCCAT Horde AIMO : yay u fiican tahay?

ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} waa kiiboodhka ugu wanaagsan:

• Ciyaartoyda iyo isticmaalayaasha taageerayaasha sumadda ROCCAT
• Isticmaalayaasha doonaya kiiboodhka xuubka ee degdega ah oo aamusan marka ay wax qorayaan
• Dadka aan jeclayn furayaasha farsamada ee kiiboodhka

Faa'iidada iyo khasaaraha

Waxaa jira dhowr faa'iidooyin oo ku saabsan kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ROCCAT Horde AIMO :

• Waa aamusnaan oo sax ah marka la qorayo
• Software- ka ROCCAT Swarm waa mid faa'iido leh oo sahlan in la isticmaalo
• Waxay bixisaa waayo-aragnimo wacan marka ciyaaraha
• Waxay la socotaa giraangiraha hagaajinta oo aad isticmaali karto si aad u gasho Windows 10 Dial
• Furayaashiisu waxay adeegsadaan qaab-dhismeedka jasiiradda, taasina waxay la macno tahay inay fududahay in la nadiifiyo (laga bilaabo boodhka, wasakhda, iyo waxyaabo kale)

Dhanka kale:

• Iftiinku wuxuu leeyahay dhalaal hoose oo hooseeya marka la barbar dhigo kiiboodhka kale ee ciyaaraha, taas oo ka dhigaysa mid aan muuqan inta lagu jiro iftiinka maalinta
• Ma laha furayaal si gaar ah u shiday. Waxay la socotaa 12 LED^(LEDs) oo keliya oo iftiiminaya 6 aag
• Ka jawaab celinta giraangiraha hagaajintu maaha mid weyn. Sidoo kale, aad bay u faa'iido badnaan lahayd haddii la dhigo dhinaca bidix ee kiiboodhka
• Tayada dhismuhu way fiicnaan kartaa

Xukun

Markaad akhrido qeexitaanka kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ee ROCCAT Horde AIMO , waxay u muuqataa mid rajo leh. Waxay bixisaa nooc cusub oo ah furayaasha "membranical", RGBIftiin, iyo taayir toosin oo nolosheenna fududayn karta. Ka dib markii in muddo ah isticmaalnay, waxaan ogaanay cilladaha qaarkood oo hoos u dhigaya tayada khibradaha isticmaalaha, iyo aragtida koowaad ee togan. Taayirrada hagaajinta waxay u qalantaa meelayn ka sii fiican si ay uga dhigto mid faa'iido badan, iyo nidaamka iftiinku uma fiicna sida kiiboodhka qiimaha la mid ah. Sidoo kale, tayada dhismuhu way fiicnaan lahayd. Sida wanaagsan, waxaan jecelnahay sida raaxada iyo aamusnaanta ee kiiboodhka marka la qorayo, iyo isticmaalaha khibrada aad ka hesho marka aad ciyaareyso ciyaaraha. Waa doorasho fiican oo loogu talagalay ciyaartoyda aan daneynin furayaasha shakhsi ahaaneed ee shid, oo qadariya kumbuyuutarka aamusan, oo leh waqti jawaab celin degdeg ah oo aan isticmaalin furayaasha farsamada. ROCCAT Swarm^{(ROCCAT Swarm)}Software-ku waa ay fududahay in loo isticmaalo shakhsiyaynta kiiboodhka, iyo cusboonaysiinta firmware-ka. ROCCAT Horde AIMO maaha kiiboodhka ugu fiican ee aanu tijaabinay, sidoo kale ma aha kii ugu xumaa. Haddii aad ku fiican tahay daciifnimadeeda, waa badeecad aad ku raaxaysan karto isticmaalkeeda.

Furida kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)}

Kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ee ROCCAT Horde AIMO wuxuu ku yimaadaa sanduuq ka samaysan kartoon qaali ah. Midabkiisa asalka ahi waa cawl madow, dhinaca sarena, waxa aad ka arki kartaa sawir weyn oo kiiboodhka ah, oo ku daabacan midabyo dhalaalaya. Markaad eegto sanduuqa, waxaad dareemaysaa inaad hadda iibsatay qalab qaali ah. Waxa kale oo aad arki kartaa in kiiboodhka uu taageerayo AIMO , oo ah muuqaal, sida laga soo xigtay ROCCAT , kor u qaadaya saamaynta iftiinka ee qalabka ku habboon adiga oo la qabsanaya oo baranaya habka aad u isticmaasho.

Dhinaca dambe ee sanduuqa, waxaad ka heli kartaa tafaasiil dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan sifooyinka iyo astaamaha ugu muhiimsan ee kiiboodhka.

Sanduuqa gudihiisa, waxaad ka helaysaa kiiboodhka iyo suufka curcurka ee la go'i karo, dhejisyada ROCCAT , hagaha bilawga degdega ah, iyo warqadaha qaar.

Khibrada unboxing ee aad ka hesho ROCCAT Horde AIMO waa tan ka mid ah agabka ciyaaraha qaaliga ah. Sanduuqgu wuxuu u muuqdaa mid aad u fiican, dareenka faahfaahintuna waa cad yahay.^{(The unboxing experience you get for the ROCCAT Horde AIMO is that of a premium gaming accessory. The box looks great, and the attention to details is evident.)}

Tilmaamaha qalabka

ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} waa nooc cusub oo kiiboodhka ah. Ma aha kiiboodhka leh furayaasha farsamada, mana aha kiiboodhka furayaasha xuubabka leh. ROCCAT waxay soo saartay tignoolajiyada cusub ee isku darka xuubka iyo farsamada. Shirkaddu waxay dab-damisyadeeda u magacawday membranical, erey ka dhashay xaqiiqada ah in furayaashu adeegsadaan xuub laakiin dareenka aad ka hesho marka aad wax ku qorayso ayaa u dhow shiishadaha farsamada.

Furayaasha xusuusta waxay sidoo kale bixiyaan dhaqdhaqaaqa safarka bartamaha-dhexe oo degdeg ah iyo aamusnaan labadaba. Kiiboodhka waxa uu leeyahay nashqadda qaabaynta jasiiradda, taas oo la macno ah in furayaashu ay dhererkoodu ka hooseeyaan kiiboodhka farsamada ee caadiga ah. Waxa kale oo ay ka dhigan tahay in wasakh iyo boodh aanay si degdeg ah ugu ururin sida kiiboodhka kale.

Furayaasha ROCCAT Horde AIMO waxay leeyihiin xawaarihiisa hawleed 7.8 ms, shanta furayaasha macro-ga ah ee hoose ee laga helay dhanka bidix waxay leeyihiin xawaarahooda 5.0 ms oo kaliya. Marka la barbardhigo, furayaasha xuubabka caadiga ahi waxay badiyaa leeyihiin xawaraha firfircoonida ee 9.0 ms.

Midda kale ee xiisaha leh ee kiiboodhka ku jira waa giraangiraha hagaajinta ee laga helo geeskiisa midig ee sare. Si wada jir ah 11ka badhamada gaarka ah ee ka socda aagga midig ee sare ee kiiboodhka, waxay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad xakamayso waxyaabaha ay ka midka yihiin waxyaabaha ku jira warbaahinta badan, mugga codka, iftiinka iftiinka, midabka, iyo saamaynta. Waxaad sidoo kale isticmaali kartaa Windows 10 Dial . Shaqadan dambe waa tan ugu horraysa aduunka kiiboodhka ciyaaraha.

ROCCAT waxa kale oo ay sheegtay in ay ka shaqaynaysay hagaajinta tignoolajiyada ka hortagga ghosting-ka oo ay sheegtay in keyboard-ku uu kuu ogolaanayaa in aad riixdo furayaasha aad rabto mid kasta oo ka mid ahina wuu ka diiwaan gashan yahay, balse kaliya goobta ciyaaraha, taas oo aad ka arki karto sawirka hoose. .

Isticmaalayaasha farsamada badan, waxay noqon kartaa mid xiiso leh in ROCCAT Horde AIMO uu isticmaalo processor-ka ARM Cortex-M0+ ee 50 MHz , 512 kB xusuusta dusha sare ah, oo uu leeyahay heerka codbixinta 1000Hz. Iftiinka waxaa bixiya 12 RGB LEDs oo ku yaal lix aag oo kiiboodhka ah, taas oo macnaheedu yahay in furayaasha aan si gaar ah loo shidin.

Si aad ugu xidhid kombayutarkaga, kiiboodhka waxa uu isticmaalayaa fiilada USB 2.0 tidcan kaas oo dhererkiisu yahay 5.9 cagood ama 1.8 mitir. Kiiboodhka waa balaastiig dhan, laakiin wali waxa uu miisaankiisu yahay 2.42 rodol ama 1.1 kg.

Si rasmi ah, ROCCAT Horde AIMO waxay taageertaa Windows 10 , Windows 7, iyo Windows 8, waxayna u baahan tahay isku xirka intarneetka darawalka iyo rakibaadda software-ka. Wixii faahfaahin dheeraad ah oo rasmi ah oo ku saabsan ROCCAT Horde AIMO , booqo boggan: ROCCAT Horde AIMO .

Tilmaamaha qalabka ROCCAT Horde AIMO waa mid xiiso leh, in la yiraahdo ugu yaraan. Waxaa loo sameeyay ciyaaraha, waxa ay ka kooban tahay furayaal "membranical", waxayna la socotaa giraangiraha hagaajinta ee taageera Windows 10 Dial. Taas kuma arkaysid kiiboodhka ciyaaraha kale ee dhawaantan.^{(The hardware specs of the ROCCAT Horde AIMO are interesting, to say the least. It is made for gaming, it features "membranical" keys, and it comes with a tuning wheel that supports the Windows 10 Dial. You don't see that on other recent gaming keyboards.)}

Adigoo isticmaalaya kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ee ROCCAT Horde AIMO

ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} waxay u egtahay mid adag, naqshadeedana waxaa hubaal ah in la abuuray iyadoo maskaxda lagu hayo cayaartoyda. Waxay ku leedahay raad weyn oo miiska saaran, in kasta oo qaabkiisu uu dareere yahay, haddana wuxuu u muuqdaa mid culus. Ciyaartoyda qaar ayaa laga yaabaa inay taas jeclaadaan, laakiin haddii aad haysato meel yar oo miiska ah oo aad u tudhayso, waxaa laga yaabaa inaadan ka mid noqon. ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} ma raacdo isbeddelka aan ku aragnay kumbuyuutarrada kale ee ciyaarta sannadihii u dambeeyay, kaas oo ah in la ilaaliyo waxyaabaha ugu yar oo la qabsado in ka badan si loo shaqeeyo. Kiiboodhkani waxa ka buuxa xaglo iyo qaabab kuwaas oo sida muuqata hoosta ka xarriiqaya ujeeddadiisa ciyaaraha.

Nasiib darro, ma jecli xaqiiqda ah in ROCCAT Horde AIMO ay tahay balaastigga oo dhan. Wax yar oo bir ah kuma yaal. Haddii aad xoogaa cadaadis saarto meesha ugu sarreysa ee kiiboodhka, waxaad arkaysaa sida uu u foorarsado.

Nasashada timirta sidoo kale waxay ka samaysan tahay caag. Way ku fiican tahay inaad gacmahaaga ka ilaaliso miiska, laakiin sidoo kale waxay ku fiican tahay dhididka. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, way fiicnaan lahayd in dusha sare laga saaro.

Waxaan jecelnahay khibradda qorida ee ay bixiso ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} . Muuqaalka dhererka dhexdhexaadka ah ee furayaasha iyo barta dhaq-dhaqaaqa degdega ah ayaa ka dhigaya doorasho wanaagsan haddii aad wax badan ku qorto maalin kasta. Qaabka yar ee furayaasha ayaa sidoo kale ka caawiya arrintan.

Iftiinku sidoo kale waa wax ku darsasho wanaagsan kiiboobo kasta, sidoo kale ROCCAT Horde AIMO ayaa isna leh. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, habka ROCCAT u hirgeliyay uma fiicna sida kiiboodhka kale ee ciyaaraha. Furayaasha si gaar ah uma shidno. Taa baddalkeeda, kiiboodhka wuxuu leeyahay 12 LEDs oo loo isticmaalo in lagu iftiimiyo lix aag oo kala duwan. Waad la qabsan kartaa taas, laakiin waxaa jira laba arrimood oo waaweyn.

Marka hore, iftiinku wuxuu leeyahay iftiin hooseeya, taas oo ka dhigaysa mid aad u adag in la arko inta lagu jiro maalinta. Sidoo kale, haddii aad eegayso xarfaha xardhan ee furayaasha, waxaad arki kartaa in iftiinka dambe uusan si siman u faafin, taasina waxay ka dhigaysaa inay u muuqdaan kuwo aad u fool xun.

Marka labaad, u qaybinta nalka meelaha waa OK isticmaalka maalinlaha ah, laakiin maaha mid aad u fiican ciyaaraha. Ma daari kartid, tusaale ahaan, furayaasha aad ku isticmaasho qofka kowaad ama ciyaaraha MOBA .

giraangiraha hagaajinta waxa la dhigayaa dhinaca midig ee sare ee kiiboodhka, waxaana loo dejiyay si ay u fududayso uguna dhaqsaha badan tahay in la xakameeyo oo la habeeyo waxyaabaha ay ka midka yihiin ciyaarista nuxurka warbaahinta, mugga, dhalaalka, iyo iftiiminta. Waxay sidoo kale kuu ogolaaneysaa inaad gasho Windows 10 Dial . Fikirku aad buu u fiican yahay laakiin hirgelintu way fiicnaan lahayd.

Nasiib darro, giraangiraha hagaajintu maaha mid xasaasi u ah sidii la rabay. Markaad u jeediso jihada ay doonto ha ahaatee, jawaab celinta aad helayso waa mid fiican, oo leh tillaabooyin aad dareemi karto. Si kastaba ha noqotee, haddii aad isku daydo inaad u isticmaasho si aad u hagaajisid mugga ama iftiiminta, tusaale ahaan, waxaad ogaanaysaa inay qaadato wax badan oo leexashada ah si aad u aragto natiijooyinka. Waxay qaadanaysaa ugu yaraan dhowr leexo si loo dareemo farqi kasta.

Taagerada hagaajinta ayaa faa'iido leh haddii aad rabto inaad gasho Windows 10 Dial, waxaana laga yaabaa inaad jeceshahay in aad samayn karto waxyaabo ay ka mid yihiin rog-rogid, zooming ama hagaajinta mugga si fudud adigoo u rogaya. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ka jawaab celinta giraangiraha hagaajinta waa niyad jab. Waxaan isku daynay inaan u isticmaalno rog-rogid iyo zooming, iyo waxyaabo kale. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxay qaadataa in badan oo leexasho ah si loo bilaabo ficiladaas, oo mar haddii ay dhacaan, waxay ku dhowdahay inaadan xakameyn karin. Tusaale ahaan, haddii aad rabto inaad soo dhawayso bogga shabakadda, waxay qaadan kartaa dhowr tillaabo ama xitaa wareeg dhan si aad u gashid qaabka zoomka. Ku soo noqoshada soo dhawaynta caadiga ah ayaa badanaa ah guuldarro iyo seeg. Sidoo kale, in giraangiraha la hagaajiyo la dhigo dhinaca midig ee sare ee kiiboodhka waxay adkeynaysaa in la isticmaalo haddii gacantaada midig ay saaran tahay jiirkaaga. Way fiicnaan lahayd haddii la dhigo geeska bidix ee sare ee ROCCAT Horde AIMO .

Waxaanu isticmaalnay kiiboodhka ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} si aanu u ciyaarno dhawr ka mid ah ciyaaraha aanu jecelnahay. Dareenka iyo waayo-aragnimada ciyaaraha ee aad ka hesho waa mid fiican, iyo jawaab-celinta aad ka hesho furaha "membranical" waa mid wanaagsan. Aad bay uga fiican tahay kiiboodhka xuubka caadiga ah, in kasta oo aanu la jaan qaadi karin jawaab celinta aad ka hesho furayaasha farsamada.

ROCCAT Horde AIMO waa kiiboodhka wanaagsan ee kaa farxin kara marka aad wax ku qorayso, iyo sidoo kale marka aad ciyaareyso. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, way ka gaabinaysaa dhinacyada qaarkood, sida dhismaheeda caaga ah oo dhan, iyo iftiin hooseeya. Taayirkiisa hagaajintiisa lama dhigo meesha ugu fiican mana laha wax ka jawaabid.^{(The ROCCAT Horde AIMO is a nice keyboard that can make you happy when typing on it, as well as when playing games. However, it falls short in some aspects, such as its all-plastic build, and inferior illumination. Its tuning wheel's is not placed in the best position and it lacks in responsiveness.)}

Software-ka ROCCAT Swarm

Waxaad u habayn kartaa habka uu ROCCAT Horde AIMO u shaqeeyo oo uu u eego iyadoo la kaashanayo software-ka ROCCAT^(ROCCAT's) , kaas oo loo yaqaan Swarm . Adoo isticmaalaya abka Swarm^{(Swarm app)} , waxaad awoodaa:

• Cusbooneysii firmware-ka aaladahaaga ROCCAT
• Beddel^(Change) mawduucyada iftiiminta iyo midabada
• Diiwaangeli oo u qoondee ficillada weyn
• Abuur^(Create) oo kaydi ilaa shan profiles game oo kala duwan

Intaa waxaa dheer, haddii aad haysato kiiboodhka ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} , Swarm waxa kale oo uu kuu ogolaanayaa inaad awood u siiso jawaab celinta dhawaaqa iyo ku celcelinta dabeecadda.

Codka celintu waa muuqaal ka dhigaya kombayutarkaagu inuu ku dhawaaqo dhawaaqyo kala duwan mar kasta oo aad furaha riixdo. Si sax ah uma nihin taageereyaal habkan, laakiin dadka qaar ayaa laga yaabaa inay jecel yihiin kombuyuutarradoodu inay u dhawaaqaan tusaale ahaan nooca wax qorida.

Habaynta ku celcelinta jilaa waxay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad habayso waxyaabaha aasaasiga ah sida dib u dhaca ku celcelinta, heerka ku celcelinta, iyo heerka biliggu cursorka. Kuwani waa waxyaabo aad ka samayn karto Windows sidoo kale, markaa qiimo badan kuma kordhinayaan ROCCAT Swarm app.

Marka loo eego goobaha iftiiminta muhiimka ah, Swarm wuxuu kuu ogolaanayaa inaad isticmaasho dhowr astaamood oo kala duwan: AIMO , Wave , Snake , Iftiimin buuxda^{(Fully Lit)} , garaaca Wadnaha^(Heartbeat) , Neefsashada^(Breathing) , iyo Habka Gaarka^{(Custom Mode)} ah.

Waxaan ka helnay abka Swarm inuu faa'iido u leeyahay shaqsiyaynta kiiboodhka. Waxay bixisaa hab fudud oo casriyeyn firmware iyo abuurista degdeg ah falalka macro. Waxay si fiican u qabataa shaqadeeda qaabaynta iftiinka sidoo kale.^{(We found the Swarm app to be useful in personalizing the keyboard. It offers an easy firmware updating process and quick creation of macro actions. It does its job well for illumination configuration too.)}

Ma jeceshahay kiiboodhka ciyaaraha ee ROCCAT Horde AIMO ?

Markaad akhrinaysay faahfaahinta rasmiga ah ee kiiboodhka ROCCAT Horde AIMO^{(ROCCAT Horde AIMO)} , waxay u ekayd qalab weyn. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ka dib markii la isticmaalo, waxaan ahaayeen xoogaa niyad jabay. Kiiboodhkani waxa uu leeyahay fikrado aad u wanaagsan laakiin tayada hirgelintoodu maaha mid sidaas u weyn. Kahor intaanan xidhin dib u eegistan, waxaan jeclaan lahayn inaan akhrino aragtidaada. Ma jeceshahay kiiboodhkan? Hoos kula wadaag^(Share) ra'yigaaga oo aan ka wada hadalno.

ROCCAT Horde AIMO review: A gaming keyboard for everyday use!

ROCCΑT Horde AIMO is a gaming keyboard that is presented as being membranical. The idea behind this concept it is that the keys on the keyboard use membranes instead of physical mechanical switches, and the experience should resemble that of a mechanical keyboard. Among other extras, it is also equipped with RGB lighting and features dedicated macro keys and a tuning wheel that resembles the Surface Dial from Microsoft. As you can imagine, we were curious to see what ROCCAT Horde AIMO is all about. After using it for a while, here is what we liked and did not like about this keyboard:

ROCCAT Horde AIMO: Who is it good for?

The ROCCAT Horde AIMO is a good keyboard for:

• Gamers and users who are fans of the ROCCAT brand
• Users who want a membrane keyboard that is fast and silent when typing
• People who do not like mechanical switches on their keyboards

Pros and cons

There are several positives about the ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard:

• It is silent and accurate when typing
• The ROCCAT Swarm software is useful and easy to use
• It offers a pleasant experience when gaming
• It comes with a tuning wheel which you can use to access the Windows 10 Dial
• Its keys use an island layout, and that means that it is easy to clean (from dust, dirt, and other things)

On the other hand:

• The illumination has a low maximum brightness when compared to other gaming keyboards, which makes it less visible during daylight
• It does not have individually lit keys. It comes with only 12 LEDs that light up 6 zones
• The responsiveness of the tuning wheel is not great. Also, it would have been more useful if it were placed on the left side of the keyboard
• The build quality could be better

Verdict

When you read the specifications of the ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard, it looks promising. It offers a new type of "membranical" keys, RGB illumination, and a tuning wheel that could make our lives easier. After using it for a while, we discovered some shortcomings that lower the quality of the user experience, and the positive first impression. The tuning wheel deserves a better placement to make it more useful, and the illumination system is not as good as on similarly priced keyboards. Also, the build quality could have been better. As positives, we like how comfortable and relatively silent the keyboard is when typing, and the user experience you get when playing games. It is a good choice for gamers who do not care for individually lit keys, and who appreciate a silent keyboard, with a fast response time that does not use mechanical switches. The ROCCAT Swarm software is easy to use for personalizing the keyboard, and updating the firmware. ROCCAT Horde AIMO is not the best keyboard that we tested, and it is not the worst either. If you are OK with its weaknesses, it is a product that you can enjoy using.

Unboxing the ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard

The ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard comes in a box made of premium cardboard. Its background color is dark gray, and on its upper side, you can see a large picture of the keyboard, printed in glossy colors. When you look at the box, you get the feeling that you just bought a premium device. You can also see that the keyboard supports AIMO, a feature that, according to ROCCAT, enhances the lighting effects across compatible devices by adapting and learning the way you use them.

On the back of the box, you can find more details about the specifications and main features of the keyboard.

Inside the box, you find the keyboard and its detachable wrist pad, some ROCCAT stickers, the quick start guide, and some leaflets.

The unboxing experience you get for the ROCCAT Horde AIMO is that of a premium gaming accessory. The box looks great, and the attention to details is evident.

Hardware specifications

The ROCCAT Horde AIMO is a new type of keyboard. It is not a keyboard with mechanical switches, and it is not a keyboard with membrane switches. ROCCAT developed a new kind of technology that combines membrane and mechanical. The company names its switches as membranical, a term born from the fact that the switches use a membrane but the feeling you get when typing on them is closer to mechanical switches.

The membranical keys also offer fast midway travel actuation and are both fast and silent. The keyboard has an island layout design, which means that the keys have a lower height than on regular mechanical keyboards. It also means that dirt and dust should not gather as fast as on other keyboards.

The keys on the ROCCAT Horde AIMO have an actuation speed of 7.8 ms, and the five low-profile macro keys found on its left side have an actuation speed of only 5.0 ms. In comparison, standard membrane keys usually have an actuation speed of 9.0 ms.

Another interesting addition to the keyboard is the tuning wheel found on its top-right corner. Together with the 11 special buttons from the top-right area of the keyboard, it lets you control things like multimedia content, the sound volume, illumination brightness, color, and effects. You can also use the Windows 10 Dial. This latter function is a first in the world of the gaming keyboards.

ROCCAT also says that it worked on improving the anti-ghosting technology and says that the keyboard lets you press as many keys as you want and every one of them is registered, but only in the gaming area, which you can see in the picture below.

For the more technical users, it might be interesting that the ROCCAT Horde AIMO uses an ARM Cortex-M0+ processor at 50 MHz, 512 kB onboard memory, and it has a polling rate of 1000Hz. The illumination is provided by 12 RGB LEDs in six zones of the keyboard, which means that the keys are not individually lit.

To connect to your computer, the keyboard uses a braided USB 2.0 cable that is 5.9 feet or 1.8 meters long. The keyboard is all-plastics, but it still weighs 2.42 pounds or 1.1 kg.

Officially, the ROCCAT Horde AIMO supports Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows 8, and it needs an internet connection for driver and software installation. For more official specs about the ROCCAT Horde AIMO, visit this page: ROCCAT Horde AIMO.

The hardware specs of the ROCCAT Horde AIMO are interesting, to say the least. It is made for gaming, it features "membranical" keys, and it comes with a tuning wheel that supports the Windows 10 Dial. You don't see that on other recent gaming keyboards.

Using the ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard

The ROCCAT Horde AIMO looks robust, and its design is definitely created with gamers in mind. It has a large footprint on the desk, and although its shape is fluid, it still looks a bit bulky. Some gamers might like that, but if you have only little desk space to spare, you might not be one of them. The ROCCAT Horde AIMO does not follow the trend we have seen in other gaming keyboards during recent years, which is to keep things minimal and adapt more to function than to form. This keyboard is full of angles and shapes that evidently underline its gaming purpose.

Unfortunately, we do not like the fact that the ROCCAT Horde AIMO is all-plastics. There is not a bit of metal on it. If you apply a bit of pressure on the top-center area of the keyboard, you see how it bends.

The palm rest is also made of plastic. It is good at keeping your hands off the table, but it is also good at making them sweat. However, it would have been nicer to have a rubberized surface on it.

We liked the typing experience that ROCCAT Horde AIMO offers. The medium-height profile of the keys and the fast actuation point makes it a good choice if you type a lot every day. The slightly concave shape of the keys also helps in this matter.

The illumination is also a nice addition for any keyboard, and the ROCCAT Horde AIMO has it too. However, the way ROCCAT implemented it is not as good as on other gaming keyboards. The keys are not individually lit. Instead, the keyboard has 12 LEDs that are used to illuminate six different zones on it. You could get used to that, but there are two big issues with it.

First, the illumination has a low brightness, which makes it more difficult to see during daylight. Also, if you are looking at the etched characters on the keys, you can see that the backlight does not spread evenly, and that makes them look rather ugly.

Secondly, dividing the lighting into areas is OK for everyday use, but it is not that great for gaming. You cannot, for instance, light up only the keys that you use in first-person shooters or MOBA games.

The tuning wheel is placed at the top-right corner of the keyboard, and it is designed to make it easier and faster to control and adjust things like playing multimedia content, the volume, the brightness, and the illumination. It also lets you access the Windows 10 Dial. The idea is great but the implementation could have been better.

Unfortunately, the tuning wheel is not as sensitive as it should be. When you turn it in any direction, the feedback you get is nice, with steps that you can feel. However, if you try using it to finetune volume or illumination, for example, you notice that it takes a lot of turning the wheel to see results. It takes at least a few turns to notice any difference.

The tuning wheel can be useful if you want to access the Windows 10 Dial, and you might like the fact that you can do things like scrolling, zooming or adjusting the volume simply by turning it. However, the tuning wheel's responsiveness is disappointing. We tried using it for scrolling and zooming, among other things. However, it takes a lot of turning to initiate those actions, and once they happen, it is almost as if you cannot control them anymore. For example, if you want to zoom on a web page, it can take a few turn steps or even a whole rotation to enter the zoom mode. Getting back to normal zoom is often a hit and miss. Also, having the tuning wheel placed on the top-right corner of the keyboard makes it difficult to use if your right hand is on your mouse. It would have been a better if it were placed on the top-left corner of the ROCCAT Horde AIMO.

We used ROCCAT Horde AIMO keyboard to play a few of our favorite games. The feeling and gaming experience you get from it is nice, and the feedback you get from its "membranical" switches is good. It is a lot better than a regular membrane keyboard, although it cannot match the feedback you get from mechanical switches.

The ROCCAT Horde AIMO is a nice keyboard that can make you happy when typing on it, as well as when playing games. However, it falls short in some aspects, such as its all-plastic build, and inferior illumination. Its tuning wheel's is not placed in the best position and it lacks in responsiveness.

The ROCCAT Swarm software

You can customize the way that your ROCCAT Horde AIMO works and looks with the help of ROCCAT's software, which is called Swarm. With the Swarm app, you can:

• Update the firmware on your ROCCAT devices
• Change illumination themes and colors
• Record and assign macro actions
• Create and store up to five different game profiles

Additionally, if you have a ROCCAT Horde AIMO keyboard, Swarm also lets you enable sound feedback and character repeat.

The sound feedback is a feature that makes your computer play different sounds each time you press a key on it. We are not exactly fans of this feature, but some people might like their computers to sound like a typewriter for instance.

The character repeat settings let you customize basic things like the repeat delay, repeat rate, and the cursor blink rate. These are things that you can do from Windows too, so they do not add much value to the ROCCAT Swarm app.

As for the key illumination settings, Swarm lets you use a few different profiles: AIMO, Wave, Snake, Fully Lit, Heartbeat, Breathing, and Custom Mode.

We found the Swarm app to be useful in personalizing the keyboard. It offers an easy firmware updating process and quick creation of macro actions. It does its job well for illumination configuration too.

Do you like the ROCCAT Horde AIMO gaming keyboard?

When reading the official specs of the ROCCAT Horde AIMO keyboard, it looked like a great device. However, after using it, we were a bit disappointed. This keyboard has some great ideas but the quality of their implementation is not that great. Before closing this review, we would like to read your perspective. Do you like this keyboard? Share your comments below and let's discuss.

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