New ASUS ROG Azoth X keyboard and Keris II mouse announced

Last year, we reviewed the impressive ROG Azoth Extreme wireless gaming keyboard from ASUS. It's an absolute beast of a keyboard that is the main inspiration for the new ROG Azoth X. This, too, is a 75% wireless gaming keyboard. However, it has opted for a more stylish look with a black-and-white aesthetic and custom translucent 'stellar' ROG keycaps that allow the vibrant RPG lighting to pass through three sides of each keycap.

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The new ROG Azoth X wireless gaming keyboard, image credit: ASUS.

The features here definitely make it a premium board, with gasket mounts, an FR4 positioning plate for a crisp sound, and five layers of dampening, including one silicon and four PORON layers. Like the Azoth Extreme, the new Azoth X is wireless with tri-mode simultaneous device connectivity across wired (USB), low-latency wireless powered by ROG SpeedNova, and Bluetooth.

It's one fantastic-looking keyboard, and it also includes a black-and-white 2-inch OLED panel on the top right that offers access to the keyboard's settings, real-time system monitoring, audio, and other visualization options.

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The new ROG Keris II Origin wireless gaming mouse, image credit: ASUS.

ASUS has also announced the new ROG Keris II Origin mouse, an ergonomic, lightweight 65-gram mouse powered by the ROG AimPoint Pro optical sensor with a sensitivity of up to 42,000 DPI. Like the new Azoth X keyboard, it has three connectivity options: wired, low-latency wireless, and Bluetooth, with support for 8K polling when using the included ROG Polling Rate Booster.

Available in Black or Moonlit white, with three zones of RGB lighting, the ROG Keris II Origin mouse also includes custom switches designed for "quick, easy swaps and customization," rated at 100 million clicks.