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Alienware AW420K
Alienware AW420K is a TKL (80%) Mechanical keyboard built around Cherry MX Low Profile Red switches for a linear feel. It offers a rotary knob. Its spec sheet reads wired + 2.4 ghz + bt, tray mount, ABS keycaps, Per-key RGB, 900 g case, released 2023. KeyBench scores it 51 out of 100 across speed, build, features and value.
$169
Estimated typical street price in US dollars, not launch MSRP. Prices on this site are checked against retailer listings and move; confirm before you buy.
Scores
Ranked 516 of 946 overall, and 339 of 681 among Mechanical boards in the database.
- Overall
- 51
- Speed
- 42
- Build
- 73
- Features
- 48
- Value
- 40
Specifications
- Switch type
- Mechanical · Cherry MX Low Profile Red
- Feel
- Linear
- Layout
- TKL (80%)
- Connection
- Wired + 2.4 GHz + BT
- Polling rate
- 1000 Hz
- Rapid trigger
- No
- Hot-swap
- No
- Mount
- Tray mount
- Keycaps
- ABS
- Weight
- 900 g
- Battery
- 2500 mAh
- Backlight
- Per-key RGB
- Rotary knob
- Yes
- Released
- 2023
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How its switch registers
Alienware AW420K ships with Cherry MX Low Profile Red, rated linear by this database. The same stem, spring and leaf, cut roughly in half — the switch is shorter, not a different mechanism. Laptop-adjacent and quick to bottom out; the keycaps feel larger than the switch.
Drawn distances are the norm for this switch family, not a measurement of this keyboard. The animation is the same diagram the app uses.
Sound
On the sound model used across this site it reads as clacky. That is a character derived from its mount, case weight, switch feel and noise rating — it is not a recording of this keyboard.
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Where to look
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