You should rightly associate the ADATA brand with operating memories and semiconductor media, because both sectors remain the main area of ​​activity of this manufacturer. However, in addition to SSD and RAM, the company’s portfolio is successively expanded to include new categories, although having little in common with the base components, but still remaining strongly related to the PC market. The XPG family primarily includes gaming peripherals – mice, headphones, accessories, laptops, power adapters and of course keyboards. The last category is represented by the flagship XPG Summoner with mechanical Cherry MX Speed ​​Silver switches, which can be bought at a good price.

Author: Sebastian Oktaba

The sources of modern keyboards can be found in two machines – a teletype machine and a keypunch. Modern versions of the first of these devices were developed by American engineers Charles and Howard Krum in 1907 – 1910, although already in the years 70. In the nineteenth century, their ancestors were used to enter and simultaneously transmit data on stock exchange rates via telegraph cables. The functionality of the buttonhole machines, invented by Herman Hollerith, included writing programs and storing data on punched cards. ENIAC, the first general-purpose computer, used a punch machine as both an input and output device, while BINAC used an electromechanical typewriter to capture data on magnetic tapes. Until the end of the years 60. it is such solutions that have led the way in interaction with the computer, but the visual interface, popularized by the Datapoint computer terminal 3300, marginalized paper as a medium for storing and entering data . Since then, the electromechanical keyboard has become the most popular way of communicating with a computer, being next to the mouse an essential component of any PC set.

ADATA Summoner is a solidly constructed keyboard with Cherry mechanical switches MX Silver Speed, which tempts not only with very good equipment, but also with a reasonably adjusted price.

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Producers of base components are increasingly diversifying their sources of revenue, as the computer market has experienced a significant One of the most lucrative branches turned out to be a periphery dedicated to players. Aggressive styling, additional functions, selected elements, obligatory lighting and a correspondingly higher price – more or less this is how most of similar toys can be characterized. ADATA, apart from the usual expansion classic offer, decided to make the XPG badge something recognizable and widely associated with the gaming sector, just like Kingston did in bringing the HyperX to life. Manufacturers started from similar positions, although the acronym X X PG has long functioned as a component of ADATA components (e.g. SSD XPG Gammix S 70, the peripherals have opened a new chapter in the company’s history and the reviewed Summoner keyboard is one of the flagship products to build the identity of a specialized brand.

ADATA Summoner Specs:

• Dimensions: 449 x 135 x 44 mm
• Weight: 951 grams
• Switches: Cherry MX Silver Speed ​​
• Force required to Presses: 45 grams (linear)
• Full antighosting
• USB Timing: 1000 Hz
• Minimum response time: 1 ms
• Profiles programming
• RGB lighting independent for each switch
• Detachable palm rest
• Additional multimedia buttons

ADATA XPG Summoner is a full-size aviatura with mechanical Cherry MX switches (Silver Speed), considered to be the best and most reliable. Their performance characteristics correspond to Cherry MX Red, but the activation point has been lowered and the response to pressing has been accelerated – that’s why they got the name Speed ​​(the puzzle solved!). The device also received a relatively rich equipment, including, inter alia, a wrist rest, multimedia keys and RGB backlight. It is also worth mentioning that the ADATA XPG Summoner comes in three variants with Cherry MX Red, Cherry MX Blue switches and the tested Cherry MX Silver