#peripherals

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muted karma
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legit only worth it if you buy it at a HUGE discount

hot brook
muted karma
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yea not worth it then

hot brook
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It’s cheaper than the razer alternatives tho

muted karma
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oh wait

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80 off

hot brook
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And it’s probably the best gaming mouse I’ve ever owned

muted karma
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like it should be

hot brook
muted karma
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?

hot brook
muted karma
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yea but at that point why spend more money than on a g305

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aka like 20-30 bucks

hot brook
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Eh

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I like this one

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I just got it today tho

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So it might change

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@muted karma by far the lightest mouse I’ve owned

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So like

muted karma
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lightness is not everything

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and also not especially light by current standards

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especially for a mouse with holes in the shell

hot brook
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Damn

muted karma
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the viper v2 pro is a full 10g less

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with a full shell

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the sora is 20g less even

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but even then

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shape > balance > weight

hot brook
muted karma
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there is a lot more objectivity in mice than you would expect

hot brook
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Ah

muted karma
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like legit 80% or more of modern gaming mice are just variations of 4 shapes

fierce isle
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So imma get my first mechanical, are there tangible differences between keychron q1 and keychron k2? They look pretty identical but the prices say otherwise lol

robust sapphire
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hey guys does anyone knows what switch brand does the CoolerMaster CK530V2 use for the red switch?

ionic briar
muted karma
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first one obv biggest contributor to the price

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different mounting style but that is hard to explain without experiencing it

viscid flower
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can anyone give any recommendations on a decent linear keyboard thats $60 or under if there is any

hushed sonnet
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I need a cinamaroll keyboard under like 80-100$ usd. Any suggestions

cunning bane
# viscid flower can anyone give any recommendations on a decent linear keyboard thats $60 or und...
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Any gk61 would be good or even an sk61

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I had an sk61 but gave it to my friend

amber tartan
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i agree

chrome raft
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I need a good full sized mechanical keyboard, so far I have come across the IQUNIX F97 Dark Side Wireless Mechanical Keyboard and the Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard 2. If any has good suggestions I would appreciate it, thank you

sharp hatch
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I use a Microsoft 850 keyboard

chrome raft
chrome raft
chrome raft
glossy sandal
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what'd you need?

boreal rivet
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Realforce

glossy sandal
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lmk

boreal rivet
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Too poor for either 😔

glossy sandal
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bruhhhh

boreal rivet
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Bought a nos jp pingmaster and need parts for nas

amber tartan
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words

chrome raft
# glossy sandal what'd you need?

I just want a gaming keyboard that is a RGB full sized mechanical keyboard like I said, I don’t mind what price as long as the price isn’t ridiculous

glossy sandal
glossy sandal
amber tartan
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i found a plate printing service and they can print a pom full plate for my harboor :)

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but i have to resolder everything and i hate soldering :(

boreal rivet
glossy sandal
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errrrm it’s called a google drive

boreal rivet
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I ain’t paying for 30tb of google drive that can’t run a plex/roon/OpenVPN/qbittorrent server

chrome raft
boreal rivet
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😭

glossy sandal
boreal rivet
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Mfw don’t have parent’s money to throw at things

amber tartan
boreal rivet
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I’m not using it for that ackshually 🤓

glossy sandal
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educational purposes my asssssss

chrome raft
boreal rivet
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Realforce 87u 55g the goat frfr

amber tartan
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beware the topre pipeline

boreal rivet
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The least evil of the pipelines

glossy sandal
boreal rivet
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Norbauer buyers 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

glossy sandal
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ok man

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but the pc

boreal rivet
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Overpriced and overrated I agree

glossy sandal
glossy sandal
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84 da goat

boreal rivet
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Paying extra for aesthetics copium be like

chrome raft
glossy sandal
boreal rivet
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Atleast you get a metal housing

glossy sandal
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also the board I use isn’t a full-size

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tkl, no numpad

boreal rivet
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86u buyers really be paying extra for one less key to turn into wkl

glossy sandal
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no I just like bar

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I need those .75u you feel me

boreal rivet
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💀

glossy sandal
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wait

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wtf is a pingmaster

chrome raft
glossy sandal
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here’s one of the original information pages

chrome raft
# glossy sandal idk 💀

If you don’t know how you even get it, you just randomly find it in a dumpster in an Asian country

glossy sandal
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but other than that not really much info on it

glossy sandal
boreal rivet
chrome raft
boreal rivet
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That doesn’t sound good buddy

chrome raft
chrome raft
glossy sandal
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nah you chill

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I got no idea what this board is either

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just sounds and feels good to me so I don’t care enough to find out

chrome raft
glossy sandal
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Chinese market dumpster 😭

chrome raft
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Yes

amber tartan
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found a keyboard meetup near me gonna go in august

chrome raft
amber tartan
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you meet then look at keyboards

glossy sandal
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NightPie please marry me I need an Australian vids

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viss

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bisque

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visa

chrome raft
lilac path
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is the lego keyboard any good?

glossy sandal
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yeah it’s alright

lilac path
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I want to get it because funny

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so every time I rage there's a lego breaking sound

glossy sandal
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wild

lilac path
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tell me I'm wrong

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it sounds great too
ima do it KEKW

amber tartan
glossy sandal
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all I wanted to do was go to Brisbane man

amber tartan
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i liked gold coast better

glossy sandal
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sounds like a chain restaurant

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(Golden Corral)

amber tartan
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its right next to brisbrane

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its pretty much LA but australian

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or miami

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something like that

glossy sandal
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if it’s LA where is the suburbs

amber tartan
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somewhere

sleek bronze
cunning anvil
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heyo

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i have an idea : single mcu, split 30 key

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same PCB for both halves, so it's got lower moq

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split with 1 mcu over Ethernet cable instead of 2 mcu over trrs

muted karma
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RJ45 only has 8 connectors

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so you get a 4x4 matrix at max

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aka 16 switches

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you could use something like hdmi

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or ig usbc?

cunning anvil
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no

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gonna 3x5

muted karma
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also an rp2040 mcu is under 2 bucks

cunning anvil
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xiao has 11 pins

muted karma
cunning anvil
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ye

muted karma
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square is the highest possible switch count

cunning anvil
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ye

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i meant no to the alternate connector

muted karma
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yea ik

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but if you start using weird connectos alternate controller might be cheaper

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just don't use 32u4s

cunning anvil
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i think it's funny to one mcu with matrix over Ethernet

cunning anvil
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3x5 is perfect

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plus switch plate , base plate and pcb can all be the same for both halves

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moq 2.5, initially costing 3x the cost of making the small 100mm x 100mm pcbs

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6 dollars for a pcb and case plates

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skeleton

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or 4 if you're really stingy

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baby cost

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all other costs scale with key amount and are unavoidable

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also is cute

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symmetrical, pain 27 vibes

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i mean ig i could make it 28

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but that's weird pins

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4+7

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5 6 is just better though

cunning anvil
chrome raft
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I think I might get the ASUS Scope II keyboard, seems really nice

cunning anvil
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gas im bored

glossy sandal
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not you

amber tartan
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gas i need a new keyboard

glossy sandal
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kmg tkl

amber tartan
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no

glossy sandal
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what why

amber tartan
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no kustoms

glossy sandal
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racist

amber tartan
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only hkustoms

glossy sandal
amber tartan
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awesome

cunning anvil
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gas

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putting the uneven ends of the 100 to the middle makes it ortho

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could make a better ortho 100

glossy sandal
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what the fuck

undone sequoia
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don’t have a keycap puller so I did what I could lol

cunning anvil
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maybe they deserve to look like tenessee tho

glossy sandal
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What

west barn
stray cloud
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cursed

oblique ibex
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How long has your mechanical keyboard lasted? I've had one for like 7 years now, and I wanna upgrade, but at the same time I wanna keep it since it has a lot of nostalgia within

plain raven
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I did a usb C mod to my keyboard since the attached cable broke

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I accidentally cut the wires too short the first time 😎

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Hopefully next time I know how to make a casing instead of using hot glue

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But damn I am so happy to keep a good keyboard

chrome raft
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I was told in another server the keychron K2 gateron brown switches r poo poo and I need cherry mx brown, what keyboard do I get then

ionic briar
chrome raft
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I aint ever checking this channel again bro

dawn swan
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almost linear

chrome raft
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Still aint checking this channel bro

boreal rivet
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Ain’t nobody cares anyway bro

dawn swan
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still better than people glorifying ABS keycaps and flexible keyboards as 'premium' features as the usual in this channel

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clearly zero board knowledge

hot brook
hot brook
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Use key cap remover to make button easier to click

high axle
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wtf ive never seen that thing used

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i feel like itll scratch my caps lmfao

glossy sandal
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It does

sacred shale
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any suggestions on keycaps that i should buy? im going to build a keyboard with the yunzii ciy tester 68 and gateron g pro 2.0 switches red

west barn
hot brook
west barn
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oh I see

west barn
west barn
hot brook
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Irdc which one

west barn
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north facing does have some interference issues with cherry profile keycaps which I have some sets sooo that has been an issue

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but my keychron V1 is south facing so it's been fun just messing around with random sets

hot brook
west barn
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But so far my MT3 and ASA keycap set have no issue on north facing so ASA keycaps it is on my Epomaker mini cat 64 board lol

unkempt dome
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Cherry mx ... lol ...

muted karma
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imo cherry mx are not good for people that just want a board that is good ootb

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gateron pros are a much better pick

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since they come with good factory lubing etc

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and I say that while personally building most boards I own with cherry mx

unkempt dome
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Cherry mx needs some work to feel good ... and for stock there's way better switches than Cherry mx

muted karma
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exactly

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aka

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just buy gateron pros

unkempt dome
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Cherry mx are a meme at that point ...

chrome raft
muted karma
unkempt dome
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I would

muted karma
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for the average user they just are a bad pick

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if you are ready to put the time and effort into getting them nice they sound and feel different than all the other options

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and a lot of people prefer their sound

unkempt dome
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I don't care about sound

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So they are probably not worth the time and effort

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For me

muted karma
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nope

paper belfry
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Yall, I need to find heavy clicky switches for my keyboard, any recommendations I would like something heavier then a Cherry blue. I saw these Khalil Box pinks that were about right but i cant find them anymore in the uk

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The heavier the better, and I like clicky

unkempt dome
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kailh box navy

muted karma
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just like add these to some random cherry mx style clickiez

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thank me later for having an unusable board

dawn swan
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those GMMK keyboards are ultra shit

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the TKL and 100% models

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they have identical looking RGB software to a cheap redragon and lie about the polling rate in the specs

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and have abnormally high input lag

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and the tolerances on the cutouts in the switch plate are the worst i have seen

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loose

cunning anvil
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corner mods or thumb clusters or

cunning anvil
cunning anvil
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goodbye Z

cunning anvil
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maybe 2 split space would be better

arctic cargo
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what is THAAT dude

cunning anvil
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a mistake

west barn
dawn swan
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its worse than just getting something like a z15 for gaming in basically every way if you want a fullsize hotswap

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not that many options for that

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those go for about 40 dollars and atleast the switchplate wasnt shit and it did not lie about polling rate from what i could tell

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PCB seemed like really low quality and the keycaps though

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still better than anything from the GMMK TKL/100% lineup

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and barebone kits

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trash is like 80+ dollars for a barebone kit just for something that completely sucks

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can get a cheaper keyboard that is better in almost every way and just replace all the keycaps and switches

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on their own subreddit

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one of their better models but that was caused by QMK settings

west barn
dawn swan
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still shows their quality control

west barn
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and also a keychron v1 barebones idk why but uhh yea lol

dawn swan
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any keychron is better than any pile of shit from glorious

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still worse than most other gaming keyboards in terms of absolute latency

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it was literally so bad that when opening up their outdated shitty china software control that looked 90% identical to a redragon that i tried that the "polling rate" option was just some toggle

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and ironically made it WORSE setting it to 1000hz

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when testing with software like keyboardinspector

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showed 8ms gaps in the keystrokes being received which only shows up if it has 125hz polling rate or scanrate

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ended up packing it back in the box to return it after just installing a handful of switches and having them rattle around in the sockets and fly out when pulling adjacent ones out of the plate

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under 3 hours of messing with the barebones kit

cunning anvil
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this one might be better

dawn swan
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it had brightness values in steps and really bad RGB too

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only saw it in one other keyboard that was 30 dollars at bestbuy

maiden cobalt
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How do you take Razer keycaps off?

dawn swan
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brightness slider would skip at each interval and could see obvious stepping

west barn
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rip

west barn
# dawn swan brightness slider would skip at each interval and could see obvious stepping

https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-mini-cat-64?variant=40191733334089 one of my 2 boards idk what the polling rate is on this one

epomaker

60% Hot-Swappable Mechanical DIY Keyboard Kit Coming as an outstanding keyboard DIY kit, the Mini Cat 64 kit from EPOMAKER includes a variety of features that appeals to gamers and DIYers. The 60% layout remains all the essential keys while saving space for the mouse on your desktop, and hot-swappable sockets are conve

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Wallet draining hobby jk I just enjoy it

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lol yea

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most of the boards I had were good just sold most of them in the end

dawn swan
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you can probably set the polling rate to whatever you want since it can use custom firmware

west barn
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no plans to sell the bongo cat keyboard or my V1 atm until I get my hands on a Q1 Champagne edition to compliment my noctua keycaps

dawn swan
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but polling rate is not the worst issue with poorly designed keyboards unless it has other bad flaws

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like high debounce time with a bad algorithm

glossy sandal
dawn swan
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or not sending multiple keypresses at each polling interval

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so if its 125hz it would have an 8ms gap between keypresses sent

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and if its REALLY bad then it would also have a gap of 8ms between every single keypress

west barn
dawn swan
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instead of clustering a few keypresses in the 8ms window when pressing multiple keys at once it will space each keypress out by 8ms

west barn
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my clip in stabs came unlubbed so I lubbed them and did some snipping and flattened the metal stabs out

dawn swan
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that is a "feature" because apparently some people like their keyboards being non rigid

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"reduces finger fatigue"

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i mean if you are getting bad finger fatigue just typing on a mechanical keyboard with anything other than 100g+ springs then you must have some kind of muscle atrophy

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or you are slamming the keycaps to the bottom as hard as possible at every keystroke

west barn
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lol

dawn swan
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having the PCB and case flex is just shit build quality and poor design

west barn
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I question if I do that but at the same time hey I just light spring in my aqua king v3s

dawn swan
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i can understand gasket mount to an extent

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but something is just offputting about pressing down a key hard and then seeing the keyboard bow into a U shape

west barn
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Oh this epomaker stacked acrylic board had some pcb flex in the center being a screw in plate pcb but putting a piece of foam between the 2nd to last acrylic layer and pcb stopped that entirely

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But it was stacked acrylic I knew what I was getting into paying 48$ for this

dawn swan
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the case flexing is never ideal and just screams cheap build quality, PCB flexing is a 'premium' '''''feature''''' because it 'makes it sound better' and 'reduces finger fatigue' same for plate flexing

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i would think if you want a premium feeling keyboard any give to it would be a gasket between the plate/pcb and the case itself

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and nothing else would flex or deflect at all

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why people buy stuff like metal cases

neon plume
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Should I get the Royal Kludge RK61 or Magegee portable 60

west barn
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Lol this triggers me but I’ll find a way to get rid of the gap

dawn swan
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yeah thats pretty bad

west barn
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only section that I can see the bend

dawn swan
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is there enough space there to put something like a bolt through it

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to clamp the sheets together

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drill a hole through the stack of acrylic carefully maybe

west barn
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I might do that just need to find a screw long enough and try not to crack it

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that is my main concern

dawn swan
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yeah it cracks easily

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especially thinner

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safer option is to actually glue it but that can be ugly and messy

west barn
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oh yea the layers get thinner as you move to the top

dawn swan
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could probably do something like get a piece of metal strip and bend it into a C shape

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and then place them along the edge by the spacebar

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to clamp the layers together

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piece of stiff steel with some pliers

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or 3d print clamp things to an exact size if you have access to one

torn moon
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Designed my first pcb! I'm trying to make a folding low profile keyboard, cause I couldn't find one anywhere

cunning anvil
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folding?

torn moon
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One of these

cunning anvil
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oh neat

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ive considered it

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but i just decided to use smaller keyboards

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also low profile feels funny

opaque shard
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Mine is split wireless, but it has magnets so the two halves snap together like a folding one

spark cairn
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Anyone know any cute mechanical light up keyboards that arnt to exspesnsibe

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expensive*

lilac grotto
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Royal kludge 68

hot brook
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That’s what I have

lilac grotto
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same

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🤝

spark cairn
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Since im broke and planning on making a pc I probably rather get a keyboard with no key caps and buy tbe

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them*

unkempt dome
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You can check akko, they usually have some nice set

muted karma
woven dawn
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What brand would you guys choose for TKL between these:
Logitech
Corsair
Keychron
Glorious
Razer
SteelSeries
GSkill

amber tartan
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none of these

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but if i had to probably steelseries

bitter oar
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if you can afford the gmmk pro then that one is fine

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but i would just buy keychron and lube it for 1/2 of the price

dawn swan
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glorious is shit

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any of their keyboards

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they are worse than corsair

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and thats saying something

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the glorious keyboards have 2x the latency of basically all wired keychron models and 4x the latency of any decent gaming keyboard

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its on par with a redragon which is pretty sad according to rtings but some people dont like their testing methodology

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their 100%/TKL models atleast not the PRO

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but the PRO had its own problems with abhorrent defaults like 125hz until they later improved it

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most people solved by flashing with QMK and putting usable settings in their config

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still worse than a random 50 dollar gaming keyboard from most brands

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one of the top reviews on GMMK TKL on amazon

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if people are noticing input lag when TYPING you know there is a problem

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20+ms is longer than a frame at 60hz

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no excuse for it being that bad

twilit flare
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keycaps are already getting wear lol

slate forge
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quick question is the blackwidow v3 worth it to buy for gaming since the halo edition is only 69 euros right now?

noble imp
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what yall think

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lubed holy pandas

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diy caps

glossy sandal
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definitely a keyboard

silver laurel
# noble imp

It looks pretty nice. But the only thing is that the keycap color dosent match 😭😭

noble imp
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got kinda tired of all black

umbral plover
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which one should I get? redragon k616 or skyloong sk61

amber tartan
ripe hatch
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super cute

dusk oasis
smoky comet
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h

cunning anvil
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1 pcb

glossy sandal
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quite obviously 2

cunning anvil
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;P

opaque shard
cunning anvil
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screaming

opaque shard
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You want to try out having one less key in that column, but not confident you'll like it?

cunning anvil
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who needs 3 on the pinky, but inner id like 3, at least for games

opaque shard
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What's the purpose of the overlapping footprints?

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There's an overlapping one on the thumb also

muted karma
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Layout options?

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Also it's reversible

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So you can have one layout on one side and a different one on the other

cunning anvil
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thumb is 1 2u or 2 1u

sleek bronze
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Yeah for option
Having not symmetrical split keeb looks terrifying btw

cunning anvil
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how do you mean?

sleek bronze
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Like 1 key thumb cluster on one side and 3 on the other or smth

lilac grotto
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does anyone have any budget linear switches recommendation

amber tartan
lilac grotto
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unsurprisingly i already have that for my alphanumeric lol

lilac grotto
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ah ks3

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pricing is nice

chrome raft
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ASUS keyboards vs Razer keyboards

foggy flicker
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Hey I'm new to keyboards, could anybody give me good references (texts, blogs, videos, podcasts) to get into it? I'm looking for a comprehensive overview of types of keycaps, lubes, materials, etc starting from the basics all the way into the specifics. Feel free to ping or pm me!

glossy sandal
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not 100% comprehensive but it goes over some stuff you’ll need to learn

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otherwise I would just say to hang around communities and ask questions and learn

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what’s the budget?

glossy sandal
chrome raft
dawn swan
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custom keyboards are only bad for gaming with bad firmware on the mcu

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its usually not a priority for there to be good firmware or settings

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qmk is the most popular and the best you can do is 1000hz with 1 key per report

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they prioritize things like layering and macro functionality over performance

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no RGB still too i think

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best example of a "bad" custom for gaming would be running QMK with NKRO disabled and 125-250hz with 10ms debounce and non eager method

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but that can be changed with like 10 lines in a config file to become 1000hz forced NKRO and eager debounce with a short window

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which is as good or better than most cheap gaming keyboards

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but as far as i know most if not all popular firmware for customs has chord splitting which can be an issue for some games

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at 1000hz it becomes 1ms between each key registered instead of 8ms at 125hz but its still stupid because i have seen 40 dollar gaming keyboards be capable of microseconds between keys registered

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like 0.2ms between each key instead of 1ms when pressing all at the same time

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kind of nitpicking but if you are spending that much time and money into something it just sucks that the issue has still not been resolved

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its brought up in the QMK discord every few months

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i tried building from one of those PRs a while ago with a durgod keyboard and it was sending multiple keypresses at once but it was still slower than a cheap gigabyte board

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why i just gave up on it and bought a wooting for gaming

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i dont really like linears for typing but its worth the sacrifice to have adjustable actuation distance and decent performance with no debounce/chatter issues

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too bad no keyboard exists that has a toggleable tactility or something

plush grove
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I need some help trying to find a keyboard for gaming. I am trying to find a pink/white keyboard that is 65 or 60 size for under 250. Can anyone help?

stiff mantle
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Is the mx master 3s and the mx keys a good keyboard mouse combo for mac?

dawn swan
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should be around 175 dollars if i remember correctly and have at worst 2-3 month wait

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that model has support for swapping the case

swift forge
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Though I assume not much benefit aside from a novel experience if you’re not into custom kbs/care about it

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VIA and QMK is a boon though

foggy flicker
maiden cobalt
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What keycap puller should I get for my Razer keyboard looking for suggestions preferably on Amazon

main narwhal
maiden cobalt
main narwhal
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mostly because at that time, it was prohibitively expensive to have the pcbs manu'd, I think she told me it was over a hundred bucks to get 3 of them made

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but the results worked

maiden cobalt
main narwhal
maiden cobalt
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Oh what

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How do you use them

main narwhal
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the wires are flexible but "tuned" so want to close

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so they are flexible enough to go "over" a keycap, but then close again

main narwhal
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at which point you just pull upwards

maiden cobalt
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Ok

main narwhal
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just don't use those plastic ring keycap pullers that ship with a lot of boards, those can damage caps

main narwhal
cunning anvil
#

what cap puller should i get to maximize cap damage

main narwhal
#

a hammer

cunning anvil
#

thanks

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would a rock work though

main narwhal
#

ya

amber tartan
#

the 1 grit

severe crow
#

hey guys i got a budget for 130 uk pounds for a tkl keyboard i want none of that numpads keys shit

cunning anvil
#

what about numrow

severe crow
#

remove as well

vale flint
#

.

cunning anvil
#

how many keys do you even want lol

main narwhal
#

what do you mean no numrow

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like no numbers at all?

#

just letters and arrows?

cunning anvil
#

dawh thats cute

main narwhal
cunning anvil
#

cute!

amber tartan
#

45% is best percent

glossy sandal
#

Hard

cunning anvil
#

have you not heard of the 1 grit before?

autumn agate
glossy sandal
#

but 1 grit is funny

main narwhal
#

i like 40s

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I have a bunch lol

tall stump
sonic cape
#

could anyone suggest a cheap pcb for this plate ? best from Ali

#

apologize for the angle, my iphone is high

cunning anvil
main narwhal
main narwhal
#

where are you shipping to

cunning anvil
#

me Doug

main narwhal
#

most of my 40s are splits

#

the only non split 40s I have are a romeo and a prime e

cunning anvil
#

ah

main narwhal
#

oh I have some planck style boards that were given to me

cunning anvil
#

im working on a split

main narwhal
#

i don't like them

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the plancks

#

too cramped

cunning anvil
#

planck has too many keys

main narwhal
#

for chording?

cunning anvil
#

chording?

#

its regular

cunning anvil
#

great

#

now ive descended into the chording rabbit hole :sadge:

sleek bronze
#

Chording isn't great for any real use case

#

You don't only type on a keyboard

#

But you can type Linux commands, program things or simply use keyboards shortcuts

#

Whenever you do that chording is a pain to have around

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However doing combos is cool

cunning anvil
#

^C is a chord

sleek bronze
#

Like if I press two specific keys at the same time (50ms delta) it can make a esc or a tab

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It could even make some basic useful word

cunning anvil
#

that doesnt sound great for most cases tho

#

strafing in fps comes to mind

sleek bronze
#

Combos are cool for keys like tab, esc, enter or whatever

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Yes

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Switch to another gaming layee

cunning anvil
#

that sounds pain

sleek bronze
#

Also look at homerow mods
This shit is LIT
Single best feature in the whole word

sleek bronze
#

I couldn't use a split keeb without combos and especially without homerow mods

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Homerow mods are the only reason I use Linux
Yes it makes no sense and yes it is still true

cunning anvil
#

why

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im still gonna do some chorded stuff for the fun of it

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in case i

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lose an arm

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or something

#

or decide that i need a keyboard when texting

cunning anvil
#

rsi

sleek bronze
#

I have rsi

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But I do have two arms

cunning anvil
#

idk its not like you need to do everything from just keyboard, you can use a mouse at the same time if typing only takes one hand

sleek bronze
#

Well I have rsi because I have a genetical disease that makes every joint in my body not working lmao
I can have my shoulder dislocated if I lift a bottle of water and do not contract the muscle FULLY to "block" the articulation

Same for fingers, but there is no muscle around the articulations to protect them from going on vacation

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And I almost don't use a mouse anymore

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No need to find ways to integrate mouse/pointing with your split keeb if you just don't try to point at things anymore

cunning anvil
#

true

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what i mean is "real" use cases arent just "do everything" because if it did, something like going mouseless wouldnt be great for most "real" use cases

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also steno is chorded, is live transcription not real?

cunning anvil
#

noticably tactile, while being an overall light and as silent as possible switch reccs?

sleek bronze
cunning anvil
#

k

main narwhal
#

Like the Georgi

cunning anvil
#

nah its got like 30 keys

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totally enough for typing

#

i swear

amber tartan
#

the better pain26

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ergopain

cunning anvil
#

more orthopain

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ergonomics is not part of the design

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also did you mean the pain27?

amber tartan
#

oops right the spacebar

#

we should have branches of the pain27, the ergopain, orthopain, alicepain...

main narwhal
#

@cunning anvil chording is mostly used for steno afaik

cunning anvil
#

ye

main narwhal
#

and not all of them have just 12 keys

#

i kinda wanted to learn steno but just never got around to it lol

cunning anvil
#

steno seems not useful to me

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by which i mean its not useful to me specifically

#

not that it seems useless as a whole

main narwhal
#

for speed rather than comfort

cunning anvil
#

and speed is not useful to me

green pasture
#

how to clean keyboard?

cunning anvil
#

soap and bleach

tall stump
sonic cape
sonic cape
# sonic cape eu

, im just afraid because it's not the 4 keys next to spacebar one

#

it's a plate type B

echo knoll
lilac grotto
#

Pretty

lone tundra
#

looks really nice like the colour choice

amber tartan
#

qk87

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relatively budget high quality

autumn agate
#

There is no way bro said qk87

#

It ain’t even f12 bruh

glossy sandal
#

rk87 😍

wind socket
#

milky yellows

glossy mica
echo knoll
#

bruh it's qk80

boreal rivet
#

what are those terrible keycaps 🤢

glossy sandal
#

epehbehteh kon momo

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wait idek what those are

#

oh it’s gmk hallyu

sleek bronze
glossy sandal
#

pluck them off and eat them like candies

boreal rivet
glossy sandal
#

it is (don’t tell no one)

#

just looks like dracula/monokai/etc style set with Hangul sublegend for kweeb

boreal rivet
#

speaking of gmk

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still haven't received hooty

glossy sandal
#

wtf is that

boreal rivet
#

what happened to all outstanding projects completed by Q4 2022 OMEGALUL

glossy sandal
#

you are a kweeb

boreal rivet
#

I bought for the colours 🤓

glossy sandal
#

blackpink

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kweeb

boreal rivet
#

didn't think about that

glossy sandal
#

nice one smart guy

boreal rivet
#

its ok i can just flip it to some kpop stan with too much money

glossy sandal
#

can you sell me at cost

boreal rivet
#

no

glossy sandal
#

(shipped)

boreal rivet
#

also no

glossy sandal
#

wtf…

#

so much toxicity in this hobby I should get into gunpla instaed..

boreal rivet
#

so true

glossy sandal
#

hell naw I ain’t importing everything hobby related

boreal rivet
#

it ain't so bad if you paint your kits

#

its taken me like 4 months for one kit

#

and im still not done

glossy sandal
#

💀

boreal rivet
#

good value 👍

glossy mica
#

Hooty just got to Prototypist btw

boreal rivet
#

oh ok

glossy sandal
#

hooty is a Blackpink set!!

#

rip gmk blink

boreal rivet
#

i don't check often since the designer doesn't bother updating for shit

glossy sandal
#

if the color matching is bad I’m gonna be so sad

#

renders look good

boreal rivet
#

for hooty?

glossy mica
#

It’s just the pink and light grey that need to be matched iirc

glossy sandal
#

ye

glossy mica
#

The base grey is 2B

boreal rivet
#

yeah

#

it definitely won't have that pastel look

glossy sandal
glossy mica
#

For what the pink?

boreal rivet
#

ye

glossy sandal
#

need more pastel sets

#

I think awake was one of the least appealing sets ever for me

#

the neons look weird and the no text mods kill it so bad for me

glossy mica
#

I’m debating getting dcs windbreaker

glossy sandal
#

got handarbeit vibes

#

kinda baller on black

boreal rivet
#

ew

glossy mica
#

So good

glossy sandal
#

yeah I mean

#

I hate it

glossy mica
#

Lol

glossy sandal
#

but it’ll look good

glossy mica
#

I’m prob not gonna

#

Got too much other stuff I want to get

glossy sandal
#

just buy one color keep stockpiling kits of that color birthdaycake

glossy mica
#

Lol

#

I’m saving for boards

#

Buying type k and buying a kohaku off one of my friends

#

Luckily kohaku is months away

boreal rivet
#

Oh type k ran?

glossy mica
#

Not yet

glossy sandal
#

type k is so baller dude im on that

muted karma
#

not yet

glossy mica
#

In like a month

boreal rivet
#

Ah ok about time

glossy sandal
#

I’m watching type k it’s prob best Gok design yet

muted karma
#

better be

glossy mica
#

Lulzthax unboxed one on stream tonight

muted karma
#

after the amount of protos

glossy sandal
#

I love the tenting

#

not just another Alice

glossy mica
#

Black with the carbon wrist rest and GMK 1520

#

Mint

glossy sandal
#

what is 1520

muted karma
glossy mica
#

Bruh it censored 🐐 lmao

glossy sandal
glossy mica
muted karma
#

how can it be the goat

glossy sandal
#

where da side print

muted karma
#

if dcs soldark exists

glossy sandal
#

on the nav

glossy mica
#

It’s not the right one so it’s void

glossy mica
glossy sandal
#

side legending on print and pause

glossy mica
#

Oh Ig we could add that

glossy sandal
#

I love sets that do that

#

so many sets don’t I love when they do

glossy mica
#

We’ll see I’ll prob do it

#

Fits the theme

muted karma
#

not sure how good gmk side pritns look actually pepeThonk

glossy sandal
#

ye this is off like old POS right

muted karma
#

nope

glossy mica
#

Old laptop

glossy sandal
#

lugger?

#

or what

glossy mica
#

Gridcase 1520

glossy sandal
#

what the fart

glossy mica
#

I like the alt f row more but had to keep the grey for the inspiration

muted karma
#

why si the second B in the base kit

#

when alice bars are in another kit

glossy sandal
#

remove F13

muted karma
#

bruh

glossy mica
#

You don’t want to have more than 1 color in the bars kit

muted karma
#

you mean with the UV printing?

#

just make the second B blank

#

as in just a B

glossy mica
#

Nah with the white legend

muted karma
#

ah, ok

glossy mica
#

The bars kit is prob being axed anyways

glossy mica
glossy sandal
#

is there ne indicator caps

glossy mica
#

Oh I forgot to take the uv off the second b 😭

#

In the extension kit

glossy sandal
#

show that jawn

glossy mica
glossy sandal
#

XT support!!

#

pretty based kitting

glossy mica
#

Ye ye

#

Rendered on a non existent board

glossy sandal
#

just remove 6.25u and f13 from base kit thescreamscomingfromthefield

glossy mica
#

Lol

glossy sandal
#

I mean the grey frow fits the theme, I just don’t like it

#

nice set though

#

pretty good homage to the laptop

glossy mica
#

Yeah we added some other subs that are more modern

glossy sandal
#

wack

glossy mica
#

I didn’t do it lol

glossy sandal
#

I like da XT row though

#

very nice

glossy mica
#

Hark is a 40s convert now you can’t expect him to know when to split shift

#

But yeah with the type k I think it’ll bang

glossy sandal
#

why is the

#

why only one special fn

glossy mica
#

Bc cost and that’s what was on the laptop

glossy sandal
glossy mica
#

People using 6.25u don’t deserve the nice fn pepoJuice

glossy sandal
#

so true

glossy mica
#

But yeah pitching to a lead vendor I won’t name this week so hopefully that goes well

glossy sandal
#

10/10 would pick up off nk if there were a sale

glossy mica
#

Lmao

radiant lodge
#

this image was so fuckin low quality i thought it was 8 bit art

graceful fractal
#

my budget was 40 USD and got a Cosmic Byte CB-GK-33 Astra. What do you guys think of this keyboard

#

i did change keycaps for 7 dollars

fleet hedge
#

the key caps

graceful fractal
lone tundra
#

Build a new board this is my third (image taken from a crappy angle)

rapid kraken
#

I need a mouse recommendation guys

#

And wanna ask about these two pads which i purchased

#

Both good?

#

Playing fast games like Cod

rapid kraken
lilac grotto
#

Logitech g102

#

Just make sure to change the switch after a few months because of the double clicking problem

#

After that is just smooth sailing

fading iris
#

Or just get a mouse that works… Hmmm

lilac grotto
#

True that

#

Its the best option for budget mice

ancient hill
#

ok so, Keychron K1 full sized ultra slim mech keyboard, any alternatives around the same $100-150 price range?

halcyon pawn
#

should i get a higround keyboard or like a ducky one 2 mini

radiant lodge
#

neither

finite kelp
#

rate the White huntsman mini (purple switch)

#

ive been thinking about getting it

boreal rivet
unreal nebula
finite kelp
amber tartan
#

youll know, eventually

glossy sandal
#

what da Halle

green stag
amber tartan
#

cheap plastic garbage

boreal rivet
#

how rude

amber tartan
smoky comet
glossy sandal
#

cheap plastic garbage

boreal rivet
#

its the inside that matters ☺️ ❤️

lilac grotto
#

Wooden wrist rest is nice, kinda regret the varnish tho

amber tartan
#

cheap wood garbage

lilac grotto
#

i know

#

it has sentimental value

silver parrot
#

what a good 60% that sounds clacky or i could make sound clacky? budget is $130 for base/full build

autumn agate
#

Bakeneko 60 should be like 130 but shipping might put it over (it’s a kit btw)

#

Molly 60 is also a gb board for 100dollars

neon plume
#

Does anyone know a good keyboard for around £70 with linear switches? I found an Rk61 with Blue switches for £40 so I was thinking I can probably replace the switches with linear switches but I’m not sure if there is a better option or not

cursive jolt
#

Does anyone know how to remove the printed text? The Arabic font looks ugly

neon plume
#

Acetone maybe?

#

Or buy a new set of keycaps

unkempt dome
#

Acetone might melt the plastic

#

I would just get another set

neon plume
#

Could get a black marker and just colour it in ¯_(ツ)_/¯

#

Should I get the RK61 or Redragon K530?

#

Or Tecware Phantom

rapid kraken
#

vaxee xe vs zygen?

ivory heath
#

I got this keyboard setup from a Kickstarter and I have never put a keyboard together before. What do I do with these

ivory heath
glossy mica
#

are they used for the mounting?

#

is it gasket mounted

ivory heath
#

That’s what it is. I see little indents where the PCB is supposed to rest, the same size as these.

glossy mica
#

coolio

ivory heath
#

Thank you

glossy mica
#

np np

neon plume
#

Can anyone recommend a decent keyboard with linear switches, preferably dedicated arrow keys and F row for around £70 that requires minimal (at most) modding

#

Is this one any good, I notice it only supports optical switches will that be an issue? https://www.amazon.co.uk/EPOMAKER-Gasket-like-Swappable-Programmable-Compatible/dp/B0BGX81N96/ref=asc_df_B0BGX81N96/?

unreal nebula
#

what are some nice linear switches? i’m gonna build a keyboard since my razer huntsman mini broke and i’d love some recommendations!

neon plume
#

Black

#

I think thats almost universally agreed upon here

#

I think yellows are good aswell

unreal nebula
#

might be a dumb question too but in order for my rgb lights to go through the housings of the switches have to be clear right?

glossy mica
#

Yes

glossy mica
neon plume
#

Are optical switches better or worse

glossy mica
glossy mica
#

Idk I haven’t tried them

neon plume
#

Okay, would you recommend optical yellows or blacks?

glossy mica
#

Depends if you like a heavier or lighter switch

neon plume
#

Never had a mechanical keyboard before idk

glossy mica
#

Get yellows

neon plume
#

Are the yellows quieter

glossy mica
#

Prob not

#

If you want a switch that’s actually quiet you need to get a silent switch

neon plume
#

Okay I’ll get optical yellows

#

What are Iceberg optical yellows?

glossy mica
#

Prob some random clone

#

Idk

neon plume
#

Okay

latent frigate
ivory heath
#

Okay I have this keyboard together and it's all working but the RGB is so mfing bright. I think the PCB was Block Boy or Block Toy or something? How the hell do I dim this thing

#

It's all unmarked other than on the PCB and these ceramic keycaps are almost impossible to pull off of the switches

lilac grotto
#

fn+ down arrow maybe?

#

that keyboard be partyin

shell locust
#

Which which switch better blue red brown

#

Keyboard royal kludge rk84

autumn agate
#

Blues are clicky (an audible click when you press down) reds are just a smooth press, browns have a bump when you press down

#

There’s no better switch, they’re just different

west barn
dim grove
#

is this worth it heard how it sounds from different people but they all sound the different i dont want to mod a keyboard or anything idk what im doing and i am a lazy individual if i am honest so can anyone let me know on this or a nice sounding keyboard that isnt overly expensive i am from the UK too

tawdry sentinel
#

hello there, I'm looking for a new keyboard, one that has an adjustable actuation point, because I always accidentally hit my Space bar (jump) due to my crouch key bind

#

I heard about the Wooting60HE, and the steelseries apex pro, but I would like to know if there are other options, more appealing, maybe with more actuation point 🤔
also if there is a wooting60He/ steelseries apex pro owner, I would like to ask could you replace one switch with a longer actuation point, I would like to know if it would be working 🤔

dusty remnant
tawdry sentinel
autumn agate
#

4mm actuation point is literally the lowest a switch can go

#

You would have to press it all the way down to get an actuation

#

Standard actuation for switch is like 2mm

lilac grotto
#

imo a solution to your problem of accidentally hitting a key you can always just switch certain keys with heavier switches

#

like switch your spacebar to a gateron black or something

#

that is if you have a hotswap keyboard, if you have a soldered one then i guess you'll have to learn some soldering to swap some switches

still bison
#

whats the cheapest barebones for tkl

warped lion
#

what is better the apex pro tkl or the wooting 60he

sweet thunder
#

tech wise wooting

slender mason
#

I am looking at adding a 2.4ghz wireless connection with a dongle to a keyboard that only has bluetooth. Any ideas?

radiant lodge
#

i am looking at turning into a cat boy. any ideas?

lilac grotto
#

i heard estrogen works wonders

radiant lodge
#

psyop

normal obsidian
#

My electric keyboard is out of tune, does anyone know how to tune an electric piano

robust sinew
#

In you guys's opinions, is the halo75 worth it?

smoky comet
#

Drop shipping keyboards are all ass

smoky comet
#

I set my windows key to 4mm bottomed out

#

Have never accidentally hit it since then

#

Wooting lightyears better firmware than apex

tawdry sentinel
autumn agate
glossy sandal
#

alr bro

autumn agate
#

What did I do

glossy sandal
#

inside voices 🤫

autumn agate
#

WHAT DID I DO

dusty remnant
dim grove
#

anyone recommend a prebuilt 65% or TKL keyboard for maximum of £150 that sounds aesthetically pleasing and has a nice feel?

autumn agate
#

Keychron v2/3

boreal rivet
#

sounds aesthetically pleasing

#

huh

radiant lodge
amber tartan
#

i think you mean sarcasm since satire means something else

radiant lodge
#

@glossy sandal can you send the suisei glasses gif

dusty remnant
#

has LTT ever done a group buy keycap set?

glossy mica
#

Lol no

tawdry sentinel
potent void
#

i thought this was keyboards

glossy sandal
#

@amber tartan

amber tartan
#

greetings

glossy sandal
#

how many

amber tartan
#

many greetings

glossy sandal
#

how much is. Agreeting worth

amber tartan
#

0.87 AUD

glossy sandal
#

how much is that in usd

#

0.02$

amber tartan
#

:)

void geyser
#

I'm going back to modding keyboards again, I've recently bought this in an auction (CK61)

#

the only thing I hate about it is that it's a soldered in switches

#

I did manage to get some of these keycaps

shell locust
#

How about royal kludge rk84?

void geyser
#

might get a magic force 68 and mod it again

shell locust
#

Its sucks without mods?

void geyser
#

not really

#

it's decent but I like doing foam mod + tape mod on it

#

to improve the sound

#
  • my plate mod too
dusty remnant
#

So i broke and decided to try and piece together a second hand Custom Board, Found a K10 barebones for $35, and some cherry browns on hardwareswap, any advise or recommendations?

radiant lodge
#

use that 5 of that 35 dollars for a bus ride to the local job center

dapper mantle
#

any suggestions for a 108 key hotswap board + case? I have my switches and caps picked out, got burned by an Aliexpress 'hot swap' board

mint swan
#

daily keyboard

#

its in quite good condition for a old wireless ps/2 keyboard

#

and types nice for a membraine keyboard

#

ive used a lot of membraine keyboards but this has got to be one of my favorite

#

its not like the stereotypical mushy crap it feels more nice to type on

#

i just use it when im sick of typing on my corsair mechanical keyboard

#

its technically e waste now because its so old and ps/2 but i think its cool

dusty remnant
mint swan
#

i never buy expensive keyboards i like using random ones i find on ebay from before 2005

#

its fun

#

still yet to find a keyboard that uses any kind of serial connector (excluding USB)

chrome raft
#

Wireless keyboard and mouse recommendations under 60 dollars?

neon plume
#

Redragon K530

#

Depends how cheap you can find it

neon plume