GK GAMAKAY SN75 75% Mechanical Keyboard Kit, VIA Programmable Hot Swap Tri-Mode Bluetooth/Type-C/2.4G Wireless RGB Customized Keyboard Kit, PCB Mounting Plate EVA Sound Insulation Mat (Black)

For the price, I'm just not sure this one can be beat. It has excellent customization options that you won't easily find at this price point. The cons? The keyboard goes to sleep so the wireless connection can get a little messed up due to that. Especially the Bluetooth. I probably won't use it wireless personally. That's not a deal breaker for me though. Also, it's not easy to get it set up with VIA. I guess you need to use the web app and side load the JSON file from their website, but I actually haven't done this yet. The RGB isn't individually addressable, at least not out of the box...I believe you can flash firmware to make it so, but I haven't done it yet and there's even less instruction for this. So I wouldn't consider this a very noob friendly board for its software/firmware customization. For its physical customization it's great and easy to mod. The sound out of the box with the gasket mounted polycarbonate plate makes it very silent if you put some good silent switches in it. I absolutely love how quiet it is. Though it can be as clacky or thocky as you want. Very versatile. Nice way to get into custom keyboards. Do note you'll likely be spending way more on switches and keycaps.

Love, love, love this keyboard. Only downside is the PCB cover on the black version is white so you can see the white through the keycaps sometimes. But if you want to build a keyboard this is a great start. Easy to disassemble and reassemble, as well as mod. Comes with ample foam and 2 different PCB covers, absolutely love it. While it is made of plastic, the build quality is pretty strong, and if you want a thocky sounding keyboard, this is the way to go. Rgb is very bright and functions with so many different colors, as well as the option to turn the rgb off if you'd like to. Doesn't even require any software to use. The golden volume knob is quite a nice touch and I absolutely love it. I can't recommend this keyboard enough.

I wanted to try out a 75% keyboard as an alternative to a the TKL boards I have been using. And while I was looking at Keychron V1, I wound up purchasing this instead. I've had some experience with Gamakay switches, and (like Gamakay switches) expected this to be better than the price indicated. It is. The black case is plastic and has some flex, but you're probably not going to be trying to twist the keyboard when it's on your desk. It ships with a gasket mounted PC plate and a spare aluminum plate that can also be gasket mounted. Or you can top mount the plate if that's your thing. The knob is a friction fit 6mm D-shaft so you can replace it with many similar knobs. It ships in wireless mode. To switch to USB, plug it in, hold FN and press 5. Annoyingly you have to do that every time you want to switch back to wired connection after using it wirelessly. I haven't had any issues with the wireless connection, and there is a nice pocket on the back for the wireless receiver dongle. LED backlight is south facing, so you can use Cherry keycaps without interference issues and the backlight LEDs are borderline painful at full brightness. I don't hear any buzzing when the brightness is turned down. Interestingly while adjusting brightness, the keyboard reduces LED saturation for a moment, then brings it back to where you expect. The PC plate is nicely frosted to help LED diffusion, and the plate foam is white to assist with that as well. Stabilizers are screw in, PCB mounted and appear to be made from clear nylon. They were lightly lubed with only the spacebar stabilizers making some noise that made me add some additional lube to them. VIA and VIAL work well once you sideload the .JSON from Gamakay's website. If you're using VIA 3.x, make sure you enable "Use V2 Definitions" before loading the .JSON. The Good: - Bargain priced for what you get. - VIA and VIAL support. - 2 different plates and the option to gasket or top mount. - Included stabilizers are perfectly adequate. - Knob. - Wireless dongle storage in keyboard. - LED diffusion. The Bad: - Some case flex. - Annoying keystroke to change back to USB after wireless mode. But they DO indicate that you should press 5 when holding FN. The Meh: - Some of the RGB modes are ... Disco-riffic. - South facing LEDs.

I love this keyboard but here are my heads up note South Facing Lights - Light Shine not great unless bold font (White Keycaps are LTC LavaCaps = Good) The solid black is cool but makes the backlight redundant. My knob fell apart so I replaced it. Knob is programable so I can have it for changing brush size [ ]

The board died within 4 months and the company hasn't responded to my support request for over a month now. Very frustrating as the company offers a 12 month warranty. Stay far away

Cute Little Keyboard. On amazon, in this price-range, this is the ONLY keyboard PCB mount stabs, which is sadly a rarity in the cheaper end of the custom keyboard spectrum. The stabs sound pretty great out of box, and the knob has a satisfying "Thunk" to it. My only real complaints comes to the case material, which is a pretty creaky cheap plastic, and the broken VIA support. Overall a great value, just don't expect too-too much out of it.

Overall: 9.0/10 The only con that I can think of is the lack of software. I don't particularly like that I need to cycle through lighting modes manually, or that I can't have different per key lighting options i.e. having some off and some on, or 2 different colors entirely. VIA doesn't support that, and 3rd party RGB software, like Signal RGB don't support this board/brand. However, every other thing about this keyboard is utterly perfect. Ease of Assembly/Disassembly: 9.5 Construction: 9.5 Lighting Brightness: 10 Sound: 10 Smoothness: 10

This keyboard has been an absolute nightmare. They sent me a used keyboard and it doesn’t recognize typing strokes. If I could give negative stars I would. Awful QC Edit: I got the keyboard to work but they still sent me a used board. Still not okay.