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Can you advise me please (lazysoci.al)

submitted 1 month ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I randomly got recommended Hipyo Tech on YouTube one day and since have been watching his videos. I haven't got a clue about mechanical keyboards, but I have strong tastes in terms of aesthetics. Long story short, I kept checking shit out and stumbled across a keyboard he hasn't reviewed yet and I think I'm in love. But I don't know if it's any good or is even Linux compatible. So… is the ATK V75X a decent purchase? Or does it suck?

https://www.atk.store/products/atk-vxe-v75-x-mechanical-gaming-keyboard

The look I'm interested in, is the all matte black oka Gunmetal. I don't have the foggiest about the difference between the switches.

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[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (13 children)

What I did was buy a keyboard with the features I wanted, (100%, volume knob, rgb, hotswappable switches), then got a set of switches and keycaps to swap in.

If the board has soldered switches you probably will never be changing those.

Red switches are terrible. Feel super gross. Brown switches are ok, but I found them to have too weak of a tactile bump. Holy pandas have a stronger tactile bump and are what I'm using right now bc I found the browns a but disappointing

Keycaps have standardized profiles/shapes; I have "OEM" keycaps. Each row has a slightly different height/shape which makes it a bit more ergonomic. There are others with identical row shapes.

It should act like a standard USB keyboard if its running QMK / ZMK and will work ootb with linux. Only thing is that any QMK keyboard is going to be a bit annoying to configure (change layout or rebind keys) on linux (e.g. with VIA or Vial). You have to be using a chromium based browser that is not sandboxed (snap or flatpak may interfere) and you might have to add some udev rules but its not a huge problem.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Looking up the keyboard on AliExpress, it claims to be hot swappable, but you'd still recommend a different base?

Also red switches? Brown switches?

Anything that requires a Chromium browser makes me sceptical.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

My suggestion is to get a keyboard with the features you want, then the keycaps you want. Then you can experiment with small switch sets to find one you like. Search for Outemu switches on Ali Express, they have very ~~adorable~~ affordable packs of 10. If you’re unsure whether you’d like a linear, tactile or clicky, get one from each at least. Get both regular and silent versions of tactile to try out. I really like the Silent Lemon tactile V3. People rave about the Panda.

Note that keycap material and to a lesser degree geometry will affect the sound too. You can also add o-rings to the caps to decrease high frequency sounds.

Edit: adorable/affordable. Autocorrupt made a funny.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it sad that the features I want are RGB and not to feel cramped?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, and welcome to the fold!

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you. I appreciate it.

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