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Travel-friendly and full-featured, the DIERYA 60% Mechanical Keyboard fits a lot into a small form factor. Its compact 60% layout is just under a foot in length, but it comes equipped with arrow keys and an Fn combination key to handle any typing task Read More
Jsugarman2005The biggest difference is in the key layout for the bottom-right (DK63 has a 1.75u shift and dedicated arrow keys with 1u Alt/Fn - RK61 has a standard 2.75u shift and 1.25u Alt/Menu/Ctrl/Fn). A smaller - but notable - difference out of the box would be the rubberized keycaps on the DK63 (I like the feel, but your mileage may vary). At least some of the RK61-style boards I've seen have hot-swap sockets (or use hot-swap optical switches), which can be a big plus.
Recommendation will vary heavily on your preference: DK63's dedicated arrow keys can be nice for certain software/games/shortcuts - but if you do a lot of programming or writing/composition, the offset "/?" key may try your patience. RK61 has a more standardized layout for typists, and you can still access arrows by holding Fn; but using this makes certain shortcuts/navigation cumbersome enough that I often ignore them ("Fn+LAlt+RAlt" in the correct order - simply to go back a page in a browser isn't as intuitive as tapping "Alt+Left" or just clicking a back button). If you like to re-cap your keyboards, it'll be a little easier to find more sets compatible with the RK61 (the DK63's short shift and 1u Alt/Fn are less common).
At the end of the day, I wasn't able to cope with the "/?" key placement and occasionally found myself overreaching for the right shift - sending me back up a line in whatever I was doing. I have a Dierya/Kemove DK61 which seems identical to the RK61, and this is what I've modded and predominately use.
Dierya just made big decisions and came up in the world. This is their board of the yester era, and I would recommend waiting a month and getting the Kemove for around 100-105 (90 currently but keep reading). I bought the Kemove Snowfox and returned it because after talking with support over their layer set up I learned that they are preparing to release those board in PCB hotswap vs the current plate mount hotswap. The new software is pretty okay. It has individual lighting, bluetooth 5.1, and comes with gateron switches. Just my 2 cents on this discussion.