Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
For mainly Linux, and some Windows 8.1 use, I've been looking for a mech keyboard similar in spec and design to the Gigabyte Force K85. No shouting keyboard. :
- full size
- trimmed right around the keys (no excess, no palm rest)
- floating keys design
- static colour, or off (the other modes and effects are not necessary for me).
But with :
- per key RGB colour selection
And maybe :
- all characters moved to the top of their key cap, over the led
- all the key caps with 2 characters, have the characters side-by-side at the top of their key cap, over the led (like the row of numbers on the Sharkoon Skiller Mech SKG3)
If the Sharkoon Skiller Mech SKG3 did not have the excess metal across the top and bottom it would have been a candidate.
Could you guys and gals push me in the direction of one or more candidates ?
I'm thinking of giving up.