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
It's a budget station, we can start with the pc:
x4 760k @4.5Ghz under a CM Nepton 280L cooler Gigabyte A88xWifi motherboard 8GB HyperX 1866Mhz ram 660ti SC overclocked a bit more Bitfenix prodigy case.
The main monitor is an AOC ips panel, 24". Don't remember the model, on top of an ikea lack shelf 2nd monitor is some older HP 19" or 20" on a cheap arm. Keyboard is a Nordic ISO Pok3r 1st gen SS Rival Mouse Qck+ mousepad Ebay mouse bungee Pioneer SE-M531 Headphones are the ones i use most of the time. They are ok, especially since i got them for about 25$ 2nd headset is a pair of SS Siberia frost Some ebay usb led strip, an ikea candle, ceramic goat and a cactus. White xbox one controller
It serves me well, even tho it can run all games on max. Don't play much demanding titles on it anyways. Poly bridge, Heartstone, some League of Legends etc.