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
If you really wanted a full-size keyboard, though, I'm not sure why you'd be looking at a drop for a 60% PCB...
Nevermind.
Yes, something else would be cheaper. If I was making a point, that would be it. If there's an actual substitute to this, feel free to point me in the right direction. My questions in the OP also weren't entirely rhetorical. I was asking if those are the things I would actually need, if there was anything missing, anything extra, and if that would actually have to be the final price.
Edit: or get a full size gmmk
https://kbdfans.cn/collections/60/products/gk64-rgb-60-64keys-hot-swap-pcb