Budgeting for Beginners - Custom Keyboards!
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024
- *as promised, here is my updated budget guide to beginners who want to build their own custom keyboards! i'll be making one more at the end of the year for 2023 budget boards! subscribe to stick along ❤
Keyboard Kits
1. Low Tier
CIY Tester 68 - amzn.to/3WbWySU
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CIY GAS 67 - shorturl.at/hkvAY
Next Time 75 - amzn.to/3iB39bS
2. Mid Tier
KBD67 Lite - kbdfans.com/r?...
Monsgeek M1 - www.monsgeek.c...
Tiger80 Lite - kbdfans.com/r?...
Switches
1. Basic
Gateron Pro Series - amzn.to/3Xybmwy
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2. Fun
Akko Switches - amzn.to/3W5cF4Q
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Keycaps
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Drop - amzn.to/3QHfRlS
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i literally refreshed your channel this morning cause i read that you were planning on doing this video. Thank you soo much for helping a newbie like me
sheesh
Vid quality getting better and better!
thank you!
Thanks for making video for poor people like me
nonono
I ain’t poor, but at the same time I’m not trying to spend hella on a keyboard lmaooo.
@@LewisToh can you do 10 mistakes beginners make when building keyboards? It would be helpful for many new builders.
Lewis is one of my favorite keyboard RUclipsr can’t wait to see what he brings us in 2023
that means alot :,)
true this
Another budget kit is the GMK67, it's a really good kit for its price and even has a knob. Worth looking into it!
Was gonna say this, imo the best low budget board of 2022
In some countries it has a different sticker slapped on with a different name, for example in Malaysia it's the Vortex GT65
@@mintlata i think it's Indonesia, mate. Us Malaysians buy straight from Taobao.
gmk67 is a good kit, but if you are unlucky, you can get a kit with a wireless error. It's kinda like tester68 time ago when some kit would die after a while. I hope they fix this soon. But GMK67 is sound facing, even if you got an error kit (wire only), it is still quite good.
@@husainyard Thanks for the correction
This is such a good video for beginners like me. Thank you Lewis for keeping the hobby alive and accessible!
Love that you're actually providing budget options. As a college student, I really want to get into the hobby but I absolutely don't have the funds to start with a GMMK or Akko board. Especially not knowing whether I will stick with it for a long time so I can't justify that kind of investment.... yet lol
hope it helped!
just so you know gmmk boards are overpriced gk61s
@@burritos447 gk61 not hotswappable
I'd like to add budget switch & keycap options beside AKKO & Gateron:
For the switch it's KTT, JWK, Aflion, Ajazz Fruit series. Those are what i can think of.
For the keycap it's Shenpo, Xiami/21kb. Both are good PBT dye-sub keycaps for a "budget" price. Yongqiu/Aifei/whatever it is are also good double shot PBT/ABS, nice sound and also cheap.
appareciate that!
Great list, for switches I'd also consider Tecsee since they are budget friendly
Wow Lewis this is just a good guide to the keyboard scene i am very impressed keep up the good work!
Glad it helped!
Thanks, I've been trying to pick out the best parts for my budget for months!
Glad I could help!
Switches made by KTT are extremely budget friendly and absolutely amazing
yeah for sure
I love KTT Hyacinth, now I want to buy more cuz I only buy 6 for testing is sound good or no in my board
Ktt produces Akko switches
Loved the video. As a person who is getting into custom boards, this was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Normally when they say budget, was expecting redragons or royal kludges but wow, none of them were mentioned, very insightful vid
Doing god's work Lewis thank you so much 💪
NAHHHH
the reason he is one of the best keeb youtubers is becuase he communicates so much with the comments and the audience and listens to recommendations. keep up the good work❤❤❤❤
Great video as always, glad to see the monggeek m1 made it into the list. Such a good kit for the price but still haven't been recognized enough.
I stg you are the only person in this hobby who actually knows what budget means. All others are like “NEW BUDGET KING” and the board itself ends up being $180+
For the cheap section try searching for the "GMK67", its a 67% more flexible gasket mount with south facing sockets, with a knob too. it's probably the best for the 50$ mark
Is it QMK compatible?
@@BG-wz1iu unfortunately no but it has it's own software
Can't wait for my Killer65! 🤩
same
Lewis still being the budget guy ☝️☝️☝️ best keyboarder ww
:)
thanks for this. I like this video and updates whenever appropriate.
Thank you for doing my suggestion!!
No problem!!
My guy Lewis helping out the beginner homies frfr, king of the budget boards strikes again
my friend was about to buy a new keyboard, so glad i come to this video that i stumble across Monsgeek M1, went to check to online local store, and it's avaliable in stock!
WTF what a total banger for an alu board just for 99$. i owe you again for this one!
Glad I could help!
the said friend loosing their mind after knowing M1 exist and instanly check-out the board. thank you again for the great contents, Lewis!
Like someone said in the comments the GMK67 is a great budget board. I'd also recommend the bakeneko65 for custom keyboards
Would greatly appreciated a recommendation for a full size hot swap keyboard. Keep up the great work and videos. Thank you!
you can look into yunzii boards!
Excellent breakdown of products, thanks Lewis
Glad you liked it!
a fun new alternative to the gas67 is the gmk67! south-facing rgb around $50 and you can get it in aliexpress straight to the US :)
In the Aluminum area, Monsgeek M1 main land Chine version (Via unsupported) goes at 75$
FinalKey Cidoo V65 goes at 95$ (nicer alu than M1, Via supported, bluetooth supported, extra fr4 plate and keycaps included)
those kbdfans keycap containers are super nice.
yes it is
Drop frequently have discounts, for example bought GMK Pulse for 50 and Drop Iron Mans for 40. So, if you have a little bit of time to wait and check time to time, you can get a good deal
monsgeek m1 is a GOD tier board for the price ngl from pop to thock, whichever configuration you like, it is there for you
bang on
You could add Drop's DCX range in this. It is getting larger and can be good value, especially during sales. the quality is better than their Artifact series.
price is definitely a little higher, and never rly tried them before sadly
Great video! I have some stuff to add thay might be useful.
- The V65 R2 kit, a GB keyboard with priced at around $100 with even more value than the Monsgeek
- Keychron cherry/KSA profile keycaps, great $40 caps
thanks for that!
First. Just got the last untouched chalice 40 from Europe! Videos are looking good as always keep it up dude
actually first
Love your video, you explain everything so simple, thank you for that!
Glad it was helpful!
IMO the group but boards have a place for beginners *because* of their longer times before delivery. While yes, you have to wait a bit longer, it gives you some time to look for keycaps that you like, buy some test switches in small quantities to see what you like (mechbox is good for this), and just generally learn what you need to so that when the board does arrive you're ready to go!
There's a new board going around called the Zuoya GMK67. It looks good. Hoping you do a review of that soon as I'm planning on buying it.
Yo Lewis, definitely a helping hand in considering the next board I am looking for. Besides, it is so beginner-friendly! Cheers!
its not just that the only difference is the mounting type , it also got rgb , + rechargeable batteries + thicker case with thicker frame + it can be connect with cable
You should check out the finalkey v65 r2. Is a very good budget board.
Hello my fellow Singaporean RUclipsr! Im so glad that the Monsgeek M1 is included into this list XD bc from what you said about the kit, it makes me feel that the money spend on the kit will be worth it XD
I have 3 pbtfans sets now. WOB,BOW and Rim. They are all great. I don't like most of the other designs, otherwise I would have more. The price is reasonable for the quality.
its so good, i love them
@@LewisToh I'm actually a liar :) the bow set is on a keyboard I built for my sister (placeholder for epbt Rin) and Rim is on my nieces keyboard (not actually a placeholder for epbt superstar). I love that they have iso kits and epbt just dropped the ball, bought both sets nearly a year ago in the group buy.
In contrast, pbtfans is available, short group buy times as you said and great quality.
I bought bow and wob to have generic sets for any new projects.
ktt switches are also a good choice for some cheap switches, and for a little more the ajaxz diced fruits could be neat
Looking forward for the 2023 vid :)
I'm really looking into getting a QwertyKeys Neo70 because of it's mostly screwless design, and customization options. It has a lot of premium features at a very mid tier price.
I found that the ktt kang whites are amazing even stock, and shocking when lubed for a low price
o yes
Love it man! Thank you for the info…love your vids
My pleasure!
i just built my first keeb for under 150 and im surprised with how good it sounds if yk what to buy no matter what budget your keeb can sound good
great content dude this was amazing
Glad you enjoyed
Alice layout:
FancyKey Alice 66/66C goes for 85$, heavy acrylic/mica case, supper bright led, underglow, via/qmk
Feker Alice 80 same price but abs case, wireless supported, better layout and knob.
Thanks so much have a good one 😀
Thank you too
😀
Lewis the 🐐 no 🧢
Gmk 67 will be my dream til end of the year. We’ll see if I get it 😂
Good video bro
I currently have a very cheap motospeed keyboard that sounds like crap :D
I bought myself a 65% dark project keyboard, but i think i'll use it for a few months/half a month. I just really got that custom keyboard itch to scratch, it's so satisfying to make these yourself.
LT-
Nice! ✌🏾
and for the budget switches, ever heard of Aflion line-ups? that brand making a real banger switches for the price slightly lower than Akko in some of their line-ups
ooo interesting
wait, you never try it before??
also Ajazz switches line-ups. please try it my man. thank you!
You could save a lot by ordering separate parts for keyboards like the kbd67 or tiger80 lite. An abs case with tn80s pcb and a custom pc plate would only cost $55!
You use case tiger80 lite + tn80s pcb , i'm interesting that currently plate you use for this build?)
@@AlexAlex-nf1cx I don't have a tiger80 build, but you could order a plate sold by Hyperboring. There is also a tiger80 plate file on Gitee.
for me
budget board is Epomaker EK68(case plastic) Cidoo v65(Alu+wireless)
budget switch is KTT Series
budget keycaps is xiami, shenpo or PBT Studio
Great video, though I would add the KTT Kang Whites to the budget switch, as they can also sound very good and come in at a very low price
wonderful vid. thank you so much. I am having my epomaker ek68 for awhile now and looking for a new fun build.
Glad I could help
The video I needed
Hey i like your Videos you inspire me to build my own keyboard i had buy a drop crtl yoused for only 80€ and have tapemoded it (foam will come next) and put some brown gateron switches( i filmed it all) with pudding dbl shot pbt keycaps. And know i Finished to build my own numpad that i 3d printed and make it qmk readdy via a arduino its amazing thank you
The massive problem with clones are the consistency with the dyes. A ton of them are mediocre with the qa so you'll almost never have the ability to check the aesthetics if your looking for something like a wine or lesa type of color way.
for great looking and legal keycaps, nicepbt seems decent tho they hover around $75
Great video, I love stuff that is beginner friendly, as I'm always putting friends onto the hobby, now I have a video I can send to them. I don't necessarily agree with recommending AKKO for keycaps since they make a lot of shameless clones, but not everyone getting into the hobby will really understand or care about that so 🤷♂️
Taobao is legendary for all cheap builds
is tru
They are the reason why I have built three keyboards in the first three months since discovering the hobby
i think the epomaker cidoo v65 is a great budget aluminium kit its gasket mounted whit good pre lubed switches(actually good prelube) and keycaps,only issue the stabs need some lubing (they are prelubed but not evenly) but thats an ez fix
costs 130 dollars
another keyboard i have and i do like it its the epomaker th80 comes with their own custom switches you have other options also but for £90 not bad keyboard
I would recommend the James Donkey A3 for the price range of 50$ and the Fuhlen H75S and the FL MK750 for 70$. Forget the V1.
For Keycaps, if you are tight on budget, then recently Akko's more common ASA sets like Macaw, Red Bean, Los Angeles, Silver On Black, White on Black are getting sales half the price on facebook group, in Vietnam at least. if you want some more color way for ASA profile, FL Esport's FSA keycap use the same mold with them. Their pbt is denser but less smooth compare to Akko's.
If you willing to go for clone cherry keycap, then Aifei or more commonly, jokingly know as CMK(yes, C stand for Chinese) have acceptable double shot quality for 25$ and they coppy some of GMK's famous colorway like Neon, Yuru, Modern Dolch, Olivia and so on, lacking only the novelties.
If you want all those cool novelties then pbt dyesub clones goes for 40$
If you want Vintage theme then XMI have really nice pbt dyesub quality for 35$
appreciate the sharing :)
Make a video on Deskmats
We should bring some attention to deskmats as well
hmmmm
I'm about to build my first one with oil kings switches.
Great vid!! Thoughts on the Finalkey V65 R2?? I was wondering how good was this board for the price!!
Thanks for making this video, it has really helped me with custom keyboards. About the AKKO, I'm looking on their website and I've seen the 5075S VIA. Do you know anything about it and is it worth the $10 than the ACR? Do they ship to the UK and are they only in ANSI?
thank you so much for the content! Also i was wondering if i should get a monsgeek m1 or a keychron v1, im looking for a tapping/thocky sound. thx for the video!
i would go with m1 for thock
I feel like it should be mentioned that Monsgeek M1 is kind of insane value .for the local Chian version. It's basically 60 USD in China and the only differences are no screw-in stabs and no QMK/VIA support.
I can’t wait for the killer 65 to ship like if u entered the gb
Lessgooo Another Post!
Love your video !
What of these keyboard would u reccomend and is like a more deep,cream and quietish (just the one who is the closest to it) sound out of box? 5075b,pc75b v2 or the acr pro 75? or if u have any reccomendations for 120 dollars/euros let me know! (dont need a prebuilt but would be nice)
Hi Lewis! Excellent video. I wanted to ask you about the Monsgeek M1, are the stabs already installed? Basically i want to know if the only thing i need to do is install switches and keycaps.
yes already installed!
If you want budget aluminium get monsgeek m1 kit, got it for 80 dollar, super heavy, south facing, knob, literally nothing to complain for the price :))))))
I picked up an Akko 9 key on sale on their site a couple of months ago for $69
Hi Lewis, I am new to your channel and so far I am really enjoying the videos you put out. If you haven't made a video on this yet I would like to hear your take on the "best" or just your favorite budget keyboard kit that still produces a nice deep thocky sound profile. I watched the one about the KBDfans Lite board and wondering if there is a slightly cheaper alternative. Thanks for reading!
What keyboard do you reccomend for 100 dollars thats good out of the box? I'm looking at the 5075b so that's kinda the sound profile
Yeah Akko boards are good. If you think you’ll like it, go for it
@@doctorcloverr I am but its out of stock so in the meanwhile I'm looking if I missed a keyboard
i would probably wait for it, it should be back instock soon
@@LewisToh okay. i can also up my budget to 120 if u know anything but otherwise ill just wait
NicePBT keycaps from cannonkeys are good, they're official licenced clone (they paid royalities to artist that made the design most of them are for GMK design)
Mk870 is a good budget board as well
What would be best kbd67 or keychron v2 (I'm not sure if I meant v2 or q6, I'm talking about the 65% that has Bluetooth
hmm personally prefer kbd over keychron
Will you be doing Killer65 build videos with a couple different switches based on preferences?
Great video! What keycaps are on the keyboard in the thumbnail?
MT3 Godspeed!
Switches:
I want to tell you first is that the Akko CS switches weren't manufactured by Akko. They were made by KTT and they were good for their time being.
The Akko Jelly Switches were made by akko and they are really terrible, especially tactile switches like the Jelly Blue. Super scratchy, dumb spring design make the switch stuck when use as spacebar. Only decent one is the Jelly Black.
So, back to the main budget switches, start with Gateron Pro series.
The milky yellow/red/black are the same switch but with different spring weight. The heavier the more low pitch/muted.
With the same price, KTT Kang White is the budget Creamy-Clacky switch. Better housing and stem tightness.
With a tiny little bit more, the MMD Holy Panda and the MMD Transparent Tactile give you 60% feel of the Holy Panda, but also have a lot of spring and leaf pinging. If you're gonna spending a bit more, then chosse the CIY Phantom. The bumb is more similar to the Holy Panda, less ping, more scratchy but nice low pitch poppy sound.
If you want an extremely durable switch and "end game" feeling, goes with the Cherry HyperGlide Res or Black. They have that signature scratchy and nice sound of Cherry switches bit actually much smoother than 2014-2019 Cherry switches.
If you want an all pom feeling of the Nk Cream then the FL-CMMK MX Ice Mint (which was made by Kailh) or the MMD Cream. The Kailh Box Cool Mint is also just a recolored box cream. You can find those in FL Esport's CMK series, Cool Mint color to be pecific.
Best Budget Linear for me is the KTT Strawberry or KTT Darling. Both have clear clacky sound, are extremely smooth, very tight housing. Me and many consider them to be lube and film uneeded.
Some other good keycaps are nicepbt and cannoncaps, they’re around $60-70 and pretty good quality
Great video
Thanks!
Hi Lewis! What are your thoughts on the bakeneko 65 or the novelkels nk65?
never tried them :(
Hi. What do you think about Nuphy keyboards? I’m looking into the Nuphy96?
There is also another budget switch called ktt kang white
yes
Best budget PCB wired board? Any recommendation?
Hey man loved the vid but I have a question. I recently lubed my switches and everything went fine until I plugged my keyboard back in. The pcb pin for U turned red then shortly after went back to the rest of the keyboards egg color. Now some of the switches don’t type anything and some switches like my E, when I click it once it types by then starts basically holding down the E and just keeps typing Es I was wondering if you have any solutions to my problem? Thank you and keep grinding!!
might be w issue where the leaf got lubed? or the stem got placed incorrectly!
the gmk67 should be on the budget option
i only tried that aft i filmed this
Oh ok! It is just a great keeb for the price