Ajazz - AK820 Pro 75% Mechanical Keyboard

Brown? BROWN??? Sorry for crashing out. but BROWNNN? I don't think Brown Switches ever were thoccs. And for thoccy keyboard, my flatmate just got RK M87 and OH GODDD THE THOCC I have Ajazz ak 820 Pro, when I got it I thought that was thocc, but in front of RK M87 this feels like a quite keyboard

TLDR; Need Silent Switches recommendation (cheap) I got an Ajazz AK820Pro hot swappable keyboard for my partner, some of the switches started giving up after a year. I took the opportunity to get good quality switches (Cherry Northern Lights) to replace the most commonly used keys (20 only) Now I’m stuck in this weird state where some switches are the original loud ones while others are silent with a solid actuation force. I can’t buy 60 more Northern lights, because it’s a cheap keyboard and the PCB might give up before. Looking for cheaper silent alternatives.

Feels nicer to use than a $20 basic office Logitech keyboard but that's really it. I have a Chinese HE keyboard (jazz ak820 pro max he), it feels and sounds much better than my old basic keyboard but I can't say it really makes any difference in game performance wise. On paper there are some gains response time, polling rate, max number of simultaneous inputs, actuation point, etc all are better but the difference is very minor.

This Aula 60% is probably the cheapest I can recommend, its hot swappable. https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/aula-61-keys-hot-swappable-rgb-backlit-mechanical-keyboard-detachable-type-c-wired-gaming-keyboard-f3261-i3455301445-s17746401716.html? If you stretch your budget a bit though Ajazz AK820 is selling a 75% KB for 1300 PHP (without vouchers), which is a pretty great board for the price. I highly recommend getting this one https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/ajazz-ak820-wired-detachable-mechanical-keyboard-cnc-knob-control-75-gasket-mount-gaming-keyboard-i4785899854-s27583306856.html?

It's more than good enough for $30. If you want something better then it's available, but even something as basic as the ak820 is more than good enough to not be the thing holding you back. I would just get the more cheaper $35 instead of the one shown here that's marked up for no reason.

If you need for gaming get HR keyboard like ak820

Nah, wouldn't recommend the AK820. For the price, it looks nice, but overall, it's a realistically 20-30$ keyboard with cheap knob (so god knows how fast it'll break) and is full plastic, so build "quality" isn't really there.

I mean I have one (non HE) and it’s acting up. Now, I bought it for fun, but the knob is skipping, sometimes working, sometimes not, and recently, the whole board started to be problematic, like keys freezing, not wanting to type certain characters, etc

Oh yeah, hot swappable, but this issue seems to be on the board level, due to random keys (while typing) deciding to type out 10 characters instantly

I have durock silent t1 (shrimp) switches and love them. Silent, tactile switch. I’ve also used Akko penguins tactile aswell. Very good budget option. As for the keyboard itself, I run an Ajaz ak820. Very quiet.

I really like it. It’s budget, comes in wired, or wireless (I have the wireless 2.4g). Is hot-swappable so you can pick your own switches, gasket mount, and there is even a layer of foam in the keyboard as well. I’m sure there are nicer board out there, but it’s my daily driver.