Glorious Gaming - GMMK 2 (65%)

I got a GMMK 2 65% for £30 recently (yayfor discontinued products), for £30 it’s ok, but I would never have paid full price for it. GMMK are a gateway drug, if it gives you the itch you will soon find better alternatives for the same price, especially as you are using ANSI layout you have so many options. As for your space bar clang, look into stabiliser mods and you can probably significantly improve it.

a decent 100% keyboard for $100 is going to be tough to find. I have in the past bought a refurbed Glorius GMMK2 for like $55 (barebones is $50 new), fully built and it pretty much perfect condition. It wasnt silent, just had basic cherry red switches installed, though it may be possible to find a full set of silent switches for around $50 as well if you went that route. No guarantee that deal is still around though, it might be more worth it to save another $50 and try to get something in the $150 range.

I think all the suggestions above are pretty helpful, but I do want to give a small warning about trying out keyboards at Best Buy. The big “brand name” mechanical gaming keyboards (Razer, Logitech, Corsair, etc.) are generally considered subpar quality for the price. Personally, I find them mostly to have cheap plasticky cases and keycaps, and their switches are hollow feeling (I like a good, heavy tactile) there are exceptions though, like the gmmk2 and keychron brand. but last time i was there they didn't have keychrons on display. I see that Northgate BB has sells the Keychron Q6. Definitely ask if they can open one up for you if it's not on display. It's the closest thing they have to what a nice premium office keyboard feels like. It's built and weighs like a tank. So it’s definitely good to visit Best Buy to get a sense of the basics (what kind of switch or what size board feels best), but just keep in mind there’s a huge world beyond Best Buy with a bazillion variety of keyboards and switches, most that are better quality for the same or lower price. I used to use a service from [milktooth.nu](http://milktooth.nu) that lets you rent out a bunch of switches with a little test board to try out. Doesn't look like they do that anymore? You should inquire about it. I buy from them sometimes, they have a informative (tho prolly biased) youtube review channel (here's a [bunch of rundowns of silent switches](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=milktooth+silent+switches)) they don't charge sales tax for some reason and shipping is free if you spend $50ish.

There are far better alternatives than Glorious. This is coming from someone who's first build was a GMMK Pro, the first version of this keyboard. I had to purchase a seperate flex kit from them and finish it off with new stabs in order to make it sound and feel relatively decent. Despite buying the board AFTER the overlubing issues were fixed, I still got one with insanely sticky stabs. I just replaced them with durock V3 stabs but I had to file down the polycarbonate plate to get them to fit. The overall build was over 300 dollars, including the price of the top frame, flex kit, new stabs, and new switches and caps. Compare this to a several other keyboards I bought for way less and sounded and felt much better out the gate. I have a GK Gamakay SN75, Akko 5075B, and Batknight BK75, and all of them sound and felt better for the price they were at. And the best part is they came complete at less than 100-110 usd. The gmmk barebones I bought was 134 usd and didn't have switches or caps. Don't buy from these gaming companies unless value for money is truly just not a concern.

I had a GMMK barebones that has been giving me problems. I ordered another barebones for $28 and was planning on putting all my old switches and keycaps on. I think I’ll return the barebones and go with this one.

I had an old membrane Logitech and got a K70 as my first mechanical. I wasn’t happy with the MX browns and the lack of an edge boarder. I returned it for a Glorious barebones and Akko linear switches. I’m very happy with the hardware but the glorious software is basically unusable.

Glorious GMMK, don’t get HyperX, they have a lot of IC issues.

I use a GMMK also and I love it. Why do you want to switch?

You can get one from a 3rd part, like gmmk, which have some nice palm rests. Currently using their wooden one.