The Huntsman that he's comparing it with has a bunch of gaming features that the Keychron electromechanical boards do not support, which is why I listed one of the magnetic boards.
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The Q7 has a very flexi gasket mount and they have a history of working the sockets loose and causing problems after a few months and their support ranges from very poor to abusive. I would not get any Keychron Q or V series keyboards except for the except for the very basic tray mount ones. has
I use a keychron k8 wireless tenkeyless, which is pretty much everything OP doesn't want (black, not a full layout, wireless (although I use it wired for my PC and just use BT for my PS5)), but it's perfect for me and was <$70 at the time. I agree, it's a good brand and they are good out of the box. And having a boring base color can be nice, so you can swap in any color keys and they won't clash.
My first recommendation would be to look at Keychron. People do have their valid criticisms but their mid-tier lineup is pretty exceptional for the price. Recently I picked up a TKL from their R line, which has an 1800 layout, and I tried to be as critical as possible and walked away really happy with it. It has backlight, a tri-mode pcb, decent switches, and keychron put out acceptable keycaps with their prebuilts. The boards are hotswap so if you want to experiment with other switches it is easy to do so. I also have a Q6 Max and both of these boards are pretty well foamed out so you're going to get a muted sound. Not silent but also not loud.
Their K10 Max I also feel is excellent value for the features.
If you are looking for wireless HE, keychron K2, K4, K8 HE are all pretty good. Good build quality, good sounding. Lower wireless latency than most and the boards that do have lower wireless latency are typically much more work. Battery life isn't great though unless you turn off RGB.
There's also the M1 V5 TMR as a premium wireless option (same pros and cons as the keychrons) and the SKYLOONG GK68 MIX, which will require work to sound good, but it has the lowest wireless latency and a bigger battery.
In terms of wired options, there are so many with good latency. Wooting is always a solid choice but you are paying for the long warranty and class leading software. You can certainly make a custom keyboard with a wooting module and make it into whatever you want.
I've seen the numbers of the Venom 60HE on a Korean website but I'm not sure how they are getting their 0.13ms figure. That's basically impossible unless you set the actuation point to the highest but no one can use a keyboard like that. Wooting keyboards already get <1ms and going below that is hard because at that point most of the latency is in travel distance. Migs also does keyboard testing on YouTube and the fastest keyboard he's tested has been at 0.53ms.
There are a good number of Chinese HE / TMR boards you can get cheap if you want to build that way. Just note it's a trade-off in regards to software / warranty / QC. The Skyloong I mentioned earlier also has a board only option as well.
All the above assume gaming performance is important to you.
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