My first keyboard was the Keychron Q1 Max and although a nice keyboard, even with all the mods, I never got it to sound the way I wanted. It's a solid board though. Works right out of the box, has never given me any issues, looks nice and fits your price range. And FYI, they have one on close out for $89 but it's blue. Not sure if he's in to blue but that's amazing price.
As far as my favorite, hands down anything by Qwerty or Neo. I have Meletrix boards too, in fact four of them, but QK or Neo, in this price range are my favorite.
If your budget expands any, the Mode Sonnet is slick. I have a coworker that has one and I'm very seriously thinking of selling a few boards to purchase one or the Mode Evo. I've kinda gotten to where I prefer 65% keyboards. I don't use F keys that much in the work I do but that could be important to others.
Good luck. Be sure to post pictures of what you get.
I have both the Keychron Q1 HE QMK Wireless (a little out of your budget but I got mine for over 50% off last year during the holidays so YMMV) and Wooting 60HE. You can get a stock Wooting for about $200 and should be good to go. Hall effect switches are great for gaming + both keyboards have RGB.
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