Hi all,
I'm a casual gamer with a nice gaming setup in the living room, so I'm gaming from the couch and using a wireless low profile scissor switch keyboard. This keyboard has poor range so it's not consistent and the response time is not that great.
That gives me a good reason to start looking for something new! I mainly play shooters, so a new keyboard would need to be solid in response time and wired is not an option.
The last week I've gone through so many mechanical keyboards that I'm really lost what to pick as my first mechanical keyboard. I've watched the YouTube videos from Miggs, went through numerous threads on Reddit already. I almost pulled the trigger on one of these two:
Monsgeek M1 V5 TMR - around €160,-
Womier SK75 TMR - around €120,-
I've read that currently TMR is the latest and greatest, but maybe a keyboard with Hall Effect would be sufficient as well for me, and it seems those are a bit cheaper. Also Weikav Nut65 for example seems great at first glance.
Must have
* 65/70/75 layout
* Wireless
* 8K polling rate
Not mandatory
* Aluminum. The Monsgeek and Womier are aluminum and therefore quite heavy. Plastic is also fine I guess
* A knob
* RGB
I don't have any preference so far how the keyboard sounds and feels because I've never experienced it.
Ideas and suggestions are welcome!
Received it today. So far it's amazing! Quality feels very solid and it types snf sounds great. Very very responsive compared to my old keyboard. Software is fine for me as well.
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TMR keyboards like the Monsgeek M1V5 TMR, the Fun60 ultra TMR or the Womier sk75 TMR support (many, not all) HE switches as well as standard mechanical switches. So you could equip your gaming keys like WASD with HE and everything else with better sounding and feeling mechanical switches. Beware: Keychrons HE boards are also technically TMR but only support HE switches.
i've tried both of these for rhythm games actually. The MCHOSE Ace 60 Pro with those ice blue switches has a slightly faster actuation point that might give you an edge in osu for rapid tapping. The Monsgeek FUN60 Ultra has better build quality overall though, with that aluminum case reducing flex during intense sessions. Honestly, for pure speed the hall effect switches on the MCHOSE are hard to beat, but the Monsgeek will feel more premium long-term. I'd lean toward the MCHOSE for your specific use case since it's designed for that competitive gaming edge you're after.
For Keyboard I would either go with a Wooting (60HE V2 is Amazing). It’s just the best overall keyboard at the moment for gaming like CS2 (Software + Hadware). If you want to get a ton of value, FUN 60 ULTRA TMR is from a Hardware spec perspective amazing (Aluminum + 8K polling + TMR (TMR is a better HE)). I wouldn’t get a Logitech keyboard.
In regards to mouses the Viper V3 Pro is great but not that much better then your Pro X2 Superlight.
Honestly besides maybe your keyboard your setup honestly is already great.
Also 8K polling isn’t that necessary. 8K gaming mouses just use a lot of cpu performance and battery. For keyboards it’s better but still not that important. 8K polling in general seems to just have no real life measurable effect to the point where I only would use it on a wired keyboard but not on a mouse even if it has the feature.
I had the wired version and the computer wasnt recognizing it nor would the keyboard give any indicator of having power, I did some research and found that it was a common issue for them to have problems with AMD processors so I emailed the company to receive a firmware update which didnt work either, eventually I figured out that the pcb was just completely shot, they offered to replace it but I dont want to bother. Their customer service was good but took 3 days to respond and Ive also heard people say that theyll stop working randomly
Really depends on your budget or what you want out of the keyboard besides performance (which is funny when that’s all HE is about).
Unless you’re quite literally a pro player (and even still probably not), with how good HE tech has gotten nowadays you will not feel the difference between any of the top options, unless you find a BAD outlier.
The main differences you will be paying for is typing sound/feel or aesthetics - nothing that would make one “best for valorant” etc.
I would look up some of ATK, MChose or Everglides offerings.
The Everglide SU75 pro is faster than Wooting, sounds way better, better hardware, and i think is like $119 all in last time i checked.
The ATK RS6+ or RS7 Air is the fastest keyboard technically by latency right now and is like $99.
The Neo65 Sonic HE+ by Qwertykeys is $125, top tier latency, and is as premium as it gets if you can swing that. It is made/manufactured by Qwertykeys, who are an incredible mechanical keyboard enthusiast brand that Owlab, Neo, etc are sub brands of. Then I believe ATK does the software/firmware so you get the best of both worlds.
I know MChose has came out with incredibly solid/fast keyboards as well recently, but not as familiar with them. They probably have the best true budget options.
Not sure what your budget is, but there’s basically a more than serviceable option at all levels at this point.
Edit: forgot to add a rec
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