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blankPosition_Razor Viper V3 Pro? As for the keyboard, idk many cool keyboards with number pads. However, there’s this 65% keyboard I’d love for you to check out called the Neo65 Sonic HE+
Forgot to mention that The Neo65 Sonic HE+ is a prebuilt. You were probably looking at the Neo65 core. That’s just the internals. Look around the website and see if you like anything.
Credit_Alarmed[Neo65 sonic HE](https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo65-sonic-he-hall-effect-custom-keyboard) ? Nothing else shows up for neo 65he. This is $125-135 plus $40 shipping anyway so you save $0 for worse latency and still a lower quality board. Even if shipping was free, I don’t have a problem with spending an extra $40 for guaranteed better quality. If it was $80+ difference I would 100% consider other options I almost ordered the Drunk Deer A75 Pro that was $120 on Black Friday, but they had mandatory $20 shipping which put me back in Wooting range with free shipping.
kent12thex80 or neo65 sonic he+ i trust qk/neo for their other boards and i will assume they did their HE to a decent level too
pradantyoLamzu Thorn + Neo 65 wired w/ Akko V3 Cream Yellow. Not a pro gamer but I also work from home with my setup and it’s been going great for at least the past 2 years!
SlapperOfTurkeyWithout talking down on the other keyboards you listed (since I haven’t tried them apart from the Iqunix), I like my Neo65 Sonic. It’s gorgeous, well built, decent price point, sounds good out of the box but I recommend changing the switches. Keycaps are personal preference, I was not a big fan so I changed those too (but I had a spare GMK set already)
No problem! Glad to hear it supports the layout that you want too. I play CS2/Valorant with a tiny bit of PUBG and Diablo 4 here and there. In terms of other keyboards, you might be talking to the wrong person because I am a bit of a keyboard hobbyist and not a one-and-done kind of guy. I currently rotate between 3 keyboards - the Neo65 and 2 custom HE boards using Venom60 and Venom TKL. I got the Neo65 because I’ve always liked the Neo/QK company, wanted to try a 65% board, and the early reviews of it were sooo good. I don’t have any complaints about the performance or software (which admittedly won’t be as good as the Venom or Wooting software). I replaced the stock switches with Owlab Ti but as of today I’d suggest you look at the UR Ice Ultra.
Standard-Bad-2582Op1 8K Purple Frost edition + Neo65 Sonic HE with Mount Tai HE GT switches. Bonus: Artisan Zero Black Soft XXL.
Sure-Parking165neo65 sonic HE is absolutely perfect for your needs
theadept024So, that's really a good question. The short answer, I think it... No. Is the Keychron Q1 HE an alright Hall Effect board... Yes. If you get it, you could be really happy with it. But the things you can get for around 200€ or less. I personally would get something that uses Wooting compatible switches since that's really where the market seems to be headed and I think that in the future you may want to change out your switches. Something like the Monsgeek M1v5 TMR ( [https://www.monsgeek.com/product/m1-v5-tmr-fully-assembled/](https://www.monsgeek.com/product/m1-v5-tmr-fully-assembled/) )is not only cheaper, but it also is a better HE keyboard (because of the TMR sensors), accepts HE and Mech switches, and includes certain QOL improvements, like the ball/catch for easy opening of the case, should you want to. Alternatively, in the 65% space, there's something that is premium but at a very reasonable price and that's the NEO65 Sonic HE ( [https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo65-sonic-he-hall-effect-custom-keyboard](https://www.qwertykeys.com/products/neo65-sonic-he-hall-effect-custom-keyboard) ). Which is only 105.oo (USD) for the next few days. This looks like it could be a really great board. It doesn't have everything that the M1v5 TMR has, but what it does have is a beautiful unibody aluminum case and great feel.
I really don't have the same problem with the RGB, the RGB for me has a really nice glow that I use for great effect with red semi translucent keycaps. Now I knew I was not going to stick with the keycaps when I purchased it, but they're not as bad as some of the other HE keyboards I have used. For the money, I think that the M1v5 TMR is really your best bet. I don't think that I can think of anything else that ticks all of those boxes. Keychron Nuphy, and QK do not have TMR, Keychron, Meletrix, and Glorious do not support standard switches. Wooting ad Geon don't have wireless. I'm trying to think of what's left. There something like the Cidoo C75, but the software on that is absolute trash and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. You might have to wait a while for someone else to put one out.
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