DarthBaggins

Looks like there is a chance it is plastic riveted through the plate to the case (where I marked are where the screws should be for a top mount)

After going custom or along that quality, I will never go back to a Corsair/Hyper X/Razer board. Ducky/Filco/RealForce are the only mass produced I will still consider, but there are good inexpensive options out there that feel & perform better than most of the garbage that is hyped on the market. Personally, I would save for something top tier that will last over time.

This is a known issue with Glorious too, they have yet to add clearance for stabs other than their own.

I would lean more towards silent linears for quietness, but again as mentioned there are other aspects that can affect the noise your board makes while typing. IMO most silenced tactiles (other than Topre) feel mushy/off due to the silencing in the stem/pole - In the end how much labor do you plan on putting forth in building a board, if you want to put in the time and effort then go the gambit with lubing, tuning stabs, and working on tuning the overall board. in the end it's going to rely on your preference in feel to noise, not just most of us on this forum. At home I have my NK65EE with Panda X's and love it, but at work I have broken in MX-Blacks since it is alot quieter (still need some case foam/filler to tune it further) over-all in the office environment. Got that same board, but in white for my son (used JTK Rainy Day and NK Polia's I had sitting around).

Current work layout.. the MX-Blacks in the DK9008G2 (OCN edition) are finally breaking in, soooo smooth now. Our internal IT team have asked daily if I could get them some Dogethink caps that I have on my board (I need to order more anyway).

New Deskmat arrived a week ago and I finally took the time to open it -

KBDFans, NovelKeys_, CannonKeys, etc - most of my suggestions are for more custom options.

Stack v2 MacroPad w/ GothCaps Artisans:

TPM 1.2 is allowed for those on baremetal vs prebuilts. Problem is HEDT Intel only started implementing this on 10***x series CPU's which are pretty much the same die since Broadwell-E (minus some internal arc tweaks over the years). So those of us on that class of hardware have to use work-arounds to get this to work. The TPM is not necessary in the end but right now they want to push it (during a hardware shortage across the world).

ah didn't catch that, I noticed only 10 series X and related Xeon's are allowed which I find annoying since a majority is pretty much the same chip from the 7000 x series generation on x299 and the same die size even from Broadwell-E (which is what I'm running). But now that I know I can force a bootloader w/ the 21H1 loader and pull the wim from 11 onto it.

I mean you're not wrong lol

MNPCTech should have something that will do this for you.

And HEDT and TR hardware is not supported as well from my digging, but seeing the community is already finding work around a on this

Thinking of building a deployment image at work, so no one has to worry about a dodgey source (going to pull the iso from win insider access or another reliable/trusted avenue)

Hmm by this logic and instruction, I can use a deployment server I use at work that has the w10 bootloader and install the image by pxe install. Since it uses the initial w10 to load in then pulls the wim once you select install location etc. Going to have to try this or see if I can build an all-in-one solution to host to make the process easier for others.

Show off. .

Trust me there are worse options out there, lol.

new caps for my NK65 - Watermelon:

TB3 can do that without issues, to Display Port for 1440p 144hz. But that is dependent on the type of 1440p panel, if it's a 2560x1440 then yes but if it's an UW 1440p then you'll max at 120hz-ish. TB4 is still very new (as has been mentioned), also thinking of your HDMI out from your laptop - I'm surprised you ran into a 1080p refresh issue, unless your panel doesn't support HDMI 2.0/2.1 or the cable wasn't up to snuff.

Do we know when the new UI will be tested - not sure if I read it correctly - if this was a full OS UI change or just to the Store App itself? If it's total, then that means I need to be on the look out for it to get in on testing it.

as seen in WRC, not alot can defeat the 206, lol

Some more keycaps to add to the collection:

My work setup:

GMMK Pro is a 75% board - still a solid choice. I would also recommend the NovelKeys_ NK65 (Entry or Non Entry - Entry is a polycarb case which can be somewhat better for RGB lighting). With either you'll have to source your own switches, which I would recommend taking a look at Gateron Yellows - good bang for the buck - and another great choice would be a set of Everglide Aqua Kings (63g or 67g) should be good. Anything else I know that would have a rotary knob are made in GB and you would need to be handy w/ soldering (if you are, then you're a step ahead of most coming into this hobby).

pretty much the same as the GMMK Pro minus the foam and rotary knob. Good choice and comes up on Drop and many other stores as well very often.