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I found the learning curve going from regular to split layout fairly shallow. As long as you use both hands and roughly follow a 50:50 split, there's only going to be a couple of letters you have to relearn. In my case it was B, which is often the case as it's dead center, but modern layouts like Alice solve this one by simply having two B keys, one on each side :D. But if you type a lot, I can't overstate how much of a difference split layout makes. By far the biggest change to the typing comfort I've ever experienced. I've tried a bunch of different mechanical keyboards and fancy switches, and yeah, it's nice, but not worth going back to a straight layout. It's sooo uncomfortable. And as far as the wireless thing goes. I've gone to quite some lengths to de-wire my setup. Especially since I have two systems, plus a lot of gaming peripherals and audio stuff. Adding a wire to my setup is a high price to pay, let alone adding a KVM box. It would need to be a seriously amazing keyboard for that to be worth it to me. It would have to nail all my of nice-to-haves and then some. And it's not like these keyboards don't exist, I posted couple of examples. And some of them I'm probably buying when they get released, despite their shortcomings. But I thought I'd ask here, because I feel like there's some keyboard nerds here that might know of some obscure indie projects out there that I haven't heard about.

I'm generally open to some sort of KVM solution, but usually it's the wireless aspect that's lacking, not the multiple system support. If a keyboard has BT, it can usually support several BT devices. It's the combination mechanical+wireless+ergonomic that's hard to find. Of course I understand, that if I can't find something that meets my requirements I need to compromise on some of them. That's what I've done. I have K860, of the three things I chose to compromise on the mechanical switches. I'm not looking for a slightly different compromise. I feel like keyboard space is full of extremely niche products these days... there's like million different key types with different actuation forces and profiles, all kinds of materials and colors and layouts. I wonder why split layouts are so sparse, when couple of degrees of tenting makes so much more difference to typing comfort that any amount of lube on your artisan key switches.

Close, but no cigar. Kinesis Freestyle Pro - isn't actually available as wireless. Freestyle2 is wireless, but not mechanical. Once again a company that has all the puzzle pieces but refuses to put them together. Looking at you, Keychron. Also it's non-hot-swappable with weird proprietary switches. Matias Ergo Pro - as far as I can see on their page, there's no wireless option. They have other wireless keyboards, but Ergo Pro is wired only. ErgoDox EZ - again, not wireless. Plus it's very much similar to Dygma Defy, which will have wireless option, so same things as I wrote apply. I'd rather go with that if I somehow decided to get over the lack of F-keys. But thanks for the quick response!

I have been looking for a mechanical keyboard for quite some time, but I can't manage to find a single one, that would meet all the requirements I developed over the course of my search for the perfect keyboard. Currently I'm rocking Logitech K860, and I don't really like it, but alas, it's the only keyboard that does what I need it to do, even tho it's not mechanical. What do I need? MUST HAVE: Wireless connection to at least 2 devices at the same time, with the ability to quickly switch between them. Split ergonomic layout, either Alice or similar, but relatively conventional. Can be one piece or two. Nothing too wild tho... I'm not huge into all those sculpted ortholinear keyboards with huge thumb clusters. Tenting and negative tilt, ideally adjustable. Function keys. Full size, independent row of function keys, F1-F12, no key combinations. I will not compromise on this. Never. Insert, delete, home, end, page up&down. In some form or another (standard layout is preferred tho). Full support of Windows and Linux. Good typing experience. But realistically it just needs to beat K860 and that's a very low bar. International shipping. I need to be actually able to buy it here in Slovakia. NICE TO HAVE: At least one (ideally multiple) 2.4 GHz connection(s). Bluetooth + 2.4GHz dongle is acceptable, and hypothetically even multiple Bluetooth connections would work as well, as long as it can remain paired to both, and the quick switching requirement is fulfilled. Obviously it must not output to both systems at once. Cursor keys and a numpad are nice to have, as well as any additional customizable keys. I'm not after minimalism. More keys, more better. Hot-swappable switches. I'm putting it in "nice to have", because I'm willing to compromise as long as the included switches are really good. Good build quality. I'm not looking for a budget solution. I'm not opposed to DYI, but I'd probably prefer a pre-build or at least a complete kit. It does need to be wireless, however, and I'm not crazy about soldiering lithium cells. Simple, understated design. Ideally black or dark grey. Nothing too flashy. I DON'T CARE: RGB. I will turn it off anyway to maximize battery life. Knobs. Wheels. Screens. Fidget spinners. Any other random keyboard fads. I'm looking for something to type on. Weight. I don't care either way. I don't need my keyboard to double as a blunt weapon. Keycap legend, colors, etc. I really don't care. Blank would probably be best. Specific mounts/gaskets/foam inserts, etc. Obviously, the nicer the better, but I don't care about specifics as long as the main requirements are fulfilled. What's my budget? If a keyboard checked all the boxes, there's virtually no budget. I'd probably even buy two. The more compromises there is, the more I'm gonna look at the price, because I'd be buying it knowing, I'm still waiting for something better. What I looked at so far, and why didn't I like it? Feker Alice 98 So far the closest thing I found, but nowhere near perfect. Lacks the Home and End keys. Doesn't seem to support negative tilt. Tenting is fixed. I'm not a huge fan of the beige. Still, I'll probably buy it once it's available (I'm not pre-ordering tho). Feker Alice75 Aluminum Similar adjustment issues to 98. Missing the Insert key for some reason? 98 is cheaper and has more keys, 75 is a hard sell for me, but it does looks nicer. Out of stock. Dygma Defy Wireless It's on my radar, but again I'm not pre-ordering (as a general rule). Ortholinear layout and crazy thumbclusters... it's just not my style. No F-keys! I know the idea is that the thumb cluster make it easy to switch layers, but still... I wished they made the Raise wireless instead. With F-keys. Mistel Barocco MD770 BT Limited switch options and not hot-swappable. No 2.4GHz connection (but supposedly can maintain multiple BT connections). I'm not supper confident in the brand... it seems cheap. Can't really buy it in my country. I only found it on Amazon, which isn't really big here, and the shipping they ask for is like third of the cost of the keyboard, and that's without import fees. Keychron Make Q10 wireless, you absolute cowards. Every other wired ergo option. Yes, I've seen them. I'm not interested. Wired keyboards are a non-starter. I'm not well versed in the whole custom keyboard community. It's likely there might be some little project or a kickstarter or something, that's exactly what I need, but I wasn't able to find it. That's really what I'm hoping for with this thread. I find it ridiculous that there's so many wireless keyboards, and so many ergo keyboards, and yet there's so few that do both.

...I would have been thirteen...

Hi there, folks, I'm new here so sorry if this is a topic that had been beaten to death, but I'm trying to improve my temps and I'm not sure how to tackle the case air flow. Here's my build: https://builds.gg/builds/novus-regnum-13696 The case is SilentiumPC Regnum RG4T which has place for 3 front, 2 top and 1 rear 120mm fans (with top and front having a space for rad as well). Top and front have dust filters, rear doesn't, so I wouldn't want to use it as intake. What I have to work with are 3 120mm case fans and one 240mm rad (AOI CPU cooler). My current configuration is 2 case fans in front (bottom 2 slots) as intake, 1 case fan in the rear and the rad on top as outtake. I'm generally happy with my temps, but I do notice 4-5 °C increase in CPU temp between CPU only load and combined load (CPU+GPU), which makes me think, that having the rad as an outtake isn't a good idea. I was thinking about doing rad in front as intake and all the case fans as outtakes (top and rear), but I'm not sure the rad would create enough air flow and it would blow warm air right at the GPU (although this triple-fan 2060 seems to run pretty cool). I don't exactly have time to go experiment with bunch of configurations, so I wanted to get your opinions on what would be the best setup. Should I keep it the way it is or try something else? P.S.: I'd like to stick with the fans I have, since I can't buy this particular fan standalone (for some reason SPC only sells it with this case) and it would really bug me having to mix and match. Plus I don't want to make this build any louder than it already is.