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Great value mechanical keyboard ?(tenkeyless preferred but not essential) £70 budget

GreyestGoat
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As my title asks.

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£40 will get you a pretty decent choice of budget mech KBs. I'm a flight sim guy so I ignore TKL, but I do have some recommendations for full size. These are all UK layout (I'm guessing you're in the UK).

 

The amazon basics RGB mech board (which is a full size + 5 macro keys) is decent deal at £45, I saw them going for £20 a few weeks so I nabbed one anyway. They have outemu blues, pretty well made, with a nice big wrist rest. They're basically a cheap Corsair K95 clone.

 

The Ajazz AK60 is a pretty decent deal too if you want linear switches at £41. It's driver free but is RGB, is well made, has dedicated volume/media, and comes with rare blank top keycaps. I use one of these as my main board, but I desoldered all the switches and replaced them with Kailh Box Navys, since I hate linear switches but I really like having media keys.

 

Having a quick look at TKL boards, I see a tecknet one with blue switches. I bought one of these for a friend when I built their system for them, and it seemed fine. It's also cheap at £30.

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Red Dragon makes nice budget keyboards.  I have one with the num keys, but they do make them without them.  I don't know the pound to dollar exchange rate, but I would imagine this is in range for you.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Redragon-Mechanical-Keyboard-Switches-Construction/dp/B01LZN7MLE/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2DJO0K382BP5Y&dchild=1&keywords=red+dragon+keyboard&qid=1587129993&sprefix=red+drago%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-6

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2 minutes ago, Worstcaster said:

Red Dragon makes nice budget keyboards.  I have one with the num keys, but they do make them without them.  I don't know the pound to dollar exchange rate, but I would imagine this is in range for you.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Redragon-Mechanical-Keyboard-Switches-Construction/dp/B01LZN7MLE/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2DJO0K382BP5Y&dchild=1&keywords=red+dragon+keyboard&qid=1587129993&sprefix=red+drago%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-6

it's very decent budget keeb, built like a tank, only caveat being those loud as f blue switches which they use on most of their boards.

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36 minutes ago, noxdeouroboros said:

it's very decent budget keeb, built like a tank, only caveat being those loud as f blue switches which they use on most of their boards.

That is definitely true.  They are loud.

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