Gaming Mechanical Keyboard under $90

[adikumar]

I mainly play FPS games like Apex Legends & Hyperscape.

 

I need gaming keyboard with following requirements :
1) Palm rest
2) Should be full size keyboard
3) Actuation Force should be as low as possible as I got small hands under 50cN
4) Linear switches
5) Multimedia hot-keys

 

Optional features :
1) Wireless would be better, even though I am fine with wired also
2) Backlit
3) Dust proof keys
4) Hot-swappable switches as I don't want to spends hours replacing switch/solder when it fails.

[dizmo]

G.Skill KM780.

[Imapancake15]

I found one similar to what you're asking for if you're willing to pay 10$ over budget SteelSeries Apex 5(100$),

 Razer Ornata(77.90$), Corsair K60 RGB Pro SE(84.99$)

[adikumar]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

G.Skill KM780.

 

1 hour ago, Imapancake15 said:

I found one similar to what you're asking for if you're willing to pay 10$ over budget SteelSeries Apex 5(100$),

 Razer Ornata(77.90$), Corsair K60 RGB Pro SE(84.99$)

Most of the model you recommended are not in India.

I looked only and found only 3 options in my budget which are available in India :
1) Corsair K68
2) Corsair K60 Pro
3) Asus TUF Gaming K3
 

All of them have red switches both corsair keyboard cost same at around $102 and Asus K3 cost only $72.

Which one would you recommend? I don't mind paying $30 extra for corsair if they're providing more features or better quality then Asus."

* K60 Pro have hot-swappable switches but you can't find Cherry Voila switches anywhere.

[dizmo]

I'd go with the K68 for the media controls.

[Chris Pratt]

3 hours ago, dizmo said:

G.Skill KM780.

Hadn't seen this one before. A ton of features for the price, but good God, it's ugly as sin.

[Imapancake15]

11 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

Hadn't seen this one before. A ton of features for the price, but good God, it's ugly as sin.

I know you would expect g.skill to have some sense of style.

[dizmo]

14 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

Hadn't seen this one before. A ton of features for the price, but good God, it's ugly as sin.

It's not as bad when you start using it. It's about the same aesthetically as a K series from Corsair, but with significantly better build quality. For the $70 it's often on sale for its hard to beat. 

[Chris Pratt]

17 minutes ago, dizmo said:

It's not as bad when you start using it. It's about the same aesthetically as a K series from Corsair, but with significantly better build quality. For the $70 it's often on sale for its hard to beat. 

Yeah, not doubting the value proposition, and maybe I'm just a little uppity about such things, However, I couldn't use it just because of the design. Corsair's had some ugly keyboards, but nothing like that monstrosity, and actually the newer ones like the K60 and K100 are pretty awesome looking, now.

[dizmo]

6 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

Yeah, not doubting the value proposition, and maybe I'm just a little uppity about such things, However, I couldn't use it just because of the design. Corsair's had some ugly keyboards, but nothing like that monstrosity, and actually the newer ones like the K60 and K100 are pretty awesome looking, now.

yeah, each to their own for sure. I find the K60/100 rather boring.

[adikumar]

Thanks for help

[adikumar]

On 7/1/2021 at 10:07 AM, dizmo said:

I'd go with the K68 for the media controls.

I am getting ASUS TUF Gaming K7 for $87, is it better model then all the ones we discussed here?

If yes then I will buy it ASAP before it runs out of stock

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, adikumar said:

I am getting ASUS TUF Gaming K7 for $87, is it better model then all the ones we discussed here?

If yes then I will buy it ASAP before it runs out of stock

No idea, It's not a board I've looked into.

[adikumar]

11 hours ago, dizmo said:

No idea, It's not a board I've looked into.

I can't find this info. Do you know if I can replace optical switches with standard cherry MX or Kailh or Gateron switches if one of them fails.

I can solder other brand switches but not sure if size are same for both optical & standard mechanical switch.

[dizmo]

4 hours ago, adikumar said:

I can't find this info. Do you know if I can replace optical switches with standard cherry MX or Kailh or Gateron switches if one of them fails.

I can solder other brand switches but not sure if size are same for both optical & standard mechanical switch.

Doubt it, and not sure why you'd bother. If you're doing that just build your own keyboard.