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Budget 60% Keyboard

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What is a fairly cheap wireless mechanical keyboard you can actually recommend? I can google them myself, but I am looking for people talking from experience. 

preferably with 2.4, if not, then at least Bluetooth.

 

 

Long version:

I have bought an RTX3060 as well as a new monitor recently and therefore I want to save a little on my next purchase....or not spend as much...and I was looking for a new keyboard. Mine is very old and heavy (still a good keyboard though) and since I take my PC back and forth a lot, I was thinking about a small secondary to take with me. Preferably with 2.4Ghz (Bluetooth is fine as well) for sitting in front of a TV to play couch games. 

I read a lot about keyboards and some info is just contradicting...

 

Basically, what I arrived at was the Royal kludge RK61 which now also has 2.4Ghz in addition to Bluetooth and wired mode (if you are interested yourself, there are two versions on Amazon and it is not obvious which is the new one with 2.4, so beware) However, some reviews are VERY bad, stating that the keyboard just stopped working, while others can't praise it enough. 

 

 

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Elite 110 build log (update:05/15/2018)

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On 1/3/2022 at 3:56 AM, mapegl said:

TLDR:

What is a fairly cheap wireless mechanical keyboard you can actually recommend? I can google them myself, but I am looking for people talking from experience. 

preferably with 2.4, if not, then at least Bluetooth.

 

 

Long version:

I have bought an RTX3060 as well as a new monitor recently and therefore I want to save a little on my next purchase....or not spend as much...and I was looking for a new keyboard. Mine is very old and heavy (still a good keyboard though) and since I take my PC back and forth a lot, I was thinking about a small secondary to take with me. Preferably with 2.4Ghz (Bluetooth is fine as well) for sitting in front of a TV to play couch games. 

I read a lot about keyboards and some info is just contradicting...

 

Basically, what I arrived at was the Royal kludge RK61 which now also has 2.4Ghz in addition to Bluetooth and wired mode (if you are interested yourself, there are two versions on Amazon and it is not obvious which is the new one with 2.4, so beware) However, some reviews are VERY bad, stating that the keyboard just stopped working, while others can't praise it enough. 

 

 

Well this just has BT but Keychron is awesome and I loved my board from them. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k6-non-backlight-wireless-mechanical-keyboard?variant=39424205815897

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Qm9Mwc

 

 

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A desk that has a hatch that opens in the middle of it and then goes down flush with the desk. 

 

Other projects I am working on 

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23 minutes ago, Frugivore8894 said:

Well this just has BT but Keychron is awesome and I loved my board from them. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k6-non-backlight-wireless-mechanical-keyboard?variant=39424205815897

Yeah...I looked at that, but it is around 120Euros here, while the Royal kludge is under 80...

Keychron is overpriced in the EU

 

Thank you though. Maybe I can find a deal

PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 || Noctua NH-U12S SE2 || 32GB DDR5 6000 CL32  || 
|| Powercolor RX 9070 Reaper || Asus B650E-I  || WD 850X 2TB ||  Corsair SF600 || Intertech IM 1 |||
Peripherals: Sennheiser PC  360 G4ME || AOC CQ27G2U || Viewsonic PX701HD || Keychron V1 || Logitech G303 Shroud Edition||| Laptop: XPS 13 2in1 7390 || Steam Deck 256 GB (64GB Version) ||| Cameras: Fujifilm XH-1 || Fujifilm X100T

 

 

Elite 110 build log (update:05/15/2018)

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