I’ve had a ROG Azoth (don’t judge) keyboard for about a year now. Been using it for both programming and gaming, and I really like it, but there are a few issues (software being the obvious one). So I’ve decided it’s time to put together my own keyboard. I started watching some YouTube and yeah… I’m out of my depth here.

So I was wondering if maybe people could share things they wish they knew when starting out so I don’t mess up to badly.

I’ve already found this switch tester which I figured would give me a general idea of what kind of switches might be for me. Other than that, I’m not really sure how to proceed 😅.

I’m not interesting in doing any soldering.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I looked into building my own keyboard, and then realized there are some excellent hobbyist tier keyboards that are 99% of what I would have wanted from building myself for like 30% of the cost.

    I’m using the Hexgears Gemini Dawn right now, and I’m quite happy with it, but if I were to get a new one today I might go with something that supports QMK like the Massdrop CTRL.

    The main 2 features I look for are hot-swappable switches and programmable firmware. Personally I like an aluminum frame and look for that as well.

    You’ll pay about $100 for a prebuilt vs like $500 for building it yourself