New GMMK Pro - mechanical keyboard
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You won't find GMK caps in stock anywhere, you have to purchase either via a group buy (GB) or buy them off somewhere like mechmarket (generally at a huge markup).
I found the caps I wanted on geekhack GB forum as they list the suppliers for each region. The base sets generally include the ISO enter/shift keys as standard but the rest vary a bit more. Some will include the 2/", 3/£. 4/€ keys etc. some are offered as addons at additional cost and some have no options at all.
In terms of UK/EU choices they're generally:
- Candykeys - Europe
- Prototypist - UK
- Mykeyboard - Europe
I was holding out for the GPBT keycaps, as the ABS keycaps they did were not have bad (and a bargain at the price).
Sadly the new Glorious PBTs are not shinethrough, not (at least yet) available in UK-ISO, are not double shot, and some reviews pointed to the lettering being a bit flakey and alignment a bit weird...
Maybe still worth a punt for the cash if OCUK get the UK ISO versions when they come out...
Sadly the new Glorious PBTs are not shinethrough, not (at least yet) available in UK-ISO, are not double shot, and some reviews pointed to the lettering being a bit flakey and alignment a bit weird...
Maybe still worth a punt for the cash if OCUK get the UK ISO versions when they come out...
The bottom right corner is a 1U for the ALT/FN/CTRL, the right shift will be 1.75U.
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HK Gaming are an excellent alternative to more expensive group buy sets.
Cherry profile, fairly clean legends, and PBT for no shine. They even have clones of a fair few popular past community sets.
All their sets have enough keys to cover the GMMK Pro fully in ISO or ANSI, with all rows in the right place.
Available at certain prime forest or river themed retailers.
Cherry profile, fairly clean legends, and PBT for no shine. They even have clones of a fair few popular past community sets.
All their sets have enough keys to cover the GMMK Pro fully in ISO or ANSI, with all rows in the right place.
Available at certain prime forest or river themed retailers.
Yeah, I have a set of the HK sub dye caps and they are pretty very good for the price. And they come with tonnes of keys for different layouts and sizes.
They have a lot more sets in the works and coming out in the next couple of months too.
Any experience of mechs in the past? All preference based so there is no right answer but there are some more fun switches out there and noise and pitch of how switches sound can be objectively measured if you want to achieve a low and quiet build for instance that may sway where you look.
I've been using Corsair Strafe RGB since 2015 (Cherry MX Brown), but want to move onto something more custom. I chose the brown because I liked the "traditional" keyboard feel, but for my new build I am tempted to try out a more linear style like Cherry MX Red... But I will say I don't like the shallow laptop/mac style keys!
If you are GMMK Proing have the whole world at your fingertips. If you want to go into the rabbit hole, would thoroughly recommend lubing your switches. Gateron yellow's are a really good linear switch, slightly heavier than red's but not that heavy on the scale of things. If you want to go deeper into the rabbit hole, you can get a switch called Giant Frostie V4 from a UK retailer at a more expensive price, but I just got mine in and they feel lush, just need to spend 5 hours lubing them
. Both these switches have a deeper tone to them, so if you want higher pitch there are plenty of choices in that direction too but haven't tried any myself.If you are GMMK Proing have the whole world at your fingertips. If you want to go into the rabbit hole, would thoroughly recommend lubing your switches. Gateron yellow's are a really good linear switch, slightly heavier than red's but not that heavy on the scale of things. If you want to go deeper into the rabbit hole, you can get a switch called Giant Frostie V4 from a UK retailer at a more expensive price, but I just got mine in and they feel lush, just need to spend 5 hours lubing them
Throwing in another agreement about lubing your switches. It's probably the biggest improvement you can make to a board, that and tuning your stabilizers. Plenty of material online for you to look at how it's done.
I don't think you should google group buys if you're feeling overwhelmed. Keycaps are a journey in and of themselves. The glorious ones on OCUK are going to support your board so would say if you like any of the colour sets go for it. Generally you will be looking to import though for both the very high end and very cheap budget stuff. Did you preorder the ISO or ANSI keyboard? Reason I ask is as ANSI is usually cheaper with more variety to acquire at that very bottom and very top tier quality brackets.
I haven't pre-ordered yet, but will be getting the ISO. Purely because that's how i've built my mind over years of keyboard usage
i took a look at the red/black ones on OCUK and some other places, I'm keeping it in mind but group buys seem to be looking quite cool. Especially since the wait for the GMMK Pro is gonna be there regardless, it's gives me space not to rush! Someone directed me to a cool site called keycaplendar for group buys. I think the decision on the switches will be the trickiest part
I haven't pre-ordered yet, but will be getting the ISO. Purely because that's how i've built my mind over years of keyboard usage
i took a look at the red/black ones on OCUK and some other places, I'm keeping it in mind but group buys seem to be looking quite cool. Especially since the wait for the GMMK Pro is gonna be there regardless, it's gives me space not to rush! Someone directed me to a cool site called keycaplendar for group buys. I think the decision on the switches will be the trickiest part
Tai Hao PBT keycaps are pretty good too, although I couldn't find any sets I liked in stock or for pre-order.