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Keyboard index

Notable mechanical keyboards by size, connectivity, mounting and hot-swap support, each linked to the article that explains it.

11 boards listed.

Size
Brand
Connectivity
Properties

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Full-size / 100%

1 board

Ticktype DP104

Ticktype

DP104

Full-size / 100%Hot-swap

A full-size board on a butterfly leaf spring mount with triple layer shock absorption, which is Ticktype's own reading of a sprung plate rather than a gasket sandwich. Tri-mode and hot-swap on a PP plate with dye-sublimated PBT caps, and the switch choice is the decision that matters: Rye linears for the deep sound both shops describe, or Cloud silent tactiles if the board has to live in an office. Polling is 8000 Hz wired and over 2.4 GHz but 125 Hz on Bluetooth. Price is blank because each shop charges two different amounts depending on the finish.

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TKL / 80%

1 board

QwertyKeys QK80 Mk2

QwertyKeys

QK80 Mk2

TKL / 80%

A tenkeyless board on a leaf spring mount, where the plate sits on sprung arms instead of gaskets, which returns faster than a gasket stack does. Plate choice is the real variable here: the FR4 plate is flex cut while the aluminum, POM, PC and carbon fiber plates are not, so one case can be built soft or stiff. Hot-swap is blank because neither listing says the PCB is hot-swap, and switches, keycaps and price are blank because the two shops are selling different things: Divinikey sells a kit with no switches or caps, Mechanical Keyboards a prebuilt with Neo Oats and PBT.

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75%

3 boards

Chilkey ND75 LP

Chilkey

ND75 LP

75%Hot-swap

A low profile 75% that ships built, and the interesting part is that the same case supports two mounting styles, a silica gel particle gasket mount or a top mount, so it can be made soft or firm without buying a second board. The Aster low profile linears are quoted at 45 g actuation and 3.0 mm of total travel, which is shorter than a standard MX switch and part of why the front height is 9.3 mm. Plate is blank: the only listing that carries this version names both an aluminum plate and an FR4 plate without saying which one goes where. CannonKeys has an ND75 page in this data whose description is for a different keyboard entirely, so it is not cited here.

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Keychron Q1 Max

Keychron

Q1 Max

75%Hot-swap≈ $209

A 75% gasket-mounted board in a full aluminium case, the Q1 Max is Keychron's wireless flagship: it keeps the QMK/VIA firmware of the wired Q series and adds Bluetooth plus a 2.4 GHz dongle with 1000 Hz polling. It ships hot-swappable, so it is an easy place to start experimenting with switches and keycaps, and because it runs VIA, every key and macro can be remapped without flashing firmware. If you want one board to learn the hobby on, this is a popular first 'serious' keyboard.

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Luminkey Lumino75

Luminkey

Lumino75

75%Hot-swap≈ $220

A 75% that arrives built, gasket mounted onto a 1.5 mm polycarbonate plate. PC is a softer plate material than aluminum or FR4, so it compounds the gaskets rather than fighting them, and the five layer foam stack both shops list is aimed the same way. The top case comes off through a quick release rather than screws, which matters more than it sounds: it is the difference between swapping switches in a minute and stripping the board down. Polling is 1000 Hz wired and over 2.4 GHz, dropping to 125 Hz on Bluetooth, so the radio you pick has a real cost.

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65%

3 boards

Chilkey Paw65

Chilkey

Paw65

65%

A 65% aluminum board with swappable RGB cat ear diffusers, sold as a barebones kit and as an assembled board. Gasket mount on an FR4 plate, tri-mode with Bluetooth 5.0 across three paired devices, and two 2250 mAh cells, which is the same 4500 mAh Keebs for All quotes from the other direction. Hot-swap is blank because neither shop says the 1.2 mm tri-mode PCB is hot-swap, and price is blank because the barebones and assembled editions are separate listings at different money and the two shops do not agree on the barebones figure either.

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Machina Overture 2 HE

Machina

Overture 2 HE

65%Hot-swap

A 65% on Machina's Overture V2 tadpole mount, a silicone pin system that suspends the plate off the chassis instead of pinching it between gaskets, and which ships in four durometers so the feel is a spare part rather than a fixed property of the case. Built, it runs Geon's Venom65 Hall effect PCB with 40 gf Raw HE switches on a white carbon fiber plate; barebones, it takes either that PCB or Machina's own MX hot-swap board, which is where the hot-swap flag comes from. Connectivity is blank on purpose: neither listing names a wired or wireless standard for either PCB, only that a USB-C cable is in the box.

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QwertyKeys QK65 Mk3

QwertyKeys

QK65 Mk3

65%Hot-swap≈ $270

A 65% on a PCB gasket mount, which means the gaskets bear on the PCB rather than the plate, so the give you feel comes from the board itself. Both shops list a polypropylene plate, Cherry profile dye-sublimated PBT caps and a tri-mode hot-swap PCB, so switches come out without a soldering iron. Qwertykeys also sells the case, PCB and plate as three separate items, and that route opens up FR4 and aluminum plates plus a 7U bottom row, which the prebuilt does not offer. No release year appears on either listing, so that field is blank.

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60%

2 boards

KBDfans TOFU60 3.0

KBDfans

TOFU60 3.0

60%Hot-swap

A 60% case that can be built as a top mount or a PCB gasket mount, which is unusual, since most cases commit to one and make you buy a second case to hear the other. Both shops list the same menu: aluminum, copper or stainless steel bottom case, five plate materials, and four PCBs covering solder, wired hot-swap, dual mode hot-swap and Hall effect, with a 9 degree typing angle throughout. Connectivity is blank because both listings call the wireless PCB dual mode without once naming the radio. Price is blank too, since the figures shown are configurator starting points rather than the cost of a finished board, and no switches or keycaps are included unless you add them.

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Luminkey Magger60 HE

Luminkey

Magger60 HE

60%Hot-swap≈ $180

A 60% Hall effect board, meaning the switches read a magnet's position instead of closing a contact, which is the whole reason a per-key actuation point and rapid trigger are possible at all. It is wired only, at 8000 Hz polling and a quoted 0.08 ms latency, on a 1.5 mm FR4 plate. The hot-swap sockets take Magger magnetic switches, not standard MX, so the usual switch shelf does not apply to this one. Mount rests on a single source: Mechanical Keyboards calls it gasket, Divinikey names no mount, and Mechanical Keyboards also sells it as the Magger60 HE Ultra though every figure the two print matches.

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Other

1 board

QwertyKeys QK100 Mk2

QwertyKeys

QK100 Mk2

Hot-swap≈ $245

Qwertykeys' large-format board: gasket mounted on a PP plate, with a numpad, a dot matrix display and a touch bar above the numpad for volume. Size is blank deliberately. Divinikey's blurb calls it a 98% layout and its own spec table two inches below calls it 96%, and Mechanical Keyboards gives no layout figure at all, so there is no figure here worth printing. Everything else the two shops list agrees, including the 8000 mAh battery and the 7 degree typing angle.

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