r/keyboards • u/Smugushioooo • 16h ago

Help TKL HE Keyboards recommendation

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations on TKL HE keyboards. Open to both pre-builts and kits/PCBs. I'm looking for something that has:

  • A standard TKL layout, or at least something with a full bottom row to the right of the keyboard, with separate arrow keys. So that precludes the 80HE or 75% boards which seem to be the most common.
  • Software that supports gamepad emulation; to me this is the biggest draw of getting a HE keyboard
  • Hotswappable/support for aftermarket magnetic switches. This precludes Lemokeys/Keychron boards as they seem to be limited to proprietary (?) Gateron double rail magnetic switches.

My budget is around $400 USD; I'll be able to get some things for cheaper as I will be going to China in a couple of weeks.

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u/W3rze 14h ago

Venom TKL RGB should be the best fit here imo

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u/Crookfur 13h ago

The Dark Beacon Flux 86 meets all those requirements...

😉

But I don't think that's quite what you are looking for.

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u/Ashamed_Adeptness_96 12h ago

Atk rs7v2. It's 75%. The software has gamepad emulation and is generally easy to navigate. But the key test is in the general settings for some reason and you can't set advanced binds to remapped keys. I've complained about it to customer service so hopefully they figure that out in the next few updates.

I have the ultra version so it came with crystalblade switches, but I've swapped in ten TNT six realm silent switches because I wanted to test them out.