Custom mechanical keyboards are probably no longer strange to keyboard players, the feeling of building a keyboard according to your own preferences is always more interesting than buying a regular mechanical keyboard. Perhaps there are too many magical things when playing custom mechanical keyboards that many brothers cannot stop even though the cost to invest in a custom mechanical keyboard is not small. Therefore, if any of you want to try the feeling of playing a custom keyboard, you can choose the national GMMK Pro keyboard model that many people love.
The Glorious GMMK Pro mechanical keyboard kit is a custom keyboard sold in barebone form, excluding keycaps and switches. In return, this kit includes all the necessary components such as the PCB, case, switch plate, sound damper, rotary encoder, hot swap socket, pre-lubricated stabilizer, and USB cable.
Next we will find the missing components for this keyboard:
1. Switch
Switch for workgroup:
- Typing is satisfying to the ears and hands: choose Kailh Box White (50g), Gateron Blue (55g), Gateron Green (65g) or Cherry MX Blue (50g).
- Great typing, but quieter: choose Glorious Panda (67g), Kailh Box Brown (50g), Gateron Brown (45g) and Cherry MX Brown (45g).
- Smooth typing: choose Kailh Box Red (45g), Gateron Red (45g), Gateron Clear (35g ultra-light), Gateron Black (60g), Kailh Box Black (60g).
Switch for gaming:
This group needs switches with fast response or high accuracy. Therefore, the top priority of this group is the Kailh Speed line with 3 options: Bronze (clicky), Cooper (tactile) and Silver (linear).
2. Keycap
Keycap can be said to be the face of a keyboard, beautiful, sophisticated, unique Kepcap will increase the value of the keyboard, attracting the attention of people around. Therefore, choosing a beautiful keyboard for your keyboard is extremely important.
Before choosing a Keycap, we need to pay attention to the keycap profile to suit our preferences. Some popular types of keycap profiles:
- OEM Profile Keycap
- Cherry Profile
- SA Profile
- DSA Profile
According to the votes of many long-time mechanical keyboard players, the ranking of the most enjoyable gaming keycap profiles should be: CHERRY > OEM > SA > DSA
3. Plate
Why do we have so many plate options? To customize the typing feel on our hands and the typing sound on our ears.
If you have played a custom mechanical keyboard, you definitely should not ignore the pleasing sound that these mechanical keyboards bring and Glorious GMMK Pro is no exception. To easily visualize the function of each type of plate that Glorious GMMK Pro is compatible with, please refer to the table below:
| Plate type | Characteristics of each type |
|---|---|
| Copper | Is the hardest plate type The sharpest typing feel The softest keystroke sound |
| Aluminum (available with keyboard) | Neutral hardness between copper and polycarbonate The typing feel is not too hard but not too soft Moderate keystroke sound |
| Polycarbonate | It is a type of plate with natural flexibility. Softest typing feel The sound of typing is clear and concise. Sound can be amplified with certain types of switches. |
If you play mechanical keyboards, you cannot ignore the genuine Artisan custom cable. The function of this cable is basically to connect your mechanical keyboard to your computer but in a more artistic way. Instead of a straight cable with 2 connection ends, the Artisan Glorious Coiled Cable has a twisted body instead of a 90-degree angle adapter, the straight and twisted connection ends are specialized 5-pin connections for decoration. That is, instead of using a 90-degree angle adapter or a square cable, you now have the Artisan cable option to make your adapter smoother, more artistic and enhance your setup angle.
4. Artisan custom USB-C cable
In addition to the required accessories such as switches and keycaps, when playing a custom keyboard, we also have to buy a few other accessories that users want to customize to make their keyboard perfect.
