RK61

Yuck. Just no. Here's what I would recommend: 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($18) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($29) YMDK DK61 * ($88 barebones, wooden case) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R6

I've gotten QMK boards for as little as $21, you just have to keep your ear to the ground. The wired QMK/VIA Royal Kludge RK61 is a pretty cheap dependable option despite the awful default layout and the source code in the QMK repo works and a VIAL port is easy and worthwhile. My Github.

40%: Inland MK47 * ($40) 60%: Redragon K717 Pro * ($30) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 * (barebones, $88 wooden case, $38.50 bare PCB) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 lego case) 65%: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Womier Q61 v2 * ($42) Ro

A build for $1k should be using the RX 9060 XT 16GB if you can swing it. Also you are buying DDR4 RAM and you need DDR5, preferably 6000mhz ram for Ryzen. Just a heads up as well, that RK61 keyboard is pretty bad. I owned it for about a year and started having issues with it turning off and back on

There are so many other better prebuilts than the RK61 now tbh. But personally I just got used to not having a volume knob, I’m not sure if there’s a dedicated key for changing volume but if there is you’d have to use a combination like FN + vol up key or something And not having arrow keys, honestl

The RK61 has hot-swappable and non-hot-swappable versions. It's annoying. Best way to find out if yours is is to do the old, "Grab a switch, give it a good tug, and see if it moves."

Havent tried the ak820 but I think it really depends on what you're going after. Things you may want to consider are: size of the keyboard, sound profile, and the feel of it. As for brands, I've tried Royal Kludge (rk71, rk61, rks98), Aula F75, E-yooso low profile, GMK67, and Keychron k12, all of wh

This one is easy so far, if their web app is hosted at QMK.something it's the scam. If you see "usevia.app" or "vial.rocks" it's at least emulating QMK. Emulating? Yes, there are proprietary boards that are "VIA compatible" or "QMK compatible" that have ported the VIA module to run on top of an emul

Then no Raspberry Pi based boards are open source because the Rpi boot process is psycho closed magic. :) (I still did a VIAL port for my Pi60-HSE) Honestly, I think QMK should make an exception for wireless drivers and establish a hard API boundary for them, like Linux did for video cards, and you

I know it's not a popular board, but I personally think the latest QMK-based RK61 is quite nice... but not with the stock layout. The standard RK61 layout is terrible. Awful. It's designed by someone on acid. BUT... If this is the QMK RK61 you can program it to use the right hand modifiers as arrow