Hello. I’m searching for a TKL board with dedicated media keys, volume wheel, and brown switches.

I just can’t do linears. Just don’t feel right.

I’ve browsed around, both on amazon and in microcenter and everything seems to be linear switches nowadays and even when I find one with browns, they rarely have the media keys I need.

I’m also not trying to pay $100+ for a keyboard. Spent way too much money on boards of that price for them to keel over and die as quick as the china fodder on amazon. (For example the K70 mk.2 that I have that refuses to not go bonkers whenever it feels like it.)

Thanks to anyone that can offer some help finding me something.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    From my experience the most value Keychron will beat any royal kludge, rzr or similar gaming brand stuff. Get a keychron V3 QMK/VIA, or go all out on the Q3 for metal and just get a macropad on the side if you really don’t like needing to press Fn to access media keys. Or you can just remap prntsc/pause/scrolllock to playpause/prev/next and INS to prntsc via VIA.

    I have a NumPad on which the knob is volume up/dn and mute but with Layer1 it’s prev/next & pause play.