Building vs Buying Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.

Mechanical Keyboard with Cherry MX red switches are the go to keyboard of most of the gamers out there. If you don't know much about cherry mx switches then, these are switches(button) on the mechanical keyboard. Cherry MX is not the only brand out these to provide keyboard switches and there are many such as Gateron, Logitech, Kailh and many other brands manufacture their own switches. There is slight to a lot of difference between the keyboard switches of different brands and colors(used to differentiate) such as Tactility, Actuation point, Click sound and etc which offers the costumer to choose from a variety of keyboard switches according to the experience.

 

The problem is that while most of the people like the Cherry MX Red switches, almost all brands design their keyboard with the above mentioned switches. There are keyboards available from the same brand with different Cherry MX switches but not the other mentioned swithces. To resolve this problem, you have to build a custom keyboard by yourself. In this article we will discuss whether buying is better option or building one by yourself is the better idea on Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.

 

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Buying Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. 

Buying a mechanical gaming keyboard should be best for you if you do not want to go into complicated stuff of source, assembling and testing the keyboard and its parts. In fact buying a mechanical keyboard is considerably cheaper than building yourself. Brands such as Corsair, HyperX, Logitech, Steel series, Xanova, Adata XPG, Cooler Master and etc produce some good quality mechanical gaming keyboard featuring mostly Cherry MX switches in them.

 

Here are Pros and Cons of Buying a Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. 

Pros. 

• Comparatively more affordable than building yourself one.
• Usable right out of the box.
• Amazing body and designs offered by brands

Cons.

• No flexibility of customization except for keycaps.
• Not many key switch options are available. 

Building a Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.

 Now this is the territory of Pro-Gamer, Minimalist setup enthusiast and space conscious PC users. The keyboard case mostly used in building 60% keyboard as the name suggests is quite small. Building a keyboards has its own pros and cons which are mentioned below.

Pros.

• Users get option to customize the Key Switches, Case and Key caps with a variety of vibrant colors.
• Requires less space on the desk.
• Minimalistic in appearance.

Cons.

• Sourcing the components is a real headache.
• Assembling, testing and soldering the keyboard is another headache.
• Most of the Keyboard PCBs available are 60% of a normal keyboard or TKL(Ten Key Less) which of course is a personal choice.

So that was the comparison and an overview on building vs buying a mechanical gaming keyboard.

Last but not the Least. 

There are a lot of brands out there which offer their own key switches which are Cherry MX, Gateron, Kailh and etc. Each brand offers a variety of key switched which vary in tactility, actuation point, recoil and etc which is impossible to demonstrate on an article. You can find a lot of videos on YouTube of testing these key switches. If you want to consider checking the key switched before buying all of them then, there are testers available on sites like amazon which contain different key switches.

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