GMMK 2 Gaming Keyboard Base - Full Size Barebones Kit- Hot Swappable Black Mechanical Keyboard - Modular, Wired, RGB Backlit,- PC Setup Accessories - 96%, Black

This board is great I have zero complaints. It can support 5 pin switches, and these are north side facing leds. If you already know what switches you are going to put in this board you cant beat the price. You will want to lubricate and tune the stabilizers, or just replace them altogether. To me the stock didn't sound/feel great stock. Aside from the stabilizers the board sounds great out of the box. The unit feels very solid, and the build quality is awesome. The software misses the mark completely. Glorious Core would not load at all. Normal troubleshooting yielded no results. Clean boot/compatibility modes/admin mode/uninstall/reinstall nothing really worked. Personally I would ditch the Glorious Core software and use QMK. I think its worth the time investment in learning how to use QMK with your GMMK2. If your Glorious Core experience was anything like mine it may be a lot less frustrating.

My daughter introduced me to mechanical keyboards. I love that they are serviceable (“back in my day we didn’t throw everything out…”). I don’t like the clicks sound however. I used Akko Penguin silent tactile switches (and hand lubed them!) and Ducky Nazca triple shot keycaps. Wow is this a nice keyboard. Solid, heavy, compact size with num pad. Silent tactile. Looks fabulous. Love it!

Pretty good build quality. This is my first (and last) custom keyboard, and I'm generally happy with this base. However, I absolutely hate the LED layout/design. I MUST have a backlit keyboard, and the lighting on this drives me nuts. It's super customizable but the performance is just awful. They're either too bright or too dim, per-key customization and lighting poorly bleeds into neighboring keys, and the software is slow and clunky. As a point of comparison, the Razer keyboard I'm coming from just stomps this into the dirt as far as lighting. All-in-all, I'm $200 into a keyboard trying something new and I have an arguably worse keyboard than my 6+ year old Razer Ornata Chroma. But it's okay because I can just buy more switches, more keycaps and another base and maybe have $400 in a keyboard that performs with pre-built $100 keyboard! Lol.

This keyboard is exactly what I wanted and the price was definitely right for the time! The barebones 96% gives me the num pad while still being a bit more compact. I really like it, it was easy to install my switches and caps. My first build was less than $100 since I got this board for so cheap. I think they're selling the V3 of this keyboard now so it seems a bit like it was a clearance thing.

Built out a board for my wife and she loves it. Study base, easy hot swap, and the software is okay. I wouldn't pay full price but great on sale.

This is such a nice keyboard. If you’re looking for a really nice heavy feel, this is it! The Glorious software is really nice and offers a lot of customization. I had to buy a 2nd one so I have one for work and home. Comes with foam included, so I just added some tape and it was all set. I did realize the side LED doesn’t match the color behind the keys, but that doesn’t bother me too much. Would still definitely recommend!

This is a really nice bare boned keyboard. The quality is better than the first one. I bought the 96% layout, which is really a great blend of compact but functional. I haven't modded it, and have had no complaints about stabilizers or sound quality. I don't type as much as game on that keyboard, so I can't comment about extended typing use. However, the look and feel of the GMMK 2 (and price) are hard to beat. I use my GMMK 2 (96%) with Akko PBT double-shot shine-through keycaps with Kailh Box pink switches. Love it so much!

This thing is SOLID! I feel like I can drive a hammer with it (don’t do that though). My only complaint which has an easy solution is that the board feels quite high so my wrists kind of have to bend to a little more of an extreme angle. Solution: by a keyboard wrest. Other than that. The board is awesome!