Honestly I think that molding budget boards is one of the best ways to get into the custom mech hobby. There is such good value boards out there and its pretty easy to do.
Agreed. Did the works on a Redragon K556 and while time consuming, I felt it improved the board A TON. No more ping and it sounds like a better board than some 50$ budget... Heh.
That's why I love his video even on the Keychron Q1. You can make a lot of keyboards under $200 sound incredible. There's significant diminishing returns when you start spending more and more in this hobby.
I own an E-Element Z88 and it's my first custom mechanical, or at least sort of, since this is the board I learned a lot from as I've gotten new switches, keycaps, tried different mods like holee foam and tape mod, as well as lubing the switches, so yes, modding a budget board is a hell of a gateway drug.
As far as I know, the E-Yooso and Redragon has the Same ODM. This is basically a Redragon K552 but cheaper. Those Akko switches really changed the ball game and made the Boards with Outeumu hot-swap sockets much more feasible option for the beginners
I have a 552, The plate is different, it doesn't have that side rgb strip and you can opt for full rgb, Also the newly produced ones have a different font on the keycaps wich is a lot less gamer-y. but yes they are pretty similar
@@zachstonhail8908 congrats, nice choise. Typing atm on my budget king and personal endgame - KBD67 Lite + MDA Plastic keycap set + LF Dusk panda linears + Durock stabs
As usual you made this keyboard sound like a dream. The design of this board and keycaps really resembles the Reddragon K552. When I had that board originaly i bought a super cheap USB-C daughterboard and used black sugru to make a removeable UB cable port! So if someone wanted to try that, it definately works!
As a keyboard noob, can you explain what a black suguru is and how you used it to make the port? Or a little overview of the process? I'm hoping to turn this keyboard into my first project and would love more ideas and things to try with it!
I've just been getting back into keebs recently and god I just love your videos so much - no bloat, no filler, just content. I get my Boba U4Ts and Keychron Q1 in a few days and I hope I can make it sound as good as you did in your modding tutorial from last week
Thanks cstill! I really hope the Q1 turns out amazing! From my experience with it, it is one phenomenal keyboard in terms of what it's able to offer at its pricepoint :)
I actually did do that as the middle step... unfortunately, the audio didn't record for some reason so I ended up having to scrap that portion :( The work with what you got actually works pretty well
video idea: cheapest mechanical keyboard with the most expensive mods. It would be interesting to see a GMK set that costs 9x the boards price on it xD
Scott is G.O.A.T. of keybored modding hands down. If he were a ghost whisperer, I am sure he will make them ghost thocky even while they float above the ground :) Good job as always!
Thank you so much IronCan88! I really appreciate the comments and support! I just hope that the video shows that pretty much all keyboards are capable of being modded :)
For $12.59 I recently bought 60% Mechanical Keyboard that is hot swappable and it came with PBT pudding keycaps with Outemu red switches. After I got the keyboard I did a lube job on the switches and mod the stabilizers on the keyboard. That's all I did to the keyboard and oh boy did it help it sounds awesome now.
I didn't think that anyone could actually make money by selling a keyboard with all these features for $15 with free shipping haha... I feel like the shipping cost is half of that!
I just found this channel and watched a bit of videos and this channel is criminally underrated, your content and format is really nice and entertaining to watch! You got my sub!
Proof that you can make generic cherry style plate mounted stabs sound good if modded correctly. And good thing the keeb is compatible with Akko switches, they are amazing for the price.
@@Lenevor Doesn't matter lol. All of their switches are the same price except for their jelly series which are like 2 bucks more on average. I recommend getting them on Amazon and not off their website because after shipping it will be more off their site.
If only that meant it'd bring prices as a whole down substantially. I see these vids of folks posting "budget" builds at 300$ and i go... @_@ whaaaaaat.
:) I feel that as the hobby grows and more and more players jump it, the prices will also go down. It's so surprising now that you can actually find GMK keycap sets available without jumping on a GB for 2 years
@METhOdhowtoKilLnoObS agreed. I have a cheap Redragon K556, and a few basic changes improved it a ton. Foam/Tape and switch film removed the ping. Lube made it smoother. PBT caps were nice to add. Caps aside, lube and film are like, 15$. Foam can readily be found in packing, and blue tape is readily available. There are cheap 10$ PBT caps on Amazon, but they're minor and not needed unless you hate the glossy look of stock ABS.
@METhOdhowtoKilLnoObS the jump from a plastic keyboard to an aluminum case is what actually makes the price different worth it, imo. there is just something different and premium about a metal case, both the weight and the sound it produces. no matter how many mods you make to a plastic board, it still just sounds like plastic. and it's great that metal boards like the akko mod series, gmmk pro and keychron q1 are being released that make it more affordable to get close enough to that premium feeling for under 200 bucks. but paying 500 bucks for a custom polycarb case is just nonsense.
This is what i did for my custom keyboard. Get a prebuilt universal hotswap keyboard for 40$. Throw/sell away everything beside the motherboard and plate. And buy new caps, case, switches, and cable. And voila i got myself a custom keyboard for less than 150$ and it's darn comfortable and cool looking too
I got a different model called EYooso Z88, it was 21 dollars on amazon. For that price I had no problem with the switches or sound of the board. But after trying to use it, it felt off, and I found out it's 62.5Hz polling rate.. Which is really bad. Idk if the K620 is the same in this regard, but I am skeptical since it's the same maker and similar or less price. You can upgrade pretty much everything on the Z88 and it'll still be very bad for gaming. So I think it's a waste of time and money swapping the switches or trying to improve it much. It's alright for 20 bucks or less but just save up for something better in the meantime.
This video is the definition of If you put enough love into your keyboard, it’ll most likely sound amazing. The fact he took a 15$ keyboard, new switches and a few mods and boom. It sounds amazing. I bet you could also make it look amazing with other mods like painting the case, new key caps and stuff like damn. I just bought my first keyboard to mod And I already feel like buying this one when the other one hasn’t even arrived 😂 I’m about to drop more money on a hobby I haven’t even started yet
:) welcome to the hobby! It's a crazy rabbit hole, but it's also really fun... Also has a lot of interesting people in it as well haha. But you are very correct! Any and every keyboard, regardless of the price point does definitely benefit from some modding or another... because everyone has a preference, and you can always tailor the tool to meet that!
Whoa, this video is awesome! I've been looking into making a custom mechanical keyboard at a low price (it's more fun and wallet-saving when you work within constraints ;) ) and I had spent hours trying to grapple with the 50-ish price tag on other budget keyboards until I found this! I might try it out :D
I'm enjoying your vids on these much cheaper boards. There are a lot of us who can't afford the other "budget" boards that get suggested ($100+ is not my idea of "budget" but that's because I'm poor, but $15-$40? Yep, that's more my "budget" lol). I might have to try a few things on my own cheap board and see if I can get it to sound better. (Tezarre TK61 with Optical Blacks). Great videos, and I'm glad Hipyo suggested I find your vids and sub.
Personally, Outemu blue switches are better (for those of us who like clicky-clacky keyboards). I took one of these K-620’s, threw some PBT keycaps on it, and it deepened up the bottom-out clack to a somewhat more thwocky sound (also just made the whole thing feel nicer). I’d still take one of these (in my case) 18 dollar K-620’s over virtually any membrane/rubber-dome/scissor-cap nonsense.
I don't even know how they make money selling this keyboard at $15... I seriously could not find anything that was that cheap anywhere... that's like a low end membrane keyboard price
I got a very similar keeb but this one had a detachable usb-c cable, 2 layers of foam (poron and pe), and a steel mounting plate. It's a Zhiyoulang K87 TKL which has a few configurations, but I got the cheapest one.
I got the same one. Won't take Kailh switches as the legs are too wide, so I slapped some Outemu snap spring switches into it and put on a set of Quisan mac-like caps (Cherry profile) and it works pretty well. Not as well as my modded Alps board, but better than most MX boards I've done. For a base, even though it's not hot-swappable, I'd recommend the Velocifire TKL02. It's about $28 but is a lot heavier, less cheap feeling and has a nice, thick metal mounting plate.
$20(ish) for the keyboard. $46 for keycaps, $28 for switches, plus minor costs for the underpinning materials. This is kind of like buying a 1998 Toyota Corolla and installing a $10,000 stereo system in it...maybe not the best use for the money, but it's still fun. 😀 Any chance you could do a cable swap video to convert it to a USB plug instead of hardwired?
I have the same board! I foam modded, clipped stabs and frankenswitched with outemu blues housing and boba U4T stems. Also painted the top plate and swapped in some cheap rama clones from Amazon.
@@Keybored Thanks to you! And your knowledge on this, you transformed the gift of my wife into something totally different, even her can notice the difference now.
The fact that this sounds better than my $300 unmodded Tofu60 with broken in NK creams says something. Also it’s my choice not to mod it but I have an Idobao ID80 with Gateron Black Inks V2 lubed and filmed, + more mods. If you want a sound test let me know!
This goes to show that budget builds can sound just as good as expensive builds. I built 3 keyboards so far and Both cheaper builds sound better than the pricey build after mods(which are cheap to do).
Yup! The mods really do change the keyboard quite a bit! I have a new video coming out that I went all out on... the results is shocking in both the performance and price haha
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Channel name says Key"bored" but I am Key"excite" by this video
Haha thanks! Have to convince the overlords that the channel wasn't a spelling error lol. Great song by the way! Hope you have the full album soon!
Damn hipiyo that pun sucked
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damn that was cringe
Honestly I think that molding budget boards is one of the best ways to get into the custom mech hobby. There is such good value boards out there and its pretty easy to do.
Agreed. Did the works on a Redragon K556 and while time consuming, I felt it improved the board A TON. No more ping and it sounds like a better board than some 50$ budget... Heh.
It's a great way to dabble without going too deep :)
That's why I love his video even on the Keychron Q1. You can make a lot of keyboards under $200 sound incredible. There's significant diminishing returns when you start spending more and more in this hobby.
I own an E-Element Z88 and it's my first custom mechanical, or at least sort of, since this is the board I learned a lot from as I've gotten new switches, keycaps, tried different mods like holee foam and tape mod, as well as lubing the switches, so yes, modding a budget board is a hell of a gateway drug.
@@RaisinBarXZ550 yo bro can you send the link to the keyboard
Every bad keyboard you touch literally turns into gold. It sounds good!
:) Thank you RimuKora! Glad that this keyboard sounded good!
Decent is an understatement...
"DECENT"
i have realized i said an understatement after watching more videos therefore i have edited my comment
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I think it's less that the keyboard is cheap (though $15 for any hotswap board IS a pretty good deal) and more that GMK sets are wildly expensive lol
Haha, another way to look at it!
@@Keybored This board is exactly the redragon k552 but different case
As far as I know, the E-Yooso and Redragon has the Same ODM. This is basically a Redragon K552 but cheaper.
Those Akko switches really changed the ball game and made the Boards with Outeumu hot-swap sockets much more feasible option for the beginners
Ok, thanks
:) Yeah the Akko switches are also actually pretty good even stock!
@@Keybored indeed. Wanting to see the new double bump tactile Switches they just released!
I have the redragon k552 and I’m disappointed, I should’ve bought this keyboard
I have a 552, The plate is different, it doesn't have that side rgb strip and you can opt for full rgb, Also the newly produced ones have a different font on the keycaps wich is a lot less gamer-y. but yes they are pretty similar
I heard that sound test and I was like "No." mad props. Might have to get me one of these
It's so crazy how much you can improve something that starts off at $15... keep an eye out on the amazon store and the price fluctuates like crazy
@@Keybored this sounded amazing, I expected the sound to improve but not to this extent, the first THOCK really got me
The word thock is overrated
@@zanaisu didnt ask
Can't wait to see Scott make thing sound better then my endgame 😭👍
Update just finished the video and it dose 🥲👍
:) what is your endgame?
@@Keybored Right now it's a tkc candy bar that's modded keyboard stlye 😎
@@zachstonhail8908 congrats, nice choise. Typing atm on my budget king and personal endgame - KBD67 Lite + MDA Plastic keycap set + LF Dusk panda linears + Durock stabs
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I really enjoy you modding really cheap stuff like this. You should really consider more content like this!!
:) Thank you Dave! Will try to balance out my content for wider coverage :)
As usual you made this keyboard sound like a dream. The design of this board and keycaps really resembles the Reddragon K552. When I had that board originaly i bought a super cheap USB-C daughterboard and used black sugru to make a removeable UB cable port! So if someone wanted to try that, it definately works!
That is a great suggestion! Then you can really elevate this even further!
As a keyboard noob, can you explain what a black suguru is and how you used it to make the port? Or a little overview of the process? I'm hoping to turn this keyboard into my first project and would love more ideas and things to try with it!
I've just been getting back into keebs recently and god I just love your videos so much - no bloat, no filler, just content. I get my Boba U4Ts and Keychron Q1 in a few days and I hope I can make it sound as good as you did in your modding tutorial from last week
Thanks cstill! I really hope the Q1 turns out amazing! From my experience with it, it is one phenomenal keyboard in terms of what it's able to offer at its pricepoint :)
Wish you'd have gone with lubing and filming the stock switches to keep the cost down and "work with that you got."
Good video.
I actually did do that as the middle step... unfortunately, the audio didn't record for some reason so I ended up having to scrap that portion :( The work with what you got actually works pretty well
@@Keybored sorry to hear about that :( Video was solid regardless.
video idea: cheapest mechanical keyboard with the most expensive mods. It would be interesting to see a GMK set that costs 9x the boards price on it xD
Haha I thought of putting a GMK set on this but it just seemed so out of place due to the price difference lol
Stock actually doesn’t sound bad, aside from the hollow pingy ness
still sounds better than a stock razer HUNTSMAN V2
@@trailfork7815 damn can I upvote this 9000 times
@@trailfork7815 I am pretty sure you can read minds. I was thinking the same thing
@@trailfork7815 T R U E
:) It's a good keyboard for the price, and with a bit of TLC, it got much better!
Bruh wth!?!? I just uploaded a video on this yesterday! Talk about timing! Love the vids Scott ❤
Thank you NIDEKO! Hope yours turned out great also!
I am genuinly impressed by your modding skills, Keep it up!
Thank you so much!
Scott is G.O.A.T. of keybored modding hands down.
If he were a ghost whisperer, I am sure he will make them ghost thocky even while they float above the ground :)
Good job as always!
Thank you so much IronCan88! I really appreciate the comments and support! I just hope that the video shows that pretty much all keyboards are capable of being modded :)
This might be superficial but I subscribed during that typing session. If that's in every video then I'll be watching them all 👍🏿
:) Hey, the sound of the keyboard is very important! Thank you very much for the sub and support!
No judgement!
imo a different profile keycap wouldve sounded nicer, but damn this sounds better than some high-ends I've heard lmfao
:) I could have thrown some SA on there and probably would have been more thocky :)
@@Keybored agree! why not try the 20$ GSA profile keycaps on the keyboard hehe
At first, I thought "ugh that is disgusting" but after your magic, it became "🥵", a disgustingly amazing sound profile. What a glow up!
:) It's not bad for a $15 keyboard right?
Great video. The keyboard sounds great. I think this will be my starting point to get into the custom keyboard hobby. Thank you.
:) You're very welcome!
wallet drained pog
For $12.59 I recently bought 60% Mechanical Keyboard that is hot swappable and it came with PBT pudding keycaps with Outemu red switches. After I got the keyboard I did a lube job on the switches and mod the stabilizers on the keyboard. That's all I did to the keyboard and oh boy did it help it sounds awesome now.
Dang, did not expect this much value out of just 15$
I didn't think that anyone could actually make money by selling a keyboard with all these features for $15 with free shipping haha... I feel like the shipping cost is half of that!
@@Keybored perks of cheap labour!
Lmao jk but also kinda true...
I just found this channel and watched a bit of videos and this channel is criminally underrated, your content and format is really nice and entertaining to watch! You got my sub!
Thank you so much for the sub Rust! I really appreciate it!
Proof that you can make generic cherry style plate mounted stabs sound good if modded correctly. And good thing the keeb is compatible with Akko switches, they are amazing for the price.
They really are!
which Akko switch?
@@Lenevor Doesn't matter lol. All of their switches are the same price except for their jelly series which are like 2 bucks more on average.
I recommend getting them on Amazon and not off their website because after shipping it will be more off their site.
The funniest part about this video is that even stock this board sounds better than razer
:) It's not a bad keyboard
Today: the keyboard community finaly realizes that literally everything in this hobby is INSULTINGLY overpriced
If only that meant it'd bring prices as a whole down substantially. I see these vids of folks posting "budget" builds at 300$ and i go... @_@ whaaaaaat.
:) I feel that as the hobby grows and more and more players jump it, the prices will also go down. It's so surprising now that you can actually find GMK keycap sets available without jumping on a GB for 2 years
@@CodeXCDM true, idk what they meant by "budget" while they cost more lmao
@METhOdhowtoKilLnoObS agreed. I have a cheap Redragon K556, and a few basic changes improved it a ton. Foam/Tape and switch film removed the ping. Lube made it smoother. PBT caps were nice to add. Caps aside, lube and film are like, 15$. Foam can readily be found in packing, and blue tape is readily available. There are cheap 10$ PBT caps on Amazon, but they're minor and not needed unless you hate the glossy look of stock ABS.
@METhOdhowtoKilLnoObS the jump from a plastic keyboard to an aluminum case is what actually makes the price different worth it, imo. there is just something different and premium about a metal case, both the weight and the sound it produces. no matter how many mods you make to a plastic board, it still just sounds like plastic. and it's great that metal boards like the akko mod series, gmmk pro and keychron q1 are being released that make it more affordable to get close enough to that premium feeling for under 200 bucks. but paying 500 bucks for a custom polycarb case is just nonsense.
This is what i did for my custom keyboard. Get a prebuilt universal hotswap keyboard for 40$. Throw/sell away everything beside the motherboard and plate. And buy new caps, case, switches, and cable. And voila i got myself a custom keyboard for less than 150$ and it's darn comfortable and cool looking too
Glad it worked out!
Despite the price, it sounds awesome. Great job man! Sleeper enthusiast build
Thank you zandkeyboards!
I think this would look even more stealthy with blank or side-labeled keycaps. Loved the modded sound!
I got a different model called EYooso Z88, it was 21 dollars on amazon. For that price I had no problem with the switches or sound of the board. But after trying to use it, it felt off, and I found out it's 62.5Hz polling rate.. Which is really bad. Idk if the K620 is the same in this regard, but I am skeptical since it's the same maker and similar or less price. You can upgrade pretty much everything on the Z88 and it'll still be very bad for gaming. So I think it's a waste of time and money swapping the switches or trying to improve it much. It's alright for 20 bucks or less but just save up for something better in the meantime.
I bought this same keyboard and added akko switches, zip n fit foam and orings and it sounds amazing.
:) the crazy amount of potential for keyboards of all levels!
@@ray5121 The radiant reds.
@@Keybored The only other thing I'd like to do is a usbc female port mod.
@@ImCastorTroy45 you know, I really thought about that haha. It's definitely possible!
@@ray5121 I've only tried those so far.
This video is the definition of
If you put enough love into your keyboard, it’ll most likely sound amazing. The fact he took a 15$ keyboard, new switches and a few mods and boom. It sounds amazing. I bet you could also make it look amazing with other mods like painting the case, new key caps and stuff like damn. I just bought my first keyboard to mod
And I already feel like buying this one when the other one hasn’t even arrived 😂 I’m about to drop more money on a hobby I haven’t even started yet
:) welcome to the hobby! It's a crazy rabbit hole, but it's also really fun... Also has a lot of interesting people in it as well haha. But you are very correct! Any and every keyboard, regardless of the price point does definitely benefit from some modding or another... because everyone has a preference, and you can always tailor the tool to meet that!
wow difference is night and day, you really are a keyboard modding genius.
Thank you so much! It was just too much time being spent on it haha
This is absolutely nutso! Never expected a hyper budget keeb to sound this good ever.
Amazing transformation !
I've seen a couple of time this cheap keyboards otemu hotswap pcb's and i've never heard them sound good, great job
Thank you! I appreciate it!
wild to see a board this cheap and not use outemu blues
It's really odd actually... the box says outemu blues but I received reds instead. I'm not complaining lol
Awesome video, I subscribed because of this. I'm trying to mod keyboards as a new hobby. I've learned something new today! Thank you!
This is the real beginners step to getting into customising keyboards. Well done.
It looks like something that I would see in my computer lab or something.
:)
Oh my godness, its sound nice after you mod it!
:) Thank you! It turned out very nice, especially for a $15 board!
Whoa, this video is awesome! I've been looking into making a custom mechanical keyboard at a low price (it's more fun and wallet-saving when you work within constraints ;) ) and I had spent hours trying to grapple with the 50-ish price tag on other budget keyboards until I found this! I might try it out :D
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
First time modding keyboard here. Following what you did but using akko cream yellow. The result is amazing! Thanks for the video!
I'm enjoying your vids on these much cheaper boards. There are a lot of us who can't afford the other "budget" boards that get suggested ($100+ is not my idea of "budget" but that's because I'm poor, but $15-$40? Yep, that's more my "budget" lol). I might have to try a few things on my own cheap board and see if I can get it to sound better. (Tezarre TK61 with Optical Blacks). Great videos, and I'm glad Hipyo suggested I find your vids and sub.
the dry pen ink is killing me
Personally, Outemu blue switches are better (for those of us who like clicky-clacky keyboards). I took one of these K-620’s, threw some PBT keycaps on it, and it deepened up the bottom-out clack to a somewhat more thwocky sound (also just made the whole thing feel nicer). I’d still take one of these (in my case) 18 dollar K-620’s over virtually any membrane/rubber-dome/scissor-cap nonsense.
:) yup! A cheap mechanical keyboard is still a mechanical keyboard!
Wpuld love to hear it with a PE foam mount.
Just got this model to do exactly this, so thanks for sharing your far-superior knowledge. Going to mimic what you do here.
:) I hope the video is helpful! Good luck with the build!
Howd it turn out?
I am 99.8% sure this is a rebranded Redragon K552, pretty fun to think about it
this channel is so underrated
Thank you so much! :)
Absolutely amazing job on this, it sounds pretty damn great. Well done!
Thank you Mike! I appreciate it
huge change! amazing video, new sub :3
Thank you so much for the sub! I appreciate it!
The most classic black keyboard and modde love the vid
:) Thank you so much!
You are really just a keyboard god. You are the best keyboard modder hands down
Thabk you so much! I really appreciate it! I feel most keyboards really transform with a bit of tlc
This guy makes miracles with keyboards!
:) Thank you 999 samus! I really appreciate the support!
Wow dude, I did not expect it to sound that good! Amazing! Great content bro
:) Thank you Ben!
I straight to can't believe this is the sound of a $15 keyboard + akko switches and + pbt keycaps
I don't even know how they make money selling this keyboard at $15... I seriously could not find anything that was that cheap anywhere... that's like a low end membrane keyboard price
I got a very similar keeb but this one had a detachable usb-c cable, 2 layers of foam (poron and pe), and a steel mounting plate. It's a Zhiyoulang K87 TKL which has a few configurations, but I got the cheapest one.
NO WAY. Thanks for the tip!
You're welcome!
Great video man!
Thank you so much NAIK!
@@Keybored You helped me find a decent keyboard which is good!
I got the same one. Won't take Kailh switches as the legs are too wide, so I slapped some Outemu snap spring switches into it and put on a set of Quisan mac-like caps (Cherry profile) and it works pretty well. Not as well as my modded Alps board, but better than most MX boards I've done. For a base, even though it's not hot-swappable, I'd recommend the Velocifire TKL02. It's about $28 but is a lot heavier, less cheap feeling and has a nice, thick metal mounting plate.
Thank you for the suggestion! Will have to see what the velocifire unit is all about
You could honestly just mod in a USB-C if you wanted to.
I bought myself a E-yooso keyboard 60% on Aliexpress for 30$. I upgraded it and it is perfect.
for $15 that spacebar sounds better than a lot of the Razer $200 keyboards 😂
:) Glad to hear that!
this sounds better than many other cheap keyboards
I was surprised that they could sell this thing for so cheap!
Unbelievable job, the king of keyboard upgrades
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)
it's springy, stabs aren't the best, but for 15 bucks? this is amazing!
indeed!
great content my man
Thank you so much! I appreciate the support!
My $25 tkl doesn’t even have stabs lol Also KTT switches probably fit too. The sound after tho 😱
:) I really need to get my hands on some KTT! But everytime I try to order some, they're always out of stock lol
You made this thing sound incredible dude, GGs
Thank you so much Jared! I appreciate it!
$20(ish) for the keyboard. $46 for keycaps, $28 for switches, plus minor costs for the underpinning materials. This is kind of like buying a 1998 Toyota Corolla and installing a $10,000 stereo system in it...maybe not the best use for the money, but it's still fun. 😀
Any chance you could do a cable swap video to convert it to a USB plug instead of hardwired?
you make amazing videos thank you
Thank you so much! I appreciate the support!
$15 to $300 keyboard. thats insane good job! 👏👏👏
Thank you! :)
I have the same board! I foam modded, clipped stabs and frankenswitched with outemu blues housing and boba U4T stems. Also painted the top plate and swapped in some cheap rama clones from Amazon.
How come you used Outemu Blue housings?
I think this is the jailhouse mod? I haven't done it myself but I think there is something special that comes out of it
@@Keybored so my keeb came with blues, and I replaced the stems in the blues with Gazzew's Boba U4T stems.
@@octavia7466 I kept the outemu housings to retain the hotswap capability
@@Keybored look into frankenswitching for better explanation or you can message me. 🙂
Holy shit, I have not the same keyboar but it uses almost the same board, thanks for this!! I was looking for something do do with it!!!
:) Glad to be of help!
@@Keybored Thanks to you! And your knowledge on this, you transformed the gift of my wife into something totally different, even her can notice the difference now.
Keybored is a genius name, amazing video keep it up!
:) Thank you so much weedle! I appreciate the support!
Me: - enjoying the sound of the keyboard-
Keybored: yeah it sounds like it's 15 dollars.
Me: -feeling cheap-
:) The final results of this is amazing!
You did it!! You turned it into a nice sounding keyboard.
Thank you Juan!
That sounds so good! Great job!
Thank you so much Zyidas!
The fact that this sounds better than my $300 unmodded Tofu60 with broken in NK creams says something. Also it’s my choice not to mod it but I have an Idobao ID80 with Gateron Black Inks V2 lubed and filmed, + more mods. If you want a sound test let me know!
That sounds like a great combination! Yeah... Most keyboards transform with some right mods!
@@Keybored Yes sir, keep doing what you're doing you're content is amazing.
When he touched the backspace and then the space I almost fainted
:) surprising it comes from a $15 keyboard right?
This sounds better then my Halo True Drop ENTR
Great vid as always!
Thank you so much Jay! Hope it was entertaining
It sounds beautiful how the hell
omg, it sounds very good after mods. and it also not the worst sound keyboard out of the box, not great in stock but $15 hahah GG
So crazy for $15! How do they make money!
is it reall?damn,bro you didnt mod,just had made new keeb,masterpiece
Purchased a bunch of parts for my first mech build last week (GMMK Pro, FR4 plate, Aqua Kings, ect.)... and this vid is giving me buyers remorse lol.
:) I'm sure the GMMK pro will turn out great!
Officially just gonna mod cheap keyboards instead of building expensive ones
Haha, cheap ones have great potential as well :) But perhaps I should change things up a bit :)
That Outemo-only compatability is such a frustrating roadblock with this, haha. Regardless, really cool mod!
:) But since the Akko switches work, it wasn't as bad :)
honestly the stock sounds better than my 70$ keyboard lol
Same
:) Surprising for a $15 keyboard!
You nailed it again and again! Damn!
Thanks Elgene! I really appreciate it!
When a 15 dollar keyboard sounds better than your 100+ custom keyboard...
:) I was surprised at the final results myself!
Sounds better stock than most drop keyboards.
I did the same but for a friend with this same keyboard. Very hard to work with but sounds good in the end.
:) Glad it worked out!
My man is midas everything he touches it turns gold
:) Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
It actually sounds better than my 100$ keyboard
I want this, buying a crappy keyboard and making it good so that I can tell the difference in materials later on.
I don't like how it sounds better than my custom keyboard
:) It's surprising!
Bruh just killed it!
Thank you so much Sukhy Mann!
This goes to show that budget builds can sound just as good as expensive builds. I built 3 keyboards so far and Both cheaper builds sound better than the pricey build after mods(which are cheap to do).
Yup! The mods really do change the keyboard quite a bit! I have a new video coming out that I went all out on... the results is shocking in both the performance and price haha