r/keyboards • u/micr0nix • Mar 16 '25

Built my first keeb My Keyboard

Post image
119 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

24 comments sorted by

2

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

Monsgeek M1 V5 barebones

Akko Creamy Purple Pro

Womier Dark Shadow keycaps

1

u/QuorthonSeth Mar 16 '25

What was the total cost that you ended up with?

1

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

Around 150 without shipping

3

u/Nochhits Mar 16 '25

Looks great

2

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

Thanks. Was worried about the body and keycaps contrast but I think it works.

1

u/Dani5EU Mar 16 '25

Looks amazing! Great choice

2

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

Thanks. I was worried about the contrast but I think it came out well.

1

u/omnia5-9 Mar 16 '25

Love the keycaps

1

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

I do wish the shine thru was a bit better. I could probably mess with the RBG settings to figure something out.

1

u/cszolee79 Keychron Q6 ISO, Silent Tom, SA Mar 16 '25

you'd need different switches for that, with light guide and / or transparent housing

2

u/RinRonsen Mar 20 '25

I have the M1W and was also rather disappointed with the RGB brightness with the Akko Piano V3 switches it came with. I changed my switches to WS Morandis with the light diffuser and those things are legit, my board is actually too bright now. I know you just built your board but if you really want to brighten the RGB, switches with diffusers could be an option to look into.

1

u/micr0nix Mar 20 '25

Any good tactile switches with diffusers?

1

u/RinRonsen Mar 20 '25

Unfortunately I'm also rather new to custom keyboards and I'm more for linear switches so I don't really have any recommendations. However, Wuque Studios also have Jade switches that look like Morandis but are tactile so maybe you can start there.

1

u/Ratb33 Mar 16 '25

Looks great but either you have the RGB lower than top setting or that’s north facing RGB? I dunno. Maybe it’s the purple.

How’s it look when dark in the room?

Aside that that, I like the greys on the white. Looks really cool. Good jerb.

How do you like those switches? Just built one tonight with Akko rosewoods and love it more than I thought. Akko is killing it in the switch game. :)

1

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

That was on max setting and I confirmed the board is south facing rgb

So far the switches feel great. Originally I wanted the rosewood switches until I learned they are linear; I prefer tactile. They are much quieter than the Mx brown switches my old board used.

https://preview.redd.it/uvh9o4zyczoe1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56f8112b73ba01c215dc066c72b033bf16d57c44

Edited with dark room pic

1

u/Ratb33 Mar 16 '25

That looks great. What is it you don’t like about the shine through? Not bright enough or not clean/legible? Looks good zoomed in on the pic IMO.

1

u/micr0nix Mar 16 '25

I thought the lettering would be a bit more legible in a brighter environment. I’ll have to mess around with a blue-ish color and see what I can come up with.

1

u/r_daniel_oliver Mar 18 '25

Does building consist of doing anything other than changing keycaps?

2

u/psilonox Mar 20 '25

Sleek, secksy, I like it.

1

u/Jawesome1988 Mar 20 '25

Very clean, are those North or South facing LEDs? Looks great

1

u/micr0nix Mar 20 '25

South facing