GloriousGaming GMMK 2 Full Size (96%) Barebones (Frame Only) - Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Frame, Full Size (96%), Aluminium, Customisable, Per Key RGB, American QWERTY Layout - White

My hubby put Kirby keys on this. The key board runs so smooth and is beautiful.

Great keyboard. Overall amazing quality.+Price, This keyboard is a great price for what you get. It is the cheapest barebones 1800/96% keyboard.+Quality, Surprisingly very high quality. For the price I wasn't expecting something quiet this nice. Nocomplaints.+Software, The glorious core software is great. Allows you to program macros, change led colors, remap keys. Very useful.+Support, Glorious has some of the best support around.some cons- screw in stabilizers don't seem to fit without modification, Even the gsv2 from glorious. I tried with 2 different gmmk 2 pros. Both had the same issue. Random stabilizers are stuck no matter what I did. I think the top frame interferes with how the stabilizer lines up making it bind and get stuck bottomed out.-LED colors are slightly off. The sidelight led won't display yellow. It has a very obvious green tint. My gmmk pro does not have this issue.Overall I really like this keyboard. Was easy to build/work on and came out great when finished.

Keyboard is great, but unfortunately my fn key doesn’t work. Bought the barebones one and did the switches myself, replaced the switch about 4 times and it just won’t work.

Love everything about this bare bone keyboard! You can download a software to control the profiles and rgb settings, but you can also use kb shortcuts with the Fn key to do this (I saw this on a YT video). It’s my first time building my own kb so there’s a lot more to uncover in this niche, and I’m here for it. I will be taking it apart to mod though, so it’s nice that it comes wrapped in PE foam already. :) Also, there’s definitely some weight to it which overall, does give it a more quality-like feel.

I've purchased several 65% keyboards in the last few months and this is by far the worst. The keyboard itself is not terrible, but the software is an absolute dealbreaker. If you want to remap any keys, adjust the lighting, or the adjust the time before going to sleep (the default is pretty short)...you just can't. The software appears to have all of these features, but they just flat out don't work. You see the options, but when you click them nothing happens, and sometimes even puts the keyboard in a weird state where you have to unplug and quit the software to get it back to normal. I have never seen software this bad ever in my life. I have no idea how someone could have decided to release it in this state. If they fix the software (which, apparently, they never do), then this keyboard may not be a bad budget option. But until then, it's just an exercise in frustration.

The hot swap sockets are very convenient, but they're surface mounted to the underside of the PCB. If you happen to have a few loose/poorly soldered sockets like I did, it can become an issue when they decide to pop off the board. On the other hand the keyboard is very easy to disassemble and do repairs on. Assembling it after dissasembly can be a little difficult with the internal rubber padding trying to escape and having to realign all of the internal wires.I personally don't think you should have to resolder your hot-swap sockets after putting in a second set of switches, so 3 stars. This is otherwise a really nice starter mechanical keyboard.

I am very happy with my finished build. I used the following items for the build.1) Outemu Honey Peach Switch V3, 5 Pin Pre-Lubed Silent Linear2) Womier Low Profile Keycaps - Shine Through, Grey/WhiteI am typing this review with this new keyboard. I am using low profile key caps on this board and I am really liking it. Please see attached picture. I only have a couple of small issues with this keyboard. one is that the space bar key would stick after installing the space bar. I replaced the stabilizer with a Durock Stabilizer and that fixed it. The other issue is the layout of the keys will take some getting used to relative to the number pad and curser keys. I don't see any indicator for keycaps lock being on unless I press a key. Other than those miner issues I very happy with it. The switches were shipped here from China but they are lubed and work as expected. I did need to straiten a few pins on them but they are working fine. I will be keeping and using this keyboard ... :)

Got it for Christmas and set it up just for the shift key to not work, return it and get a new one cause I still like the build and the way it’s sounds, just to find out this second one the “u” button doesn’t work either, but the return date was already past. Other than that pretty good keyboard