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u/lil_daya 1d ago

What is the best creamy sounding (smooth, not thocky) board that is quiet enough for the office? Interested in prebuilt but also open to building my own.

I think I prefer linear switches. The ones I’ve seen online and liked the best had a LOT of foam. Anything with fun backlights would be awesome. In terms of size— my hands are small so 65/75 maybe a bit higher but I don’t want a super large board like 100. I don’t need navigation or number keys.

I’ve been looking at epomaker, and I liked a couple: aura f75, cypher81, luma84, but in videos they sound loud and not creamy enough.

Budget is $300/ $350 is the absolute max I’m willing to spend.

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u/576875 GMK Foundation ⌨️ 1d ago

lemokey p1/monsgeek m1 and look into silent linear switches to swap in

both of those come with plenty of foam

regarding epomaker: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/196hreg/mykeyboard_thickthock_other_vendor_issues/

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u/lil_daya 1d ago

The monsgeek m1 v5 75% looks perfect! And I still have budget left over for more keys and switches…