GloriousGaming GMMK PRO 75% Barebones Black (Frame Only) - Modular Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, TKL Size (75%), 3.3lb Frame, RGB, Fully Customisable, 5-Pin Switch Support

To start off, I have only just built my first custom keyboard. I don't have any experience with keyboards that would be considered super premium, and any keyboard enthusiast would probably cringe at what I have used up until this point, maybe except for the lightspeed keyboard I had been using for a while. I liked the lightspeed until I came to realize how little I like full height mechanical keys.I just built a custom keyboard with a GMMK PRO barebones frame, silent black ink switches, and a set of low profile XVX keycaps from Womier. I absolutely love the keyboard, the keycaps might have to get changed due to RGB shine through being... not ideal. But that is my fault, the caps were advertised as recommending north facing RGB's since the legend is on the upper part of the keys.To speak exclusively about the barebones frame, I am aware that the keyboard market is full of options, and there are many enthusiasts who are very particular about their keyboards, for plenty of good reasons. The customization and personality, the feel and experience of each unique keyboard... It is a really fun concept that can also be a bit confusing and convoluted due to the depth of how complex some builds can be. This barebones frame takes a lot of the complexity out of the more deep and confusing ground-up keyboard building, and does a lot of the work for you :)The frame itself is hefty, solid, and built well. I love the simple but sexy aesthetic. The knob is really premium :o My favorite part though, is that this frame allows me to take my first step into the custom keyboard game, especially when I have always found my typing experience lacking. All you need to do after you get this frame is buy keyswitches of your choice, and keycaps. It really is that simple! Also, my setup was just asking for a little class and better fitting keyboard, so... :)Another thing to note is that the RGB is excellent and can be controlled simply with the frame (apparently, I haven't operated RGB with the frame yet myself) or by installing the software. The software is actually really good too, simple, and works well!Once more, mentioning that I am not experienced in a wide variety of keyboards, I can't speak on how this compares to other platforms. I can say however, that I love it! The solid build quality, awesome RGB and subjectively how clean and gorgeous it looks, leads me to really appreciate it overall and the experience it has given me! Highly recommended :3

My favorite semi built keyboard I use a lot! Replaced a gmmk mini I spilt liquid on and this one feels more functional and is built better. Great transition.

The media could not be loaded. tl;dr - Grab it in sale, I got mine for around $111, which is a good price for a full body/case aluminum keyboard, these things doesn't come cheap.I wanted a gmmk pro since I started to get serious into this keyboard hobby, around one year ago, but at the time was quite pricey and I was just getting started on the custom keyboards space and instead went and bought a gmmk2 and a keychron v1. But finally I got my own gmmk pro, and for the little stuff I learned in this period of time here are my honest thoughts.Just a little background about myself so you'll know for sure if this might be the right keyboard for you: At the time I've only used tray mounted keyboards, on the not-so-budget friendly side, I own a gmmk2, keychron v1 and keychron v2. So this is the first time I'm using a keeb with an aliminum case and gasket mount(more on that later)Pros:- sturdy- didn't found scratches or factory defects, and I thoroughly inspected my new purchase- if you can have it as low as $111, this might be a nice purchase for you- even though the "gasket" mount doesn't behave as expected, like it doesn't give any flex, I don't mind it, I really love my tray mounted keyboards and wanted something with a more premium feeling(like having a full aliminum case), but with a familiar typing experience, like I haven't tried myself a flexible gasket mounted keyboard, and wouldn't know if I'd like the feeling of flexing the keeb while bottoming out the keys, I really type hard so then again, don't mind the sturdiness of this mount- is a heavy boy, if you're into that, you might love it- is qmk/via compatible, just need to follow instructions from glorious or any other site on how to flash the firmware, painless experience- has a bottom foam inside the keeb, frankly would prefer a silicone sound dampener as keychron does, but this foam works just fine- you have more cosmetic options from glorious themselves, sadly they don't sell all their merch in amazon; I got a brass plate to get a better sound with tactile switches and a top frame to match better my keycaps(all of the above directly from glorious)- glorious themselves sells a so called "flex kit" which improves the whole issue of this keeb not being flexy, but mind the price of that, can be on sale as low as $60, regular price is $100. so if you got money to burn, then don't mind this comment. if you're a normal guy like me, think first. If what you want is a flexible gasket mount keeb, look somewhere else, as price for the base model plus the flexy kit might not worth it compared with similar keyboards.- south facing rgbCons:- the included stabs are very bad, like very very bad, lub job is not bad, but one of the stabs got stuck, that's not something new for me, I even have purchased stabs from glorious before and found the awful surprise of getting stuck as well. fortunately had some durock clones(new kingdom I think they're called) around, and swap them out. Even clones and very cheap stabs are better than any stabs glorious has made so far- the keeb not being flexy can be a con for some, but as this review is purely subjective, I put it in "pros" because that's what I wanted- regular price of $170 might not be of your liking, considering you can have fully built keyboards with aluminum case and better gasket mount system for that same priceAll and all, I'm loving this keeb, even if it is not a flexible gasket one, I feel a step up from my regular tray mounted keebs, the sound and the typing feedback is amaizingSo my take aways:- get it on sale- do your homework and make sure to know what this keyboard IS and what IS NOT, before you buy it, so you'll manage your expectations- have stabs ready, just in case, but for the looks of it, you might end up with bad stabs, so you might NEED to change them. As demonstrated in the video, the "ascend" key doesn't ascend :)

Very nice keyboard, extremely heavy, and my keycaps fit. The lighting is also very nice.

Heavy rigid keyboard, absorbs sound well. Isn't going to move on you. But incompatible with my Iogear KVM making it useless on my primary machine, and the machine I bought it for. Doesn't seem to be a fix for it, my research keeps finding other people with KVM issues as well not just IOGEAR, and no fixes I've found thus far, other than bypassing the kvm which is not the experience I was bargaining for with a 200+ keyboard. Pretty sad when it can't compete with a $24 Redragon as a basic keyboard doing the thing a keyboard is supposed to allow you to do. BTW I have Montech Mkey, Cherry MX 10.0N, RK S108, 3 different redragon keyboards the $24 one is what I just had working on it, they all work just fine with the KVM. Literally this is the ONLY keyboard that has had any issue with the KVM. And yes I'm on the latest firmware.

Good quality aluminum build.RGB is super bright.No issues so far, working as intended.Value for money is decent at 80 for the barebones, arguable since you can get a fully built wireless aluminum keyboard for under 100 nowadays.