CIY X77 Hot-Swappable Mechanical Keyboard/RGB Gaming Keyboard/USB C/Anti Ghosting/N-Key Rollover/Compact Layout 87 Key/Detachable Magnetic Upper Cover/Wired Keyboard for Mac Windows

Purchased this budget board for my sister. Stabilizers came great didn’t have to modify or fix it too much! Only a little rattle but that was an easy fix. Sounds great out of the box but of course as a person who likes building keebs, I modded it with a tempest mod, sound dampening (noico), and pe foamed with Akko Blue Cream v3 tactiles lubed. It sounds amazing after the changes and PBT whale keycaps makes the aesthetic much better! Overall would but again to build a budget board for friends!

Have had this keyboard for 2 years now and still doing great! I mainly got it for the looks as I don’t game as much as I used to, but overall better quality than expected. Swapped my keys and switches for low profile otemu browns and low profile keycaps. Haven’t went back ever since. Will update this with pics when I get the chance sometime.

I currently have my set up as shown. I run a asus I7 12th Gen with the 3060 nvidia Graphics plus 64Gb Ram ddr5 with the ssd plus external 5 Tb drive. I was running a Razer Huntsman tournament tenkeyless board brand new. Ive used it for approximately 2 years now and the board isnt ideal. It presses keys next to keys Im trying to press. Do research on making a custom keyboard I ran into this one. The keys are buttery smooth with a tactile feel when I press it razer didnt have on the red switch. I have brown switches and I love them. I have not customized nothing so Im looking forward to upgrading the key caps and maybe the switches but I enjoy them.

Ive only had this keyboard in my possession for a couple of days and Ive made the decision to return it. The reason why is that the USB C cable it ships with is the simple rubber coated kind, which my cat is inclined to chew on. I wanted to replace it with a slightly nicer braided cable but no other type C cable in my house will fit in to the narrow housing around the USB C port. Not even the simple Amazon-purchased Anker brand cable that I have several of. This is a deal breaker for me.

I got the black cover with red switch version. Out of the box this keyboard sounds very good. I was not expecting it to sound this nice. However with a few mods like foam and tape mod, it sounds much better. I was planning to do some mods for the stabilizers but there was absolutely no need. The stock stabilizers has ZERO wiggle and is generously lubed. One thing to watch out for is the connecter between the pcb and usb port is very fragile, and looks like it can be damaged very easily. Just need to be really careful if you plan on taking it apart to do mods. Overall Im very happy with this purchase and I doubt there is a better hot-swappable keyboard @49.99 There is a grey version for $5 less but imo it was worth the extra 5 for the black one.

This is a great keyboard to get to modify. The board has CIY hotswap sockets which will accept any standard key switch from cherry, kailh, gateron, and many others. The keyboard stock is super rattly and has tons of spring ping but with a bit of modification, you can have a great keyboard for super cheap. Put your favorite key switch in, either get some nice durock plate stabs or lube the heck out of the stock ones, put some foam in the bottom of the case, put some nice keycaps on and the end product is a quality keyboard for a reasonable price. The RGB is fairly standard, nothing too special. Overall if you are looking for an intro into keyboard modding then this is a fantastic option as its cheap, has hotswap sockets so no soldering is needed, and is made from quality materials for the price.

I have been pleasantly surprised by this inexpensive mechanical keyboard! Amazing features for the price and fully upgradable.

This is the 2nd CIY board I’ve purchased. I love the X79 but I need my Function row for work, so a TKL it is. This updated version gives you flush LEDs and a 5 pin PCB so I can use any switch I want. I got the white version with red switches. I guess CIY is making their own switches now as they had their branding. Once I lubed and filmed them they were really nice! I was shocked, much nicer than most reds. They came out super smooth and no ping or scratch! Put foam in the case to help mute some of the reverberation so it sounds a little cleaner. I’ve had this for a few months and it sits on my desk at work as I happily type away on it. I didn’t want to spend a lot because I planned on leaving it at work and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. Right now I’m still using stock keycaps to learn the shortcuts, but will probably change those out as I prefer PBT. There is lots of things you can do to this board or even use it as is if you aren’t into all the mods as I am.

I just received this keyboard and have not moded it yet but so far it is pretty amazing for $45. I got the black switches since I wanted to try a switch I didnt already have and I liked the gray color of the case over the white one. I planned on changing the switches eventually so it didnt matter to me if I liked the switches or not. Out of the box, the stabilizers are actually surprisingly good. A bit of rattle but for the most part they feel nice and arent loud like how a lot of stock mechanical keyboards come with. I am especially surprised with the feel of the spacebar stabilizers. The black linear switches are a bit too heavy for me. They feel like MX reds with a much heavier spring. My fingers get tired from typing on them for more than a few minutes. But since the board is hot swap, I will probably get some other switches I want to try out. I planned on using this keyboard in my office so I didnt really care about the RGB but to my surprise the RGB was pretty nice. The full RGB customization is not intuitive so I highly recommend consulting the manual to figure out how to customize the RGB fully. With the black keycaps the RBG is not overbearing and does not disturb my coworkers so I will actually be using it instead of just turning it off. I originally planned to turn off the RGB while at the office but even the brightest setting isnt overbearing because of the black keycaps. Because of this I decided to keep the RGB on a static rainbow for pride month :) though I personally like the solid cyan color the most. The cable it comes with is nothing special. Standard USB C to UCB A that can be replaced but there was nothing wrong with the stock. The keycaps are also nothing special. They feel nice to type on but also easily replicable. They wont make the keyboard thocc but good enough for a starting keycap set. I will probably update this review once I change the switches and report the difficulty or ease to do so.

Just received this awesome keyboard, and if i can give it more than 5 stars I would because its just awesome to have. Also keycaps can be changed which i plan to do so. But if i had to choose either this keyboard or the more expensive ones, I would choose this one over the others anyday.