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

This was such a great improvement from my last keyboard. The cherry keys are super quiet -- and suitable for typing during meetings virtually. I love the colors too, they are customizable and allow me to change to suit my mood, which honestly changes a lot through the day! Love, love, love!

design is nice and basic, has 3 incline levels. board allows up to 5 pin switches (which arent really pins, but 2 pins with 3 plastic rods), and works perfectly. Swapped out for glorious pandas. this is what DIY keyboards SHOULD be priced at

update: it was due to Win Lock and Fn Lock “features”… I fixed it by disabling them. I liked this keyboard so much that I even bought separate lube for the keys. But unfortunately, the keyboards electric board malfunctioned in less than 1 year and now it doesnt work. For example, I can no longer change the backlight color, right-click, Fn, and Alt buttons dont work anymore, and theres a constant W LED that never turns off. It used to be Windows lock but doesnt work anymore and is stuck. Wish I hadnt put so much time and energy into improving the keys. Really sad...

I type all day long for work--and find this kind of keyboard is more accurate, less tiring and since I learned touch typing on an electric typewriter years ago, it allows me to type rapidly. The mechanical feel, for me, is a must. This keyboard is affordable and does the job--important that it has the numerical pad section which I definitely need and some gaming keyboards of course do not include. So this is perfect for my non-gaming use. The decorative lights are pleasant when working in dim light.

This keyboard was very easy to mod. First I got rid of the keycaps and blue switches. Next I unscrewed the plate and removed the pcb. Then I put 2 layers of Gorilla Glue Shelf Liner under the pcb. Now I put 5 layers of blue painters tape on the back of the pcb, make sure you poke holes for the screws. Next I installed switch pads on top of the pcb since I felt there was not enough room for foam. Finally I added a bit more lube to the stabilizers, I went dielectric grease. Then I reassembled the pcb and plate and installed new switches. I went with Akko Starfish switches so I didnt have to lube them. To finish it off I installed some pbt keycaps. In the end I am very pleased with this keyboard.

Out of the box its what you expect to find. The stock switches and stabilizers are better than a lot of budget boards on here. Stabilizers are pre clipped and lubed fairly well(especially the space bar). The magnetic case cover is so easy to take off and reattach. Customizing is highly possible. I was able to add the tape mod, and add some PEfoam between the pcb and plate. I switched the stabilizers with some better ones I had in another budget board. After switching out the switches I realized the z key hot swap socket was not connecting. I tried 3 different switches and nothing. I had to bend the leg of the switch to get the switch and socket to make a connection. So overall as long as the z key keeps working I will be satisfied with this board.

For the price I feel this is an excellent starter keyboard to start you journey on modding mechanical keyboards. Trust me, you need to mod this keyboard. It needs help! Lets start with the switches. I received the red linear switches. These are clones so the quality isnt really up there. They are quite scratchy. I did some tests and I lubed one and it really improved. Then I tried adding a film into the switch and that helped it even more. Even with film and lube they still wont be the same quality of a true Gateron switch but it really REALLY helps. They keycaps are ok. They get the job done. Of course you can swap them out with whatever you want. The board sounds pretty hollow however the tape mod and adding some foam into the casing really helps it here. You can even add some PE foam in the upper layer of the board and with all of that done, this board actually can sound pretty good. Again, out of the box, this board isnt impressive but there is a ton of modding you can do to the board and if you want a board to learn your modding skills on and not worry about messing up an expensive board, then I think this one is a good choice.

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.

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.

You can change the LED lights to several different designs