HK GAMING GK61 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - 61 Keys Multi Color RGB Illuminated LED Backlit Wired Programmable for PC/Mac Gamer Tactile (Gateron Optical Brown)

I wanted to get into the world of keyboard modding and wanted to start out with something cheap and simple. I opted for mechanical Gateron Yellow switches because a lot the modding community praise those switches. Initial thoughts were that these switches were the right move. It is linear with a good amount of force needed, good for typing and gaming. I am coming from Corsair K95 with Cherry MX speed switches and these Gaterons feel a bit nicer for typing. The mods I incorporated includes: Car sound dampening foam (dynamat), PE foam between PCB and casing, PE foam between plate and PCB, HOLEE mod, and G205 G0 lubed switches. All of this combined, equates to a superb typing experience. The space bar is smooth and thocky. The default key caps leaves a tingy feedback sound and doesn’t thock as I had intended, so I’m looking to upgrade to double-shot PBT switches in the near future. The weight of the keyboard barebones out of the box is slightly on the heavy side already. This is probably due to the steel metal plate is uses. A surprise to me for how cheap this keyboard is. It is slightly heavier now, which is what I want, in order to achieve a more thocky sound. The additional weight comes from the car sound dampening foam. If you’re on the fence about grabbing a 60% keyboard for cheap and want to mod it, this is a good move for beginners not wanting to break the bank.

I bought a blue and a red keyboard (both silent brown), and this is the first time Ive not had to sacrifice quality for out-of-the-box design. I also like the range of backlight color, because I like to lower the intensity but still have them. I also like the smooth keycaps because they dont suck up crud as much. I prefer keyboards without any tray for crud to build up in, which this does have--although I like that the switches are raised a bit so the crud doesnt get into them. Still requires popping all the keys off to get into the corners. Id prefer the arrow keys werent hidden behind the FN key, and if there was a 68 key version with dedicated arrow, del, home, and pg up/down, Id be in heaven. I didnt mess with the included software and just used an opensource program to change some keys I didnt like. One of the best buys Ive made in a while when it comes to computers. I rarely leave reviews, but these are solid and perfectly priced.

This keyboard has lasted me over 2 years and I only upgraded because I didn’t want a 60%. Very good keyboard especially for price

First off it’s beautiful, the RGB is pretty bright and more appealing to the eye than all the other keyboards ive owned. Great quality in my opinion, and i got the gateron silent brown switches and oooo weee they feel amazing. Silent and perfect for when my wife wants to sleep and i wanna game. I will update this if i run into any issues but so far first day im in love. Especially with the price. Now it did come with a bent box and the keyboard was not covered with the plastic covering it was just sitting in the box but that could be maybe they needed to change the switches to the ones i wanted. But not an issue at all. Its the packaging.

My grandson loves that it’s small and lights up.

Nephew loves it to play computer games with.

This keyboard is alright, I guess a semi alternative version of the huntsman mini if you want something close to being as responsive as it, it didn’t live up to the standards I got put in my head after hearing reviews on responsiveness. Also, The Cheap keycaps hitting the plastic board is flat out annoying, but eh it is what it is and just like with all keyboards you can lube the switches and sound dampen it for better sound after all of that it is so bad after all. I just wouldn’t recommend maining this keyboard when there’s way for potential out there

Bought for my step son for his birthday and he loves it

Its not a full sized keyboard, im frustrated using it on my sons pc whenever i do so, he likes it for gaming but typing anything on it is painful coming from a standard keyboard (which is all fine and good as this isnt a standard keyboard!) but my dislike is the cheap feel of it - the sound, the feel, the bounce of the keys just isnt nice - this is all very subjective so YMMV but id never want to use this long term. On the plus side - LED lights :) - it seems that everything must have glowing lights on it for it to be used for gaming.. so this does as well. full spectrum lights - just because. It comes with a keycap puller so i guess you could customize the heck out of it if you really wanted to but im VERY sure it will stay as it is. just MEH by me.

This worked very well and plugged write into my xboxseries s