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I just tried building the keyboard and it actually costs ~$300 including keycaps and switches.

Base $169 is only for the base and MCU I suppose. Quite expensive. Just get a TKL cherry brown from any of the "gaming" brands and it'll serve you just as well. They usually run around ~$110 and include switches, keycaps and cable for the price.

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Custom keyboards are expensive. The benefit of the GMMK Pro is you can easily install new switches as it's hotswappable. This lets you have a lot more options for switches than most companies give you. I personally find MX Browns kinda meh.

No, the benefit of the GMMK Pro is supposed to be build quality. There are plenty of cheap hot-swap boards about.

I'm using a Hexgears K705A - it cost me £60, with BOX White switches and cheap double-shot ABS keycaps. That's less than a bare non-pro GMMK. I replaced the keycaps with a pretty expensive set of sculpted PBT's and it still worked out less than a bare GMMK Pro.

And my space bar doesn't stick :P

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