To share a bit on what little experience I have, here's my comment on 3 different silent switches of varying pricing.
Ttc silent red v2 (usd.0.41} on a tecware phantom elite
Cherry mx silent red {usd0. 54} on a YMDK wood case
Zeal Sakurios {usd1. 20} on a Mojo75

I like silent keyboards. Having built 3 different keyboards with these 3 types, in terms of sound, there's very little appreciable difference between them. They all work well for their primary objective which is to be quiet.
Sure the sakurios might be smother, but the cheapo ttc does not irk me at all.
Also an expensive machine cnc aluminum case will only look and feel better than a plastic one. When you type its about the same.
What you should really spend your money on are the stabs. At least Durocks.
Moral of the story - - > diminishing returns
Disclaimer : High tolerance to scratchiness. No experience on tactiles, so there's no thock sound I'm after.

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Mech kb are extremely suitable for gamers. Most if not all pro gamers use mech kb.
Bluetooth kb is not suitable for fps. If you want wireless, you need to get the logitech ones that uses RF but they're more expensive.
Low profile has no bearing for gaming other than being lower which is a personal comfort thing.

If you can go to a shop to feel a clicky vs tactile vs linear switch, it'll help you in your switch choive.

Windows+shift+S

Built into windows and will work on all keyboards.

I have a phantom elite tkl gat browns rm209.
Cant comment much about the price but if you foam the case, lube the switches and maybe change the stabs, it sounds good and performs very well for the money.

I dunno about the 104, but my tkl cable is fixed. You'll have to juju something else.

I have one TKL modded with lubed TTC silent reds. Or stock Gat browns. If you're interested.

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Might as well start replacing with Gat yellows

ah so sorry. I thought the elite version with Gat hotswaps.

Epomaker GK96S
This is one option. Southpaw very rare.
https://epomaker.com/collections/keyboards/products/gk96s

Suggest you go for a 65. That will give you the nav keys. Print screen with a Fn key shouldn't be a problem. Also make sure your games dun use F keys, otherwise you'll need at least a 75.

As for linears, maybe you can look for Gazew thocky linears. I'm not sure if they're out yet though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc1BCtw0zN0..._channel=Shoobs

I dunno. All my boards are silent.
Good luck.

Your TM680 looks good man. I just saw a soundtest that was super thocky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahex7LuYv6Y

Something to look at. Just watch ah..........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAyGClVb80s

Keydous NJ80
Opening the bottom looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

Or wait for Keychron to sell the Q1 with knob. Should give you plenty of time to self consume racun in the meantime.

Take it slow man. Take a few months to see whats in the market. Enjoy your new board and dun buy anything for a few months. Except gmk gb. If you really like the colorway, just join one gb first. Otherwise you'll end up with so many parts, you'll start giving away boards to your family.

Yeah the Q1 will be off the shelf ready. So you can wait for the knob and see what the reviews are like for v2 next year.
Just ask yourself, how many keyboards do you need anyway.
(It din work for me, I have double kb for each pc) lol

Need to pry the top case tabs off the bottom case holes. If I do Im sure I would break something.

You on the other hand, being the pro that you are, its prolly wet wet water for you lol.

Lol buying lube not for reproductive purposes
~HamajiNeo 2020~

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This fella.
I dunno where he's located though.

https://forum.lowyat.net/user/GRexer

Lol, I thought you were bangsawan too. Sorry, silly pipit me.
Yeah them akko 1800s look good.
I'm waiting for my Q1 too. Wanna do this for my son and wait for my endgame board sometime this year and then retire gracefully.

Drop so expensive.
At Idabao site USD259 only
https://www.idobao.net/collections/75-layou...80-keyboard-kit

I just ordered this. Looks so old school.

https://en.zfrontier.com/collections/in-sto...=39444685652046

Was still in stock yesterday.

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https://shopee.com.my/Akko-9009-PBT-Double-...6009?position=0

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https://shopee.com.my/%F0%9F%94%A5Coiled-Da...1799.9080990383

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Boba U4S

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Durock V2 stabs

And then think about this

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=111973.0

Got relegendables some more.

What you think?

Ah, my bad. Din read properly.
I'll post a shot of the retro build after I'm done.

Btw, how much you charge to solder 3 led?