Haha, sorry my bad. Cause the last time I bought mechanical keyboard is corsair K series cherry mx red. So my knowledge is like until red, blue, brown. Sorry if I offend you.

For me I also will not use the knob as well. I can do some researches my end. It just that I have to research from K1 till K14 and then C1, etc. So if there is good recommendation for your expertise, I would very welcome. If not, then I will just continue to slowly research all these keyboards or asking via other portal. Thanks!

Do you have a video that I can refer to for the lubing?
I will check out videos on how to switch the switches. Good thinking, i dont have to swap all switches at one go. Can do them batch by batch. 

yes, o-rings is the cheapest. the rest depend on choices in terms of costs. i assumed you want a quiet board. in that case, silent switches will contribute the most, but it also brings mushiness. if you want, you can get 30 units and populate alphas area to start with.

to lube switches, you need tools, time, and patience. the tools are common these days: switch puller, mx style switch opener, brush, and lube. since this is the first time you do this, try apply a thin and even layer of lube on rails of bottom housing, all sides of stems, and spring first. (this technique is ok for linear switches)

tbh, just explore slowly.

o-rings is an option when everything else is not. yes, it helps to reduce noise partially. however, can you give us more insights on how o-rings increasing risks for keycaps to break?

afaik, 3-pin cherry mx silent red is around 2myr per switch at taobao, without shipping. the total costs might be around 3 to reach your door steps.

yes, surroundings affect key switches, and cherry mx key switches are known to be more reliable than others. in your case, you should try 5-pin kailh fried egg, with water- and dust-proof designs. internally, its leafs are covered with a small cap.

yup u are correct

anyone patroned his shop d?

Hi all sifus,

I'm totally new to custom mkb, any recommendation for a TKL or full size keyboard with budget of RM500 max?

I got a few preference, not sure its do-able or not:
- Hot-swappable, as I will try out new switch & keycap in future
- Decent board, as above reason, will only change board if it spoiled
- I type a lot in dark, so prefer to have backlit with shine through keycaps on legend (but not bleed a lot like image below). Too bad I'm not touch type kind of guy 
- I prefer to have PBT keycaps, as I like the feel better, but is okay to have ABS, just need to rajin to change them once they "shine" 
- I'm okay with both north / south facing, if south facing I can go with side facing keycaps with shine through also

If got fully assembled one I'm fine also, but I need some recommendation (especially on what brand is decent for what part etc etc), as I'm quite new to this, so want to get some reliable parts.
I try not to go for those gaming series as I don't need most of those fancy feature, i prefer a plain keyboard layout. And I also assume those gaming keyboard can't really provide much flexibility for changing switch/keycaps etc (do correct me if I'm wrong).
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Hi guys, i wanna change my switches to the silent ones, any recommendations ah? Otemu or WS?

Tecware Phantom + and Phantom + Elite are relatively new. Released last December. They have gotten rave reviews, and from my short test in a Thundermatch, it feels and sounds good! I may be getting one myself if there's a deal on 8.8. I need more boards to put my keycaps on. Haha.

The Phantom + now uses Kailh hotswap sockets so there's no longer any switch compatibility issues. In any case, I'm a Gazzew fanboy so it was never a problem for me.

When I was new to MKB a few years ago, Royal Kludge had plenty of bad reviews. I honestly have never owned one, but I have heard they have gotten a lot better these past few years, so I may consider it. Since it's not going to be a daily driver anyway.