Advice regarding buying a new keyboard

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I am in need of buying a new keyboard, I bought an Asus Azoth on sale a few months back and have had continuous issues with inputs. To this day it is double-inputting (or more) on a lot of keys (and spreading) and it has reached my vital WASD keys, and as a gamer, it is getting on my nerves.

So, I'm caving, when it comes to budget and size, I've been looking at Wootings mainly, as I'm curious to try analog switches for both responsiveness and I want to see how they perform in driving games. I would prefer a compact 75% keyboard because I don't have infinite space and I also don't want to move my fingers super far as they are a lil short. I also play a few games that have a big need for a lot of keybinds, but not like num pad many. I also would prefer it being in white considering how I have been shifting more in that direction with my newer peripherals.

I've looked at a bunch of different keyboards, but with no heading as there are so many and I don't know much about them, but mainly the 60HE v2 and the 80HE from Wooting. And between those 2 I am more tempted by the 60 because of cost and I've heard the zinc case on 80 scratches easily, though if it seems to me that it is worth the money for the 80 considering size, I would happily buy it, so around there lays my budget, also I would prefer a quality keyboard after having used my current one, other than it double inputting, it still feels, sounds and looks nice, which I would like to continue.

A few other things to note, I do appreciate a nice sounding keyboard, I prefer 'creamier' sounding ones. My friend has also recommended both a split keyboard, and mainly just custom keyboards, and he said one of the main reasons for that is software, and I agree, armoury crate is bad, but this is also another reason why I have looked at Wootings, I've heard their software is pretty good. I'm also not super picky on the keys and switches, if there is a good mechanical one or a nice way to do a custom one, I am for it, I'm open to alternatives.
I do have to note I currently use a nordic layout, but I was tempted by the ANSI Split variant of the 60HE V2 for more keys and me not being bothered by a small layout change, and it being ANSI is because I can't get the aluminium case with it, though i could do a custom build with the PCB if I really wanted to.

To summarize:
Preferably 75%, absolute max is about 400$, but that is pushing it, and it needs to be well worth it, creamier sounding keys, just not mechanical, white aesthetic preferred, good software option, no malfunctions.

Also, I hope I did a good job on the post, this is my first major post on reddit.. :)

Posted Aug 29, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC

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