QwertyKeys Neo75 Cu review: a custom keyboard with a heavy brass bottom
Igor's Lab has tested the QwertyKeys Neo75 Cu, a modular 75% custom keyboard with an aluminum case and a solid bottom made of brass (copper as an alternative). The kit is sold as a barebone and costs around 240 euros, with switches and keycaps on top of that. The test build used an aluminum plate, Gateron Type R Red switches and GMK Mictlan keycaps.
What I find most interesting is the construction. The case uses a tool-free ball-catch connection, and there are two mounting options, gasket mount and isolated bottom mount. Plate materials to choose from are PP, aluminum, POM, carbon fiber and FR4. The board weighs between 2.0 and 2.7 kilograms depending on the configuration, has a fixed 7-degree angle and is VIA-compatible. PCBs come in solder, hot-swap and tri-mode versions (USB-C, Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz), but there is no per-key RGB.
For the measurements, the average end-to-end latency came out at 11.8 ms, measured over 25 runs with NVIDIA LDAT 2.26 (minimum 6.0 ms, maximum 18.4 ms). In the browser test, the board scored 97.9 points with 100 percent key coverage, and no chatter or ghosting was found. The author points out that this latency reflects the entire signal chain, not just USB or controller latency.
I like that the review follows the build step by step, from unboxing through assembly and software to a sound recording. Anyone planning a custom board gets a good sense of what a heavy metal bottom and the choice of mounting actually mean in practice.
Source: Igor's Lab
What I find most interesting is the construction. The case uses a tool-free ball-catch connection, and there are two mounting options, gasket mount and isolated bottom mount. Plate materials to choose from are PP, aluminum, POM, carbon fiber and FR4. The board weighs between 2.0 and 2.7 kilograms depending on the configuration, has a fixed 7-degree angle and is VIA-compatible. PCBs come in solder, hot-swap and tri-mode versions (USB-C, Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz), but there is no per-key RGB.
For the measurements, the average end-to-end latency came out at 11.8 ms, measured over 25 runs with NVIDIA LDAT 2.26 (minimum 6.0 ms, maximum 18.4 ms). In the browser test, the board scored 97.9 points with 100 percent key coverage, and no chatter or ghosting was found. The author points out that this latency reflects the entire signal chain, not just USB or controller latency.
I like that the review follows the build step by step, from unboxing through assembly and software to a sound recording. Anyone planning a custom board gets a good sense of what a heavy metal bottom and the choice of mounting actually mean in practice.
Source: Igor's Lab
Comments 0
Leave the first comment, in any language.
Log in to comment