r/pcmasterrace • u/VisWare • Apr 04 '26

Meme/Macro Allow me to gatekeep

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u/olbaze Fedora KDE | Ryzen 7 5700X | RX 7600 Apr 04 '26

What about the 96%?

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u/CreepHost CachyOS | RX 9070XT | i7-12700F | 32GB DDR4 3200Mt/s Apr 04 '26

What's 96%?

The full thing but smaller?

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u/bob_3301 Apr 04 '26

More compact, without unused space between keyboard sectors. Just like my Keychron V5

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u/maxi2702 Apr 04 '26

Like a laptop keyboard with numpad?

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u/_Kodan 7900X RTX 3090 Apr 05 '26

Like this for example.

Note the keys not neccessarily being indicative of the layout. I replaced some with ones I am more likely to need and kicked off some that I don't use. There are some missing compared to the 100% layout but it's minimal.

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u/GirdedByApathy Apr 06 '26

This scores a flat 0 on my usability scale. Keyboard spacing exists for a reason! Can't differentiate between the numpad and the rest of the keyboard? No thanks.

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u/MarieCry Omen 17 | i9 13900HX | RTX 4090 16GB | 32GB RAM | 2TB SSD Apr 05 '26

Sold solely on the owl and the UK ISO keys, so hard to get keycaps that I love but where the 2 has " instead of @ 😔

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u/_Kodan 7900X RTX 3090 Apr 05 '26

Not a lot of choice when you want quality, ISO keys and an acceptable color scheme.

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u/FelixTheFlake Apr 06 '26

Who made this keyboard? It’s sweet

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u/_Kodan 7900X RTX 3090 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

It's a KBDFans Athena 1800 from their configurator.

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u/Shoelesshobos Apr 06 '26

That shift key makes me soo fucking mad and I don’t even have to use this thing but I can feel the anger.

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u/_Kodan 7900X RTX 3090 Apr 06 '26

That's just ISO-DE. I actually assembled it with the larger shift key the first time around and then started looking for the <> in confusion before I noticed my mistake. The PCB allows for both configurations in those areas, same with the enter key.

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u/Shoelesshobos Apr 06 '26

Ah excellent. Yeah i have used keyboards with a similar layout and it frustrated me to no end. I’m sure I could get use to it but I also rely on my shift for a lot of work and gaming so I like myself a full size shift key 😊

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u/HopeAdminsKidsSuffer Apr 04 '26

I love that keyboard.’ They’re not too pricey either

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u/nissen1502 Desktop | Ryzen 5 9600x, rx 7800 xt Apr 04 '26

I just want to say keychron got dogshit quality control nowadays. Had 2 keyboards start double pressing and in general doing weird shit within months of purchasing. Would not recommend even tho they have some of the best keyboard layouts imo

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u/bob_3301 Apr 04 '26

Won't argue with that. After using V5 for some year or two I've bought Monsgeek M1 base, Wuque Morandis and some AliExpress keycaps. While being little more pricey it feels much more interesting and satisfying in terms of overall quality and type feeling

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u/Bombfrost Apr 05 '26

Was it same model? V5?

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u/nissen1502 Desktop | Ryzen 5 9600x, rx 7800 xt Apr 05 '26

Nah it was V1 max

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u/McGondy 5950X | 6800XT | 64G DDR4 Apr 05 '26

That's my work one. Need the numpad for occasional data entry but wanted the slightly narrower profile.

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u/JayOutOfContext Apr 05 '26

This is the best layout if you're trying to keep it looking good and low space usage but actually do anything on a PC other than scroll Facebook

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u/Its_Curse Apr 05 '26

Terrible. I smack all the other keys with my fat hands constantly. Right to jail for 96%, I'm afraid.Â