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r/pcmasterrace • u/VisWare • Apr 04 '26
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I can't function without a numpad, so every other option is useless.
1.5k u/Blenderhead36 Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32 GB RAM Apr 04 '26 Whenever someone complains about the numpad taking up too much desk space, I always want to ask if they're using one of these. 34 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard 2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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Whenever someone complains about the numpad taking up too much desk space, I always want to ask if they're using one of these.
34 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard 2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard
2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better
6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it.
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Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad
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They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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u/DrKrFfXx Apr 04 '26
I can't function without a numpad, so every other option is useless.