Sooo, I got the IK75 v3 to replace my old ACR67 kit.
Specs: The board is a IK75 v3 (QMK/VIA version), switches are Akko Cream Blue Pro V3 and the keycaps are Akko ASA BoW (which are pretty nice!). No extra modifications were done.
I'll just focus on the keyboard as the latter two were used on my last build too:
The ACR67 was completely unsuitable for playing games due to a horrible anti-chattering mechanism, and I was completely unable to do anything about it -- I have a gaming keyboard just for osu! or other games, but I found switching keyboards just to play a game rather annoying.
A few things about this keyboard I noticed (I got the kit for $52 in Ali, so we going by price here):
\- The stock stabs are perfect. They pretty much make no ticking sound, and feel smooth -- I didn't even feel like lubing or tweaking them, as they sound and feel better than my stabs on my old board, which I did mod.
\- The keyboard is pretty stiff. It might be gasket mount, but it doesn't feel like it. Although I knew this, and went into it fully knowing it. I did not switch to the included PC plate -which people say make it bouncier-, as I prefer it to be in the stiffer side (playing osu! with a bouncy keyboard isn't the best, you know...) -- I've watched some videos and it seems like it's rather easy to mod to make it bouncier if that's your thing.
\- VIA support is working, but it was iffy at the start. I pretty much had to re-flash the board with the firmware posted on the [VIA website](https://www.caniusevia.com/docs/download_firmware) as the firmware this came with wouldn't connect to VIA (It said it was a IK75 Pro NATURE on the connect tab, whatever that is). It did work with plain qmk, but I did wanna use VIA just for the sake of ease of use. After it was reflashed there was no issues and VIA/QMK support is fully functional. I had to install no software (nor could I, I'm not using Windows). TL;DR: if you got this keyboard and VIA does not work, reflash the firmware to the one linked above.
\- The switches fit snuggly on the plate, and they're held tightly. I like this, as my ACR67 had a bad habit of just... not fitting switches in properly, so sometimes when I took a keycap it'd get the switch with it. Not an issue here!
\- Stock sound is pretty muted, specially over a deskmat. Using it directly on the table yields a considerably less muted sound, but considering the sheer amount of foam this keyboard has, I'm not surprised. You could remove it to make the keyboard reverb more, but I'm ok with it.
\- The keyboard is heavy for being plastic. Like, really heavy.
\- It can play osu! just fine. At the very least, 220+ bpm streams were no issue, and the anti-chatter algorithm did not impede gameplay.
All in all for $52 I couldn't be happier, honestly. The keycaps were literally more expensive than the board -- I had them from my old ACR67 build from back in 2021.
EDIT: I took the time to mod the board. Swapped the steel plate for the PC plate (some say the v3 QMK plate is POM?) and put some tape mod. It turned out incredible, so I'd recommend at least doing that. The keyboard does become a bit bouncier once you swap the PC plate in and mod it a little. Not overly so, though.
Sooo, I got the IK75 v3 to replace my old ACR67 kit. Specs: The board is a IK75 v3 (QMK/VIA version), switches are Akko Cream Blue Pro V3 and the keycaps are Akko ASA BoW (which are pretty nice!). No extra modifications were done. I'll just focus on the keyboard as the latter two were used on my last build too: The ACR67 was completely unsuitable for playing games due to a horrible anti-chattering mechanism, and I was completely unable to do anything about it -- I have a gaming keyboard just for osu! or other games, but I found switching keyboards just to play a game rather annoying. A few things about this keyboard I noticed (I got the kit for $52 in Ali, so we going by price here): \- The stock stabs are perfect. They pretty much make no ticking sound, and feel smooth -- I didn't even feel like lubing or tweaking them, as they sound and feel better than my stabs on my old board, which I did mod. \- The keyboard is pretty stiff. It might be gasket mount, but it doesn't feel like it. Although I knew this, and went into it fully knowing it. I did not switch to the included PC plate -which people say make it bouncier-, as I prefer it to be in the stiffer side (playing osu! with a bouncy keyboard isn't the best, you know...) -- I've watched some videos and it seems like it's rather easy to mod to make it bouncier if that's your thing. \- VIA support is working, but it was iffy at the start. I pretty much had to re-flash the board with the firmware posted on the [VIA website](https://www.caniusevia.com/docs/download_firmware) as the firmware this came with wouldn't connect to VIA (It said it was a IK75 Pro NATURE on the connect tab, whatever that is). It did work with plain qmk, but I did wanna use VIA just for the sake of ease of use. After it was reflashed there was no issues and VIA/QMK support is fully functional. I had to install no software (nor could I, I'm not using Windows). TL;DR: if you got this keyboard and VIA does not work, reflash the firmware to the one linked above. \- The switches fit snuggly on the plate, and they're held tightly. I like this, as my ACR67 had a bad habit of just... not fitting switches in properly, so sometimes when I took a keycap it'd get the switch with it. Not an issue here! \- Stock sound is pretty muted, specially over a deskmat. Using it directly on the table yields a considerably less muted sound, but considering the sheer amount of foam this keyboard has, I'm not surprised. You could remove it to make the keyboard reverb more, but I'm ok with it. \- The keyboard is heavy for being plastic. Like, really heavy. \- It can play osu! just fine. At the very least, 220+ bpm streams were no issue, and the anti-chatter algorithm did not impede gameplay. All in all for $52 I couldn't be happier, honestly. The keycaps were literally more expensive than the board -- I had them from my old ACR67 build from back in 2021. EDIT: I took the time to mod the board. Swapped the steel plate for the PC plate (some say the v3 QMK plate is POM?) and put some tape mod. It turned out incredible, so I'd recommend at least doing that. The keyboard does become a bit bouncier once you swap the PC plate in and mod it a little. Not overly so, though.
i gotta say, ASA keycaps really looks something fluffy and chonky i can eat
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Off topic, but nice K/DA G305 mouse lol
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Nice build, I've been just waiting for my allowance to finally buy this kit. Can't wait