Dierya DK61SE Budget Keyboard Review: $25 for a cash-strapped Average joe/jane: OK, Hobbyists: pass

Keyboard was sent out to me by ‪@kemovekeyboard‬ for review. Sound test at 08:56
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00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Not Hotswap
01:28 - Unboxing
02:18 - Design / Features
03:11 - 53XY
03:17 - Design / Features
03:30 - Keycaps (Thin Doubleshot Shine Through OEM Profile PBTs)
04:11 - Switches (TMKB Brown Switches)
04:52 - Spring Ping
04:58 - Sound
05:25 - DK61SE loudness vs Other Keyboard
05:31 - Stabilizers (Plate Mounts with some prelube)
06:09 - Backlight (White LEDs)
06:31 - Test Notes
07:17 - Conclusion
08:08 - Other alternatives with Hotswap
08:56 - Full Sound Test
TLDR: solder-only $25 60% that is pretty solid for anyone looking to just grab and go a keyboard for basic use at that price point. If you plan to do modding and changing things up without a soldering iron / desolder gun, there are better alternatives.
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[@keypothecary]

Wow great review with an emphasis on the things that matter most. Visuals and jokes were on point! This is an amazing spoken review of yours, and I can’t wait to see more.

[@Ray.F]

Thank you! I tried to ensure the review was fair and neutral as even though it seem dated, I wanna give it a fair shot and compare against other boards in the same price point. Don't think I'll be doing these content often as I've been taking a backseat in this hobby, but i do have some interest in content creation... Might just do some content on my current collection and that's about it for now

[@jirehbochung5983]

Was a bit disappointed that it only come in one color. But then again, you can't really expect much for a keyboard that only cost around 20 bucks. For what it cost, this keyboard was still worth it :)

[@user-mx1ig1lz9o]

No i bought it in black you Can choose thr colour

[@jirehbochung5983]

I bought the keyboard in black as well. I meant that the RGB comes in only one color, which is green. I should've been more clear. @@user-mx1ig1lz9o

[@xrx1555]

@@user-mx1ig1lz9owhat buttons to change the color

[@rolexxx5263]

How though? I just gor it and i cant change it whatsoever? not on the keyboard nopr the software @@user-mx1ig1lz9o

[@water-water-water-water-water]

There’s different sellers with the same keyboard, that sell in black, and white. :)

[@kemovekeyboard]

Thank you for reviewing🥰

[@TheXeniu]

Good review. I like your style of videography. Subscribed! :)

[@mrlubia]

I bought it for 10 bucks what a deal it's amazing what you get for that price point

[@MovingToUSSA]

Hi there. Thx for review. Can you suggest 60% board like that, but with hot swap pcb and without rgb, please.

[@HubertTheMad]

Yeah, this also reminds me of the RK61! Not exactly the same keycaps, but the logo on the front right, the way the back "sticker" has that notch on the bottom left, and so on. Also LOL @3:11. SEXY indeed. Thanks for the review!

[@Ray.F]

Yea it seems to be a near 1:1 clone of the RK61 with some differences! Initially on Kemove website it was stated as hotswap, however I opened up and found it wasn't so I reached out to them. They changed the details afterwards thankfully. I think the stance of the review would have been different if it was hotswap for $25 USD DK61SExy

[@justanotherpxrson]

the SEXY serial number got me 💀

[@GoWithAndy-cp8tz]

is this thing how swap-able or soldered? I'd like to mode it. Cheers!

[@user-tr2zm9pe1y]

has this keyboard a softwar ? to change the color

[@eggwithface21]

It’s weird because I bought this keyboard, the black version and it only comes in green for the backlit color and when I went to the reviews in Amazon, someone got one with RGB?? I was kinda mad considering I couldn’t find the same keyboard with RGB, but it’s still an okay keyboard for me. And they also had different keycaps but I couldn’t find any keycaps that work with it.

[@smailyefsah9843]

how to make the @ logo on this keyboard

[@bryantth3great219]

How do I get the led lights to come on?

[@p.l8343]

How do I get this keyboard to use 1000hz 1ms latency. Please Help.

[@ireakhavok]

Solid review!

[@Ray.F]

Thanks!

[@subzero308]

damn i like the KB but i was really hoping i would be able to change the color i have an all white mouse and with green RGB and my PC is all white with Green RGB ima still use this KB tho cause for the price it is worth. and ill just find an all white KB later with Green RGB... great review man.

[@Ray.F]

Thank you for watching! Yea sadly it does not have rgb but only white led. otherwise for basic use at that price point, i have not much complains here besides hoping that it's hotswap for easy maintenance.

[@Random_person2567]

Can you do a gameplay with this keybored???

[@Diaco42]

Mine will be arriving today but form everything I heard it’s good but the difference is that urs came with the cheap plastic one and mine said it comes with the good metal one

[@Ray.F]

Great to hear that! Hope you enjoy your keyboard!

[@plaguegaming3642]

the black variant the logo on the front isn't as noticable

[@darumaleo]

hello man, i have this keyboard, do you find a way to connect to your pc and permanently activate the arrow buttons without pressing the fn key? I have troubles connecting to my pc so i can't even test it the software downloaded from their site doesnt work

[@Ray.F]

Thanks for watching! No, this board is not programmable via software, so there's no way around it. Although if you are determined enough, you can check out kmonad github.com/kmonad/kmonad

[@janlloyd6138]

I just bought this one, I love the look and the feel. But the kemove site gives no usable (for me anyway information) does anyone know how you take a snapshot with this keyboard???

[@Ray.F]

just do win + shift + S to open snipping tool for windows, you don't really need any hotkey shortcut to screenshot

[@justanotherpxrson]

WOAH RAY HAS A VOICE! Nah but seriously, this review turned out to be really well done. One of the keyboards of all time 🤣

[@Ray.F]

😅 i still feel weird about it Truly one of a keyboard of all time

[@Xtsyw1ll]

Is the keyboard compatible with my ps5? So will it work on it?

[@Ray.F]

I have no idea, don't have a ps5 to try with. sorry !

[@cplsanders69]

i watched 10 videos just to find out if it had RGB lol. Like my old logitech you could just hold a key to change the color just like you would change the Lighting pattern haha. Thank you so much. Typing on the keyboard now. It will be my traveling keyboard and needed something cheap but sturdy with lights :P

[@vves2415]

Really? what key is it.

[@toxy_i]

Yes this keyboard works on console

[@S0me0ne919]

How did you open the DK61se, like in the minute 1.02

[@S0me0ne919]

Pls answer me ASAP

[@Ray.F]

just unscrew the screws in the case, and tilt the board slowly to upside down position, the PCB should come off.

[@juanluisriveragonzales9995]

how to write @ in this mouse

[@antonioalcala5786]

El RGB se puede cambiar de color porque creo que me han estafado

[@dariovannozzi]

would you reccomend this over the Redragon Dragonborn?

[@Ray.F]

It's a $25 soldered 60%, so take that info as it is. If you want to swap out switches without dealing with desoldering, go with the redragon board. However, the dragonborn is outdated now as it only has outemu sockets (only compatible with mostly outemu switches, and probably some akko cs switches) Check out their other newer boards, they use gateron / kailh style hotswap sockets now

[@dariovannozzi]

@@Ray.F thanks, i'll check them out

[@juandiegogomez6388]

is there any difference between this 61SE and 61E?

[@Ray.F]

61SE is not hotswappable and uses mx style switches, but 61E is hotswappable, but only with optical switches. it will not function with traditional mx style switches.

[@essa0909]

i literally took the spacebar off and one stabilizer broke 0/5

[@zombye.]

How do you change the RGB color?

[@Ray.F]

It is only in white LED, you can't change it

[@ludovicobassetto8402]

can i put v3 yellow switches in thisss

[@Ray.F]

This is not hotswappable, but yes you can do so if you desolder the PCB.

[@SakkiDuran]

Great review! Could you recommend a wireless keyboard like this one? I really liked this but I'm in need of wireless now.

[@Ray.F]

Thank you for watching! Sorry for the late reply. If you are on a tight budget and would like to have a fully built 65% wireless for cheap, consider something like a GMK67.

[@SakkiDuran]

@@Ray.F hey thanks for replying!

[@4way710]

Hey, your keyboardpad so cool. where can I find it

[@Ray.F]

Thanks! You mean the keebmat? it's a TX keyboard Deskmat! I bought it off taobao. If you live in the US, vendors like mekibo do sell these.

[@xd-js3do]

How do u change the color

[@subzero308]

i dont think u can sadly. if we can tho i would like to know too lol.

[@KhtOpal]

I bought this ands struggled on how to change the gosh dang color, found this and when you said it doesnt have rgb i melted

[@Ray.F]

Hnm woww seems like a lot of videos out there didn't even bother covering the RGB.... Welp least you know and you could try returning it. If you must have RGB for a cheap price, I think the redragon K630 dragonborn is a good option for sub 45 USD

[@KhtOpal]

@@Ray.F I Dont mind not having the RGB, i just thought it HAD Rgb But I Didnt Know :)

[@KhtOpal]

@@Ray.F Also, My Keyboard When i hit a key like makes this like Metal/Spring Sound- Do you know why this happens? Ive tried Pulling off the shift key but im not sure, I think its just the inside of the keyboard's metal or smt getting hit by the key, Again Im Not Sure

[@vves2415]

@@KhtOpalYou got blue switches

[@KhtOpal]

@@vves2415 i got red switches- the things under the keys are red

[@J0GG3RS]

should i buy it

[@Ray.F]

if you don't plan to do any single modding and just want a beater board, i think it's fine. otherwise i think in 2024 there's a lot more better options for at least a budget 65% nowadays

[@raypdw]

Am i able to remove the spacebar with my key remover?

[@Ray.F]

yes of course, just lift it up with your keycap remover tool.

[@raypdw]

thanks does every type of keycap work on it? im thinking about buying a set of them@@Ray.F

[@Ray.F]

@@raypdw nowadays a lot of keycap sets are compatible with mx style stems! Just have to look on the keycap underside, if it's a cross shaped cutout or not

[@raypdw]

alright thank you bro!

[@I_love_greg]

On 3:10 why does it say sexy....💀💀

[@3velinnn357]

is it how swappeble??

[@Ray.F]

Nope, it is not, I've mentioned it in the video

[@Zamonxc]

is it bluetooth?

[@Ray.F]

Nope it's wired only

[@Devil_of_Paradise-qn3tq]

Does it work on xbox series s?

[@theonewhoknocks182]

Does it work??

[@ludovicobassetto8402]

i need to knowww

[@leonardogonzalez5154]

Between this one, and the redragon dragonborn, which one is less noisy?

[@Ray.F]

redragon dragonborn for sure! but honestly that board is pretty dated in 2023. there's much better options nowadays.

[@robiimadot.9273]

Is there a way to put cherry switches into the board? Or it is just outemu compatible as you said (like any tweak mod i can apply to have my cherry switch inside it)

[@Ray.F]

Oh about that, i think you misinterpreted. I was refering to how the switches were similar to Outemu switches. The Keyboard is not hotswappable as mentioned. It can fit in cherry mx switches, but only with 3 pin MX switches, and you'll need to desolder the original switches to do so. But the time spent on desoldring and soldering switches would be too much to justify the price of this board.

[@robiimadot.9273]

@@Ray.F oh. I see, I'm familiar with soldering, so it's not a problem and the reason that this keyboard is a really good choise is that it's capable of doing 1000hz polling rate. (If Amazon doesn't lie)

[@Ray.F]

@@robiimadot.9273 Ah i see..i could run a polling rate test when I'm free. It is using a software that's present in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKmqkGuwqq6GbrM Even if this board does not have 1000hz, i do know that the Gk68x is confirmed 1000hz, I've tested it before.

[@robiimadot.9273]

@Ray .F okay, thank you for testing. I hope it is because i don't care about the rgb and the one you mentioned is cheap, but i need to buy keycaps and switches (i only need 10, but i would need to buy 62 out of them if i buy the gk68x). Btw , is it a problem if a switch has 2 pins only? I want to buy silent browns over brown switches so i won't annoy the family and i will have a good typing feel as well.

[@robiimadot.9273]

Sorry if I'm impatient, but you maybe forgot, did you check the polling rate of the keyboard?

[@cxsh5]

I reviewed it on my channel

[@CorbinoTho]

Why tf are his hands like that?

[@afonsocastro5288]

Just sucks that the brand name sounds like diarrhea