How to build your FIRST custom keyboard! (ON A BUDGET)

[@KadeliMusic]

Poggers champion

[@duxeyo]

wow who is this

[@duxeyo]

@JoJopkt you tell me man!!!

[@cyncxd]

very poggers

[@santinorodriguez9993]

@@duxeyo oh

[@whoizthedrizzle]

yo, I didn't know Kadeli watches Hippopotamus Technology

[@alexlaruffa2913]

If you are still on the fence about getting a custom keyboard, just know that it makes typing essays and documents for work a lot easier if you love the way your keyboard sounds.

[@esteff013]

How can sound affect performance?

[@banhbae]

@@esteff013 the satisfaction from the good sound makes you want to keep typing more than if you had a basic keyboard. would much rather type an essay on my mech than the apple keyboard LMAO

[@MattyBudzzz]

@@banhbae unless you just listen to music while doing work

[@snjuro4755]

@@MattyBudzzz was just about to comment that lol

[@abubakrakram6208]

@@banhbae I’d much rather type an essay on an Apple keyboard than a mech. It’s distracting, and actively makes typing slower.

[@EdwinPohan]

I suggest those new to the hobbies just buy a prebuilt and slowly fix the things that they found to be “bad” one step at a time. This way you would truly understand and take it all in slowly as time progress. Aaand don’t be afraid for the rookie mistakes that pretty much everyone has been through from the beginning.

[@ryn7782]

seems like a very long way to go about it. maybe if you're not keen on getting into the hobby, but instead just knowing about it.

[@wizaros]

recommendation for good quality prebuilt? 65-75 is fine for me

[@dorianmon]

@@wizaros I dont know whats your budget but I got an Akko 3068B with Jelly Blacks and they are well worth the price. Akko is my favourite budget brand now hahaha

[@IkEisawesome7]

I wanted to replace my old razer keyboard and wanted to get into the hobby. i went and just made a keyboard right away and it was fine, certainly made mistakes along the way but thats half the fun

[@xtrasin6659]

@@wizaros did u alr get the 65%?

[@Kogami]

What a timing!! I literally just got my first mech keyboard two days ago and have been binging your channel ever since. Tbh your videos also feel like a bottomless pit of entertaining rabbit hole too because I can't stop watching them lol.

[@serfohid8654]

as someone who got their first keyboard about a month ago i am warning you to stop now before you are consumed by the black hole

[@gdhyphen797]

@@serfohid8654 yeah, i dont have a mech keeb yet but i’ve heard that happens. also, i cant stop watching these

[@X3RTY]

I fell in into the black whole. Trust me you'll never escape once you get sucked in.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

​@@serfohid8654I've newly fallen down the rabbit hole, but I'm just looking to make a nice keyboard that is good to work on and looks cute. Once the main keyboard has been modded, the only thing I want to change with it are the key caps for different colors. I'm not trying to own five different keyboards.

[@kbtrains]

in the past few months, i started getting into mech keyboards and stumbled into your channel while researching them, really love ur stuff! Your vids have helped me a lot with researching what keyboard I wanted for myself, really appreciate you and your vids Hipyo :)

[@ADreamingTraveler]

I've been spending the past week researching the best prebuilt keyboard to get since my Logitech G810 Orion is dying and eventually I fell into this rabbit hole and can't get out lol

[@aabri]

Thanks for this tutorial, I’m 13 years old and my dad agreed with letting me build a keyboard. I’ve been subbed to you for a while and you have taught me a lot about keyboards and gave me an idea of what type of keyboard i want

[@getEmi]

Nice! Have fun building.

[@nigga4069]

what a nice young boy. dont eat plastic.

[@CatPhil]

Thats a cool dad

[@myacc4774]

@@nigga4069 lmfao like he's gonna chew up the key caps lmao

[@hamzanasri9414]

@@nigga4069 lmao

[@Crunchiest]

I absolutely love 50landing. I would say, I listen to him so much, probably more than any other artist. I was surprised when I saw him featured in this video.

[@Will-bk8gr]

ong heal and rebirth are so good

[@Kriss_941]

made my first custom keyboard recently and I'm super happy with how it turned out. Built out a Keychron Q1 with Alpaca switches, filmed and lubed (205g0 for stems and housing, 105 for springs), Mekanisk aquamarine screw in stabs (basically a version of durock V2's). Tape mod for the PCB and also put small strips of tape between the top and bottom half of the case. it took a long time... it was expensive, but I'm so happy with the results, just feels creamy and smooth and it sounds amazing. Full build including tools, lube and all was about 500$, but it was so worth it.

[@luciferspartan2129]

I’m trying to make a custom keyboard I’m 12 and uh I’m confused on how to make the keyboard sound good I found a keyboard I want but so I need to change the casing and the switches to r just the switches or just the casing or if I have to l*be it I need help and yt has not been successful in that

[@Hallowxqueen]

Bless you hipyo. I built my first keeb cause I was obsessed w your builds and I needed to upgrade my work keyboard. I get nothing but compliments about the sound of my keyboard. Thank you for making such a great cover all guide.

[@DUP3R]

It's fine my step bro was kind enough to teach me about lube! 🙏🙏🙏

[@CharlesGorby]

Just to note, keycap profiles are way more important in affecting clacky vs. thocky sound than ABS vs. PBT materials. Ultimately, it comes down to switches and board imo

[@MrUnreal9111]

which profiles are the thockiest?

[@shigarakizint564]

@@MrUnreal9111 xda i think.. cuz ive seen many vid that use xda profile sound thocky. IMO

[@CharlesGorby]

@@MrUnreal9111 I really love xda, sa, and akko's asa profile for a good thock. I would also focus on thickness (1.7mm and above is good for thock)

[@colinhendry6116]

@@MrUnreal9111 MT3, KAT, or SA profile keycaps on any foam modded board will be deepest sound

[@chicken8950]

@@MrUnreal9111 SA profile is the thockiest even depending by the switches but personally thock bad, usually means mushy

[@wolf-xf6hf]

One thing I’ll say about lubing is that if you get Akko switches(best budget ones imo) most of them don’t even need to be lubed and lubing doesn’t actually help too incredibly much at least from what I’ve found.

[@Valoform]

i straight up just love this guy, he's funny he's creates very infomative videos and is actually entertaining.

[@cenevspeed_CARS]

Howdy Hey, OMG!!! Thank You So Much Hipyo!!! I had no idea what gaskets were and the different types of switches and all that stuff. You answered all my questions. This is like a dream come true!! Let's get you to 400K subs....

[@reactaleu]

I didn't know what a gasket was either so this helped me a ton. He's gonna get to 400k in no time.

[@shulko1929]

CRINGE

[@arycool2000]

@@shulko1929 why

[@Speedoutrc]

Your comment seems so calm at the start and then it gets crazy

[@SammyDutton]

@@shulko1929 Y what prat

[@fidboi2715]

I love 50Landing too. His music really helps me process things and feel something, don't know where I'd be without him.

[@Siinory]

Your video on the Keychron Q2 made me realize "yeah I need that" and then the sound test at the end made me realize "yeah this the sound I want" but having a low budget it's a bit hard and European too. But thanks to you I have grasp on what to do, so thank you! :D

[@kuronuma666]

this video was the start of my spiral into the keyboard mod rabbit hole - revisiting it after my own research is so comforting. I think I'm finally ready to try and modify my mechanical keyboard :D gonna order my stuff

[@BotchedBeta]

omfg I actually needed this. I was building the id80 literally as we speak. Thank you so much

[@KageManTV]

I just got into this yesterday and this is the best possible video on this. Thank you for posting this. I am now going to go through every single video you have ever made lol

[@TeskoLove]

I just put together my first board yesterday after a lot of research and a lot of Hipyo's videos! EP84 with some Gatreon milky yellows and ASA profile caps. Love it!

[@sunset-city]

How are your ASA keycaps? Are they difficult to type on?

[@peeporiot5010]

0:02 can you tell me the name of the kit with the light panel?

[@thamirahamed812]

@@peeporiot5010 cyberboard iirc

[@TheJackalopee]

Milky Yellows are amazing! 💛💛💛

[@TeskoLove]

@@sunset-city I held off from answering this until I had some time to do some more typing. I haven't found it to be difficult at all. It's very different than what I've been using for years, so it took a bit for me to get fully accustomed to it, but feels great now. I have long spindly fingers so maybe that helps me with this profile? I feel like if I had shorter fingers, I would be having a harder time.

[@dogbog99]

I love the commentary. So blarzey and care free it’s a vibe

[@kyrex77]

Been wanting to get into custom keyboards for a good while. After some consideration and research I have finally ordered my first set to build one myself! Excited to see how different the keyboard will sound and feel compared to the one I have now. Update; Lubing is the most tedious thing I have ever done, but the feel of the finished keyboard made it worth it. A slight rattle in the spacebar, but otherwise easily the best keyboard experience I have had to date. Not as expensive as I first thought either.

[@rishikdulipyata]

Did you get a barebones case, how did you do it?

[@kyrex77]

@@rishikdulipyata ordered a white GMMK 2 Barebones 65% (Nordic). Very simple, only needed switches and a keycap set that went nicely with it. A bit tedious, but following this video made it easy to put it together, the barebones comes ready to go in and of itself, the main time consumer is taking apart and lubing all the switches.

[@rishikdulipyata]

@@kyrex77 do you think it is worth it to get prelubed switches, as I don't have krytox just laying around, and it is really expensive

[@aheartbeatific]

It’s like you read my mind. I’m a beginner & I am so dizzy reading so much info and getting into it. Ty, Hipyo!

[@key4duty]

I went for the GMMK Pro with a polycarbonate plate and the Aquaking V3 switches, Durock V2 stabs (holee modded) and MT3 keycaps. And I must say I really love how this keyboard turned out, the sound and buttery smooth feel of it is absolutely amazing. It's also very stiff (which I like a lot). It came with extremely overlubed stock stabs, which is why I decided to replace them for the Durocks and maybe save them for later. Removed all the lube with some alcohol and I also applied some band aid on the PCB. The PCB itself bended a bit, because of the plate not fitting the durock stabs properly. But after assembling the board everything is perfectly fine. The metal top and bottom really keep everything properly alligned and it doesn't cause any problems at all. The only issue I have with this board is the software and specifically the RGB lighting. Both are very basic and could use some improvement.

[@excaliber2845]

I rememeber finding your chanel when I first found out about custom keebs in 2020, u were showing some a coral key set, and then the ID80. its crazy to see how much u have grown

[@binuuu6751]

Holy perfect timing. I actually got all my parts and am about to build my very first keyboard like right now.

[@tukuiPat]

I just built my first custom keyboard, I went with pre-lubed gateron bowns and after watching this kinda glad I did because it does not look like much fun trying to lube switches.

[@jsunn6791]

I needed this video about 4 months ago! Great new user tips, thanks for making the video. I still learned some new stuff. Thanks!

[@hawkkiller34568]

Watching this and came across a 50landing fan, what are the odds! Heal is in my top 3 of all time

[@grantanthonylawler9653]

May I suggest a buying guide video? I still would like to know what websites you order from, which ones to stay away from, how you know what is compatible with what, what kits you can buy, and basic things like that.

[@blockblockgoose]

That would be a great video.

[@ashellokitty]

my son is really into keyboards right now at 10 years old he relies on me to be able to help him out with his hobbies so im here to learn! any beginning tips are verryyy welcome

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

This might sound a little weird, but I'd like to say thanks for explaining how much work goes into these so I would learn that I really can't get into this hobby right now. The video was clear, informative, well-presented, and entertaining, don't get me wrong, the problem is entirely on me. Between working a full time job and going to school, I quite simply do not have the time, energy, or patience to spend that much money on tools and supplies to build a board from scratch. (Not to mention that I have no idea where I'd find space to do this, between tiny house, clutter, and pets getting into everything.) I don't do small, fiddly work all that well and if I didn't have a dog eat an escaping spring I'd count it as a miracle. So yeah. Great vid, I loved it, I even subscribed to your channel because I find them entertaining to watch, but holy hell, I am never going to actually build one of these.

[@rashilrichaards6850]

@conrad this comment was unnecessarily long

[@EgoJinpachi_]

just get a pre built akko and go from there switching switches or keycaps first dont get to the inners first

[@orsonellsworth7282]

That Hipyo noise is just *muah* chef's kiss

[@scaw-j]

Thing is, I already know all these terms and the overall steps; the part I am having trouble with is selecting parts which I know will be compatible. What chassis work with what PCBs? How do you make sure your plate will match up with the pcb? I know it's not solely the board size, because there are lots of different layouts. Also there's always so much pressure to buy stuff because of the group buy nature of small-run custom boards. It make my head hurty

[@cenevspeed_CARS]

Seems like Hipyo's Wow-Stick read my mind! I don't have and have never seen a mechanical keyboard. Looking forward to seeing you teach us how :) Even though I am not gonna make one anytime soon you got me hooked on this and now I am interested, lesgooo!

[@pickbrandon5583]

That's what you tell yourself in the beginning, and before you know it you'll be like the rest of us 😪

[@jaydingiesler5280]

I really enjoy your narration and humor. You kept my attention the whole video. That’s hard to do!

[@jpj]

Perfect timing on this video - just bought my board, switches, and keycaps last night for my first build. Looking forward to putting it together this weekend after it all gets here. Also, hipyo noise, weeeee.

[@spects2263]

Thank you so much. I just joined this community last year and was thinking of getting a custom myself. This video is a big help. Thank you thank you so much Hipyo >

[@Rukkiiaa_YT]

there are also clip-in stabilizers! I also suggest the new stabilizers coming out recently. Examples are TX Stabs, Staebies, and C3 v3!

[@17napps38]

I've been watching tech and pc channels for years, but you've not once appeared on my feed 😢 You're a funny dude lol.

[@mvg6553]

That looks like a lot of work.. I mean I know how it works, first one always feels okay, then you check how long that took and you realize it's been longer than you thought and you start calculating in your head how many keys does a keyboard have now again. xD Still the result made me drool. My good that sounds smooth!! Maybe I will try to build a keyboard in the future. I just got my new prebuild yesterday, but hey who says a man only can have one keyboard right?!

[@victorajayi9056]

I swear this is my new favourite channel. I love this guy!!

[@Stinky0368]

Tbh it’s just silly how much we all love (including me so I can’t say much) a board with buttons that make sounds (again I’m not against that I love boards with buttons that make cool sounds I just find it, odd?)

[@thebando5496]

Just a note, you missed a pretty important thing, that's the pins of the switches, because for example last year I almost bought 5 pinned switches, instead of 3 pinned ones. :) I know you said this was a quick video to just get us into the vibe, I'm writing it for the new guys in the comments, to look out for that.

[@HipyoTech]

Great point!

[@drbell26]

Thanks for showing me a lot of different keyboards. I'm looking for a new board, and I have a list of wants. 1. Needs to have shine-through keys (I game in a low-light room) 2. Volume knob 3.75% size to maximize mouse playground. 4 I prefer not to have a crazy amount of RGB or wireless/BT (I'm not 13 y/o or use on different devices) 5. Corded is preferred I'm looking at Drunk Deer 75 (but the mag switches are wasted on me), G.Skill KM250 RGB 65% (but prefer a function key line just in case), KOORUI 82 keys or KUYIGAME 83 Keys Wireless 75% (but the wireless and BT features are wasted on me). After watching many of your videos I'm confident about building something, but don't want to spend more money on something I really don't care that much about (no offense)

[@anthonyy.mp4]

Always a surprise to hear that two different people you admire actually know each other. love 50landing

[@itzdispirited6320]

I finally made the commitment and bought the GAMAKAY MK61 60% to finally try to mod/ customize a keyboard. It gets here Monday. I’m pretty excited to be honest.

[@alcappacino]

Is lubing a one time thing? I mean do you have to occasionally relube your switches?

[@ComradeSeegull]

no

[@moseistrujillo8300]

I literally decided to make a custom keyboard yesterday. This video is a Godsend

[@Lenduya]

I think it's important to note regarding gasket, tray and top mount is that some will require soldering.

[@ThelifeofJulien]

Just build my first keyboard.GMMK pro with gateron clears and aura keycaps. Was a pain to lube them but all your videos really helped!

[@ze3T636]

I dont get it

[@DimWow]

im getting my first custom soon im using a gmmk and milky yellows and this video has helped allot

[@CaveatSpectator]

@0:01 with thd blue backlightz, wtf is that? Thx.

[@singletona082]

I'm just now getting into this. So planning on starting with a cheapie with hot swappable switches and see how slowly replacing everything goes.

[@thenman23]

0:13 i want that keyboard

[@iLikeMyOwnPosts]

I am one of the four wondering about the number pad. I just can't live without it.

[@faecreature21]

im brand spanking new to this (as in i didn't go to bed at a reasonable hour last night because a random 'mechanical keyboard' video popped up in my feed and i thought, yep, i have time for one last video! ha! haha! HAHAHA!) ! I thought I was the only one that had some weird obsession with "the feel of the keyboard" (according to the wide eyed, tight lipped expression my husband gave me in Best Buy 32 minutes into my rant about butterfly keyboards on apple laptops) but its so nice to know that not only am I NOT the only one with the weird obsession (take that husband!) but I can escape this madness and get myself a real keyboard with some freaking weight to their keys! Oh my bank account is going to hate me. :) I hit subscribe. I look forward to the diss track. can I request a diss track about The Mistake that is apple butterfly keyboards. I have some.... feelings.... i'd like to hear fully expressed by someone that's not me so I feel less alone in the world.

[@Ambor2030]

I wish this video was here when I started the hobby it would of had made it so much easier for me.

[@jutta5706]

love the video, but i have a problem, i am german and i cant really find a keyboard with the fitting layout nor keycaps that look somewhat good for ö, ä, and ü (and for what would i wan tto build a custom keyboard if i dont like how it looks). Sooo, can anyone help me with that?

[@a7kilr]

What do you mean

[@colinhendry6116]

Edit: my bad, I double checked and there’s no “ü”, and it’s probably wrong layout, Candykeys has kits but they are out of stock it seems I’m pretty sure Taihao has some Nordic layout keycaps with those keys, sorry if it turns out to be not what you’re looking for.

[@Joshdrew352]

Will be coming back to this video once my space65 comes in. This will be my first actual build since my tofu came pre assembled

[@captainpumpkinhead1512]

What about an "as quiet as possible" keyboard? What do I need to know for that? Or if I want to add like 15 extra buttons as well as function keys?

[@bradleyrsx]

First time building a keyboard. You had me actually lol. I've subscribed and turned on the notification Bell great work and keep it up. Look forward to your new and old videos!

[@chlorox01]

When he clarified lube as "switch lube" ...I feel like that didn't really make it any better

[@executioner6751]

I don’t think this comment made it better

[@noeneonmusic]

So this is my favourite video and channel, subbed and love everything about this video

[@NC10Plus]

Thanks for your videos. The showed me the actual state of intelligence of the cool keyboard modding community. Instead of doing something useful on their own, they feel themselves as great engineers by spending money on useless stuff as switches and fancy key caps and pretending to improve working keyboards by changing switches and brush them with lube. This is just ridiculous. I think I'm too old for this. But beside of that, you are doing a great job with your videos.

[@ShilohFox]

I’m glad you made this, but you posted it literally the week after I built mine! Good work tho hipyo! Love the vid!

[@1OSA]

I hate premieres

[@grim1566]

Shut up let utubers do what they like

[@ties9123]

@@grim1566 I hate premieres

[@qlord9877]

@@ties9123 yea video is done but i have to fcking wait

[@serfohid8654]

@@grim1566 I hate premieres

[@Xerkzees]

Already got the Akko red and blue samurai keycap set, only thing left is to buy a pack of 110 switches for around $20 of novelkey mystery switches and a Gmmk pro with PC plate.

[@therealmrplatypu5722]

I want to get into custom keyboards so ty for making this

[@jsshaun725]

DAMMMMNNNN DANIELLLL back at it again with the idbao keyboard

[@VaiCloud]

After watching several of your videos, which are generally well presented, I've come to the conclusion that what most people interpret as "BUDGET" and what you understand it means is vastly different. Just because you can buy a buy a Lamborghini for several millions doesn't mean a Porsche for a few hundred thousand is a "budget" car.

[@xaf0163]

I initially thought the "howdy hey" was so cringe when I first saw one of these vids. It's now the thing I look most forward to

[@PapurrPlays]

I'm on the first 3 mins of this video but ngl it's so entertaining to watch. + Truly informative + Great tips for a newbie like me hihi thank you kind person!! 😊🙌🏻

[@kirbydjentleman6010]

How much love can one person put into a video about keyboards? The answer is Yes.

[@blank-mq8ef]

finally built my first keeb, its a pla 3d printed case, split ergo board (redox handwire) with vaseline lubed cherry mx reds. the "plate" is the top housing of the case and it has no pcb. cant type on it at all since i dont know how to touchtype and keys which should be on the right side like b are on the left. 10/10

[@luke1253]

"How do you do it, switches keys aaaaah" - that's EXACTLY how I was feeling before your video :') thank you so much

[@XFL6XYT]

Its crazy I got recommended this vid when it first came out and after that I haven't not customized a keyboard

[@deprecated1251]

omg i'm a huge fan of 50 landing too!! i didn't know you liked his music

[@kithalie]

This came just in time. My banana split switches just came in and I bought a hot swap akko keyboard and some keycaps, that I'm still waiting on. So excited :)

[@adamnash7908]

Absolutely killer video man! Howdy hey!

[@thebjacobh]

I'm currently desoldering all the switches on my Logitch G Pro keyboard.... I've outgrown the clickies. I did an E-YOOSOO build with Akko Starfish switches and a detachable cable mod and it's been my daily driver for a couple months now. It's nice but quality isn't as good as my G Pro so, back I go. At the very least I found a switch that I really like and I got my first actual build under my belt. Thank you Hipyo for giving me the knowledge and confidence to do all this! (:

[@oxeyedaisy_]

my favorite type of mount is casket.

[@texdoc89]

Doing my first ever build, my switches actually came in first lol ( I went with alpacas and lubed with 205G0 and deskey films). I can't do 65% lol so I got the NJ80 lol(steel plate) and the candy shop keycaps from kinetic labs, this took me months to decide on what to go with but your videos made things so much easier, awesome channel thank you!!

[@danielle5684]

who knew a video about keyboards could be so hilarious 😂

[@leftincluson2769]

I actually will be building my first keyboard soon so this will come in handy

[@gpatti1986]

same

[@average-team-kid]

You my friend embody peak commedy.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I love that the discussion about lube included a little hair on one of the switches 😉😏

[@benwildman578]

of course you upload this the day after I built my first keyboard

[@emmanuelervivillaro2684]

thumbs up, no one hates this man! no dislikes since watching ur vids

[@aamberrosee]

thanks for the video, i’m wanting to try my own build for the first time and this helped! i’d already had milky yellow switches on my list of options and now i have to get them lol

[@verasalem5071]

Great stuff, can you make an updated video? This is over 2 years and I know there is new equipment and gear that might be better now. I found your channel a few days ago and I've started my journey to making a thock keyboard! I also want to mod my old rosewill 9000i keyboard to be more thocky

[@MariDenz]

Howdy hey, tysm for this video, I will probably take notes the next time I come back to make plans for my dream keyboard!

[@seb2fly]

I've been doing this keyboard thing for 3 months now and I love hobby so much! (I learned how to do all this stuff from hipyo)

[@scrobaby]

50landing😩😩 im jealous thats so dope

[@Cutiejea1]

OMG I HAVE THOSE KEYCAPS! Theyre amazing!

[@serfohid8654]

i personally dont like them i feel. like the red could change to something else but idk

[@savageBB]

I haven't found a keypad that I liked for my creative work so I figure I will try and make one. 😅 Got some great tips in this video.

[@m.h1374]

Oooh, nooooo! It happened again. I end up liking something I'm never gonna have a go at. First time it was a cowboy fixing the hoofs of cows... .. .... yup. Now it is this keyboard enthusiast. Great vids man :)

[@Talezi1]

😂

[@kaicolt1509]

You inspired me to do my frist keyboard! Very informative videos!

[@Dyzzi511]

This guy is terrifyingly good at guessing what I’m feeling, I was about to say something about the numpad, and then I got bored right as he said I was getting bored…