Glorious GMMK 2 Gaming Keyboard Base - Full Size Barebones Kit- Hot Swappable Black Mechanical Keyboard - Modular, Wired, RGB Backlit,- PC Setup Accessories - 96%, Black

This board is great I have zero complaints. It can support 5 pin switches, and these are north side facing leds. If you already know what switches you are going to put in this board you cant beat the price. You will want to lubricate and tune the stabilizers, or just replace them altogether. To me the stock didn't sound/feel great stock. Aside from the stabilizers the board sounds great out of the box. The unit feels very solid, and the build quality is awesome. The software misses the mark completely. Glorious Core would not load at all. Normal troubleshooting yielded no results. Clean boot/compatibility modes/admin mode/uninstall/reinstall nothing really worked. Personally I would ditch the Glorious Core software and use QMK. I think its worth the time investment in learning how to use QMK with your GMMK2. If your Glorious Core experience was anything like mine it may be a lot less frustrating.

I love Almost everything about this board! The only thing keeping it from a 5 star is the PCB durability. Other than that its pretty solid! Good value and easy to customize!

UPDATE 1/2025: They now have their Core platform available for Macs. It is fairly janky and took multiple installs, forced opens, circumventing Apple's malware "protection", restarts, and applying changes, but.... I HAVE CUSTOM COLORS AND PATTERNS NOW. Definitely will buy from Glorious again in the future. --- Super quality build. Gorgeous. Amazing. Everything is great. Except... MACS! The software to fully customize the colors for this IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MACS. I'm fine with keepin' the colors basic but honestly it really sucked to buy this and build it only to realize that after. I would've purchased the competing brand I was looking at because their software is Mac OS compatible. I didn't test both beforehand and that was my mistake.

I've purchased several 65% keyboards in the last few months and this is by far the worst. The keyboard itself is not terrible, but the software is an absolute dealbreaker. If you want to remap any keys, adjust the lighting, or the adjust the time before going to sleep (the default is pretty short)...you just can't. The software appears to have all of these features, but they just flat out don't work. You see the options, but when you click them nothing happens, and sometimes even puts the keyboard in a weird state where you have to unplug and quit the software to get it back to normal. I have never seen software this bad ever in my life. I have no idea how someone could have decided to release it in this state. If they fix the software (which, apparently, they never do), then this keyboard may not be a bad budget option. But until then, it's just an exercise in frustration.

I’ve been really happy with this barebones keyboard. It works great and feels very durable right out of the box. It comes with some test keycaps, a switch puller, and a keycap puller, which makes building and swapping parts super easy. It also includes a mini screwdriver and some extra small repair tools, which is a really nice touch in case you need to open it up or make adjustments. The RGB has a lot of different modes to choose from and looks really clean once everything is set up. It’s not too heavy, but still feels sturdy and well-built on the desk. Overall, a great base if you’re looking to build a custom keyboard. Would definitely recommend it.

Great keyboard. Overall amazing quality. +Price, This keyboard is a great price for what you get. It is the cheapest barebones 1800/96% keyboard. +Quality, Surprisingly very high quality. For the price I wasn't expecting something quiet this nice. No complaints. +Software, The glorious core software is great. Allows you to program macros, change led colors, remap keys. Very useful. +Support, Glorious has some of the best support around. some cons - screw in stabilizers don't seem to fit without modification, Even the gsv2 from glorious. I tried with 2 different gmmk 2 pros. Both had the same issue. Random stabilizers are stuck no matter what I did. I think the top frame interferes with how the stabilizer lines up making it bind and get stuck bottomed out. -LED colors are slightly off. The sidelight led won't display yellow. It has a very obvious green tint. My gmmk pro does not have this issue. Overall I really like this keyboard. Was easy to build/work on and came out great when finished.

Great barebones keyboard, coming from a pre-order reserved GMMK pro user that broke, I knew I wanted to stay with glorious, so I got this on sale. It's an amazing size, and the LEDs, ergonomics, and build quality are all great. It's also got a little weight to it, so it doesn't scoot on your desk as much as, say, a 60%

I received both keyboard on time. Thank you. One of the keyboards came working. While the other has a space bar stabilizer issue. It does pop back up. I still love the keyboards just have to fix it.

Klar hat etwas Flex wenn man es grob anfasst, aber auch da Knarzt nichts. Hatte keine Probleme beim bestücken oder mit der Software. Bin mit dem Klang auch zufrieden - nicht der Wahnsinn, aber solide. Folgendes kann ein Nachteil sein, wenn das für euch relevant ist: Es fehlt eine dedizierte Home taste. Diese wird über FN + End realisiert. Wäre die delete Taste oben wo das Logo mit der LED ist, hätte man rechts Platz für eine zusätzliche Taste. North-facing LEDs Die Leds zeigen nach norden, kann je nach Keycaps relevant sein. Siehe Bild.

Bought the barebones. Easy installation with own switches and keycaps. Comes in a nice box and accessories.

All the keys work for me despite other reviews. Great starter board with a heavy and solid build. I like that the edges are taller too. makes for a slicker look

Two of the key positions were defective on receipt of the product. The software is very limited and is unable to map combinations (like shift + DEL) to other keys. (There's no HOME button on the 75% model and so it would have been nice to use key combinations to map things. In the end I moved right ALT to DEL and DEL to HOME.) The only reason I gave two stars instead of one is because the physical design is actually pretty good. It is easy to disassemble and to access all of the parts involved and the repair of the bad key positions was straightforward. The main issues are manufacturing / QA and the limited software.

I definitely recommend this keyboard. However, mine did arrive damaged. The S key wasn't working, turns out the contact the switch goes into was broken off from the solder on the PCB. It was an easy fix though, a guy was willing to fix it for me for ten to twenty dollars. I doubt you'll have the issue as I did because most people don't. My only thing is I wish there were more RGB options in Glorious Core.