Overall, the GMMK is a great mechanical keyboard for beginners, whether you want something prebuilt or fully customized from the get-go.

At the surface the GMMK is ‘just’ a really solidly built and reliable keyboard, with a sleek and non-intrusive design, but the fact that they’ve added the modular aspect to it elevates the keyboard to a higher level, in my opinion.Buy the GMMK and two sets of switches and you essentially have two completely different keyboards at a fraction of the cost of two actualkeyboards. Switching up the switches really is as easy as one-two-three as well, so you don’t have to be a tech expert to change it up. The GMMK is a great starting point for those who want to get into mechanical keyboards. It has three different sizes, and the prebuilt version comes with Gateron Browns, which are a great beginner switch.We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3, which overhauls how key input is evaluated. We've added new tests for Single Key Latency, Multi Key Latency, Data Transmission, and Chord Split. We've also introduced a new Raw Performance usage and adjusted how the Gaming and Office usage scores are calculated. You can see the full changelog here. We've added links to the newly-reviewed NuPhy Halo96 [Halo65, Halo75] in the Typing Noise section of this review. Most of my mechanical keyboard experience so far has been with Keychron. However, as I'm venturing out, I appreciate Glorious' GMMK because it's a great mechanical keyboard to start with for many people. It's pretty affordable compared to what else is out there, and the GMMK has solid build quality. There are also no dedicated media controls, other than through the function keys, but there's really no need for swanky greebles here. Minimal to the max means the quality is left to speak for itself.

We identified a testing issue with this keyboard wherein we didn't properly filter out the end point of our data set before calculating the averages to produce our Latency results. We've now recalculated the Single Key Latency and Multi-Key Latency scores with the endpoint properly filtered out, and both scores have lowered slightly. The switches themselves are a little loud (there’s an audio sample where I’m typing this very sentence in the sound clip to the right) but that’s just the nature of the switches; the keyboard had a lot less volume when I tried some more discrete ones.The included keycaps feel great and high quality, but the font on them isn’t really my kind of thing. Some letters or symbols seemed like they’re missing parts and the overall font choice isn’t something I’d go for, but that’s a personal thing of course. On the bottom of the keyboard itself you’ll find the keycap puller. Included keycap pullers are always nice, and the keycap puller holder is a simple but very effective and much appreciated inclusion. You’ll never be stranded without a puller with this keyboard. Build Quality and Features We've added a link to the newly reviewed Keychron Q Pro Series in the Wireless Versatility section of this review. I would have liked to see a USB passthrough port, however. It’s not a must per se, definitely not on a TKL model, but the full sized version also doesn’t have it as far as I can tell, and that’s a small downside in my opinion. Glorious GMMK TKL Review – Conclusion