Peripherals Mechanical Keyboards

My bits landed today from Amazon, chinese seller but all semmes good. Used the one bit I needed to fix the keyboard.

 

A little advice please - My Steelseries Apex 7 is starting to fail a bit - lovely keyboard but I'm not that fussed about brand loyalty. The D button is sticking and F3 LED have dimmed. What should I replace it with or shall i go about taking it apart? I like the oled display for cpu and gfx temps but not a deal breaker. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Can anyone let me know why I should be looking at Ducky or similar? That Yellow one in marketplace looked nice!

 

open it up and attempt a repair, but plan to buy a new one if it goes titsup?

 

Just spotted Glorious have released the GMMK 3 range. 65/75/100, gasket mount, North facing LEDs and hotswap of HE and MX switches on the same board!

https://www.gloriousgaming.com/products/gmmk-3-prebuilt-keyboard

You can also customise pretty much every part of the Pro.

 

been putting off building my ergodox for far too long every time i try to build some thing always comes up now a need for a keyboard has come up and and i am going to build it.

i got the first kits massdrops did with cherry red keys amd it has been in storage since. i remember massdrop had a pic by pic guide but it is no longer there https://www.ergodox.io/ has a guide of sorts which i presume should be what i follow.

where i am lost is on key caps. where is the best places to get them?

could i use a usb-c connector instead of micro usb?

and i kinda think i know the answer to this but is it possible to have backlit keys?