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Corsair Vanguard 96

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Best for streamers

A UK layout 96% board that keeps the number pad in roughly the footprint of a tenkeyless. The LCD screen, rotary dial and six G-keys tie into Elgato's Virtual Stream Deck, which suits streamers. It is a big, feature-heavy board, which is more than most people need. See it against the rest of the best mechanical keyboards →

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layout
96%, UK
screen
1.9in LCD
polling
8000Hz
switches
MLX Plasma linear

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