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MonsGeek M5
MonsGeek M5 is a Full size Mechanical keyboard sold as a barebones kit, so the switches come separately. It offers hot-swap sockets. Its spec sheet reads wired only, gasket, none keycaps, Per-key RGB, 2200 g case, released 2023. KeyBench scores it 56 out of 100 across speed, build, features and value.
$130
Estimated typical street price in US dollars, not launch MSRP. Prices on this site are checked against retailer listings and move; confirm before you buy.
Scores
Ranked 357 of 946 overall, and 197 of 681 among Mechanical boards in the database.
- Overall
- 56
- Speed
- 42
- Build
- 77
- Features
- 56
- Value
- 52
Specifications
- Switch type
- Mechanical · Barebones kit — switches sold separately
- Feel
- Linear
- Layout
- Full size
- Connection
- Wired
- Polling rate
- 1000 Hz
- Rapid trigger
- No
- Hot-swap
- Yes
- Mount
- Gasket
- Keycaps
- none
- Weight
- 2200 g
- Battery
- No battery (wired)
- Backlight
- Per-key RGB
- Rotary knob
- No
- Released
- 2023
Aluminium caseGasket mountQMK / VIAHot-swap
How its switch registers
MonsGeek M5 is sold as a barebones kit, so it ships without switches; the diagram shows the mechanical mechanism the board is built around. The stem slides straight down until its nib touches the leaf and closes the circuit. Identical from the first gram to the bottom — nothing pushes back to tell you the key fired.
Drawn distances are the norm for this switch family, not a measurement of this keyboard. The animation is the same diagram the app uses.
Sound
On the sound model used across this site it reads as ultra-deep · pillowy. That is a character derived from its mount, case weight, switch feel and noise rating — it is not a recording of this keyboard.
Play the typing sample and see the full sound breakdown in the app.
Where to look
No manufacturer page is recorded for this model, so this site does not link one. The app lists live retailer searches for the region you are browsing from instead.
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