Keyboard Review: NEO60 Core - The Keyboard That Made Me Understand NEO
There are already plenty of reviews of the NEO60 Core out there. Proper reviews. Sound tests. Build streams. Close-up shots. Config comparisons. Videos from people who know exactly what they are doing. This is not really that. This is more about where the NEO60 Core sits in my own mechanical keyboard journey. Because for me, this keyboard was not just another 60% custom board. It was a marker. A checkpoint. A little aluminium signpost that said - “You have now entered a different part of the hobby.” And, annoyingly, I loved it. NEO60 Core keyboard with GMK Mictlan Rebirth keycaps My First NEO Board The NEO60 Core was my first NEO board. That still feels quite funny to say, because when I first started getting into mechanical keyboards, the NEO / EVO series was one of those things I looked at from a distance. I remember thinking the EVO boards looked amazing. I wanted one. Of course I wanted one. But at the same time, I also told myself: “I don’t think I’ll ever buy a NEO board. The EV...