Kavendish t1_itzcqk5 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:41 PM

Reply to comment by Ctrl-C-C-C-C in My Office/Work Build by TragicGaming

Are these sizes to fill inn the tiny gaps around space bar etc? Immthinking about buying my first kit

TragicGaming OP t1_itzd3b3 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Yes. Those correct sizes fill those gaps. Many base kits come with different sizes to accommodate different keyboard variations!

OhShitBye t1_iu2kdor wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:05 AM

I nearly made the same mistake when I got my Tiger Lite. For some reason in my head it was a 6.25u spacebar because I didn't read the layout properly, so luckily I double checked before buying my tx stabs. When I actually got it built PBTfans was nice enough to include the 7u bar in an additional bottom row with the tsangan caps in my neons, which helped me not to forget again lol.

TragicGaming OP t1_iu2kj26 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:06 AM

Ya that was just a complete oversight by me. Was too excited once I finished the board.

OhShitBye t1_iu2kxqu wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:09 AM

Visually yes they are, and really apply more to 7u spacebars.

Though more importantly to me they have the added benefit of giving you slightly larger ctrl and alt keys, and makes the win key harder to hit by accident. For me that means 0 accidental win key presses when crouching, or since I play MMOs keyboard style, when I'm hitting an additional hotbar combi (i.e. alt+something).

And if I wanna rage quit, they give me a nice big alt key to alt F4 with XD