Royal Kludge C98 HE vs Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard
Get the Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard for screw-in stabilizers and media keys.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Royal Kludge C98 HE
Build quality in the bottom 25% of 96% boards under $100.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- Compact full-size layout. The numpad is present, the gaps of a full-size board are not.
Get the
Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard
Screw-in stabilizers
Build quality in the top 40% of 80% boards under $300.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
Royal Kludge C98 HE
Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard
Layout size
96%
80%
Connection
Wired
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wireless for several devices and wired for lower latency
Weight
1,200 g
1,516 g
Heavier boards stay planted and lighter ones travel
Screw-in stabilizers
No
Yes
Easier to tune than the plate-mount stabs you get prebuilt
Media keys
No
Yes
- Royal Kludge C98 HE
- Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard
- Performance
- 9598
- Build quality
- 5265
- Productivity
- 8490
- Customizability
- 6777
- Portability
- 4588
- Hall effect (magnetic)
- Rapid trigger
- Hot-swappable
- Max polling rate: 8,000 Hz
- Switch options: Magnetic
- Knob
Royal Kludge C98 HE vs Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
7 of 27 specs differ
Royal Kludge C98 HE
Nuphy WH80 Gaming Keyboard
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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