Ducky Year of the Snake vs Endgame Gear KB65HE
Get the Endgame Gear KB65HE for hall effect and rapid trigger.
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Which one should you get?
Get the
Ducky Year of the Snake
Build quality in the top 15% of 75% boards under $200.
- South-facing LEDs. Shine-through legends stay dark, and some sculpted keycaps can clip the LED.
- No numpad.
Get the
Endgame Gear KB65HE
Hall effect
Build quality in the top 30% of 65% boards under $50.
- Magnetic switches only. Standard MX switches will not fit.
- 65% layout. No function row and 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.
Ducky Year of the Snake
Endgame Gear KB65HE
Layout size
75%
65%
Hall effect (magnetic)
No
Yes
Adjustable actuation helps in games and not in normal typing
Rapid trigger
No
Yes
Faster resets help in games and not in normal typing
Max polling rate
1,000 Hz
8,000 Hz
Higher polling helps competitive FPS and does nothing for typing
Case material
ABS
Aluminum
- Ducky Year of the Snake
- Endgame Gear KB65HE
- Performance
- 8096
- Build quality
- 8177
- Productivity
- 9579
- Customizability
- 8978
- Portability
- 6676
- Connection: Wired
- Hot-swappable
- Sound dampening
- Keycaps: PBT
Ducky Year of the Snake vs Endgame Gear KB65HE specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
15 of 25 specs differ
Ducky Year of the Snake
Endgame Gear KB65HE
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Display
Media keys
Connection
Max polling rate
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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