I've got a few mechs around with mx blue, mx brown, and the speed silver switches, but tend to prefer the laptop style keys. I can type faster on them by about 10wpm and I spend most of my time on phone calls, so the folks I am talking to don't appreciate the keys clicking.
Just got a new Magic Keyboard with TouchID and am pretty happy with it. Is it worth close to $200? I dunno. Does it work well? sure
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Keyboard-Numeric-Computers-Silicon/dp/B09V3JXSS9
Previous daily driver was the Ducky One 3 SF with speed silver switches.
Mouse is...
What kind of budget do you have? Have you looked into dedicated fiber between the two locations? Depending on location it may be cheaper than you expect.
I've been using this ducky one2 SF with MX Blues for a while, and don't really like it. Not sure what I want to try next. I have another mech with mx brown that I kind of like, but I can definitely type the fastest and most accurately on my macbook pro keyboard. Maybe I should try one more mech...
Got it installed tonight, and it's running great. It's actually been a while since I've played around with anything that has a GUI. Cinnamon looks great, and runs super smooth.
Looking for any sort of video card pci-e or pci is fine. All it will need to do is display a desktop. This will be going in a plex server that does not have integrated video on the mobo I already have.
BestBuy has had a few rigs for $1,199 today with the 3060. I decided to grab one since nobody is selling bare cards at or near MSRP anymore. $1,199 for Ryzen 5 3600, 16gb ram, 3060 (non-TI), 1Tb hdd + 512Gb SSD isn't that bad. I had a similar spec HP on order, but cancelled it since the...