How much was your 1st Mech Board?

[Kinso]

Portico 65 + back case so it was about 150$ for the board then on top of that I got keycaps and switches (tangerines and infinikey port so it was about 300$)
for just the keyboard at least

[seokjin]

I honestly can't remember my *very* first one but the first one I remember was my Razer BlackWidow Chroma v2 for around £120. I bought it with my first paycheck and I still have it and love it to this day but ever since discovering custom mechs, it hasn't been used for a while!

[Darthbaggins]

First one I bought for myself was $80, a MX-Blue CM Quickfire TK (I still have it in storage).

[jcoffin1981]

I had a Cherry MX 2.0-  It was $99 I believe.  I loved the keycaps.

[noisyturtle]

this much:

[JucheCatgirlTS]

My very first mech was an IBM Model M I got off eBay in about 2008 for about $75. Good thing it was sturdy because I was just getting into a serious heroin habit and I tended to be hard on my belongings back then.

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[rowdy]

this much:
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Ooohhh yellow keys!  Very nice

I tried to buy one of tyhose over here, ordered it, waited a few months, then they said they could not fulfil the order and refunded my money.

Eventually I tracked down a set of the keycaps here - still got them.

[Maledicted]

I had random assortments of old computers and peripherals I would tinker with for years before I ever knew what a mechanical keyboard was. I imagine some of those old boards may have been mechanical, but I have no idea. Those, along with the computers they were meant for were usually free.

The first I know of is my first Corsair K70, with MX reds. I think it was on sale for $100 or so within about a year of that model's initial release. It still resides on my desk, although it doesn't see much typing lately outside of gaming when I have 2-3 random other rotation keyboards plugged in at any given time.

First one ever - no idea, it was too long ago, I didn't take any specific notice of the keyboard, and they were generally supplied as standard back then.

First one I remember - NEC APC-H4100E that I got with an NEC APC 4 PowerMate 4C '286 computer (no, the NEC APC-H4100E that I have now is not the same one).

First modern mechanical keyboard - Ducky Shine 1, red LEDs, Cherry MX blue switches - $172.

Hard to beat NEC blue ovals for a first mechanical switch.

[rowdy]

Hard to beat NEC blue ovals for a first mechanical switch.

Wasn't my first, but it was my favourite for a long time.

I managed to find another such keyboard recently (well, not so recently now), repaired it, and it still gets rotated in every now and again.

[yui]

depending on how you count,
1st overall was a trash picked dead 3rd gen Fujistu leaf spring board that i had no idea what it was back then.
1st working one was a 120 euros Unicomp PC122.
1st MX style was a cheap chinese TKL kit with MX brown and pudding caps for a total of around 80 USD.
one of my regret is to have not keept that 1st board, nowadays i could have fixed it...

[phinix]

Mine was Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid TKL with MX Blacks, it was around £50.

[Leopard223]

First MK was the Celeritas II for $30, a nice prebuilt I didn't even understand was Mech, just got it since it was the only one with backlighting.