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I’m not sure if it will help that much but maybe try out some o-rings. You can find them for about $5-$10 on Ebay. Or about $15 from Amazon.
Edit: $10 on Amazon, and I think you can use prime shipping.
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This is exactly how I felt with the prices… at first… then I stuck around this sub and r/mechmarket and really found out how much this hobby really costs 🙂
My older keyboard ( Logitech G710+ with Browns) had o-rings and I really liked how they felt and sounded. Definitely quieter than normal browns.
I currently have a keyboard with MX Reds with O-rings ( from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K73IBHE) and they are definitely quieter.
My problem has been when I bottom out (quite a bit as you can imagine, Reds are really light) you still hear the bottoming out but not as bad as when I first got this keyboard.
I have a keyboard incoming with Zealencios and I cannot wait to hear/feel them.
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These are the ones I bought. if you have RGB I’d get the clear so it doesn’t interfere with the lights . I’ve used them on two different keyboards so far and I can say they definitely do something. They won’t remove the sound completely but they definitely dampen it which is the intended purpose of the rings. There are some that are different sizes and will dampen more/less depending on the size. I could’ve gone bigger but it would’ve made the keys mushy.
Edit: have you experimented or know if you could use a different cable with the keyboard? I wanna get a braided cable because I can’t stand the white cable it comes with.
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an o ring is a thing used on mechanical keyboards to make it quiter, its basically a little rubber ring, can be found here (those are really expensive tho) and dental rings are just really small rubber bands, the rubber bands you put on braces
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Check my edit! 🙂 O-rings can vary in size a little, which affects how much they silence the typing and key travel. I personally prefer smaller o-rings, so that way it doesn’t interrupt the key travel so much.
https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rubber-Dampeners-135-Pieces-RO-100B/dp/B00K73IBHE
Here are some black Rosewill ones that should hide in with your lighting quite well.
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I just installed them a couple of days ago. I like them so far. I bought them because I find the travel distance on my cherry mx blues too long. (Originally I wanted to mod the switches by swapping the springs I have out for an even lighter spring, but that would require desoldering and I dont have the equipment for that. O rings to shorten the travel distance seemed like a cheaper and easier option).
Link (the clear colored ones are more expensive for some reason): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K73IBHE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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>Hoping to splurge and get the k70 RGB next paycheck.
YAY! DO IT! I have one and LOVE mine. I could never go back to membrane boards.
>Any recommendations on Cherry Mx keys? I was thinking the Browns would be a good balance between feedback, noise, typing, and gaming performance. Blues feel great they’re way too loud for me though, and the Reds I tried at my local BestBuy just felt so mushy.
And you are correct, at least in my opinion. I have browns and love them so much, I honestly couldn’t switch. (Heheh, switch.)
They are excellent for gaming since they give just enough feedback, but also good if you need to type out an essay. They’re quiet enough for me to play a FPS game and still let my GF sleep on the couch by me without waking her up with “CLICK CLACK CLICK”.
Blues were wayyyyy too loud for me, shit drove me insane when I tried em out. Reds just weren’t doing it for me, but BROWNS?! Browns are perfect.
I also threw on some O-rings to stop the keys from bottoming out, making my KB even quieter.
Your keys will still bottom out and make noise even with MX Browns, but the switch won’t make noise. O-Rings prevent this from happening by putting more of a cushion between the board and the key. Link to the ones I got.
Any other questions or anything feel free to ask!
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So you have MX browns? The actual mechanism of MX browns makes virtually no noise- the noise comes from the key “bottoming out” and plastic clacking. The clacking is between the plastic at the base of the key stem and the plastic of the keyboard/switch body. You can put a rubber o-ring at the base of the stem, which eliminates the plastic clack.
Here’s a picture that shows o-rings on the keys http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/a/wasd_orings2013.jpg
Pretty much, you’d just go buy a set, get a key puller, pull all of your keys, slip the o-rings on, then put the keys back on. It’ll reduce your noise very significantly on browns. You could probably find sound comparisons on Youtube if you’re curious.
Edit: They’re pretty cheap. Here are some o-rings on Amazon and then you’ll want a key puller. I recommend this one Most keys will come off easily. For ones like backspace, enter, space, shift, etc, I recommend looking up a guide to make sure you don’t bend any stabilizers.
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I got some o-rings for my browns. The noise isnt as loud but still there.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K73IBHE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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