Im using my first mechanical keyboard and the experience has been great so far but, it is quite loud, especially at night, which cheap mods i can make to make it quieter while i can do something like changing the switches?
Depends on your board. I had a Redragon K530, here are the list of mods I applied to it in order of price:
- Put foam on the bottom (the type of foams that come with PC components works great), stuff like this
- Added O-rings
- Replaced the switches with Redragon A113 Bullet-QT soft tactile
I think the switches made the biggest impact, but that’s also the most expensive and it requires your board to be hot swappable.
The easiest way to make it quieter is to press the keys less hard. Unlike bubble dome keyboards, you don’t have to press mechanical keys all the way down.
Deskmat under the keyboard
Tape and/or foam mods in the case (will change the pitch of the sound, which might disturb less)
O-rings, but these will change how they keyboard feels. I didn’t like them
Foam inserts for keycaps - like o-rings but foam. never tried them
Lubricating the stabilizers - should mitigate some space and enter key rattle
If your keyboard supports hotswap, new switches are a more expensive option.
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If you are using it on a hard surface, consider placing a mat under your keyboard, it’ll dampen the sound of keystroke.
If you are using choc switches, the new ambients are made to be silent, and so far it has worked great for me
