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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?

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[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.

Edit: The person who invented markdown WYSIWYG text editors is on my shit list

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