Posted September 8, 2020 Hi i'm currently looking to replace my keyboard since it is to loud to use with others in the room. I have already researched quiet Keyboards a bit and have come to a point were I don't know how to decide. First of all here are some important things for me: -Single Key RGB (pls dont judge me) -Linear non tactile switches, since they are the quietest to my understanding -I am willing to use QMX-Clips (I have O-rings on MX Browns right now and i am okay with the feeling) -Good build quality, some form of Volume control, I want a Numpad. Taking all of this into consideration I set out to find some Contenders to choose form. It's hard to find information on the loudness of a keyboard though. Additionally there are some Questions I am facing: Some people say that MX Reds with QMX-Clips are better than Silent reds. What is your stance on that? Maybe Cherry isn't even the best pick, are there other better switches/Keyboards to look out for? I have been looking at the Fnatic Streak RGB and Corsair K70-/STRAFE RGB. I really like the volume control wheel on them but would be able to live with other media controls. Based on all of this Information what would you suggest I buy? (In terms of budget I would prefer not exceed the price of the MK70. Maybe a few bucks). Looking forward to the answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 8, 2020 Welcome to the forum! Linear switches are much more quiet in general however you can get quiet tactile switches, with a price premium of course. And unless you go fully custom they would be hard to find. If you like the feel of something like a Cherry MX Brown the Blacks would be a safe call, they are heavy linears so the heavy feeling makes up for the lack of a tactile 'bump', where as MX Reds are very light with no weight to them comparatively. Before I tried many other switch types MX Browns were my go to. MX Reds are not very nice to type on IMO. I have not tried any type of o-ring or clip though. Have you tired MX Reds? AMD Motherboard Tier List ‖ GPU Cooling Tier List ‖ PSU Tier List ‖ A Dive Into Custom Keyboards & Mechanical Switches NEWCOMERS Remember to ' Reply ' to comments in order for people to see them, this is done by clicking the arrow icon at the bottom of a comment (Quote). My Builds: MEGA Desk Build Blueberry Pi ‖ R9 3950X ‖ Asus X470 ROG Crosshair VII Hero Wi-Fi ATX ‖ Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 4x16GB 3200MHz CL16 ‖ EVGA GTX 1080Ti SC Black Edition 11GB ‖ EVGA P2 850W w/ Blue Sleeved Cables ‖ Cryorig R1 Universal (Blue) ‖ 2x Corsair Force MP510 4TB w/ Asus Hyper m.2 V2 ‖ Corsair ML Pro Blue LED Fans ‖ Fractal Design Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower ‖ Asus ROG SWIFT PG348Q 100Hz IPS G-Sync UW ‖ Dell UltraSharp U3419W 60Hz IPS UW ‖ Custom TOFU96 ‖ Corsair Scimitar Pro RGB Work Rig ‖ ThreadRipper 3970X ‖ Asus Prime TRX40 Pro ATX ‖ G.Skill RipjawsV 8x32GB 3200Mhz CL16 ‖ Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 24GB ‖ Corsair HXi 1000W ‖ EVGA CLC 360 AIO ‖ 8x Sabrent Rocket 2TB w/ 2x Asus Hyper m.2 V2 ‖ Arctic P12 Fans ‖ Phanteks P400A ATX Mid Tower Plotting Machine 1 ‖ ThreadRipper 2990WX ‖ AsRock X399 Taichi ATX ‖ Kingston HyperX Fury 8x16GB 2666Mhz CL18 ‖ Nvidia Quadro K600 1GB ‖ Corsair RMx 850W ‖ EVGA CLC 360 AIO ‖ 2x Sabrent Rocket 2TB & 2x Sabrent Rocket 4TB w/ Asus Hyper m.2 V2 ‖ Arctic P12 Fans ‖ Rosewill RSV-L4500 4U ‖ 5x Dell DS60 60-bay JBOD w/ 1.2PB of HDD Storage ‖ HP 22U Half Rack Plotting Machine 2 ‖ R9 3950X ‖ Asus TUF X570-Plus Wi-Fi ATX ‖ G.Skill RipjawsV 4x16GB 3200Mhz CL16 ‖ Nvidia Quadro K600 1GB ‖ Corsair RM 650W ‖ Noctua NH-D15s Chormax ‖ 4x Corsair MP600 Force 1TB W/ Asus Hyper m.2 Gen4 ‖ Arctic P14 & P12 Fans ‖ Silverstone FARA R1 ATX Mid Tower J.A.R.V.I.S. ‖ R9 3900XT ‖ Asus B550-I ROG STRIX Wi-Fi ITX ‖ G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x16GB 3600MHz CL16 ‖ EVGA GTX 1080 SC2 iCX 8GB ‖ Corsair SF 750W Platinum ‖ Corsair H100i Pro AIO ‖ Noctua NF-A12x15 Chromax Fans ‖ FormD T1 SFF ITX Case ‖ LG 75UM8070PUA 4K UHD 120Hz IPS HDR TV ‖ Corsair K63 Cherry MX Red Special Edition Wireless ‖ Corsair Ironclaw RGB Wireless Archive Server ‖ R3 2200G ‖ Asus B450-I ROG STRIX Wi-Fi ITX ‖ Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16 White ‖ Vega Integrated Graphics ‖ EVGA P2 750W ‖ Prism Wraith Cooler ‖ ITX Open Bench ‖ 2x HP SAS Expander ‖ LSI-SAS9211 ‖ 220TB of HDD Storage SFF ITX Home PC ‖ i5-7500 ‖ MSI B250I Gaming Pro Wi-Fi AC ITX ‖ G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x8GB 2800MHz ‖ Intel Integrated Graphics ‖ Seasonic SSP Flex ATX 300W PSU ‖ Cryorig C7 ‖ Velka 3 rev 1.2 SFF ITX Case (Grey) Laptop ‖ Dell XPS13 2-in-1 7390 (2020) ‖ i7-1065G7 ‖ 32GB 3733MHz LPDDR4x ‖ Intel Integrated Graphics ‖ 1TB NVME M.2 ‖ UHD+ (3840 x 2400) InfinityEdge Touch Display Keyboard Collection ‖ GMMK Full Size ‖ TOFU96 90% ‖ KBD8x MKII TKL ‖ Drop CTRL High Profile TKL ‖ KBD Bella 75% ‖ GMMK Pro 75% ‖ XD84 Pro 75% ‖ KBD67 V2 MKII 65% ‖ KBD67Lite 65% ‖ TOFU65 65% ‖ KBD Blade 60% ‖ Drop Carina 60% ‖ Southpaw75 60% w/ Left Numpad ‖ OLKB Preonic V3 Ortholinear ‖ CosPad XD24 ‖ KBDPad MKII Key Cap Collection ‖ GMK Boba Fett ‖ GMK Red Samurai ‖ GMK Laser CyberDeck +Novalties ‖ GMK Arch ‖ MaxKey B&W ‖ Drop MT3 Camillo ‖ Matt3o MT3 /dev/tty ‖ KBDfans Biip Torii Ext-2048 ‖ ePBT Less But Better +Novalties ‖ EnjoyPBT Dolch ‖ WinMix Mustard ‖ Drop Skylight Horizon & Slate ‖ Glorious Black Aura ‖ Mechanical Key Switch Collection ‖ Zealios V2 65g ‖ Zealios V2 78g ‖ Zilents V2 67g ‖ Tealios V2 67g ‖ C³ Kiwi ‖ C³ Tangerine ‖ Invyr Holy Panda ‖ Durock T1 67g ‖ Kailh Box Thick Jades ‖ Kailh Box Royal ‖ Kailh Box Heavy Dark Yellow ‖ Kailh Box Heavy Burnt Orange ‖ Kailh Box White ‖ Kailh Box Red ‖ Kailh Pro Purple ‖ Kailh Pro Burgandy ‖ Gateron Ink Black V2 ‖ Gateron Black ‖ Gateron Yellow ‖ Gateron Brown ‖ Gateron Green ‖ Gateron Blue ‖ Cherry MX Black ‖ Cherry MX Brown ‖ Cherry MX Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 8, 2020 I’m looking for a quiet mechanical keyboard as well. Like you, having per key RGB is essential. Currently I have a membrane based Logitech K800. So far I’ve had two keyboards I had hoped would fit the bill. The first was a Steelseries Apex Pro. I really liked this keyboard apart from one thing. The metallic ping after pressing keys. I returned it. I then bought a Corsair K95 Platinum XT with silver mx speed keys. This was a complete disappointment and although it cost the same is well below the Apex Pro in quality. The iCue assigned lighting effects are discarded at the Windows lock screen and the keyboard switches to the ‘hardware lighting’ effect. However that can only store a single predefined RGB effect, so my selected ‘Rain’ plus ‘Ripple when typing’ effect was swapped out to a single effect when the PC locks. In addition the keyboard RGB effects locked up twice within a few hours and could only be fixed by unplugging / plugging it back in. There was a ping/ring effect on key press and release. I felt like I was trying to play a musical instrument. I have had a GMMK recommended, and may pursue that. However I’m still looking at other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 11, 2020 leopold make a keyboard with mx silent red and some dampening inside that makes it quite quiet. A barebone like the gmmk (that's about the only one I know ... sorrry) with some kailh silent box pink or brown can be a nice option too ... Or any keyboard with silent red like some ducky or durgod and probably many others. I9 10850K EVGA RTX 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA 32 Gb Crucial Balistix ddr4 3600mHz 16-18-18-38 MSI Z490 Tomahawk Fractal Design Ion+ 860W platinum Arctic Liquid Freezer II, 360mm WB Black SN750 NVMe ssd TeamGroup L5 3D Lite 1 Tb sata SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 11, 2020 For silent keyboard i can recommend any decent keyboard containing "cherry mx silent" They feature a small glass plate at the bottom of the switch that dampens the sound drasticly. Here are two that i personally enjoyed: 1: LOGITECH G512 Special Edition Mechanical Gaming Keyboard 2: CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silent Switches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Kevin.K.N. said: cherry mx silent Literal worst switch you can get nowadays. 8 hours ago, Kevin.K.N. said: 1: LOGITECH G512 Special Edition Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Pretty sure that doesn’t have silent switches. 8 hours ago, Kevin.K.N. said: 2: CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silent Switches Bad and overrecommended for its price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, gloop said: Literal worst switch you can get nowadays. Pretty sure that doesn’t have silent switches. Bad and overrecommended for its price. I love how people complain about people's personal opinions. @Kevin.K.N. was very open about the fact that he was recommending based on his own personal preferences. Possibly his recommendations are poorly suited to OP; that's a discussion we can have another time, but to claim that his choices are just "bad" is at best disingenuous. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ pythonmegapixel into tech, public transport and architecture // amateur programmer // youtuber // beginner photographer Thanks for reading all this by the way! By the way, my desktop is a docked laptop. Get over it, No seriously, I have an exterrnal monitor, keyboard, mouse, headset, ethernet and cooling fans all connected. Using it feels no different to a desktop, it works for several hours if the power goes out, and disconnecting just a few cables gives me something I can take on the go. There's enough power for all games I play and it even copes with basic (and some not-so-basic) video editing. Give it a go - you might just love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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