hello!
I've been using a stock poker 2 case for my gon nerd 60 and sprit 60 boards because I really love the aesthetics of the stock poker 2 case. I've tried Tex's aluminum cases, acrylic cases, sprit's acrylic case, and a thick aluminum Hammer clone case, but always end up coming back to the poker 2 case as I feel it has the perfect incline and love the non-low profile, thin bezels.
The biggest downside though, is that typing feel suffers greatly as the case creates a rather hollow plasticky sound even when typing on top of a mat. It's not as noticeable on the board with linears, but the ergo clears on my Nerd 60 feel terrible when typing with the case on vs just putting the PCB directly on a mat and typing.
I've tried many solutions including stuffing the case with compressible foam, but found that nothing really helped until I came across a post by CptBadAss nominating a build by RavenII where he applied strips of Dynamat to the bottom of the poker 2 stock case. I ordered some off Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamat-10415-Self-Adhesive-Deadener-Speaker/dp/B00020CATC and today I was finally able to apply them:
At first I put down just 1 layer of dynamat to each section then tested it. Liking where it was going, I decided to continue to add more layers. since the poker sections are deeper the further back it goes, I applied 4 layers by the 4th section. I believe it should be ok to keep applying layers til you reach the the PCB level, but I left some space so that the diodes and pins wouldn't press against the dynamat.
The results are AMAZING. Knocking on plastic stock case now feels like I'm knocking against a rock. There's almost no echoing nor vibration and the case feels significantly heavier.
With hollow plastic sound gone, typing is a lot more pleasant and the boards sound very clean and crisp for both the ergo clear and the linears. I definitely recommend Dynamat Xtreme for anyone wishing to mod their case with sound dampening, very easy to cut and apply and only $18 for the speaker kit.
Big thanks to RavenII for documenting his mod!
