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Offline Wolfseye

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Cherry MX Silent
« on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 06:13:27 »
Does anyone know how much actuation force the Cherry MX Silents are supposed to have ? I read on one website (and I didnt find any other) that its supposed to be 45g. Which would make it like the Reds. But, now that I have a keyboard with Red and Silent next to me, I doubt that. They feel different. Not just "silent". To me they feel harder to press. And since its a linear one as well, they do remind me more on the Blacks, which I totally couldnt get along with because they felt too hard. I am not really sure what to make of the Silents atm.

Does anyone else here have the Silents already tested and could maybe confirm (or not) what my feeling about the Silents is ? Right now I believe only the Corsair Strafe RGB, which I have here since this morning, is the only one with those Switches.

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Wolfseye
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Offline quasistellar

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 07:01:20 »
I had one to try for a while and I really hated it. The switches had a strange mushy feeling which, as you noted, made it feel stiffer overall. I really dislike reds (and non tactile switches in general), though, so I don't really know what I was expecting.
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Offline Wolfseye

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 07:11:40 »
Exactly what I thought about the clears. Although I really prefer the reds for gaming, more precisely FPS. For other games I might not, but for that I do prefer reds. Otherwise I only use blues for typing and stuff.
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Offline FrostyToast

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 07:18:06 »
The silent switches are likely rated by their springs.
The actual actuation would be higher since there are rubber sliders in the switch which are what make it "silent".
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Offline Wolfseye

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 07:21:49 »
Sure, that explains it. And why I didn't like it. I don't like rubber that makes a switch harder to press. I don't even know why people feel the need for O-Rings. But that's just me.
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Offline MeltingTeeth

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 08:45:19 »
Time for Topre.

Silent feeling of cup rubber.
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Offline Wolfseye

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 09:09:09 »
Quote from: MeltingTeeth on Fri, 13 November 2015, 08:45:19
Time for Topre.

Silent feeling of cup rubber.

Thanks, but not for me. ;)
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Offline zslane

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Re: Cherry MX Silent
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 12:49:26 »
Topres aren't immune to the up-cycle clack noise, which means they've only solved half of the noise problem (by having a reasonably satisfying bottoming-out sound).

I prefer MX reds to MX blacks. I'm disappointed that MX silents are stiffer than reds.

I guess I'm back to hoping NovaTouch someday releases an ANSI 104 board with properly silenced switches.
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