It's up to 30 quieter than other mechanical gaming keyboards without sacrificing the speed, feel and responsiveness you need to win. However, the difference between the Silent and standard switch is remarkable - there's a huge amount of noise reduction going on and it's massively noticeable whether you're doing single key test taps or typing at a fair speed. Fully integrated noise reduction mechanical gaming keyboard Strafe MX Silent delivers ultra-quiet mechanical key switch performance and dynamic, vibrant lighting control. The bottom out is definitely harsher and while spring-back is far less noisy than standard Cherry MX Reds, for example, it's again an order of magnitude quieter on a membrane keyboard. The membrane layer in these keyboards still seems to absorb a lot more sound and even lightly tapping but not fully depressing the keys is noticeably louder on the Strafe, where the keys do rattle around a lot more on the switch - something common to Cherry MX keyboards. So, the big question - how loud are the Cherry MX Silent switches? If you're coming from a membrane or scissor switch-based keyboard, sadly, they're still noticeably louder. In a similarly dampened way, the spring-back noise has also been reduced, but with little if any discernible change in spring-back force or indeed any part of the keystroke.

The bottoming out actually feels a little like o-rings have been applied too - there's no harsh tap as the key hits bottom as you usually get with Cherry MX Reds.

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