Honestly, I was just looking for a solid gaming keyboard. Preferably one that wasn't obnoxiously loud either. One of my friends has the Razer Black Widow Chroma keyboard and told me I should get one too, but I really did not like how loud that thing was. So I looked into this one, and man, it honestly is better in every way (in my opinion), save for one thing. It doesn't have any headphone or microphone port in the back of it, which would have been nice; but in my opinion, this does not really present itself as big enough of an issue to hinder it from getting 5 stars. This thing is also really quiet! So in other words, if you really like the loud click noises that some other mechanical keyboards make, then this Silent edition probably isn't the best for you. Another cool feature in this is that you can actually switch out some of the mechanical keys on this keyboard (you can pull all of them out I believe, just only a few keys actually have something to switch it out with), so its also good for just cleaning underneath the keyboard as well. Excellent job Corsair!