Mechanical Cherry Keys

All keys are mechanical, in our case making use of Cherry red MX with RB LED (Red/Blue) backlit switches. The idea behind mechanical switches is that they give a key press a more perceptible feel opposed to keys with a standard rubber membrane used in cheaper dome based keyboards. Gamers seem to prefer mechy's very much over dome based keys, and ever since the past year or three mechanical keyboards have been on the rise big time.  Back-lighting on a Cherry MX switch is much sharper than that of a membrane keyboard because each key is lit by an individual LED and not in an array. This means that if you remove the keycap, you can see a LED directly under it that maximizes the lighting effect. Examples you can see on this page.

The keyboard registers keys pressed at once, this is 6-key rollover though. If we may believe Cherry, these Cherry MX switches can withstand over 50 million key presses. Each key switch is mounted directly onto a top plate that ensures structural rigidity, topped with a translucent ABS laser-etched UV coated keycap to enable back-lighting. While Cooler Master only offers a Cherry MX Red model, Cherry offers a wide variety of switches these days with silence and speed being the latest ones, the competition is growing though as most brands have started to design their own spinoffs. 

The Cherry MX mechanical switches are intended for fast, efficient gaming.  The keys are curved a little and are fairly slippery which gives them a well positioned feel. You can purchase and replace/swap keycaps.