Welcome! Glad to have you here. I think you made great choices both for your first mech, and your first custom.
Thoughts! I go on quite a bit meself, sometimes:
Agreed w/ @Dave - grabbing some different samples to try before getting a whole set is a good idea. I totally recommend this guide and some of the advice in the comments when it comes to preventing your switch puller from marking up your nice plate.
I went nuts on silent switches a bit over a year ago, and that eventually did lead me to Gazzew.
Boba U4s are pretty amazing to me from a switch-nerd standpoint, but the bump is a little too big / long for my personal typing tastes - at least for long sessions. So far, I am liking Halo U4s, though - they’re a little more mild, and a nice mix of the two switches. If you’d like more thoughts on those, you can find them here.
What had been working really well for me in the office 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 are the silent linear stems I got from Gazzew (I hope he gives them a fun name when he brings those back) - and the Boba housings just made them even better more recently.
Say all that to say, if quiet is what you want, most of the best roads I’d point you down would go through Gazzew sooner or later.
One exception for me might be Silent Inks. They aren’t as quiet on the bottom-out as the Gazzews, but for me so far they strike the most pleasant balance between a “crisp” feeling and quiet. They are more stable than typical Gaterons, though I’m not sure anything in the mx-compatible space is as wobble-free as Boba U4s right now.
I’m also a fan of Silent BOX Browns, but they’re not super consistent and I’m not as clear on good ways to tune those switches yet, so I’m not sure I’d recommend them next to any of these others.
I really like all the Zeal switches - except the silent ones - and I like most things about those. Pretty much everything but the top-out / resting position - it’s a bit off compared to most other switches including Zeal’s. I go more detail about that with some photos and stuff in this thread. There’s also some phone recordings I did of some different silent switches, though I haven’t uploaded the Inks yet. (I’m re-recording all of these and a bunch of others with a better setup soon™)
I really look forward to seeing all the creative stuff you’ve got cooking!