![]() Once again, if I had my pick, simply for the white along I would go with the Cherry Browns. This also matches with the backlighting that each comes with. The baseplate for the reds are red and for the browns it is white. Officially the Quickfire TK is available with blue, red, and brown keyswitches. The keyboard also has a matching blue baseplate as well. Only time will tell if it’s an issue for me personally though.Īlthough I would have preferred the model with brown switches just for my wife’s sanity, as you can see the model tested is sporting cherry blue key switches with the LED’s built into them. Not saying that its wrong at all, because we have seen this same layout on registers, but they could have gone with two zero keys that did the same function as well. I’m curious if having the 0 and 00 will cause me to miss type in the future when inputting numbers. Down at the bottom you can see the reason for going with the single zero key over a double wide key, without doing this the direction pad wouldn’t fit. Here is the layout of the number pad, you will notice that almost every key has a second function. They did put a small Storm logo here that is out of your way and hardly noticeable also, this is the only logo you will see on the keyboard from your standard position. In the top right corner we still have the normal Number lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll lock lights. In its place there is a 0 and a 00 key, this was done because Cooler Master blended the number pad in with all of the keys we lost in between including the direction pad, print screen, delete, ect. Beyond the enter key everything actually looks like your standard number pad, with the exception that this number pad doesn’t have the standard double wide zero key that you would normally expect. We do have a single function key on the right side between the windows key and the control button, this is used to control the media and keyboard lighting keys that double as the F keys up top. Starting from the left side, the entire keyboard all the way to the enter key is of a standard layout. Cooler Master took a full keyboard layout and attempted to pack it into nearly the same space that the Quickfire Rapid took without a number pad. Up under the keyboard you have a small manual and a key puller, unlike the Quickfire Rapid there aren’t any extra replacements keys included with the Quickfire TK.Īs I mentioned in our opening, the layout of the Quickfire TK is an interesting one. Inside the box the keyboard is wrapped up in padding. Around back we have the same theme but with four different pictures showing off the keyboards features. The background of the cover art makes the Quickfire TK on the cover look like it swiped nto a brick wall, busting it. Much like all Cooler Master Storm products the Quickfire TK comes in a box with their standard red and while “claw” marks across the top right corner. Product Name: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK Let’s see how this unique design performs. The TK addresses both of the issues I had with the rapid. Cooler Master recently introduced a new keyboard in the Quickfire product line, their Quickfire TK. The two issues I had with them was their lack of backlighting and the adjustment time needed to get used to not having a number pad. ![]() For the past year we have been using both of these Quickfire Rapids on our test benches because they are amazing keyboards that take up little space. I later got an official review sample with cherry blue key switches as well as the cherry black version wasn’t available in the US at the time. Any input welcome.A little over a year ago at GeforceLAN I got my hands on my first Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid with cherry black key switches and loved it. but it comes with white lighting which seems rather boring. That leaves the version with the brown switches, which I guess are a good compromise between gaming and typing. I also like the blue version, but then those switches are supposed to be loud and most suited for typing (and perhaps not so good for gaming?). I like the looks of the red version best, but I'm not sure if red switches are going to do well for typing from what I read, they're "gaming" switches. And unfortunately, the shops in my area seem to have completely missed the mechanical keyboard thing, so I'm out of luck when it comes to trying before buying. It's going to be my first mechanical keyboard, so I don't really know which I'd prefer personally. I use my computer for both gaming and typing, so ideally I'd like switches that are suitable for both. I'm considering buying the CM Storm QuickFire TK keyboard, and I'm finding it difficult to decide which color of switches to go with.
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