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The TK also has CM Storm’s very attractive custom font on its laser-etched keycaps as well, a detail it shares with all of its sisters.Īnd in case you thought it borrows nothing from the Trigger, the TK has the Trigger’s capability for full backlighting of the entire keyboard. Styling-wise, it borrows the most from the Pro: the TK features iterations of the Pro’s most distinctive styling cues, most obvious in the “Lock” indicator LED cluster, as well as its dark anthracite coloration. In terms of physical dimensions, the TK is a just a smidge larger than the Rapid in all three dimensions (L, W, and H). Also like these two variants, the TK has three channels through which you can route the USB cable (left, right, center) for best convenience, according to where your keyboard is relative to the PC. For example, it has a detachable braided USB cable that plugs in underneath the keyboard chassis, just like the Rapid and the Pro. It carries an SRP of $99.99 USD.įrom the first time you lay your eyes on it, it’s clear that the QuickFire TK shares plenty of DNA with its elder sisters. It’s currently shipping, but the roll-out to certain e-tailers is slow. I mention this at the outset since there is a possibility that the shipping retail versions may have some subtle differences from what we received.

We’ll have a good look at it and see how well it stacks up to the pedigree established by its older siblings.Ĭooler Master sent us its newest baby in nothing but a plain white box, so I suspect what we have is a sample strictly for review. Today, Techgage has the newest member of the CM Storm mechanical keyboard family on-hand: the QuickFire TK. By all accounts, including ours here at Techgage, all three are certifiable hits.

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With the Quickfire TK, you can quickly detach the braided cable and start swinging.Would you believe that it has only been scarcely a year since Cooler Master’s Storm gaming product line first waded into the shark tank that is the mechanical keyboard market? The QuickFire Rapid was the first to jump in, followed in subsequent months by its sisters the QuickFire Pro and the Trigger. It may not have a 16 million color back-lighting system like some other keyboards out there, but I would like to see someone use those keyboards as a club when the LAN tournament gets heated. It accomplishes everything it sets out to do and is available now at Cooler Master’s CM Storm official website. Overall, the Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK gaming keyboard is a compact, dependable, and rugged keyboard. Unfortunately, I am a bit thick-fingers and sometimes am not all that coordinated… 😉 This helps keep the keys from bumping up next to one another. While the key bases are a standard size, they taper to a much smaller size on the finger-pressing side. I loved my experience with the keyboard and the only issue I had with it was the occasional pressing of the wrong key due to the small surface area of the keys. I used the CM Storm Quickfire TK in multiple games, from Sword of the Stars to Call of Duty: Black Ops II and even some Company of Heroes. Shop around until you find a supplier with the one you desire. The choice is yours, however some key types are more readily available in certain markets than others. The Brown switch variant is very tactile, with a noticeable pressing action but is not nearly as noisy as the Blue switches. Red switches are not either but its shorter action makes it a bit more suited to gaming. Cherry MX Blue switches tend to be tactile and “clicky”. Basically, this allows you to get the keyboard that best fits your particular preference.

The Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK keyboard is available in three flavors of Cherry MX switches: Red, Brown, and Blue. The numeric keypad shares keys with the extended “home”, “del”, etc keys as well as the arrows. There are no software-based controls for the keyboard, it is all done on the hardware itself by way of a special function key. Its compact but very hefty and it wont go jumping around your gaming station in the heat of battle. The CM Storm Quickfire TK is an excellent keyboard that exudes rugged design. What the keyboard lacks in “frills”, however, it makes up in dependability. This lack of bells and whistles should not discourage you from checking it out. For example, there is only one red back-light color and it is keyboard controllable via 5 intensity levels and three modes of operation (pulse, steady, and WASD). To meet this aim and keep it affordable, Cooler Master has made the Quickfire TK a no-frills affair. Built for gamers needing to take a dependable keyboard with them for tournament play, the Quickfire TK features hard plastic and metal construction and small form factor. Cooler Master has released a new gaming keyboard, the CM Storm Quickfire TK.