Thermaltake Argent K5 RGB Gaming Keyboard Titanium, MX RGB BLUE, USB, DE

Zwar summieren sich die hochwertige Verarbeitung, das durchdachte Design und die vielen Funktionen samt leistungsstarker Cherry-Schalter zu einer hervorragenden Gaming-Tastatur, doch was fehlt ist ein letztes Premium-Alleinstellungsmerkmal, um den hohen Preis zu rechtfertigen.

Thermaltake had held private media sessions in January to compensate for the lack of CES showings in person, and the new ARGENT series of peripherals was high up the pecking order then. The company had used Level 20 as an equivalent platform before, but that ended up being a marketing tagline slapped onto several product categories. The new ARGENT K5 RGB takes several cues from the Level 20 RGB keyboard from before, including the thick aluminium frame, dedicated keys/wheel on top of the full-size layout, and side lighting with exactly the same number of RGB LEDs.

The ARGENT series is nothing short of high class sophistication. The RGB lights nicely accent the titanium look, and the under glow from the light strip that travels the entirety of the bottom of the keyboard looks great!

There’s no getting away from the fact that this is a truly awesome keyboard when it comes to gaming. It’s tight, responsive, and it feels very well made. There are a few quirks to the aesthetics and feel of it for this price range, keeping me away from the Editors Choice Award. Still, I can’t argue with the gaming performance of a big heavy-duty slab of aluminium and Cherry MX Speed switches, and likely never will!