Thermaltake Argent K5 RGB Gaming Keyboard

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!

Much of the Thermaltake Argent K5 strength lies in the outstanding Cherry MX Speed switches. We've loved them since we first got our fingers on them and time hasn't caused our wonder to stale. We appreciate what Thermaltake are trying to do with the design of their Argent K5, and how successful they have been is a matter of personal preference. For us the benefits of the wave in catching your eye are totally outweighed by the right hand side of the K5 looking a bit cheap and schizophrenic. If it was all black, like Thermaltake's X1 range, then yes, and if it was all aluminium like the left hand side we'd like it too. Maybe you will. That apart though the excellent build quality, suite of dedicated keys and hefty scroll wheel are enough to tip us towards the positive overall and win the Thermaltake Argent K5 Speed our OC3D Gamers Choice Award.