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With the Quick Fire Pro TK, CM Storm has created a keyboard which basically come with a standard layout where the block between the numberpad and the enter key is missing. The advantage of this layout is that the keyboard features a reduced size and it doesn't take as much space on the desk like a standard keyboard. Especially at LAN parties this can be an advantage, since it's quite often the case, that there isn't enough space. Furthermore the CM Storm Quick Fire TK is a very robust product. Cooler Master chose to put a metal plate into the back of this keyboard, which makes it kind of indestructible. Another great addition are the mechanical key, which do not only feel great when typing, their endurance is just incomparable to rubber dome keys. CherryMX switches are well know for their ability of surviving 50 million keystrokes without even breaking a sweat. In order to cause damage to this keyboard you'd have to hit it with a baseball bat or a hammer, otherwise it's just very, very unlikely that something will break. Cooler Master also provided the key caps with a very comfortable coating which feels grippy but not sticky.

To provide the Quick Fire Pro TK with some additional functionality Cooler Master equipped it with an FN key. If you press this key for a few seconds you're going to deactivate the F-keys as well as the number pad. At the same time you activate additional control keys as well as multimedia keys and the arrow keys, which have been integrated into the number pad. With the control keys you can for example switch between the three different backlight colors. What you can also do is adjusting the level of brightness and by pressing the F12-key you deactivate the Windows key. Once the arrow keys are activated the enter key in the number pad is deactivated. We would have loved it if the enter key stays activated, especially for office task this would be useful. On the other hand there is the fact, that this is a gaming keyboard and not some almighty "I can do everything even better" keyboard. Cooler Master had been focussing on Gamers needs and in our honest opinion, they did a good job so far.

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If you spin and rotate the CM Storm Quick Fire TK you'll notice how robust this thing actually is. The build quality is on an extraordinary high level and there is just absolutely nothing that doesn't fit perfectly. So, even if you're a hardcore gamer you'll enjoy this product for a very long time. The likelyhood, that something is going to break is very low, except you're the kind of guy who smashed the keyboard over the edge of the table. But in this case we would recommend an anger management therapy when buying a new keyboard. Btw. maybe that's something peripherals manufacturers could sell with their keyboards, mice or headsets to create some additional value on their products