Be Quiet! Dark Mount review - the king of modular gaming keyboards

The Be Quiet! Dark Mount marks the start of Be Quiet!'s adventures into making gaming PC peripherals, and it makes for quite the entrance. It's packed with features and functions that most other keyboards simply can't offer, making it instantly among my favorite keyboards thanks to its versatility. Its most notable feature, other than whisper-quiet typing, is its ability to come apart, with the numpad section and multimedia buttons able to be removed and placed in different positions. If this core feature set seems familiar, you'd be right to think so. For a start, the likes of Asus tried such a system before with its Claymore and Claymore 2 keyboards. Then there's Mountain, which made the similar Everest Max keyboard. It's that company that was bought by Be Quiet! a few years ago, and, as such, the Dark Mount is effectively the successor to the Everest Max. Given that the Everest is currently on our best gaming keyboard guide as the best modular keyboard, the Dark Mount has some strong pedigree. However, there's a lot more going on here than just a change of brand. [site_jumplinks] Continue reading Be Quiet! Dark Mount review - the king of modular gaming keyboards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming

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Be Quiet! Dark Mount review - the king of modular gaming keyboards
Be Quiet! Dark Mount review - the king of modular gaming keyboards

The Be Quiet! Dark Mount marks the start of Be Quiet!'s adventures into making gaming PC peripherals, and it makes for quite the entrance. It's packed with features and functions that most other keyboards simply can't offer, making it instantly among my favorite keyboards thanks to its versatility. Its most notable feature, other than whisper-quiet typing, is its ability to come apart, with the numpad section and multimedia buttons able to be removed and placed in different positions.

If this core feature set seems familiar, you'd be right to think so. For a start, the likes of Asus tried such a system before with its Claymore and Claymore 2 keyboards. Then there's Mountain, which made the similar Everest Max keyboard. It's that company that was bought by Be Quiet! a few years ago, and, as such, the Dark Mount is effectively the successor to the Everest Max. Given that the Everest is currently on our best gaming keyboard guide as the best modular keyboard, the Dark Mount has some strong pedigree. However, there's a lot more going on here than just a change of brand. [site_jumplinks]

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