ThunderX3 TK25 Gaming Keyboard & TM20 Optical Mouse Review

Performance

Both the keyboard and the mouse benefit from the very nicely designed ThunderX3 software, and here you’ll find access to macro engine, reprogrammable keys, shortcuts and more, meaning you can easily configure them to your liking. On top of that, you’ll find three profiles, meaning that you can swap between your favourite game/work profiles at the tap of a button.

Custom LED lighting effects, giving you some extra visual flair.

One good thing to see is that acceleration can be turned off completely, it’s off by default, and it’s staying off.

The Avago sensor was one of the key aspects of this mouse and as you can see, ThunderX3 made a great choice for their sensor, as the performance is smooth as silk throughout the entire DPI range. If you’re a pro gamer who cares about pixel perfect accuracy while playing DOTA II or CS:GO, then you’re going to love this mouse.

The LED lighting isn’t too overbearing, adding a nice highlight to the mouse overall. The TM20 is a great looking, great performance and solid all-around performer. The Omron switches are snappy and responsive, the grip panels work really well and we love the oversized and easy to control scroll wheel.

The TK25 seems like a nice pairing for the TM20, as they’re both affordable and offer a lot of features. The LED lighting on this keyboard isn’t particularly the brightest, but even in a well-lit room you get reasonable highlights on the keys, a bit of under glow and some LED trim on the outer edges.

The texture on the key caps doesn’t look particularly great, but it’s a nice light texture that gives the keys a light grip and they feel great for gaming.

Of course, this being a membrane switch keyboard, the keys are nice and light, and incredibly quiet; handy if you do most of your gaming at night.

The LED lighting has a few extra colours to it, and can be cycled through using the controls on the keyboard. However, my favourite keys are the macro keys on the left side, as I play a lot of MMO games, having these here to deploy a few more complex commands is a very welcome bonus.

The keys aren’t going to have my ditching my mechanical keyboard anytime soon, but for the cost of the keyboard, they’re still quite impressive. They’re nice and fast, have a soft action and a good return rate that holds up very well in both work and gaming tasks.