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be quiet! silences peripherals as it expands into market with new keyboards and mice

Here is a look at what be quiet! has announced its foray into peripherals

Sebastian Kozlowski

Last Updated on April 15, 2025

be quiet! silences peripherals as it expands into market with new keyboards and mice

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Mount keyboards
Dark Perk mice
IO Software

As a company whose primary focus has been cooling and silence, be quiet! has a whole range of products to build out your gaming PC with. Having primarily built power supplies, PC cases, CPU coolers, and fans, it’s now entering peripherals, too. That makes sense, considering if your machine is silent, the peripherals are next to go.

Thanks to the parent company of be quiet!, Listan, acquiring Mountain at the end of 2022, has taken a few inspirations and technologies from it to create this new range of components and even new software. From this, we get two new keyboards (dark mount and light mount), two new mice (dark perk sym and ergo), and the IO Center, which even has a web version.

We were invited to the pre-briefing event at the end of February, which introduced and showcased these new products. With an introduction from Aaron Licht, the CEO, and additional info from Ole Grosstück, the CMO, here is what be quiet! peripherals are going to be.

Be quiet! enters the peripheral market with two silent keyboards and mice, Image by PC Guide — be quiet! enters the peripheral market with two silent keyboards and mice, Image by PC Guide

Mount keyboards

The first to launch are the two mechanical keyboards, featuring be quiet!’s switches and design. Releasing on April 29th, you’ll have a choice of the Dark and Light mount keyboards, two versions with a pick between a more expensive one with plenty more features or a more basic option for cheaper, as they come with a price tag of $254.90/£239.90/€259.90 and $169.90/£169.90/€169.90.

Firstly, the Dark Mount takes great inspiration from the Mountain Everest Max. Although it is a full-size keyboard, it has a detachable numpad and media dock that shrinks down to a TKL when you want it to. It even gives you flexibility in where you mount each of these, as the numpad and dock can be moved to the left side to provide you with greater personalization and options for your desk space. Using a USB-C connector, it is a rather versatile way to connect things up, even offering a cable to use it at a distance from your keyboard.

The Light Mount is a unified, simpler solution for a full-size keyboard. With a whole numpad on the side, volume controls, and macro buttons down the side, along with a splash of RGB lighting, it offers a quiet keyboard without the extra splashiness and price.

One of the main upgrades over what’s already out there is both the switches and dampening. First of which is the use of the silent Linear (Orange) or Tactile (Black) switches. Made with muted sound in mind, that is also pre-lubed from the factory for the smoothest performance out there. These come with a 45g and 55g actuation force respectively and are hot swappable wth any other 5-pin MX style switches.

As for the sound-absorbing layers, they offer three different implementations to live up to the be quiet! name, with the foam sitting in between the switches and PCB, and another underneath the PCB. With an additional silicone padding filling in the bottom of the housing, so even the space bar gets a bonus layer of dampening, reducing all the echo and sounds.

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Dark Perk mice

Also announced, but coming a bit later, are two gaming mice. These are the two versions of the same model, with the introduction of the Dark Perk Sym and Dark Perk Ergo, the option for symmetric and ergonomic design. This gives you a choice of designs for the wireless gaming mouse. They are expected to be released in May with a price tag of €129.99.

With a weight of 55g in a closed shell, it is a lightweight esports mouse that aims to provide some competition in the market for great performance in silence. It comes with the latest MCU and sensor that offer 8,000Hz polling rates and a lifespan of 100 hours.

For the switches, it uses Optical Omron D2FP-FN2, which provides ultra-low actuation latency, a reported 70 million click lifetime, and a more muted sound profile. The sensor implemented is the PixArt PAW3950, with up to 32,000 DPI to provide the best performance available.

Finally, the two models offer a different shape that can be more suitable to different hand shapes and grips. With a symmetrical or ergonomic design, depending on whether you want a more universal option or one more sculpted to your hand.

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IO Software

Lastly announced was the software to control it all. How could you have all these peripherals without some way to control and personalize them? In this case, be quiet! is working on the IO Center, including a web version, so you don’t even have to have an application running, as you can set it up via a browser instead, saving you some processing power and no need for extra installs. As it also improves compatibility with support for Mac and Linux.

Here you can find control of the per-key RGB with plenty of animations to use as well. With plenty of side RBB too, the numpad, and dock for the Dark Mount, it can be an intricate process with plenty to take control of. All of these can be saved onboard, too, so you don’t have to keep the app installed and running.

Along with that, it comes with the Elgato style of option and uses the numpad keys to perform tasks with a simple click, enjoying the same customizability and utility for the commands. It also provides support for Microsoft Dynamic Lighting to provide unified support when you don’t want your own settings to be used.

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