The well-known PC game hardware manufacturer NZXT (Enjie) has released a lot of PC hardware and peripheral products in recent years, simple and exquisite design style, and excellent material workmanship have won the attention of many users, and the same simple design style has also been integrated into the recently released Function series of game mechanical keyboards, named: FUNCTION, FUNCTION TENKEYLESS and FUNCTION MINITKL. The series of keyboards provides black and white two color schemes and three different columns, while supporting key separation, RGB backlighting, shaft body hot swap and other configurations, then follow the author to see how the overall performance of the Function series of game mechanical keyboards is.
Packaging & Accessories:
The NZXT Function series gaming mechanical keyboard provides black and white color schemes and three different configurations, FUNCTION and FUNCTION TENKEYLESS correspond to the common 104 and 87 key configurations, and FUNCTION MINITKL is a small and compact 88-key layout. The three keyboards obtained by the author are all white, the product packaging adopts the NZXT classic white and purple color scheme, the front provides product models and display diagrams, and the back and sides are basic parameters and features, which is convenient for users to quickly understand the product characteristics.
In terms of accessories, all three keyboards offer transparent dust covers, black USB Type-C braided cables, purple pullers and key pullers, and product rollout cards. The 104 and 87 keyboards also offer magnetic keyboard hand rests that correspond to their respective lengths, and the surface of the hand rest is made of soft rubber and provides a rich round non-slip pattern. The rubber surface is soft and comfortable, which can provide sufficient support for the user's wrist, and with the ABS material substrate and anti-slip foot pad, the user can get better comfort for a long time.
Appearance & Details:
In addition to the different configurations, the NZXT Function series of gaming mechanical keyboards adopts the same design style in terms of color scheme and fuselage structure, and the family design concept also makes the keyboard more recognizable. The keyboard adopts the current very popular aluminum panel with suspension shaft body scheme, and the aluminum panel surface layer adopts white spray paint, which ensures the beauty and can also bring better refraction rendering performance to the keyboard lighting, with black keycaps look simple and generous, or very pleasing to the user's eyeballs. Among them, the MINITKL version adopts a compact layout scheme to meet the daily input needs, while also reducing the occupation of the use space, and has better performance in the degree of portability. The classic key layout of 104 keys and 87 keys can be used quickly for most users, reducing the user's adaptation time and also having higher ease of use and compatibility performance.
In terms of key function, the series of keyboards provide four sets of configuration switching functions and multimedia control functions, which can be easily switched and controlled through the FN key combination, or have a high practical performance. Among them, these four different sets of profiles can facilitate users to achieve targeted settings for different use scenarios, including different options such as functions and lights, further enriching the user's experience. FUNCTION MINITKL provides a separate arrow key area and most of the function keys, the key perfection is still very high, there will be no obvious discomfort in use, but the compact key layout still needs to be adapted to by the user. In addition, it also provides an independent button above the arrow key area, which can be customized according to the usage habits, which can better improve the user experience.
NZXT Function series game mechanical keyboard provides a volume adjustment wheel and three shortcut keys on the left side of the fuselage, and the three keys are arranged vertically, providing fast mute, lock WIN key and light adjustment functions, which can be more convenient and fast for users to control functions. The volume wheel damping sense is lighter, the sense of scale is fine, there is a relatively light and accurate hand feeling performance, the three shortcut buttons feel clear and clear, the circular concave design can also bring a clearer hand recognition performance, blind exercise state is still very convenient, with the status indicator is also more convenient for users to identify.
All three keyboards are key-line separation solutions, which have better portability performance for small keyboards. Their top of the fuselage provides a USB Type-C interface, with the included braided cable, can adapt to most of the user's desktop layout, and the USB Type-C interface also has a high versatility, users can easily find compatible cables and connect to use, or very convenient. Function MINITKL side also provides a dark brand LOGO, further enhance the recognition of the keyboard, while FUNCTION and FUNCTION TENKEYLESS also provide a more low-key light white LOGO on the front of the fuselage, the color is very close to the panel color, can only be recognized at different light angles.
The back of the keyboard body continues the simple design style, providing a number of oval non-slip foot pads to ensure the stability of the keyboard placement, to ensure that the keyboard will not slip off in use and other issues, the top of the two-stage adjustable foot support, but also allows most users to find their own input inclination, so that the keyboard is more comfortable to use. At the top of the foot, it also adds a rubber non-slip pad, which can also have excellent stability performance in the open state of the foot support, further enhancing the user's experience.
Keycaps & Shafts:
NZXT Function series game mechanical keyboard currently only provides Jiadalong red axis, using a linear feel scheme, 45gf trigger pressure and 2mm trigger stroke, can also bring a lighter and smoother percussion feel, and the bottom and rebound feel is also more crisp to follow, pressing the feel is still relatively good. At the same time, this shaft body has a click life of 80 million times, which is still very reliable in terms of durability. The large key position adopts the satellite axis scheme, the hand feel performance is acceptable, the feel is also relatively crisp and clean, and the bottom meat sense is controlled relatively well, but there is still a certain loose sound in the individual large key positions, which also needs to be optimized by the manufacturer.
The series of keyboards is also equipped with the current very popular shaft body hot-swappable scheme, compatible with the current mainstream three-foot shaft, five-foot shaft, more convenient for users to replace their favorite shaft type, but also further enhance the overall playability performance of the keyboard. This keyboard also adds a cross-shaped reinforced support structure in the center of the shaft seat, and with the sandwich cotton structure, it can bring a more stable and solid bottoming feel, bringing users a better percussion feel experience.
They are equipped with a set of ABS material translucent keycaps, the surface of the keycaps added a special coating, the feel is delicate and warm at the same time, but also has a better anti-wear performance, so that the keycaps have a longer service life. The keycap adopts OEM height, and the ergonomic step shape also provides the user with better input inclination, further improving the comfort of use. The keycaps support character transmission, and the character scheme of the closed-mouth scheme can also present a clearer character transmission performance for the user, with a variety of RGB backlight modes, to further enhance the overall appearance of the keyboard.
RGB backlight:
The NZXT Function series of gaming mechanical keyboards all support full-key RGB backlighting, which can bring better lighting atmosphere and visual performance to the user's desktop. Users can set the lighting mode through the NZXT CAM driver software, and the color adjustment of about 16.8 million colors also makes the lighting performance more colorful. The white aluminum panel with the suspension shaft body scheme can also bring a better divergent refraction effect to the light, the light brightness is moderate, soft and uniform without glare, the dynamic light effect is smooth and natural, and it has an excellent visual performance. Users can also adjust the color and dynamic speed, which further enriches the lighting gameplay and lighting atmosphere expression.
Driver settings:
Through the NZXT CAM driver software, users can set the lighting mode and key function to further enrich the lighting effect and key function. The lighting part provides two ways to set the basic light and the trigger light, the user can set the lighting effect mode according to personal preferences, and provides light color, brightness, dynamic speed, direction and other adjustment options, with a high lighting play performance. Key function part provides a wealth of preset options, users only need to drag to achieve function replacement changes, or very convenient, key function part provides the basic layer and function layer two layers of settings selection, has a high degree of customization, with the macro key recording editing function, can achieve more quick operation, further simplify the user's tedious operation, bring more convenience and practical performance.
Usage test:
NZXT Function series game mechanical keyboard currently only provides a single-mode wired solution, the three keyboards support full-key no-flush scheme, which can avoid operation errors or interference caused by key interference, and is more handy to deal with various use scenarios, which can bring users a better experience.
NZXT Function series game mechanical keyboard adopts plug-and-play drive-free design, has a high ease of use, users can also achieve more lighting mode and key function adjustment through the driver software, the function performance is very complete, but also for users to bring a more simple and easy to use experience. The combination switching of the four sets of profiles also allows users to set independently according to different usage scenarios, and it is very convenient to switch through the key combination when using. Rich multimedia control functions can also bring convenient and fast multimedia control operations in daily use, and can also bring users a better experience.
Three different matching schemes allow users to freely choose according to personal preferences, FUNCTION, FUNCTION TENKEYLESS two keyboards with hand rest design, so that users can get better input comfort after a long time of use. The standard OEM matching method also makes this keyboard easy to be compatible with most of the commercially available keycaps, users can freely replace the keycaps according to their preferences, with the shaft hot plug scheme, but also has a higher playability performance, allowing users to play their own DIY ideas, to create an exclusive personal keyboard appearance and gameplay.
summary:
The NZXT Function series of gaming mechanical keyboards provides three different matching schemes, the family design style makes the series of keyboards more recognizable, and the lightweight and durable aluminum panel and suspension shaft body scheme with a simple body design also present users with a more pleasing look and feel performance. The hot-swappable shaft body with sandwich cotton and the OEM height keycap in terms of compatibility performance also allows the series of keyboards to integrate well with a variety of different styles of desktop layouts, making it more versatile, and the easy-to-operate multimedia function and four sets of profile switching functions also make this keyboard easy to meet the needs of users. The series of keyboards will be officially released in April, priced at FUNCTION 1099 yuan, FUNCTION TENKEYLESS 999 yuan, FUNCTION MINITKL 899 yuan, like users may wish to pay more attention to the official flagship store of NZXT.