The company’s new ‘Function’ keyboards combines the functionality of hot swappable switches with a simple design that utilizes a standard bottom row. The end result is a highly customizable and easy to maintain set of entry-level mechanical gaming keyboards that you can tweak to your liking, starting at $129.
You can build the keyboard featured in this video here 👇
NZXT Function:
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Start building your keyboard here, all orders include free shipping!
Chase’s recommended build:
The Streamer Build ($220) – MiniTKL ($120), Gunmetal gray with Gat Silent Black Ink V2 60g Linear switches ($70), Gray PBT keycaps with Cyan accent keycaps($10) and Cyan braided USB-C cable ($10)…
The $130 Budget Build (Upgrade over time!) – MiniTKL, Gunmetal gray with gat browns, and black PBT keycaps…
$120 + $10 service fee = $130 pre-tax
Pro-tip: You can save money by purchasing other switches online.
NZXT product collections:
Keyboard Collection
Page: nzxt.com/collection/keyboard
Mouse Collection
Page: nzxt.com/collection/mouse
Mousepad Collection
Page: nzxt.com/collection/mouse-pad
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0:00 Intro
2:07 Unboxing
2:53 Sound Test
3:40 Stabilizers
4:28 Keyboard Features
4:59 Build Portal
5:15 Switches
5:40 Build Guide
6:50 RGB Lighting
7:52 Lift Mouse
8:30 My Thoughts
Ogauge Trains plus slot Cars
March 15, 2022 at 6:54 pm
1st very important information. 👍♐♐♐♐♐♐
Mr Rahaman
March 15, 2022 at 6:54 pm
1st comment
Nathan Ashebir
March 15, 2022 at 6:57 pm
weeeeee
CD FAM
March 15, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Intresting bud
JBGiant24
March 15, 2022 at 7:03 pm
4:23
Darren A
March 15, 2022 at 7:10 pm
Not bad but that colour change is terrible
JogBird
March 15, 2022 at 7:12 pm
its got SNES colourway
DrakotheHusky
March 15, 2022 at 7:25 pm
i personally hate NZXT from my experience but that’s a pretty nice keyboard. but my razer is almost the same
MrBlackFuzz
March 15, 2022 at 9:19 pm
Why? I’m curious since i think that their chassis are pretty nice.
DrakotheHusky
March 15, 2022 at 9:38 pm
@MrBlackFuzz I had a streamer plus and idk how king the water pump was broken. Probably since I got it in July. And it took 6 weeks to get a new cooler and the correct bracket for the pc they built. After swapping everything into a new case and replacing everything nzxt I noticed they gave me the wrong power supply but too late to do anything. My cpu was running 205F at idol for idk how long.
I swapped into a Corsair 5000t with 10 Corsair ql 120 fans and the 360mm cooler. New power supply is on the way as well so pretty much have changed out everything besides motherboard, cpu, gpu and ram I ordered this morning
TheProG4merPlayz
March 16, 2022 at 8:59 pm
@DrakotheHusky u did not just use fahrenheit for cpu temps 😂😂
DrakotheHusky
March 16, 2022 at 9:20 pm
@TheProG4merPlayz I did. Cry about it some more 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
SV
March 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm
Hotswap has been mainstream and easy (it’s literally in the name hotswap) for a long long time now.CNET living under a rock by praising this terrible keyboard. See others for the review of this overpriced super cheap keyboard
Rudy
March 15, 2022 at 8:47 pm
do they sell barebone ?
The Alien_Ali
March 16, 2022 at 1:16 am
I will do u barebone 😂
Ryan Marshall
March 17, 2022 at 12:33 am
I don’t think they do but with a little bit of research you can find a much better barebones kit for much cheaper
Hadeks Marow
March 16, 2022 at 1:20 am
Ew those lesser ones better cost half the price since they’re only half a keyboard.
Truly Ergonomic
March 16, 2022 at 3:17 am
Hot-Swappable switches have existed since before 2017. Our Truly Ergonomic CLEAVE Keyboard switches are also Hot-Swappable, and even excessively better, our switches are optoelectric – which means that it uses a laser under each key to detect the keypress rather than using old metal contacts like in all other mechanical switches. The main advantages of optoelectric switches are the high reliability, instant actuation, no double/repeated letters, and water-dust-snack resistant.
Rachatat Bunpat
March 16, 2022 at 3:26 am
Are they chestos dust proof? And also claiming your keyboard switches is better is quite a bold move I must say. It’s about prefrence in this community you know, they are no “best” switch . It’s all about prefrence. Some people might like Cherry MX Browns, it’s their prefrence. You can’t say that your keyboard is the best. Also optoelectric hot swap switches also have less range of products. I think 99% of people will prefer normal switch to your switch. There are more variaties to choose from.
Truly Ergonomic
March 16, 2022 at 4:50 am
@Rachatat Bunpat “chestos dust proof”? (if you mean Cheetos, yes they are).
Our switches are better because they are optical.
Our keyboard can use our Brand, Outemu, Gateron, and Kailh optical switches: Brown, Brown Silent, Blue, Red, Red Silent, Yellow, Yellow Silent, Gray, Gray Silent.
99% of people will prefer optical once they use them and realize are more reliable, have a better feeling, have 0.01ms debouncing, do not provide double letters, and are guaranteed for 100 million actuations.
Rachatat Bunpat
March 16, 2022 at 3:28 am
Ewwww, the stabilizer in the full size one, what happen to you poor thing.
Oopsitsdeleted
March 16, 2022 at 5:43 am
a 20 dollar keyboard from Amazon probably has hotswap. It’s not that big of a deal.
Milan Đurđević
March 16, 2022 at 12:20 pm
C|NET you guys are Cringe.