Performance

The Roccat Suora FX supports N-key rollover USB, which tested successfully using Aqua's test. Switch Hitter confirmed no chatter with these keys in the five weeks of testing I did before this review.




Out of the box, the Suora FX comes with the Wave lighting effect activated, and this is, as such, a good place to also show off the RGB backlighting from the top and side, with light bleed from the bottom of the floating keycaps.


In order to see how the backlighting itself is, I set everything to a constant white at 100%. There is a blue hue here, but the LEDs are bright enough to where even the secondary legends are illuminated well enough to be made out easily. Here, you can also see the TTC Blue switches with the LEDs lit up. The bar helps distribute light throughout the keycap's full length, which does help.




I also tried the other preset lighting effects, with a couple demonstrated above. They work as expected, and there is not much else to say about this.


On to the switches now. I was able to get my hands on two samples, one with TTC Brown and another with TTC Blue switches, and this was my first experience with them. For those interested, here is the product page for the TTC Brown switch and here is the product page for the TTC Blue switch. The force-travel diagrams are similar to the Cherry MX Brown and MX Blue switches, respectively, although the TTC Brown arguably felt better to type on because of a more pronounced tactile feedback, which was nice. Both switch types are rated for 50 million keystrokes, although this review can not verify that. Both switches were also extremely consistent in actuation force and travel, with a tension gauge used to measure an average actuation force of 44.85 and 50.10 cN at 2.04 mm and 2.07 mm respectively for the TTC Brown and Blue switches, averaged across twenty switches.




As always, the sound of a keyboard is based on more than just the switch type. So when comparing sound clips, consider the keyboard as a whole. In this case, I have provided above an example sound clip of me typing on the two Suora FX samples at ~86-90 WPM. For context, you can find sound clips from other keyboards here, including those with tactile and clicky switches. I did bottom out here, although it is definitely possible not to do so if you practice.