RENOWNED CASE GIANT NZXT has been attempting to gain a foothold in the wider peripheral market. In our last issue (June 2022), we tested the company’s Capsule microphone, which proved to be a good start for expansion into areas where its name is less well-known. The company’s latest products are a keyboard and mouse combo, so it seems like a good opportunity to test both out in this issue, starting with the Function keyboard here, the MiniTKL variant, which is the smallest of the bunch. NZXT has also released a full-sized and a tenkeyless (TKL) option, so should you go for NZXT’s first keyboard or opt for a name with more experience in this field?
If compact peripherals appeal to you then this MiniTKL form should be right up your street. A standard TKL board is usually compact, but NZXT’s MiniTKL format fits those same features into an even smaller shell. It essentially gets rid of the empty spacing around the TKL board and compresses all the keys together. It’s not quite as small as some 60 percent boards, but is noticeably different from regular TKL keyboards.