Gateron Silent Brown vs TTC Silent Bluish White
The Gateron Silent Brown and the TTC Silent Bluish White are separated mostly by spring weight, 13 g of it at actuation, with the Gateron Silent Brown the firmer press and the TTC Silent Bluish White the easier one to hold down. Our switch library puts these two on each other's shortlist, and the player below is the fastest way to settle it: match the volumes, then work down through the table and the verdict.
Hear them back to back
simulated from real specssound loads on your first tapShortcuts: press A or B anywhere outside a text box to fire that burst. Use the volume trims to loudness-match the pair before judging which sounds better.
Spec by spec
| Spec | Gateron Silent Brown | TTC Silent Bluish White |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile (silent) | Tactile (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 55 g | 42 g |
| Bottom-out force | 60 g (our estimate) | not published |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | Yes | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Mid-range | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Gateron and TTC both advertise an actuation force, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other. Gateron publishes no bottom-out figure for the Gateron Silent Brown, so the figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation from the forces that are published rather than a rating. What actuation force actually measures .
Verdict
Gateron and TTC are selling the same stroke here, so the Gateron Silent Brown and the TTC Silent Bluish White separate on spring, distance and voice instead. 13 g at actuation is a bracket apart, not a shade, and it is the Gateron Silent Brown carrying the heavier end at 55 g. Budget also has a say, since the Gateron Silent Brown is mid priced and the TTC Silent Bluish White is premium priced. The scoring splits them: the TTC Silent Bluish White for gaming and typing, the Gateron Silent Brown for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- TTC Silent Bluish White
- Typing pick
- TTC Silent Bluish White
- Office pick
- Gateron Silent Brown
Force curves
Gateron Silent Brown
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 60 g at the end of the stroke is our estimate and the run into it is dashed. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers. How we derive it.
TTC Silent Bluish White
TTC publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Gateron Silent Brown or TTC Silent Bluish White: the long answer
The table above already holds the answer. Here is what it means under a finger. The spread at actuation is 13 g, 55 g on the Gateron Silent Brown against 42 g on the TTC Silent Bluish White, which puts them in different weight brackets rather than two shades of one. Actuation lands at 2.0 mm on both, but the TTC Silent Bluish White bottoms out 0.5 mm sooner, 3.5 mm against 4.0 mm. The stroke itself is shared: both give a finger something to aim at on the way down. Same stroke character, so the spring is the fact to weigh.
Sound decides more of these arguments than force curves do. Played back to back, the Gateron Silent Brown is muted light-tactile tap; a whisper with a bump against soft dampened 'puc', bump intact from the TTC Silent Bluish White. Dampening pads are on both, which puts the whole comparison inside a narrow band of volume and moves it onto tone. Both packs are synthesized rather than recorded, so read the comparison as a faithful sketch of each voice and not as a measurement of it.
On the practical side, the Gateron Silent Brown is mid priced, while the TTC Silent Bluish White is premium priced. Factory lube on both, so the smoothness you hear in the player is roughly the smoothness you get.
The split is simple. Buy the TTC Silent Bluish White for how it plays and how it writes: it wins on a lighter spring at actuation, and at the keyboard all day, nothing about it gets tiring by the afternoon, which is the whole test for a writing switch. Buy the Gateron Silent Brown if other people have to sit near it, as the pads stop the bottom-out from traveling past your own desk. Match the trims above, play both, and trust whichever one you keep replaying.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Gateron Silent Brown page and the TTC Silent Bluish White page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
For gaming, should I buy the Gateron Silent Brown or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
We pick the TTC Silent Bluish White for gaming. It takes this one on a lighter spring at actuation, which is what a fast repeated press actually cares about.
Which of the Gateron Silent Brown and the TTC Silent Bluish White is quieter in a shared room?
Neither wins on volume, because both are silenced. What separates them is what is left after the pads: the pitch of the press and how muted the release feels.
Gateron Silent Brown vs TTC Silent Bluish White: which one is the heavier press?
The Gateron Silent Brown, by 13 g. Both figures are published at actuation, 55 g against 42 g, so they are measured at the same point and can be read straight.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Gateron Silent Brown or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
The Gateron Silent Brown sits in the mid priced bracket and the TTC Silent Bluish White in the premium priced one. We do not hold a reliable per-switch price for both, so the bracket is the honest answer rather than a total.
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