TTC Bluish White vs TTC Silent Bluish White
Only one of these is dampened. The TTC Silent Bluish White is a silent switch and the TTC Bluish White is not, which decides most rooms before the spec sheet gets a say. Our library of every switch we simulate links the two to each other for that reason. Play the A/B bursts below to hear them back to back, match the volumes, then read the spec 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 | TTC Bluish White | TTC Silent Bluish White |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile (silent) |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 42 g | 42 g |
| Bottom-out force | 50 g (our estimate) | not published |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | Yes |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Mid-range | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
TTC advertises an actuation force for both of these, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other. TTC publishes no bottom-out figure for the TTC Bluish White, so the figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation from the forces that are published rather than a rating. How that derivation works .
Verdict
Both the TTC Bluish White and the TTC Silent Bluish White are tactiles, so this matchup comes down to weight, travel and sound rather than feel. The TTC Silent Bluish White is also the dampened one of the pair, which makes it far easier to live with in a shared room. Actuation is the only row with a figure for each of them, and both figures read 42 g. By use case, then: the TTC Bluish White for gaming and typing, the TTC Silent Bluish White for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- TTC Bluish White
- Typing pick
- TTC Bluish White
- Office pick
- TTC Silent Bluish White
Force curves
TTC Bluish White
TTC publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 50 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.
TTC Bluish White or TTC Silent Bluish White: the long answer
Noise is the headline on this pair, so start there. Through the A/B player above, the TTC Bluish White comes through as poppy muted tap with a big rounded bump, while the TTC Silent Bluish White reads as soft dampened 'puc', bump intact. The TTC Silent Bluish White carries factory dampening pads, so the hardest part of the bottom-out largely disappears; the TTC Bluish White keeps it. In a shared room that one fact outweighs most of the spec sheet. The usual caveat applies. Nothing here is a studio recording; both packs are synthesized from published specs, and the players say so.
Under the noise, the two strokes are built differently. These are two TTC tactiles, so both raise a bump close to the point the press registers. Weight looks like a tie, 42 g each at actuation, but without a bottom-out figure for each of them there is nothing to check it against. TTC publishes no bottom-out figure, so treat that 50 g as our estimate. The two stroke depths are identical, 2.0 mm to actuation inside 3.5 mm of total travel. Neither one out-feels the other on type, so the small differences in the table are where the decision lives.
On what they cost to fill a board, the TTC Bluish White is mid priced, while the TTC Silent Bluish White is premium priced. Both arrive lubed from the factory, which is one project you can skip either way.
The TTC Bluish White is the default here: the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair for fast inputs, and its keystroke stays consistent and comfortable across a full day of writing across a long session. Swap to the TTC Silent Bluish White when the room is the constraint, as the pads stop the bottom-out from traveling past your own desk. Whichever way you land, listen to both above with the volume trims matched before you spend anything.
Each of these has a page of its own with the full spec sheet and the sound notes. Start with the TTC Bluish White page and the TTC Silent Bluish White page, or test how your current keyboard performs with our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better for gaming, the TTC Bluish White or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
We pick the TTC Bluish White for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Which is quieter, the TTC Bluish White or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
The dampened one, which is the TTC Silent Bluish White. Silencing pads are the only thing inside a switch that reliably lowers volume, and only one of these two has them.
Which has the heavier spring, the TTC Bluish White or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
Neither, as far as the published numbers go: both are rated 42 g at actuation, the only measuring point with a published figure for each. Bottom-out is where two switches matched at actuation often diverge, but neither switch here has a published bottom-out figure at all. Treat this as a tie on the spec sheet rather than a proven match in the hand.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the TTC Bluish White or the TTC Silent Bluish White?
The TTC Bluish White 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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