the M45 is both an uncomplicated product
and yet one that I feel deserves its fair share of attention Corsair hasn't
actually altered much from its predecessor the M40 but that's why I
feel like if I don't cover it it might get
overlooked with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD
is an amazing choice for gamers and performance in enthusiasts the M40 is an
excellent Optical gaming mouse and at the time of its release even though
Corsair had higher-end products I felt like it was actually the strongest
offering in their lineup for FPS Gamers from both a value perspective and even
just overall it's aago 390 sensor is
extremely accurate and doesn't suffer from the acceleration issues that plague
modern laser sensors the M45 picks up
where the M40 left off it has an upgraded Pixar PMW 3 310 Optical sensor
that is widely regarded as a solid evolutionary improvement over the 3090
and in spite of The Branding change is actually made by the same folks like its
older brother the M45 lacks some of the features of higher-end mice like
customizable lighting colors it's got two settings red and off and I'm sure
there's other stuff but I can't remember any of it right now so obviously there's
nothing missing that I personally care about some more buttons would be nice I
guess but this is not an MMO Mouse so I guess the layout makes sense let's get
into the important stuff the things I care about that it does have seven
completely programmable buttons excellent ergonomics that allow for
users with small hands to Palm and users with bigger hands to claw very
comfortably an adjustable weight system that lets the M40 go from about 98 G to
about 116 G making it very light at the
low end of that range Omron switches a
high mass scroll wheel that due to its metal construction really does have a
more satisfying feel and finally the
really nice textured finish of the mouse with soft touch on the top and then a
fine sandpaper feeling plastic on the sides that is both durable and
facilitates easy lifts without being uncomfortable to the touch DPI goes from
50 all the way to 5,000 and increments of 50 giving you pretty much as wide a
range as most Gamers will desire until we get to like 8K displays or something
and it's got three selectable profiles controlled by default with the top
buttons here so you can change your DPI settings on the Fly speaking of default
key mappings Corsair software has come a long way since the launch of the M60 and
M90 and I'm slowing down to emphasize that you can create and save as many
profiles as you'd like and store your favorite one on the mouse's onboard
memory lift height has five settings from low to high the pulling rate can be
adjusted although just set this to 1,000 Herz or 1 millisecond and then you're
pretty much good to go and angle snapping can be turned on or off but
lacks more granular control control acceleration and the number of scrolling
lines for the wheel options are not
included but those can of course be adjusted in Windows so I guess the one
thing that really felt absent to me was the ability to remap or bind macros to
the scroll up and scroll down functionality this is especially
conspicuous due to Corsair is actually really solid and easy to use
implementation of button remapping that allows you to assign macros keyboard
keys and even some cool canned Windows functions like copy paste Clos current
window Etc now as of today the m45s
pricing puts it right up against the steel series rival and the Logitech
g400s and $10 cheaper than the Razer death outer 2013 making it very
competitive the g400s will be the obvious choice for gamers who prefer
that classic Logitech shape and the only thing I feel that it lacks at this price
point is a braided cable M45 got that
compared to the Rival I prefer the textured sides versus the rubber finish
on the sides of the Rival and for compared to the Death Adder 2013 I find
that the increased resistance of the left and right click on the top is
preferable to the hair trigger ones on the Death Adder but your mileage may
vary and that is why all of these mice
get to exist so personal taste I really like a lot of things about this one but
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