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the M45 is both an uncomplicated product

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and yet one that I feel deserves its fair share of attention Corsair hasn't

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actually altered much from its predecessor the M40 but that's why I

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feel like if I don't cover it it might get

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overlooked with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD

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is an amazing choice for gamers and performance in enthusiasts the M40 is an

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excellent Optical gaming mouse and at the time of its release even though

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Corsair had higher-end products I felt like it was actually the strongest

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offering in their lineup for FPS Gamers from both a value perspective and even

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just overall it's aago 390 sensor is

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extremely accurate and doesn't suffer from the acceleration issues that plague

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modern laser sensors the M45 picks up

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where the M40 left off it has an upgraded Pixar PMW 3 310 Optical sensor

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that is widely regarded as a solid evolutionary improvement over the 3090

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and in spite of The Branding change is actually made by the same folks like its

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older brother the M45 lacks some of the features of higher-end mice like

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customizable lighting colors it's got two settings red and off and I'm sure

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there's other stuff but I can't remember any of it right now so obviously there's

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nothing missing that I personally care about some more buttons would be nice I

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guess but this is not an MMO Mouse so I guess the layout makes sense let's get

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into the important stuff the things I care about that it does have seven

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completely programmable buttons excellent ergonomics that allow for

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users with small hands to Palm and users with bigger hands to claw very

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comfortably an adjustable weight system that lets the M40 go from about 98 G to

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about 116 G making it very light at the

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low end of that range Omron switches a

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high mass scroll wheel that due to its metal construction really does have a

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more satisfying feel and finally the

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really nice textured finish of the mouse with soft touch on the top and then a

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fine sandpaper feeling plastic on the sides that is both durable and

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facilitates easy lifts without being uncomfortable to the touch DPI goes from

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50 all the way to 5,000 and increments of 50 giving you pretty much as wide a

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range as most Gamers will desire until we get to like 8K displays or something

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and it's got three selectable profiles controlled by default with the top

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buttons here so you can change your DPI settings on the Fly speaking of default

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key mappings Corsair software has come a long way since the launch of the M60 and

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M90 and I'm slowing down to emphasize that you can create and save as many

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profiles as you'd like and store your favorite one on the mouse's onboard

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memory lift height has five settings from low to high the pulling rate can be

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adjusted although just set this to 1,000 Herz or 1 millisecond and then you're

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pretty much good to go and angle snapping can be turned on or off but

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lacks more granular control control acceleration and the number of scrolling

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lines for the wheel options are not

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included but those can of course be adjusted in Windows so I guess the one

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thing that really felt absent to me was the ability to remap or bind macros to

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the scroll up and scroll down functionality this is especially

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conspicuous due to Corsair is actually really solid and easy to use

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implementation of button remapping that allows you to assign macros keyboard

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keys and even some cool canned Windows functions like copy paste Clos current

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window Etc now as of today the m45s

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pricing puts it right up against the steel series rival and the Logitech

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g400s and $10 cheaper than the Razer death outer 2013 making it very

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competitive the g400s will be the obvious choice for gamers who prefer

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that classic Logitech shape and the only thing I feel that it lacks at this price

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point is a braided cable M45 got that

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compared to the Rival I prefer the textured sides versus the rubber finish

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on the sides of the Rival and for compared to the Death Adder 2013 I find

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that the increased resistance of the left and right click on the top is

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preferable to the hair trigger ones on the Death Adder but your mileage may

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vary and that is why all of these mice

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get to exist so personal taste I really like a lot of things about this one but

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