1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,440 In the future, when I look back on 2014, one of the main things I will remember 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:12,960 will be the inclusion of 16.8 million color RGB lighting on nearly every tech 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:17,680 product imaginable. And before the year is over, we will be reviewing at least 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:21,680 one more. Also, I got grilled pretty hard for teasing whole room water 5 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:26,720 cooling video in my last review, but then OP delivered, so I'm going to tease 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:35,520 you again. Whole room water cooling part two coming soon. 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:41,920 Save on select Intel CPUs, nucks, and SSDs with special Black Friday rebates 8 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:45,840 from select retailers. Click now to learn more. First off, we will explore 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:50,160 the physical features of the mouse, except for the lighting, which we will 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:55,360 go into more depth later on. It comes with a slightly longer than my wingspan 11 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:00,559 nicely sleeved cable which ends in an unusually large USB plug which has the 12 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:04,799 benefit of being delightfully easy to identify in a mess of other cables. On 13 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:09,200 the other end of the cable is the body of the mouse itself which is fairly 14 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:13,520 light at just under 100 g, but unfortunately cannot be adjusted due to 15 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:17,439 the lack of an included adjustable weighting system. The Saber Optical RGB 16 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:22,479 has eight programmable buttons, including by default left, middle, right 17 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:26,240 click, DPI, up and down, forward, and back, and an unbound button just behind 18 00:01:24,479 --> 00:01:30,080 the scroll wheel. While the finish on the mouse didn't really stand out 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,400 necessarily, it also didn't leave much to be desired. I had no problem gripping 20 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:38,479 the mouse, however, I tried to hold it. I held this mouse predominantly in a 21 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:43,280 claw grip, however, as I do that with nearly every mouse I have because they 22 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:47,280 all seem to be too small for me to be able to actually palm. I asked Lionus 23 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:50,799 how it felt in a palm grip, and he assured me that it was a great fit for 24 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:54,479 his hand size. Under the hood, the mouse features dual Omnron switches for your 25 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:59,280 left and right click, along with a Pixart S3988 sensor, which I'm happy to 26 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:03,600 say doesn't seem to have any of that acceleration or any junk like that. You 27 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:08,479 may be familiar with this sensor as it has been used before in recent versions 28 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:11,920 of the extremely popular Razer Death Adder. One thing that I must point out 29 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:17,120 before moving on to the software and lighting modes is a little OCD pet peeve 30 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:21,280 of mine. This is a neutral toned looking mouse with customizable lighting modes 31 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:26,400 so that you can make it match almost any color setup you have. But then the 32 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:29,840 Corsair logo has yellow on it. It's not the worst case of this since my hand 33 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:34,319 would be on it most of the time so I wouldn't be able to see it. And Corsair 34 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:38,319 is not the only brand guilty of putting unchangeable colors on a product 35 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:43,120 designed to be color adjusted by the user. But it's frustrating nonetheless 36 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:48,879 because if I was buying it to color match everything in my setup down to the 37 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:53,040 mouse even, I would be driven crazy by the fact that there's a little random 38 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:57,280 patch of yellow sitting there and I couldn't easily change it. It's just 39 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:01,200 frustrating. Moving on, we of course there's Q software. Changing the mouse's 40 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:05,680 performance is a breeze. It comes with a whopping five custom DPI levels, which 41 00:03:03,519 --> 00:03:10,000 you can quick swap on the DPI up and down buttons while you're gaming. Five 42 00:03:08,159 --> 00:03:13,280 lift height settings and four pulling rate settings are also included for 43 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:17,920 those of you that wish to tune their mouse just a little bit further. Also, 44 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:22,879 just as a quick note, leave enhanced pointer precision and angle snapping 45 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:27,599 unchecked, especially if you're a gamer or a human. All eight of the 46 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:32,400 programmable mouse buttons are easy to take advantage of in the actions tab. 47 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:37,200 You're able to get these buttons to do basically anything from input macros, 48 00:03:34,959 --> 00:03:41,920 text inputs, single keystrokes, shortcuts, DPI changes, timers, media 49 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:46,400 control, and even mouse input for whatever reason. All of this in the 50 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:50,560 software is very powerful and gives you a huge amount of granularity to your 51 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:54,879 options, especially once you get to the RGB settings. But this is also where 52 00:03:52,959 --> 00:03:59,200 things got a little weird. That whole easy to take advantage of thing that I 53 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:03,360 brought up earlier doesn't really apply to the RGB lighting functionality. 54 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:08,720 Corsair knows this and so do you if you've watched Lionus' video on the K70 55 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:13,200 RGB keyboard and Corsair is working on making improvements to their software, 56 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:17,519 but as of right now it's kind of a mess. They have something like nine videos on 57 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:22,479 their channel alone just to help people set this up and all coming from an HCI 58 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:27,680 or human computer interaction standpoint. It's ugly. I mean, 59 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:32,479 aesthetically, sure, it looks great, but in forms of usability, it's pretty 60 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:37,280 rough. Having tabs in different places with the same name doing drastically 61 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:42,560 different things, and having options hidden away in right-click menus that 62 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:44,880 should really just be buttons are just 63 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:50,639 the tip of the iceberg. If you manage to read the massive 140 pageish manual and 64 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:54,240 trudge through their forums for a while, you can get the hang of it and do some 65 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:59,040 really cool stuff. But for people wanting a super quick setup, your 66 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:04,000 options will probably be limited to the quick select modes. Even just the 67 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:08,080 inclusion of being able to click on a lighting zone and have an RGB color 68 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:14,240 wheel pop up and allowing you to select a color manually or even put in a custom 69 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:17,680 RGB code would have been a huge 70 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,360 redeeming point, but alas, no dice. The 71 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:24,160 Saber wasn't made for board games, though, so we don't need dice. And this 72 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:28,400 conclusion is pretty straightforward. If you're a PC gamer, not a tabletop gamer, 73 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:33,520 the mouse is physically quite standard and with a reputable sensor and 74 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:40,000 switches. The setup is then augmented by an extremely powerful software package 75 00:05:36,479 --> 00:05:43,120 hampered by an attractive but also 76 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:45,039 limited UI. It still needs its usability 77 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:51,280 tweaks, but Corsair seems to be building an extremely powerful RGB ecosystem for 78 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:53,759 a consumer base that obviously wants it. 79 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:58,000 It's just unfortunately not quite there yet. That being said, 80 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:02,320 thankfully none of these problems will affect the raw performance and since 81 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:06,319 they are all softwarebased, they could be there. They could be there and fixed 82 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:10,319 in the future while you have fun with the rest of your mouse. Now, speaking of 83 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,440 things being pretty straightforward, if you love watching anime, you should 84 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:17,039 definitely check out Crunchyroll. 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