WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:12.960 will be the inclusion of 16.8 million color RGB lighting on nearly every tech 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:17.680 product imaginable. And before the year is over, we will be reviewing at least 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:21.680 one more. Also, I got grilled pretty hard for teasing whole room water 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:26.720 cooling video in my last review, but then OP delivered, so I'm going to tease 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:35.520 you again. Whole room water cooling part two coming soon. 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:41.920 Save on select Intel CPUs, nucks, and SSDs with special Black Friday rebates 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:45.840 from select retailers. Click now to learn more. First off, we will explore 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:50.160 the physical features of the mouse, except for the lighting, which we will 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:55.360 go into more depth later on. It comes with a slightly longer than my wingspan 00:00:53.120 --> 00:01:00.559 nicely sleeved cable which ends in an unusually large USB plug which has the 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:04.799 benefit of being delightfully easy to identify in a mess of other cables. On 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:09.200 the other end of the cable is the body of the mouse itself which is fairly 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:13.520 light at just under 100 g, but unfortunately cannot be adjusted due to 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.439 the lack of an included adjustable weighting system. The Saber Optical RGB 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:22.479 has eight programmable buttons, including by default left, middle, right 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:26.240 click, DPI, up and down, forward, and back, and an unbound button just behind 00:01:24.479 --> 00:01:30.080 the scroll wheel. While the finish on the mouse didn't really stand out 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:34.400 necessarily, it also didn't leave much to be desired. I had no problem gripping 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:38.479 the mouse, however, I tried to hold it. I held this mouse predominantly in a 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:43.280 claw grip, however, as I do that with nearly every mouse I have because they 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 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 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:54.479 his hand size. Under the hood, the mouse features dual Omnron switches for your 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:59.280 left and right click, along with a Pixart S3988 sensor, which I'm happy to 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:03.600 say doesn't seem to have any of that acceleration or any junk like that. You 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:08.479 may be familiar with this sensor as it has been used before in recent versions 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:11.920 of the extremely popular Razer Death Adder. One thing that I must point out 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:17.120 before moving on to the software and lighting modes is a little OCD pet peeve 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:21.280 of mine. This is a neutral toned looking mouse with customizable lighting modes 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:26.400 so that you can make it match almost any color setup you have. But then the 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 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 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:38.319 is not the only brand guilty of putting unchangeable colors on a product 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:43.120 designed to be color adjusted by the user. But it's frustrating nonetheless 00:02:41.440 --> 00:02:48.879 because if I was buying it to color match everything in my setup down to the 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:53.040 mouse even, I would be driven crazy by the fact that there's a little random 00:02:50.959 --> 00:02:57.280 patch of yellow sitting there and I couldn't easily change it. It's just 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:01.200 frustrating. Moving on, we of course there's Q software. Changing the mouse's 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:05.680 performance is a breeze. It comes with a whopping five custom DPI levels, which 00:03:03.519 --> 00:03:10.000 you can quick swap on the DPI up and down buttons while you're gaming. Five 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.280 lift height settings and four pulling rate settings are also included for 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:17.920 those of you that wish to tune their mouse just a little bit further. Also, 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:22.879 just as a quick note, leave enhanced pointer precision and angle snapping 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:27.599 unchecked, especially if you're a gamer or a human. All eight of the 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:32.400 programmable mouse buttons are easy to take advantage of in the actions tab. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:37.200 You're able to get these buttons to do basically anything from input macros, 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:41.920 text inputs, single keystrokes, shortcuts, DPI changes, timers, media 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:46.400 control, and even mouse input for whatever reason. All of this in the 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:50.560 software is very powerful and gives you a huge amount of granularity to your 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:54.879 options, especially once you get to the RGB settings. But this is also where 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:59.200 things got a little weird. That whole easy to take advantage of thing that I 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:03.360 brought up earlier doesn't really apply to the RGB lighting functionality. 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:08.720 Corsair knows this and so do you if you've watched Lionus' video on the K70 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:13.200 RGB keyboard and Corsair is working on making improvements to their software, 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 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:22.479 their channel alone just to help people set this up and all coming from an HCI 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:27.680 or human computer interaction standpoint. It's ugly. I mean, 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:32.479 aesthetically, sure, it looks great, but in forms of usability, it's pretty 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:37.280 rough. Having tabs in different places with the same name doing drastically 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:42.560 different things, and having options hidden away in right-click menus that 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:44.880 should really just be buttons are just 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:50.639 the tip of the iceberg. If you manage to read the massive 140 pageish manual and 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 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:59.040 really cool stuff. But for people wanting a super quick setup, your 00:04:56.320 --> 00:05:04.000 options will probably be limited to the quick select modes. Even just the 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:08.080 inclusion of being able to click on a lighting zone and have an RGB color 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 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:17.680 RGB code would have been a huge 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:19.360 redeeming point, but alas, no dice. The 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:24.160 Saber wasn't made for board games, though, so we don't need dice. And this 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:28.400 conclusion is pretty straightforward. If you're a PC gamer, not a tabletop gamer, 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:33.520 the mouse is physically quite standard and with a reputable sensor and 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:40.000 switches. The setup is then augmented by an extremely powerful software package 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:43.120 hampered by an attractive but also 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:45.039 limited UI. It still needs its usability 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:51.280 tweaks, but Corsair seems to be building an extremely powerful RGB ecosystem for 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:53.759 a consumer base that obviously wants it. 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:58.000 It's just unfortunately not quite there yet. That being said, 00:05:56.400 --> 00:06:02.320 thankfully none of these problems will affect the raw performance and since 00:06:00.320 --> 00:06:06.319 they are all softwarebased, they could be there. They could be there and fixed 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:10.319 in the future while you have fun with the rest of your mouse. Now, speaking of 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:13.440 things being pretty straightforward, if you love watching anime, you should 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:17.039 definitely check out Crunchyroll. 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