Corsair M65 RGB ELITE Gaming Mouse White 18000 dpi

Pros: + Premium finishes that compliment Corsair’s gaming keyboards. The bottom of the mouse is aluminum, with sides being a textured plastic, and the top having a rubberized finish. + Long braided USB cable + Three separate weight zones, with removable weights to accommodate individual preferences. + Customizable RGB lighting for both front and rear LEDs. Both of the LEDs shine onto the mouse pad as well. + Ability to adjust DPI on the fly with a dedicated Increase/Decrease DPI buttons. + Overall 8 customizable mouse buttons with extensive macro options that can be recorded. + Multiple predefined/customizable DPI settings as well as Angle snapping options for horizontal/vertical movements. Cons: – The Corsair M65 is extremely uncomfortable to use with mouse edges at both sides of Corsair logo pressing against the palm of the hand. – The mouse doesn’t glide as well on cloth type mouse pads as other mice. That is even the case with all the weights removed. – No left-to-right scrolling ability. With attempt to scroll right initiating a middle button click. – Lack of pointer deceleration / acceleration settings within the software that is provided with other solutions. Overall Review: For extensive use and/or gaming purposes there are other better suited solutions available that are much more comfortable to use. Visually it’s a spectacular mouse that goes hand in hand with Corsair’s gaming keyboards, but at the end of the day it’s not up to the same premium experience as competitors’ products.

Pros: – This mouse is just comfortable for whatever you’re doing. With the Corsair Utility Engine installed, you can tweak whatever you want… change which buttons do what, select a lighting effect for zones 1 and 2, and customize up to five different DPI settings that can be changed on the fly with the arrow buttons on the top of the mouse. You can also customize the “sniper button” DPI to your liking. TONS of user customizable settings! – Powering up and setting up: Instructions seem pretty straight-forward: 1. Connect the mouse to a USB port. 2. Download the Corsair Gaming Mouse Software (corsair.com/downloads). 3. Run the installer. 4. Follow the instructions. When going to download the mouse software… Corsair makes it look like you’ve GOT to enter your contact info… but keep scrolling… there’s a skip button to get right to the download without having to get on their mailing list. The installer takes the better part of what felt like somewhere between two and five minutes. Once installed, the Corsair Utility Engine opens and immediately there’s a firmware update for the M65. The firmware update doesn’t take more than a minute or two and DOESN’T need to be unplugged / replugged like the SteelSeries Rival 300! SCORE! – The mouse is large enough to fill my man-hands. Cons: – The top has a nice soft, but grippy texture… however I’m skeptical on the sides. It feels like sandpaper… a little rough and plastic-eee. Overall Review: – Packaging and Un-boxing: Comes in a small cardboard box covered encased in plastic. Inside, the mouse is protected the plastic shell and cardboard. Included is the following: Corsair Gaming M65 PRO RGB FPS Gaming Mouse Quick Start Guide Warranty Guide – Wrap-Up: This is THE mouse to get… TONS of user customizable settings, eight buttons, change DPI on the fly, “sniper button”, LED’s, surface calibration (in the utility), weight tuning, glide pads, macros… the list goes on and on. Get one and love it.

Pros: I’ve been PC gaming for over a decade. I’ve used a lot of gaming mice and there aren’t many that really stand out above the rest. These days even some of the cheaper mice perform well enough to game with. 5K DPI, decent laser tracking and a set of mouse thumb buttons is enough to satisfy the majority of gamers. For the vast majority of people, this mouse would be overkill. But for those of us who demand customization, features and performance, this mouse is an excellent choice. Especially for what it costs. It’s very reasonably priced given its wide variety of features and customization. For me, the main thing that I like about this mouse is the lighting features. This mouse matches my RGB keyboard. I have the lighting on this mouse set in sync with my keyboard. It’s very impressive to see them both light up in sync. All my friends and guests are always intrigued by it. In the Corsair Utility Engine there are 4 preset lighting effects. But the only one I really like is the pulse effect that displays the rainbow colors in order. I also have my keyboard set up in a similar way. With all the keys on the keyboard, it’s more of a wave effect. But with the mouse in addition it allows the effect to extend past the keyboard onto the mouse. The mouse has two different main lighting sectors. There’s the grip section and the wheel section. The wheel section is really cool. The way it works, the light extends out from the front of the mouse like a light saber on your desktop. What would have been really cool is if Corsair would have included a laser with their logo that is positioned to display in the center of that light on your desk. You can also customize the lighting effects to match your own personal preference. For the mouse, it’s quick and easy. But for the keyboards it’s a time consuming process. But rewarding in the long run. Another major benefit of this mouse is the insanely high DPI. 12,000 DPI. That’s pretty crazy and pretty much useless 99% of the time. Although, when I first got my G9x, I thought its 5600 DPI was crazy and used a lower setting. But as time progressed I gradually got used to the maximum DPI and now I’ve become accustomed to it. Most other mice feel way too slow for me in comparison. Especially the mice on the computers where I work. However, for me there is one situation where a crazy high DPI like that is extremely useful. If you own a Xim3 or 4, this is the ultimate mouse for use with that. For those who may not know, a Xim3 or 4 is a device that you can connect to your Xbox 360 for the Xim3 or the Xbox One or PS4 for the Xim4. It allows you to use a keyboard and mouse on your console instead of a controller for gaming. There are profiles depending on which game you’re playing. But it’s actually a really awesome way to dominate multi player if you’re good with a mouse n’ keyboard. The higher the DPI on your mouse, the more like a mouse your movements will be. Since console games are coded for use with controllers, there are dead zones for the analog sticks to allow for a finer degree of control. Those dead zones make using a standard mouse, without any modification, virtually impossible. But the Xim devices are designed in such a way that it minimizes the dead zones effect on the mouse movements. Using this mouse with a Xim3 or 4 is significantly better than my G9x was with 5600 DPI. Of course, this is a FPS mouse and in the case of using it with the Xim, it works best with FPS. Trying to use mouse n’ KB in a third person game using the Xim can be pretty rough, depending on the game. This mouse comes with a system of weights designed to allow you to customize the feel and balance of your mouse. Personally, I prefer no weights. Just take them all out. I used this mouse for awhile with all the weights in it and I can see the appeal of that configuration. I just prefer the feel of a lighter mouse. The weight system is all about personal preference and it’s something I recommend each user experiments with. Cons: I don’t like the placement and size of the sniper button. It’s positioned where I normally grip the mouse with my thumb. Which I’m sure was their intention. But for me, I prefer to be able to grip the mouse without having to worry about buttons being pressed inadvertently. I would prefer to have it offset a bit so my thumb isn’t constantly in contact with any buttons. On top of that the button is huge by mouse thumb button standards. On that same note the other two extra thumb buttons are placed higher than I would like. I would have just liked to have had them a little lower. That way I don’t have to move so far to hit them. To be fair, I have unusually large, meaty hands. I’ve worked with my hands pretty much my entire life so my hands are a lot thicker than the average person. On Corsair’s website, they say they’ve done extensive research to design this mouses design and button layout to be used comfortably. So for most people, it probably would be ideal. But if you’ve got beast sized hands, it may seem a little disproportionate. When I downloaded the utility software for this mouse, I noticed that the version I was using was only certified for Windows 8.1 and earlier. I’m using Windows 10 64 bit. When I went back a second time, I wasn’t able to find anything that listed which OS’s were supported in the utility download page. At that point I had already dealt with the compatibility issues. For anyone that may encounter that problem, the work around I was able to complete successfully was to right click on the installer, select properties and choose to run as admin and in compatibility mode for older versions of Windows. Before I tried that, the installer wouldn’t finish. It would encounter an error and a message would pop up stating that I didn’t have the necessary requirements. But after my work around, it seemed like the installer had stalled out after part 1 of the installation and a box popped up telling me to restart Windows. So I went to restart Windows and the installer told me that if I quit now all progress would be lost. So I chose not to restart and then the installer finished immediately after that. Of course the software didn’t work after that, so I restarted my computer. Then I tried again and still it didn’t work. So I found the main .exe for the Corsair Utility Engine and once again chose to run as admin and selected compatibility mode for Windows 8. After that, it worked correctly. Corsair does state this mouse supports Windows 7, 8 and 10. But didn’t specify whether the utility would be compatible. Clearly it does work, since I was able to make it work. I just can’t say for sure if I somehow managed to download an older version, or if there is no newer version. Overall Review: One of my favorite things about this mouse are the programmable buttons. Using the Corsair Utility Engine you can configure custom profiles for your mouse. You can adjust the DPI of each individual setting. I believe there are 5 you can select using the buttons adjacent to the scroll wheel and the Sniper button in addition. You can also change the function of each button to virtually whatever you want. For example, if you don’t use the Sniper button, change it to act as any key from the keyboard you desire. Or, what I like to do, since I have to type my email for nearly every website I visit. Is to set up a macro for my email address. That way, instead of typing it 10 times a day, I can just click that button really quick and have my email address pop up on screen instantly. You can configure as many profiles as you like and save them to your computer or have one saved to your mouse at any given time. The mouse will remember the saved profile even if you unplug it and take it to a different computer. This mouse has excellent surface tracking, even on non-consistent surfaces. On my HTPC, I often find myself using my leg as a mouse pad. If I’m in a hurry to do something while standing. I have known of many mice that just won’t work consistently under those conditions. But this mouse doesn’t seem to care what surface it’s on, it just works. I also have a really nice Corsair mouse pad. It’s got two sides, each with different characteristics in regards to tracking. This mouse works remarkably well in conjunction with the precision side of that pad. There’s no lag or stuttering. Just perfect flow. I read on Corsair’s website about this mouse’s feet or glide pads as they call them. I never really gave it much thought, but I never realized how poorly my old mouses glide pads performed until I used this mouse. Its movement is remarkably fluid and precise. It feels really smooth and agile. It’s a very pleasant experience. This mouse has a very nicely braided cable and a really cool looking USB adapter. It’s also covered by a 2 year warranty. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve had a mouse die on me, but with all its programmable features, it’s nice to know that this mouse will be covered in case of failure. Using the Corsair Utility Engine, you can get optional firmware updates for your mouse. Although, personally I’m not going to risk updating the firmware. My mouse works correctly as is and I’m perfectly happy with it. I went on Corsair’s forums for this mouse and saw a lot of topics based on firmware update related problems. So do some research before updating firmware, it may not even be adding or patching any features you care about.