Corsair Gaming Sabre Optical RGB gaming mouse

1. Introduction2. Unboxing3. Corsair Gaming Sabre Optical RGB4. Testing5. Final Thoughts6. View All Pages

At £50 the Corsair Gaming Sabre Optical RGB is in one of the most hotly contested sectors for gaming mice. It is fast and accurate, thanks to the capable Avago ADNS S3988 sensor, and those high grade Omron switches should ensure many years of life before failure. Overall build quality is very high and the Sabre should be able to take a beating.

The Sabre is also light and comfortable and I used it for up to 8 hours at a time without suffering from fatigue.

Of course, no peripheral is perfect and this one does have some cons. I miss a more protruding rest for my little finger and I am not a fan of the DPI switch button placement.

While the DPI switch can be remapped, Corsair need to spend more time developing and fine tuning their software package – it is not very intuitive and suffers when compared directly to some competitor options.

The front lights could do with a little brightness bump too, as unless you are playing in a pretty dark room, you will quite often forget that they are there.

In closing, the Corsair Sabre Optical RGB offers a lot for £50. This is certainly a mouse I would recommend for gamers who like to tweak and personalise their peripherals. There might not be any way to adjust the hardware function of this mouse with weights or replacement switches but there is almost nothing that beats it when it comes to customisation.

The Corsair Gaming Sabre Optical RGB is available from Overclockers for £50.

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Pros

• Uses a great gaming sensor that is accurate and fast.
• Comfortable over long periods.
• Solid build with high-end materials.
• Very advanced lighting and macro functions.
• Very smooth over different surfaces.

Cons

• Back-end software is hard to get your head around.
• Finger rest feels too small.
• DPI switch buttons are a little uncomfortable to use.

Kitguru Says: One for the tweakers out there, Corsair Gaming's Sabre Optical RGB offers near unlimited back-end customisation, but it could do with a more intuitive interface and a bulkier finger rest.

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