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the Scimitar RGB from Corsair is one of the most popular MMO mics on the market these days and for good reason it has an abundance of programmable buttons a high level of customization a great sensor and it's well-designed shape makes it a very competitive Mouse for its segment back when evil reviewed the original scimitar RGB in early 2016 he had largely positive conclusions about it for MMO gamers with the main gripe being the closely packed side buttons which took some getting used to now a little over a year later Corsair is refreshing the Scimitar RGB with a scimitar pro on the exterior it looks identical but it had some changes under the hood is that enough to keep it relevant in 2017 or has Corsair played things a little bit too safe let's find out but first a message from a sponsor the z9 neo buys almond brings all the right features on a budget with a large window type panel 5 included fans and the excellent interior layout with super simple cable management get us now link in the description below the Scimitar pro hasn't changed much although some may argue that's a good thing it keeps the same familiar shape making for a fairly large Mouse which features a massive 12 button grid on the side and a rubber grip dressed on the right for support you've got the true satisfying primary clicks and an excellent scroll wheel although none of this is a surprise coming from Corsair the price unfortunately is not the same you can pick up the Scimitar RGB for 60 USD however the Scimitar pro is going to come in closer to $80 on release and that price hike may be hard to justify for many the big draw of the scimitar is the macro pad on the mouth of side featuring 12 mechanical buttons as with the scimitar RGB the side buttons can be moved horizontally with a hex screw at the bottom to allow the fine-tuning to your hand the second and fourth row are textured for easy distinction and each key is fully programmable through a cue software now this all sounds great and we'll dive into the use case of its mouth later but what has changed between the Scimitar RGB and a scimitar Pro in short a sensor upgrade the Scimitar already had the esteemed a vulgar 80s 13 eighty-eight the sensor used in the Sabre RGB and the Death Adder but the crow use the pmw 3367 a variant of the 33 sixty one of the best sensors on the market it's an upgrade but considering how the 39 88 is already a very good sensor in real-world result I can't feel the difference between the 39 88 and the 30 360 sure having a high 16 K dpi and a spiffy sensor might look good on paper but in the real world it's a disappointing upgrade for supposedly professional Mouse especially when you're paying a decent amount more for it because it's not like the Scimitar RGB was perfect and these problems still carry over to the Scimitar pro it's still a heavy Mouse at 147 grams pretty much ruling out any hardcore FPS gamers or those who prefer life and mice the side buttons are still close together and sometimes hard to distinguish and really the lack of innovation and a mine of refresh with a slightly higher price tag is a bit disappointing for me although the nature of the refresh might be a letdown the mouse still is very versatile for its intended market courses q software is extremely powerful with full customization for 4 zone RGB lighting as well as for all the other features you've come to expect from Corsair software suite you have liftoff adjustment surface calibration dpi adjustment from 100 to 16,000 dpi in 1 dpi increments as well as the ability to bind macros custom text media controls and much more - all of the buttons on the mouse the extra side buttons have obvious use in MMOs where you need to have many different abilities available on a moment's notice so having large amounts of macros are useful however for people who don't play MMOs finding use for these buttons is much harder in csgo I found a couple of main uses the first is switching weapons and selecting grenades while it works I found that keyboard vines are almost always quicker fines for buying weapons at the start of the rounds is also another use but it's not time sensitive enough that you can't use the keyboard I think the most use these buttons would get in CS is for spamming chat more quickly than ever so if you're thinking about this Mouse primarily for FPS gaming don't the high-waist and the keypad just aren't worth it however this is a very versatile Mouse if you're doing 50% MMO gaming and 50% FPS the sensor is excellent in both the pro and the RGB variant and the shape is still nice so for casual csgo it's more than satisfactory and when you jump into your MMO games you have all those extra buttons the verdict on the Scimitar pro is this as they pro refresh it's a disappointing upgrade with only a minor sense of sidestep however it is still a worthy all-rounder Mouse bringing the features for hardcore MMO gamers as well as pretty much any other genres like however unless you get a great deal on the Scimitar Pro I would say that just save your money and get the almost identical scimitar RGB so thank you for watching everyone if you enjoyed this video make sure to leave a like and comment with your thoughts on the Scimitar pro and of course as pro lineup down below I may even with hardware Knox make sure that subscribes to more similar content and we'll see you in the next video