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the m45 is both an uncomplicated product and yet one that I feel deserves its fair share of attention Corsair hasn't actually altered much from its predecessor the m-40 but that's why I feel like if I don't cover it it might get overlooked with its factory tuning and data center DNA and Intel 730 series SSD is an amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts the m-40 is an excellent optical gaming mouse and at the time of its release even though Corsair had higher-end products I felt like it was actually the strongest offering in their lineup for FPS gamers from both a value perspective and even just overall it's a Vogel 3090 sensor is extremely accurate and doesn't suffer from the acceleration issues that plagued modern laser sensors the m45 picks up where the m-40 left off it has an upgraded picsArt pmw 3310 optical sensor that is widely regarded as a solid evolutionary improvement over the 3090 and in spite of the branding change is actually made by the same folks like its older brother the m45 lacks some of the features of higher in mice like customizable lighting colors it's got two settings red and off and I'm sure there's other stuff but I can't remember any of it right now so obviously there's nothing missing that I personally care about some more buttons would be nice I guess but this is not an MMO Mouse so I guess the layout makes sense let's get into the important stuff the things I care about that it does have seven completely programmable buttons excellent ergonomics that allow for users with small hands to Palm and users with big your hands to claw very comfortably an adjustable weight system that lets the m-40 go from about 98 grams to about 116 grams making it very light at the low end of that range Omron switches a high-mass scroll wheel that due to its metal construction really does have a more satisfying feel and finally the really nice textured finish of the mouse with soft touch on the top and then a fine sandpaper feeling plastic on the sides that is both durable and facilitates easy lifts without being uncomfortable to the touch dpi goes from 50 all the way to 5 thousand in increments and fifty giving you pretty much as wide a range as most gamers will desire until we get to like 8k displays or something and it's got three selectable profiles controlled by default with the top buttons here so you can change your dpi settings on the fly speaking of default key mappings Corsair software has come a long way since the launch of the m60 and m9 you know I'm slowing down to emphasize that you can create and save as many profiles as you'd like and store your favorite one on the mouse's onboard memory lift height has five settings from low to high the polling rate can be adjusted although just set this to a thousand Hertz or one millisecond and then you're pretty much good to go and angle snapping can be turned on or off but lacks more granular control acceleration and the number of scrolling lines for the wheel options are not included but those can of course be adjusted in Windows so I guess the one thing that really felt absent to me was the ability to remap or bind macros to the scroll up and scroll down functionality this is especially conspicuous dude of course there's actually really solid and easy-to-use implementation of button remapping that allows you to assign macros keyboard keys and even some cool canned windows functions like copy-paste close current window etc now as of today the m45 pricing puts it right up against the SteelSeries rival and the Logitech G 400s and $10 cheaper than the Razer DeathAdder 2013 making it very competitive the G 400s will be the obvious choice for gamers who prefer that classic Logitech shape and the only thing I feel that it lacks at this price point is a braided cable and 45s got that compared to the rival I prefer the textured sides versus the rubber finish on the sides of the rival and for compared to the death out of 2013 I find that the increased resistance of the left and right click on the top is preferable to the hair-trigger ones on the Death Adder but your mileage may vary and that is why all of these mice get to exist so personal taste I really like a lot of things about this one but there are definitely pros to the others guys like and share this video if you liked it dislike it if you dislike leave a nasty comment on the Linus tech tips forum linked in the video description if you'd like to discuss my failings and what a terrible father and product reviewer I am and if you have any constructive criticism for the rest of my team then go for it - 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