Corsair Darkstar

The Darkstar is a highly-customizable gaming mouse aimed at MMO/MOBA players, and I’d love it if I could just get used to the slightly-off button placement.

-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
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Product details

  • Six-Button Side Cluster and Strain-Reducing Design: The six-button side cluster is configured in a unique, easy-toreach layout, with an ideally placed textured thumb grip so you can play longer while reducing hand strain.
  • 15 Fully Programmable Buttons: An array of programmable buttons, including scroll wheel tilt, ensure all your crucial shots and spells, commands, and abilities are just a click away.
  • Hyper-Fast Wireless: Transmit every click in time via sub-1ms SLIPSTREAM WIRELESS or Bluetooth , with 2,000Hz hyper-polling.
  • Customize your Play with iCUE: Powerful CORSAIR iCUE software enables dynamic seven-zone RGB lighting customiZation, DPI adjustments, button remapping, and more, all saved on up to five onboard profiles so you can take your custom mouse settings with you anywhere.
  • CORSAIR MARKSMAN 26K DPI Optical Sensor: An astonishing native 26,000 DPI, 650 IPS, 50G CORSAIR MARKSMAN optical sensor captures even the most microscopic mouse movements, customisable in single DPI steps.

PROS

+ Lightweight (for an MMO mouse), very maneuverable
+ Mouse-tilt gestures
+ Great performance

CONS

- Expensive
- Button placement is slightly off
- Battery life isn't great

Expert reviews and ratings

By Tom's Hardware on June 15, 2023
The Darkstar is a highly-customizable gaming mouse aimed at MMO/MOBA players, and I’d love it if I could just get used to the slightly-off button placement.
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