It’s not typically you see a gaming mouse tout itself as each MOBA and FPS materials, however the brand new Corsair Ironclaw RGB is one such genre-crossing clicker that hopes to mix the light-weight precision of so-called FPS mice with the general long-term consolation of their MOBA-based cousins. And man alive does it succeed.
Now, I’ve at all times been a fan of a extra full-bodied mouse that lets me take pleasure in my favorite lazy palm grip, however in addition they have the annoying behavior of being a bit too heavy for my spindly lady fingers. The chunky Roccat Kone Aimo, for instance, is nearly doable at 130g – particularly after years of utilizing the 115g bronze oven mitt that’s the Steelseries World of Warcraft Cataclysm mouse after I inherited it after I began my first tech job – however actually I’m extra of an 80g Logitech G Pro Wireless kinda gal.
The Ironclaw RGB isn’t that gentle, admittedly, however its sculpted 105g chassis actually feels much more sprightly within the hand than most mice of this measurement. That’s partly as a result of it’s such a stunning factor to carry. Its right-handed contours sit splendidly below my palm, for instance, and its textured thumb groove offers the best resting spot simply beneath its two chunky and easily-reachable facet buttons.
It additionally seems to be and feels much more like a £55 / $60 mouse than our present mid-range champion in our best gaming mouse line-up, the Steelseries Rival 310. For starters, it comes with a 1.8m braided cable as a substitute of a clean plastic one, and the rubbery soft-touch end that covers the primary backbone of the mouse provides an additional contact of sophistication that feels infinitely extra nice towards your pores and skin than the plain plastic physique of the Rival. The black diamond-textured sample down all sides additionally seems to be extra elegant and prone to final than the Rival’s gray rubbery grips.
The Ironclaw RGB isn’t only a better-looking gaming mouse than the Rival 310, although. It’s additionally extra versatile. Whereas the Rival 310 has six programmable buttons and a DPI / sensitivity vary of 100 – 12,000, the Ironclaw RGB has seven programmable buttons and a DPI that stretches all the way in which from 100 – 18,000. Not that you just’ll ever want that additional 6,000 DPI, thoughts, as most conventional human eyeballs (or mine, on the very least) can barely sustain with something over 3,000 DPI.
What you are able to do, although, is use Corsair’s extra refined iCUE software program to set the Ironclaw RGB’s trio of DPI presets to actually any quantity you want inside that frankly ludicrous vary, whether or not it’s a useless gradual 106 DPI, for instance, or a nippy 1573. None of this being restricted to increments of 50 or 100. Just sort it in or use iCUE’s straightforward slider interface to get precisely what you need and job executed. The Rival 310, alternatively, solely provides you two DPI speeds to select from in increments of 100.
That’s not all, both, as iCUE additionally provides you a better vary of customisation choices for the Ironclaw RGB’s seven programmable buttons. By default, the 2 central buttons beneath the scroll wheel toggle between its aforementioned trio of DPI speeds and its three onboard profile settings – the latter of that are handily highlighted by three little LED strips simply in entrance of your thumb. The facet buttons, alternatively, act as ahead and again controls whereas browsing the online, however you may swap all of those out for a wide range of completely different choices, together with recordable macros, textual content instructions, media shortcuts, and even remap Fn or different keyboard shortcuts to them.
The key characteristic for me, nonetheless, is that you may assign the Ironclaw RGB a particular sniper button for once you need final management lining up these all-important headshots in FPS games – one thing you merely don’t get on the Rival 310. It’s a little bit hidden away, all informed, and nowhere close to as apparent to the attention as having a devoted sniper button just like the Asus ROG Gladius II or Logitech G502 Hero, for instance, but it surely is there. All you’ll want to do is assign it to a button of your selecting by choosing it from the Remap Mouse Button menu in iCUE’s Actions tab. And, after all, you may also customise the velocity of that sniper button over within the DPI settings.
That’s a fairly convincing bundle for £55 / $60, and in my eyes a a lot better purchase than the similarly-priced Steelseries Rival 310. The Rival 310 is presently a smidge cheaper proper now, going for £46 / $44 at time of writing, however that additional tenner or so goes a good distance right here, whether or not you’re after that additional degree of flexibility or a comfier, better-looking chassis.
As a outcome, the Corsair Ironclaw RGB is now my new suggestion for best gaming mouse in our mid-range value class – though these after a extra ambidextrous design ought to nonetheless try the Steelseries Sensei 310 for those who want one thing left-handed. For the righties amongst us, nonetheless, the Ironclaw RGB is a tricky act to beat for mid-range mouse patrons.
