Corsair Darkstar wireless review - so many buttons and tilting too?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2023
- Here's my review of the @corsair Darkstar wireless, a high-spec MMO/MOBA gaming mouse with insane specs that include 15 programmable buttons, tilt gesture controls, a 26,000 DPI optical sensor, 2,000Hz polling rate, optical switches and quick strike button design and much more besides.
I like big mice with lots of buttons and though I don't play MMO or MOBA games, this is still worth considering. It's comfortable and has an insane amount of programmable buttons.
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Highlights of the Darkstar wireless
Comfortable fit in the hand
Loads of button programmability
Easy access button design
Lowlights:
RGB is mediocre
Battery life isn't great
Tilt isn't amazing
Key features of the Corsair Darkstar Wireless Gaming mouse:
15 fully configurable buttons in a versatile design that works for any game genre.
The six-button side cluster is configured in a unique, easy-to-reach layout, with an ideally placed textured thumb grip so you can play longer while reducing hand strain.
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
CORSAIR QUICKSTRIKE Buttons: Zero gap between the primary mouse buttons and their optical switches means your clicks, shots, and spells are faster than ever.
Up to 80 Hours* of Battery Life: A single charge lets you play up to 80 hours uninterrupted, level after level, raid after raid.
100% Virgin PTFE Mouse Feet: Mouse feet built from ultra-low-friction PTFE pads offer the smoothest glide and quickest movements, easily replaceable if they get worn down on your journey to the top.
Sensor Fusion Control: A six-axis gyro and accelerometer creates a low liftoff distance for more accurate tracking, and programmable tilt gestures enable you to tilt the mouse upward to perform in-game actions
Specs of thee Corsair Darkstar Wireless gaming mouse:
Wireless Connectivity Hyper-fast, sub-1ms 2.4GHz SLIPSTREAM CORSAIR WIRELESS
TECHNOLOGY, Bluetooth® 4.2 + LE
Sensor CORSAIR MARKSMAN, 26000 DPI with 1 DPI resolution steps, 650 IPS
tracking, up to 50G acceleration
Programmable Buttons 15
Onboard Profiles 5
Backlight 7-Zone RGB
USB Report Rate Up to 2,000Hz hyper-polling
Battery Charging Charges via USB to computer
Battery Type Built-in lithium-polymer, rechargeable
Battery Life 2.4GHz SLIPSTREAM: Up to 65hrs w/out backlighting
Bluetooth: Up to 80hrs w/out backlighting
Color Black
Mouse Feet 100% Virgin Grade PTFE
Wired Connectivity USB 2.0 Type-A (Type-C to Type A cable)
Cable 1.8 m / 6 ft.
iCUE (Software) Supported
Dimensions 129.05(L) x 67.9(W) x 43.64(H) mm / 5.08(L) x 2.67(W) x 1.72 in(H)
Weight (w/o cable and
accessories)
96g / 0.21 lbs.
Warranty Two years
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I want it!! Gonna program ALT-F4 on all motion so it's ready to get me out of the game when I rage quit and toss it out the window.
Haha
I love corsair's mice that have a huge amount of buttons on them, very useful for war thunder. I actually remove the DPI/Profile functions and assign them to keys I can't practically reach during actual gameplay so i have more functions right at my fingertips
Thinking about getting this mouse and trying that on Doom Eternal!
Love your video format, quiet, minimalist, to the point. Great channel
Thank you. Appreciate it
I respect the attempt to recreate the Corsair logo with the pixels 🤣
I actually just bought this mouse I think it's probably the lightest mouse I've got. The M65 and the scimitar are a little heavier. You could easily use the darkstar for FPS games though as it does feel pretty light in the hand. If you're the type that needs to zoom around the desk and flick it around 😂
It feels pretty light if you're used to very heavy mice, but most dedicated fps mice are 40-60 grams.
I was looking at setting up a lighting profile to link to a game. So the steam hint was perfectly timed
Thanks for review definitely getting this mouse soon I’ve always enjoys a mouse with different buttons and the futures this this has are pretty cool wouldn’t have known if I never watched this video
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy it.
More tactile (stable) and higher (or larger) scroll wheel + some minor side button adjustments, and this would quite literally easily be the #1 MMO mouse for me. It's already among the lightest MMO mice, so a couple grams here and there won't hurt even with the gesture function. Corsair is onto something very special here, just needs to refine it further.
Raw performance and looks -wise this mouse is a top dog.
This would be an incredible productivity mouse if it had freespinning scroll wheel mode
Seems interesting, I don't care much for the RGB or the tilt functions , but I enjoy the thumb button placements, besides maybe that top bottom one, but it seems rather overpriced and too many functions, so I'd be interested in it when it goes on sale.
Just ordered this mouse. The design is somewhat similar to the Rival 500 which is one of my favorite gaming mice.
What have you thought of it? My poor Rival 500 is dying and I'm trying to find something similar, since its design works really well with my nerve damage limitations. But the price makes wince!
Exactly!!! I moved to a wireless mouse because my Rival 500 was dying, and after I barely managed to buy a replacement due to it being older and they wanted to phase it out (I think they brought it back temporarily at one point). I got the Spatha X, but it's heavy, and the buttons are all clustered together and lifting it is a serious pain, and the shape is terrible. I'll miss the wireless charging but half the time I forget to dock it anyways, so I think I'm gonna try this one. Already have a corsair keyboard so I've already got iCue. I was also missing the mouse wheel tilts, but the gestures sounds pretty neat too.
I've thought the same thing, my rival 500 has been my holy grail not just for gaming but editing as well. Seeing producers look at anything more than 6 buttons (m1-5 and DPI/Profile) as daring is legitimately sad.
If anyone is looking or an MMO/MOBA mouse for hotkeys in productivity, I'd say the MX Master 3 is good. Simply cause all five buttons besides left and right click can be assigned gesture functions, totalling 25 hotkeys per profile
Hi, Prawn
Does the DARKSTAR RGB have any rubber coating on it?
I've had a lot of really bad experiences with rubber coating.
These kind of keyboards and mice were great when they were brand new, but they became sticky after a few years, and I really don't like that kind of texture.
Thank you.
Hi, would you recommend this over the SteelSeries Aerox 9? This mouse's side buttons resembles the Asus ROG Spartha X's which is unfortunately far too heavy.
for that price hopefully the build quality matches. I have always had issues with expensive razer and corsair products that for one feel cheaper than its price tag and secondly, end up have either minor annoying issues or more serious problems that ruin the quality and experience with the device or ruins the the use of the device all together. I also think the software these companies put out could be 10 times better for the amount of money these companies bring in.
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I have the Dark Core Pro SE which I have loved, now 2 years old the battery has less than desirable life span (even on power saving). I'm wondering on whether this mouse or the Logitech G502 X Plus would be a better upgrade
dont get a razer. I have that same mouse and got a basilisk v3 pro and the middle mouse doesn't work out of the box. shame because the ergonomics and lighting are incredible, but it just doesn't work like it's supposed to. thought I'd give razer the benefit of the doubt but their reputation is well deserved imo
@@berengerchristy6256 maybe just your copy, mine is fine after almost year of use😎
Is the wire exclusively for charging or can the mouse be used as a wired mouse with the included cable? That is the one unknown detail that is preventing me from purchasing the mouse at this moment as I prefer wired.
He did say that you could use it wired
Great video What keyboard are you using
Think it's this one th-cam.com/video/qVkD3aMxVgQ/w-d-xo.html
I love it! It looks like a quality mouse. The gesture is a crazy and functional feature that I probably will never use.
it looks like cheap, yet overpriced plastic. And tilting the mouse? What a dumb feature, it's like they sprinkled some mouse on a gimmick which sounds bad even in theory
@@BrokoFankone every mouse is overpriced. It’s a piece of plastic and some wires and a circuit board. They make these at the factory for a few bucks and then sell them for $30-$200USD. But as a consumer we need to see how far we want to be screwed over and for what it’s worth.
@@duzty122 Yeah, but not every mouse *looks* overpriced. For example, Logitech have far better-looking models which don't look cheap. The scroll wheel on this mouse looks like a rubber tire from a toy car, literally. This side panel certainly doesn't scream quality to me either. The arrangement of the buttons looks horrible and inaccessible. So it looks both cheap and badly designed, which I would say fits perfectly with the Corsair brand.
@@BrokoFankonefanboi much? Corsair makes some amazing products, just look at their k70, k95, k100 and k100 air keyboards.
(For the record i own a Logitech mx master 2s and a Logitech 502 hero both of which are superb mice and, in terms of keyboards, i have a Logitech g815 and a Corsair k70 mk2 and would love to get my hands on either a Logitech g915 or a Corsair k100 air in the near future)
How far forward are the thumb buttons on the Darkstar in comparison to other MMO mice? The Aerox 9 you need 5''' thumbs to reach 123. I really wish MMO mice would take a note from the old Naga Epic: swappable pinky grips. Every MMO mouse is nearly impossible to fingertip grip with how wide they are!
IKR thats what drew me to the corsair. To think that the pinky/ring grip was once optional is interesting to me.
I wonder how setting tilt to control leaning in Battlebit would feel
Still like the scimitar for mmo's other than the normal mb4 and mb5 buttons not being them. So I sadly use my razer Naga pro for wow
The Scimitar is horrendous, I tried it and the main clicking buttons would BOTH get slightly stuck on each press. Never had such an issue with any mouse, certainly not out of the box. Razer Nagas are prone to breaking, but all of the ones I've used at least worked when I first bought them. And they are also far better designed and actually ergonomic. Scimitar is super uncomfortable.
Opened to watch this at my work desk and didn't realize my headphones had unpaired and promptly alienated all of my co workers.
Mouse looks amazing. More mice should have metallics.
Look on the bright side... it was only prawn
Ya a thumb and pinky rest would make this the best
I hear the birds better in the background than the mouse clicking.
Thank you for your feedback
It seems like a freat replacment for my old g604
Omg i think i finally found a replacement for my dying g700s. God, i wish i could just buy a brand new one and use it forever, but logitech has way too much of a hard on for their g502 for that to ever be an option again.
That Spider Man game looks awful... but your video was GREAT. Thanks!
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Hi,
Maybe someone can help me :) I have a Darkstar mouse, and after using it for 3 days, randomly, the keyboard (Corsair K100) starts typing the number 1 rapidly. Unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in doesn't resolve the issue. However, when I unplug the dongle of the mouse and plug it in again, Hi,
Maybe someone can help me :) I have a Darkstar mouse, and after using it for 3 days, randomly, the Corsair K100 keyboard starts typing the number 1 rapidly. Unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in doesn't resolve the issue. However, when I unplug the mouse dongle and plug it in again, the issue goes away. After a while, the problem returns, and I have to unplug the dongle again. After researching, it seems to be related to the side buttons of the mouse. How can I fix this issue? Or how i can disable side buttons
Ill stick with my scimitar
Does it have connectivity issues like all other Corsair mice?
I use Corsair mice and I don’t experience any lag 🤨
@@clanka5509 Corsair Dark Core Wireless has a crap ton of connectivity problems. Mine did and about half the reviews do too
15:55 bro, I've watched the whole video waiting for the moment to see the sound made by the side "clicks"... and I see that you test all but the 6 side buttons... seriously?
Thanks for the feedback
Sorry to let you down. I've done an asmr version with no talking where you'll hear the clicks more th-cam.com/video/wFdxfuMtRgY/w-d-xo.html
@@TheProvokedPrawn thanks!
@corsair we need a wired version! stop making mouse with battery!! 5G + wifi + GSM + bluetooth + electricity. That's enough! thank you
This would be an absolute beat of a mouse if it wasnt for that 20hr battery. That is a killer.
Yea because u really play 24 hrs.....a day...
The 2.4 ghz is 65 hrs
BT is 80 hrs
Switch off the lighting.
Hey there, I own this mouse! I play with both the “gyro” feature and the lighting disabled, at 2000hz, and get a good couple of days to a week of playtime, with about 6-8h of playtime a day on average. It’s about on-par with other mice in this class, think Basilisk Pro V3, Naga V2 Pro, at least with the gyro disabled. Imagine constantly polling for tilt constantly over 2000hz, on top of polling for every other normal thing a mouse does… yeah, you get where that 20h figure comes from. Completely acceptable for a very feature-packed mouse like this.
Is the brutton a running joke now? 🤔
The outro is always the same until I have time to change it 😂
Feels like the credits of a marvel movie. Bloopers are always funny
@@meatykeyboard8399 dunno how you've not seen it before 🤣🤣🦐
Been watching this old how to build a budget video over and over again for sum reason? All I kept hearing was don't forget to plug in the rear case fan and whoops forgot the fan lol
wonder if u can bind emotes on it on GTA V FIVE M LOL
no idea why it's under mmo, there are not enough buttons... the new scimitar wireless does have enough
6 on the side (one doubling as shift), 2 DPI buttons, 3 wheel functions and 4 tilt gestures. 15+ programmable actions. Not enough my arse.
no free SPEEEN mode for scroll, no wired option, and useless rgb which is probably is whats jacking up the price. why
Why no sound button test? :[
It looks cheap they should make a premium version of it
dont buy this if u play shooter u will regret
looks like one of those cheap gaming mouses
I hoped this would be the fabled Gimbal-Tilt FPS mouse.... I invented it when I was young... In my head and no one has yet made one and I cannot fathom why 🥲
You can't make a light weight fps mouse with this ammount buttons