CORSAIR SABRE RGB PRO WIRELESS CHAMPION SERIES Gaming Mouse Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2021-10-04

After configuring the DPI steps, buttons and polling rate to our own liking, we fired up Marvel’s Avengers, AION, Rogue Company and the remastered Quake. The low weight of only 79g, easily accessible programmable buttons and comfortable shape do transform the SABRE RGB PRO WIRELESS in a very pleasant experience. The high-end sensor is quite overkill for most situations and we do get near-cable latency thanks to the SLIPSTREAM WIRELESS connectivity.

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A Closer Look Part II

The 1.8m cable does come with an USB-A interface for the computer and connects with an USB-C one to the mouse; as you can see from the photo, custom designs of the connectors are used:

 

 

 

For an unknown reason, the cable offered with this mouse is not paracord type, but a regular rubberized model, which is more rigid:

 

 

 

The SABRE RGB PRO WIRELESS bothers the design from its older brother, which is excellent in our book; there are no rubber-coated areas which usually wear out faster, but we are getting a textured plastic finishing that offers plenty of grip. The configurable RGB segment is only the logo one and does not come with an RGB-enabled scroll wheel as on the non-wireless model:

 

 

 

In the front we have the zero-gap spring-loaded buttons with a rating of 50 million actuations (Omron is the manufacturer), while the scroll wheel is rubberized and silent when operated:

 

 

 

On the left side, we will note a piano-black frame but also two conveniently-placed programmable buttons; the three DPI indicator LEDs in the frontal area are gone with the wireless model:

 

 

 

Here is a closer look at the curved back, which houses the RGB-enabled CORSAIR logo:

 

 

 

On the right side, we will note a similar design, minus the programmable buttons:

 

 

 

The frontal area has the same characteristics as with the previous iterations, but now we are getting an USB-C port (removable cable):

 

 

 

The bottom area is much richer in terms of additional buttons, the only two items with identical design being the placement of the sensor lens and the PTFE feet. Speaking of the sensor, now we are getting an upgraded CORSAIR Marksman optical model (PixArt PAW3393), which can track up to 26000DPI and offer a polling rate up to 2000Hz. 26K is insane in terms of accuracy and can be configured in steps of 1DPI via the iCUE software; while the 2000Hz polling rate can be seen as a downgrade, we think that this helps with the battery life when in wireless mode and most people won’t even notice the difference between 2000 and 8000Hz polling rate in real-life. The lower switch does allow the user to choose between the wireless and Bluetooth interfaces, but also turn off the mouse:

 

 

 

A small compartment is also provided for the wireless dongle:

 

 

 

 

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