[section_title title=”Closer Look”]Closer Look
Taking a look at the Alcor from an overhead view, CM Storm has implemented their gaming badge of honour on the centre of the mouse. This does illuminate which I will illustrate later on in the review. The Alcor is a wired mouse and is primarily aimed at gamers and features an all-black design which consists of materials that are glossy, plastic and smooth.
In terms of buttons, the Alcor sports the usual suspects you would expect on a gaming mouse. There is of course a left, right and middle mouse button which doubles up as a scroll wheel, all of which is made from rubber and actually feels very nice. There are also 2 buttons for switching the DPI up and down giving the user up to four options in terms of DPI selection.
On the right hand side, the Alcor doesn’t have a grip and the surface is consistent throughout the entirety of the mouse. I would like to have seen some kind of rubberised grip but I can only imagine this was a cost cutting measure. At the end of the day a rubberized grip isn’t really needed unless your hand sweats profusely during gaming, so it’s not a huge loss. Still it would’ve been nice to have it.
The left hand side does however feature 2 thumb buttons with the smaller one being at the front. Most gamers do actually make use of them and it is quite normal now for gaming mice to come equipped with them. They feel quite tactile and do make a slight click when pressed in which confirms what I called a mouse stroke.
The base of the mouse of course features the most important part of the Alcor, the sensor. The Alcor features the Avago 3090 optical sensor which used to be the industry standard for optical mice a couple of years ago. It is a high quality optical sensor and features up to a 4000DPI which most gamers will find rather adequate whether you are playing MOBA’s such as DOTA2 or FPS games such as Battlefield 4.
The Alcor also has 4 rubber pads which allow you to maintain grip depending on your chosen surface and also features information regarding manufacturing and safety information etc.
In terms of connectivity, as previously mentioned the Alcor is a wired mouse and features a USB connection. The cable itself is hard black plastic with a soft feel to it which isn’t braided like some of the higher spec mice on the market, but given the budget nature of the Alcor, this is to be expected.
