CM Storm Alcor Review

[section_title title=”Conclusion”]Conclusion

So having had the opportunity to literally grab hold of the CM Storm Alcor and use it for the best part of a week, how did it make me feel?  Is it up to my usually high standards of gaming peripherals or does it fall short of the mark?

Well starting with the performance, The Alcor as previously mentioned, sports the Avago 3090 optical sensor which as I also mentioned, used to be the industry standard for gaming mice a few years ago.  This is one of the best optical sensors you are going to get and to see it on such a so called budget gaming mouse,was exciting.  With a fairly accurate sensor which used with my FUNC 1030XL mouse mat, I was relatively happy with the Alcor.  The Omron switches are commonly found on the majority of the top gaming mice in the world and it was nice to see them included on a mouse on the higher side of the £20-30 price mark.  While gaming, I had a mixed experience with the thumb buttons: I found them to be relatively useless to my needs due to how far my thumb would have to reach over to be able to register a key press. The inaccuracy of the thumb buttons in turn put my aim off while playing Titan Fall.  This however might not be the case to someone else as I have a meticulous playing style which I tend to consistently keep while using any mouse that I might get my hands on.  Overall the Alcor performed very well given its stature and price point so I would be quite happy to recommend it to a gamer on a budget.

Touching on the design, I do like the sleek and smooth looks of the Alcor and feel it is one of the better looking gaming mice on the market.  It’s all black design makes the Alcor rather desirable in my opinion, especially with the ability to choose from 4 different colours on the LED.  Although the palm of your hand would cover this, it is still nice when sitting on your desk and if you are like me, I get quite OCD about different coloured devices on my desk!  As this is a design issue, I would have liked to have seen a rubberised grip and thumb buttons that catered better to people with larger hands like me, although not everyone is going to run into this problem, I can only discuss things from my personal experience.

Price wise, the RRP of the CM Storm Alcor sits at £29.99 which makes it in my opinion a mid-range gaming mouse.  For what it has, especially with the Omron switches and Avago 3090 sensor further bolster the value for money of the Alcor. However I do feel it has a couple of things missing namely the inclusion of a rubberized grip for better grip.  Overall you will obviously be hard pushed to find a mouse with this kind of spec for a lower price and of course with CM Storms impeccable build quality.

Overall the CM Storm Alcor gives gamers the option to spend a little less and which it is suitable for all but the macro heavy games such as League of Legends, it does provide good versatility.  It might not be Omni-dexterous but it does provide right handed gamers with a bit of class at a great price.

Thanks to CM Storm for sending the Alcor in for review and I look forward to seeing more in the future.