Review of the Cooler Master CM310 Gaming Mouse

Gaming mice aren’t the same as ordinary mice. Gaming mice are made be specifically to be comfortable for hours on end, and backed with an accurate grip. They’re loaded with ridiculously powerful sensors which dwarf those used by ordinary desk mice. And you’d be hard-pressed to find a gaming mouse that didn’t have at least …

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Review of the ELECOM EX-G PRO (M-XPT1MRXBK) Trackball Mouse

Trackball mice are superior. At least, for most people. That’s actually somewhat surprising because trackball mice were first used in computers as early as 1946. They only began to vanish about three decades ago, as laptop track-pads hit the market. But the underlying technology behind a trackball is still sound. The design basically fell out …

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Cooler Master CK550 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Most keyboards aren’t any good. And many people have had the misfortune of spending their entire lives working on terrible boards, never knowing the difference. It’s like spending your life watching 480p television. Someone who’s only seek 480p doesn’t feel tormented by the low quality of the resolution, but once you’re used to seeing 1080p, …

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What is V-Sync? Should I Keep it On or Off?

If you’ve ever looked inside the options menu for a PC game, then you’ve probably come across the term V-sync. Many of the options settings inside PC games are obvious about what they do, like those for resolution size and texture quality. But some of those options, like V-sync, may seem all but inscrutable. That …

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