Joining the HyperX line of mice with a fourth model, the Pulsefire Core is a simple and effective mouse. It could convince more than one thanks to its selling price of less than 40 €. Provided of course to ensure the essentials…
A cheap alternative to the Pulsefire Surge, this Pulsefire Core with limited ambitions on paper does relatively well in practice. Very handy due to its lightness and its excellent glide, not very tiring to use for long hours, it nevertheless sins on a few details: a lack of grip, acceleration of the movements of the sensor impossible to deactivate, a symmetrical design but a design not -ambidextrous and software that deserves a little more care and richness. Sold for around forty euros, it will have difficulty finding a place in a popular segment where the Logitech G403 Prodigy or Corsair Saber Optique reign supreme, alongside of course the essential G502 Proteus Spectrum from Logitech.
Strong points
- Light and handy mouse.
- Good glide.
- Precise and responsive.
- Design agreed but effective.
Weak points
- Still lacks grip.
- Software stingy with possibilities.
- Acceleration/smoothing cannot be disabled.
- Symmetrical, but not ambidextrous.
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