Just when you thought gaming mice couldn’t get any more comfortable, customizable, or innovative, the ROG Chakram comes in and ruins all those preconceived notions.

At a glance, the Chakram’s most obvious innovation is the joystick on its left side. It can operate in an analog mode that’s great for flight sims, racing games, and open-world titles, while digital mode turns the stick into a four-way controller that offers quick access to powerful commands in first-person shooters and real-time strategy games.

Its top shell uses a translucent plastic with a matte finish that feels premium and offers plenty of grip. The main buttons and palm rest are held on by magnets for convenient access to the Chakram’s internals. Each main button uses a spring-loaded pivot mechanism to remove any slack between button and switch for the fastest possible response. Both sides of the mouse are textured, giving you an ergonomic surface to grip that’s still smooth enough for easy cleaning.

A light pipe around the front edge, RGB LEDs in the scroll wheel, and a back-lit logo in the body are configurable through the Armoury II software. The Chakram supports seven different lighting effects and an entire spectrum of color. With the Aura Sync utility, you can coordinate the Chakram with other Aura-capable components in your gaming PC.

All the Chakram’s features are brought to life by a competition-class optical sensor. Its 16,000 DPI maximum sensitivity is easily adjusted with a DPI button on the bottom that toggles between four different settings. If you need finer control over DPI settings and find yourself without access to the Armoury II software, the DPI-On-The-Scroll feature also lets you use the mouse’s scroll wheel to adjust sensitivity in 100 DPI increments all the way from 100 to 16,000. The Chakram’s 400 inch-per-second accuracy means the mouse won’t lose accurate tracking even during your most extreme mouse movements

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