Cooler Master Storm: Spawn Gaming Mouse

The local distributor of Cooler Master sent me a couple of their PC accessories a week ago, including one of the CM Storm gaming mouse.

With a suggested retail price of Php1,500, the Cooler Master Spawn is somewhat on the affordable side.

It’s appropriately sized (not too small or large on the hands; it’s for right-handed people, btw) — a bit stout, very light, extremely responsive and comes in a simple yet ergonomic design.

The red body with black accent gives it a cool and neat look. The thumb-pad is made of soft, perforated rubber (same with the pinky-pad) while the left & right mouse buttons are also similar, although on the smooth side with a matte finish that helps prevent the surface to become slippery especially when you have oily or sweaty palms.

What I really appreciate about the mouse buttons is that all seven (7) of them are very functional right out of the box — the side buttons, just above the thumb-pad, are for forward and back shortcuts (useful for web browsing); the smaller set of buttons on top, just beside the mouse-scroller, are for controlling the speed of the mouse pointer; and the scroller-button locks in page scrolling.

The Cooler Master Spawn boasts of a high-performance 3500 DPI laser sensor, an on-board Sentinel-X 32KB which stores shortcut/macro assignments (so you can instantly use it whichever laptop or PC you plug the mouse into) and a micro-switch that promises a minimum of 5 million clicks before the mouse suffers some mechanical issues.

The design and form-factor of the Spawn follows a claw-grip position — palms spread wide enough not to strain too quickly and shaped just right to comfortably rest all five fingers of your hands.

Been using this mouse with my daily doses of Starcraft 2 and DOTA and been liking it a lot. It’s a wired mouse so you need to plug it in to one of the USB ports (no need for batteries) in your laptop or PC. For a price tag of Php1,500, this one is pretty reasonable.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

9 Comments

mark paez says:

12 years ago

greetings from cloneware custom computer concepts sir, wish to ask if you still have the contact details of the cooler master distro for were plannin on havin a deal with them if feasible, thanks much sir… your response would highly be appreciated…
best regards ;
guys @ cloneware c.c.c
- Reply
Rizallon says:

12 years ago

wow! cool.. i like the combination of colors on that mouse.
- Reply
intrigue says:

13 years ago

i’ve tried this mouse with my friends…great for FPS games, but average at everything else.
- Reply
nearnine says:

13 years ago

wow, it really looks cool.
medyo maliit gamit ko na mouse ngaun, kangawit gamitin. This looks perfect.
- Reply
ralph says:

13 years ago

sir yuga may i ask anung mouse pad sa ilalim ng cm storm mouse.
- Reply

Abe Olandres says:

13 years ago

It’s one from Inno3D, given to me free years ago.

Jim says:

13 years ago

Saan po ba ito available?
- Reply
brymarti says:

13 years ago

cd r king lang yung gaming mouse ko eh
- Reply
Raul Barrios says:

13 years ago

affordable and multi-functional! great gadget.
- Reply