Creative Sound BlasterX Siege K04

Creative Sound BlasterX Siege K04

By Mark Pickavance

Along with their new Vanguard K08 gaming keyboard, Creative has also thrown its hat into the gaming mouse ring, with the Sound BlasterX Siege M04.

As the two were developed in unison, they share the use of Omron switches, have the Aurora lighting technology and use the same feature customisation tool.

And, while the K08 keyboard had a few wrinkles, the Siege K04 Gaming Mouse is an altogether more confident assault on a notoriously tough market sector.

Design

Leaving illumination and button customisation aside for now, what has the Siege K04 gaming mouse got in abundance?

The word ‘poise’ comes to mind. The overall shape, specification and button positions all appear good on the first inspection. And, the more we used this pointing device, the better the experience got – for the most part.

For aficionados of the mouse, this is a classic elongated pear-drop form that works best with a right-handed claw grip, but it can also be operated with palm and fingertip grips.

Rubberised side panels help stabilise points of contact, and long left and right buttons on the upper face cope well with fingers of wildly differing lengths.

There are no less than seven programmable buttons positioned around the Siege, …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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