Review: Sentinel Advance's sucessor Our today’s test subject, the Sentinel ZERO-G, comes from CM Storm, the gaming oriented face of Cooler Master. Cooler Master has just released its first gaming mouse under the CM Storm. CM Storm Sentinel Advance. Let’s go straight into a look at the software.

Review: Sentinel Advance's sucessor Our today’s test subject, the Sentinel ZERO-G, comes from CM Storm, the gaming oriented face of Cooler Master. The company already offers three gaming mice: Sentinel Advance, Inferno and Spawn.

Sentinel Advance is probably the best one of the lot but it will soon be replaced by the Sentinel ZERO-G. CM Storm has quite a reputation with gamers and enthusiasts and the Sentinel Advance quickly won over their heart, what with the innovative OLED logo screen, charming looks, 64kb of memory,etc. The Sentinel ZERO-G is a palm grip mouse – the ergonomics is pretty much like on the Advance. The main difference is inside as the Sentinel ZERO-G comes with more memory and improvements in optics.

The packaging is as you can see pretty fiery but not without a reason – this is a top gaming mouse. As a gift, you get Shattered Horizon game in order to test this puppy out. Need For Speed Shift Hd For Nokia E7 there. The packaging is nicely designed and attractive. On the other hand, the Sentinel ZERO-G goes for €60, so we didn’t expect any less. The box contains the mouse, spare Kevlar glide stickers and a Software/Driver CD.

You can download Shattered Horizon from the internet after submitting the code that comes with the Sentinel ZERO-G at cmstorm.com/shgame. Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinel ZERO-G is definitely a long-hours mouse. Although it can be considered large and heavy, it’s not hard to operate at all. It fit in our hand perfectly and was very comfortable. Users with big hands will definitely love it. The measures (L) 135 X (W) 83.5 X (H) 40 mm / (L) 5.3 X (W) 3.3 X (H) 1.6 inch so it’s not for claw grip gamers or those with small hands.

It weighs in at 112 grams but you can push it up to 134,5 grams with five 4.5gram weights. The Sentinel Zero-G comes with eight programmable keys. You can customize it via the CM Storm Tactic AP software, which makes it easy to make user profile, change LED colors, change the icon on the OLED screen, etc. The Sentinel Zero-G has three LED lamps, one of them on top of the mouse and the other two on the front.

The DPI control keys are placed between the OLED screen and the mouse wheel, and you can use them in combination with the wheel and the two keys on the left. The profile switch key is placed in front of the mouse wheel, and this mouse will store up to 5 profiles. The mouse has its own 128kb of memory, allowing for saving profiles and using your mouse anywhere while still keeping your settings. Furthermore, you can use the internal memory to save macros as well as scripts and configuration files. Advanced Storm Tactic macro support enables the Sentinel’s intelligent firmware to save, repeat and time mouse actions which you might need while gaming or other. Zero-G packs a Twin-Laser with maximum resolution of 5600dpi.

The rest of the specs can be found below. Despite looking a bit “plasticky”, this mouse is pretty tough and is made of different materials, including rubber, ASB plastic, mesh bezel and metal. The mouse is 13.5cm (5.3 inches) long, so your entire palm will rest on the mouse. We found this to be pretty comfortable, but if you’re used to smaller mice it might take some time to adjust. The left and right buttons are pretty standard and make a nice click sound. Navigation keys require more pressure of course, which is normal.

The wheel is about 7mm thick and 22mm long and although it may seem small, it’s well placed, comfortable and accurate. The specs claim that the Zero-G’s Twin-Laser is improved version of the one in Sentinel Advance but we didn’t notice any significant difference; both mice have a 5600dpi sensor. Thanks to laser-beam mixing using the Doppler Effect, CoolerMaster enhanced the precision allowing for comfortable use on many different materials. Furthermore, it enables independent X and Y axis settings. CM Storm Tactic AP software can be installed or simply ran from a CD. The mouse comes with integrated memory and can store DPI settings entirely in hardware – so this feature will run regardless of the drivers. The CM Storm Tactic Software features many useful options – independent X and Y axis DPI settings, game profiles, independent front and upper LED lighting controls, OLED logo, RapidFire, macros, scripts and much more.