ASUS ROG Chakram Core, USB

I have put a truly staggering number of hours into Elder Scrolls Online in the last few years. A couple of lockdowns certainly helped pump those numbers up, and the fact I’ve worked from home for over a decade, means I’m never far from being able to flip from work to play quicker than most gamers at the end of a hard day… or in the middle of a hard day too, if I wanted to. One thing I do more than most, however, is I wear out keyboards, mice and gaming chairs like nothing else. I don’t go to work and sit at one desk, then come home to sit at my own, I’m here for the long haul each day. I need a mouse that can do it all, fit my work schedule, but still deliver the high-end thrills I’ve got a taste for. It needs to deliver a next-level MMO gaming experience, so I can fire off chat commands, macros, emotes, add-ons and more without losing my pace in battle… or to just streamline my goofing around.

The ASUS ROG Chakram Core is really in the big leagues when it comes to features. I feel like I covered them all, but at the same time, feel like I barely scratched the surface of what its capable of. However, I think it’s the design that deserves the bigger thumps up. The mouse looks and feels solid and robust, and it looks it too. However, you can strip it down thanks to the magnetic system. Even disassembled, all of the interior and underside of components have a stunning premium finish to them. It all goes together with ease, and no fiddling. A child could strip the mouse down, swap the switches and build it back up again.

The ASUS ROG Chakram Core is the wired variant of the regular Chakram with triple connectivity. The Core is lighter and more affordable, yet keeps all the important features of its bigger brother—including PixArt's PAW3335 sensor, a built-in joystick, and hot-swappable main button switches.