Product Comparison: Corsair Dark Core vs Corsair Dark Core SE

Advertiser Disclosure

This site is a free online resource that strives to offer helpful content and comparison features to its visitors. Please be advised that the operator of this site accepts advertising compensation from certain companies that appear on the site, and such compensation impacts the location and order in which the companies (and/or their products) are presented, and in some cases may also impact the scoring that is assigned to them. The scoring that appears on this site is determined by the site operator in its sole discretion, and should NOT be relied upon for accuracy purposes. In fact, Company/product listings on this page DO NOT imply endorsement by the site operator. Except as expressly set forth in our Terms of Use, all representations and warranties regarding the information presented on this page are disclaimed. The information which appears on this site is subject to change at any time. More info

Corsair Dark Core RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Check Price

Best Pick

Corsair Dark Core SE RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Check Price

General Specifications

Brand

Corsair

Model

Dark Core

Dark Core SE

Origin

China

About the Product

DARK CORE RGB features ultra-fast 1ms wireless, Bluetooth® compatibility and wired mode for performance gaming with versatile connectivity. The custom, high-accuracy 16000 DPI optical sensor and comfort-contoured shape.

Dark core RGB features ultra-fast 1ms wireless, Bluetooth compatibility and wired mode for performance gaming with versatile connectivity. The custom, high-accuracy 16,000 DPI optical sensor and comfort-contoured shape ensures precision and control.

Key Specs

Precision

16000 dpi

Sensor Type

Optical

Number of Buttons

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Corsair Dark Core RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Amazing sensor with smooth tracking and performance.
Buttons are very responsive. Colors are vibrant on the lighting.
Perfect button layout and the best scroll wheel ever.
The middle mouse button (the part where you can press the scroll wheel) is somewhat hard to press and up to now.
On the side besides the sniper button the other two buttons are horrible placed and uncomfortable.

Corsair Dark Core SE RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

And the fact that it uses an optical sensor for movement means it can be used on practically any surface.
The mouse feels responsive and the sensor has extensive DPI settings.
Accuracy. The resolution of the optical sensor is extremely good and when used on a proper mouse pad.
Battery life and sensor issues out of the wazoo kept flickering especially in counter-strike go every 5 seconds.
Mouse movement was very glitchy unless i had sensor right next to the mouse on a USB cord.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

1.7 in.

Width

5 in.

Depth

3.51 in.

Weight

4.52 oz.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Corsair Dark Core RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Excellent design and construction. Great for a claw grip gamer and the construction is solid weight and durability.
The mouse is lighter than the Logitech MX Master 2S and feels much better.
I have hands that are skinny but slightly larger than average and it fits me perfectly
I have size large hands. And the size is definitely spot on.
Whole thing feels very light and just feels like the build quality is cheap.

Corsair Dark Core SE RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Mouse felt very comfortable. Even for my smallish size hand.
The thumb rest is perfectly sized with a nice soft-touch plastic.
I have average size hands and the mouse is very comfortable for me.
I would say I have pretty average hand size, very good size of this mouse.
Even for an adult-sized hand, I find it a bit large.

Connection

Connection Type

Wired/Wireless

Cord Length

5.91 feet

What customers say about "Connection"

Corsair Dark Core RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

The main reason why I got this mouse, the Bluetooth connection.
I like how they included a cable and that I could use any micro-usb cable for it.
Wired/wireless usage, Must have the wire to charge and the mouse can be used when battery is empty while charging.
The Bluetooth connection does not carry your profiles. This means no macros, no DPI changes, no RGB customizations.
Sometimes while it is connected to wire it will lose connection/or function while in use.

Corsair Dark Core SE RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Excellent Connectivity Options and Incredible Feel.
On my Windows laptops, I use the dongle, but on the MacBook Pro, I use Bluetooth.
This mouse can connect one of 3 ways: wireless rf, Bluetooth, or wired.
This is a awesome mouse with its interchangeable side and blue tooth connectivity
Connection is smooth and stable, I’m using it in my games flawlessly useing 2.4 GHZ for zero lagging.

Features

Mouse Type

Gaming

Body Material

Plastic

Number of Programmable Buttons

Extras

Contoured Shape With Interchangeable Side Grip, On-Board Profile Storage, Up To 24hrs Of Battery Life, Surface Calibration Tuning Utility, High-Performance Omron Switches, Dynamic Multi-Color 3-Zone Backlighting, Corsair iCUE Software Enabled

Wired Performance, Goes Wireless, Qi Wireless Charging, Contoured Shape With Interchangeable Side Grip, On-Board Profile Storage, Dynamic Multi-Color 3-Zone Backlighting

What customers say about "Features"

Corsair Dark Core RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

I really like this future as I have more options to map my keyboard controls to the other buttons that I rarely use in the mouse.
The mouse after the firmware updates has no problems on connection and I'm completely satisfied.
iCUE software sometimes doesn't pick up the mouse and the settings & or profile goes to default.
The battery life is worthless and doesn't last long at all.
While plugged in with USB sometimes loses connection.

Corsair Dark Core SE RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

Excellent features, easy to use.
Feature rich mouse with many ways to use it.
User-configurable ergonomic grip.
Batteries are rechargeable either via supplied Micro-USB cable or Qi wireless charging.
Programmable LED effects.

Power

Power Source

Via USB, Built-in rechargeable battery

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

2 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

Manual