Cooler Master Xornet II*Review
-A bit of history:
The Xornet II is a successor of the orginal Xornet announced in October 2011.
The mouse had a nice ergonomic design with a fingertip rest which was quite new at the time in such a small form factor.
Originally the Xornet was a product that was made to be cheap and have a minimalistic design with some decent specifications for an entry level product for a retail price of arround $29.99 MSRP.
orginal Xornet - announced in 2011
The mouse had rubber side grips and a very new odd shell with a ring finger rest in a small form factor.
Many people loved the shape and size.
Their where 2 models at the time the Xornet and the Spawn.
The Xornet used at the time used the avago 3050.
And the Spawn the 3090 but had a higher price.
The original Xornet had omron D2FC-F-7N micro switches and had TTC internals for the scroll wheel and side plus middle switches.
And used a cypress microcontroller (CYP7C64343) with an avago lens (ADNS-5110-001 lens x0,80 magnification)
-So what has changed:
let's compare some specifications first with the old and the new model:
as you can see the internals have changed quite a bit.
They have kept the omron seeing their where no problems with the switches.
Mouse button click will feel the same as with the older model.
Typical omron light actuation and click sound feedback.
The scroll wheel and other buttons stayed also the same with the TTC micro switches.
So internals combined with shell has made this mouse 5 grams lighter than previous model weighing now around 80 grams without cable.
-Now the biggest difference:
The biggest difference is off course the new sensor used in combination with the microcontroller and third party lens.
Their EU product manager told me this will be the first mouse released with the new PMW 3320.
So let's compare the sensors between the older Xornet and the Xornet II:
-A bit of history:
The Xornet II is a successor of the orginal Xornet announced in October 2011.
The mouse had a nice ergonomic design with a fingertip rest which was quite new at the time in such a small form factor.
Originally the Xornet was a product that was made to be cheap and have a minimalistic design with some decent specifications for an entry level product for a retail price of arround $29.99 MSRP.
orginal Xornet - announced in 2011
The mouse had rubber side grips and a very new odd shell with a ring finger rest in a small form factor.
Many people loved the shape and size.
Their where 2 models at the time the Xornet and the Spawn.
The Xornet used at the time used the avago 3050.
And the Spawn the 3090 but had a higher price.
The original Xornet had omron D2FC-F-7N micro switches and had TTC internals for the scroll wheel and side plus middle switches.
And used a cypress microcontroller (CYP7C64343) with an avago lens (ADNS-5110-001 lens x0,80 magnification)
-So what has changed:
let's compare some specifications first with the old and the new model:
Comparison: | Xornet | Xornet II |
left and right button : | Omron D2FC-F-7N | Ormron D2FC-F-7N |
Side and cpi button: | TTC | TTC |
Scroll wheel internals: | TTC | TTC |
Sensor used: | ADNS-3050 | PMW-3320 |
Microcontroller: | Cypress CU7C64343 | STM32F042G6 |
Lens used: | Avago ADNS-5110-001 | Third party lens (unknown) |
Weight without cable: | 85 g | 80 g |
Weight with cable: | 142 g | 132 g |
as you can see the internals have changed quite a bit.
They have kept the omron seeing their where no problems with the switches.
Mouse button click will feel the same as with the older model.
Typical omron light actuation and click sound feedback.
The scroll wheel and other buttons stayed also the same with the TTC micro switches.
So internals combined with shell has made this mouse 5 grams lighter than previous model weighing now around 80 grams without cable.
-Now the biggest difference:
The biggest difference is off course the new sensor used in combination with the microcontroller and third party lens.
Their EU product manager told me this will be the first mouse released with the new PMW 3320.
So let's compare the sensors between the older Xornet and the Xornet II:
Comparison: | Xornet | Xornet II |
Sensor used: | Avago ADNS-3050 | Pixart PMW3320DBTYDU |
Form factor: | 8 pin design | 8 pin design |
Resolution: | 2000 dpi/cpi | 3500 dpi/cpi |
CPI / DPI Steps: | 500 / 1000/ 2000 | 250 till 3500 in steps off 250 cpi/dpi |
Tracking Speed: | 60 IPS | 80 IPS |
Lift off Distance: | approximately 3 mm | adjustable Lift off Distance |
Polling rate: | 1000 hertz | 1000 hertz |
Angle Snapping: | off (but could be turned on) | * |
Mouse acceleration: | 20g | 20g |
Image Array size: | 19x19 pixels | * |
frame rate: | 6666 fps @26MHz internal clock frequency | * |
LED used: | Red Led | Infra red Led |
*Unknown trying to get my hands on a specification sheet |