Aorus Thunder M7 Gaming Mouse Review

Performance

The Aorus Thunder M7 is packed full of cool aesthetic touches. There are numerous subtle lighting effects built into the mouse and in a dark room, they look absolutely stunning.

The top part of the mouse features a plastic panel with a mesh interior. On top of the fake V8 engine that is inside the mouse is an LED back-lit Aorus logo; very cool!

The most menacing lighting effect is easily the head lights; they look like evil eyes and provide a subtle under-glow to the front of the mouse when viewed from the back.

The software is nicely designed and comes with support for multiple Aorus products; unfortunately we only have a single Aorus device connected at this time.

The programmable buttons on the mouse are numbered clearly, this makes it easy to find which button you wish to customise; the less time you spend sorting through settings, the more time you can spend actually enjoying your favourite games. Macros, shortcuts and launchers can be recorded and tweaked from this window.

Sensor performance is very easy to configure, allowing for separate X & Y DPI customisation over four modes; these can be toggled using the two + / – buttons on the top of the mouse.

Lift-off height, acceleration and angle snapping cannot be configured on this mouse, but a few quick tests showed the lift-off to be well under 2mm, there was zero acceleration and as you can see from the tests below, there is definitely no angle snapping.

Smooth results at 1600 DPI.

A tiny bit of jitter at 3200, but still significantly better than most other gaming mice.

5600 DPI did show some signs of jitter, but the mouse does a great job of keeping it to a minimum; I’m very impressed with these results and the sensor certainly gets my sign of approval.

Thunder M3 Gaming Mouse

Gaming on the Thunder M7 is an absolute blast, the laser sensor is pixel perfect over a wide range of DPI settings; if you miss a headshot with this mouse, it was your own fault. I know the mouse was designed for the MMO market, but playing games like counter strike and Battlefield are a great test of accuracy, and the M7 passed with flying colours.

The grip and control of the M7 is an absolute joy, it glides effortlessly over any good gaming surface. It’s very easy to access the DPI toggle buttons when gaming; meaning you can dial things down for that precious head-shot when you really need to. The extra macro buttons are also easy to reach, without being in the way when you don’t require them.

The macro functions are really straight forward to configure, I found this to be a real benefit to MOBA and MMORPG gaming, although admittedly it does take a little getting used to as the mouse button layout is rather unique. One benefit to the complex button layout is that they’re clearly numbered, so glancing down at your mouse for the first day or two isn’t exactly time-consuming.

Those not overly interested in gaming, eSports or anything else like it will still find a lot to love about this mouse. It’s comfortable to use; even with my oversized hands, it’s macro functions and button layout feel right at home with tasks like photo, movie and music editing software as much as the do League of Legends, and all the crazy buttons aren’t intrusive for the times you just want to browse Reddit and Facebook.

Thunder P3 Gaming Surface

If I’m honest, I’m not usually that keen on reviewing mouse mats, as there are so many subjective factors when choosing the one you want. The Thunder P3 is massive, so it may not even fit on many people’s desk; it actually hangs over the edge of my desk by 2cm at each side! What I do like about it is that it behaves like a high quality hard cloth surface which providing ultra fast glide, but if you push your wrist down into it, you’ll still find a little padding and comfort; giving you the best of both worlds. Again, it’s all person preference, but it is a very good surface in my opinion and it’s easy for me to see why Auros shipped it along side the mouse.