 This video is brought to you by the Intel Core i7 4770K unlocked processor. If you're a speed freak, add an Intel 3500 series SSD to your Haswell system for a truly enthusiast class experience. Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the TTE Sports Level 10 M gaming mouse. Their tagline is Born to be Seen, which brings us to the Level 10 concept. So this isn't the first Level 10 product from Thermaltake, and it is, as such, not the first product that they've built in collaboration with BMW DesignWorks USA. So what's Level 10? According to their website, I'm just gonna read this. Experience high-end computers through the design itself. Combine iconic design with optimum functionality and innovative details. With these products, quality is of the utmost importance, so you're not going to find any skimping on the workmanship or the materials here, and it's a little bit different from the inspired by pro gamers approach for something like a Saphira, which was designed in collaboration with White Rob, a Starcraft 2 player, whereas this is more like, yeah, it has to have the functionality and the ergonomics and the comfort, but it also has to look like something that anyone who has, you know, a sense of style would proudly display on their desk. So this attention to detail and quality carries over in the specs. First thing we find about this mouse is it's got an 8200 DPI laser sensor. That's pretty much top of the range as far as it goes today. You've also got fully programmable buttons that can be switched between profiles with the DPI and profile switcher button. So this is a multi-way button, one, two, three, four, right there, and you've got A, B on the left side, left, right, and middle click, as well as C and D buttons on the right side for a total of 11 programmable keys that you can reconfigure in the software. You've also got DPI indicators up here on the top right that light up when the mouse is illuminated, and it's available in three different colors depending on your personal preference, diamond black, iron white, and military green. One of the things about the mouse that I really feel marries the functionality and design aspects is the aluminum unibody shell. So what this does is it adds rigidity to the mouse, so it's very, very strong using aluminum like this. It's relatively lightweight compared to other metals, so it goes all the way from the right side to the bottom to the left, and it's corrosion resistant. This is a property of aluminum that might not be that helpful on a mouse unless you're eating corrosive snacks while you're gaming, but last and not least, aluminum does help with heat dissipation. So the fact that you're going to be making contact with the mouse on the right and left side could help to cool your hand a little bit, although I don't think this can make a huge difference, and that combined with, again, another design aesthetic of the mouse right here, the ventilation holes on the top, couldn't hurt in terms of making sure that you don't over sweat yourself and find your hand slipping off the mouse during a long gaming session. Another functionality thing is the fact that the mouse has what they're calling 3D adjustments, so you get 15 degrees on the back of the mouse with the included tool. I'm trying to remove this here. I'm having a difficult time. There you go. So you can adjust the backing up and down. This is 15 degrees, so it's all the way down now. Now I'm going up, so you can hopefully see how that's being adjusted there. Or maybe I'm going down now. Yeah, I'm going down now. So this backing piece right here. And then you can also actually tilt the mouse left and right, five millimeters. So I hope you're going to be able to see this. Maybe we'll do an overlay close up there, so you can hopefully see how the back actually tilts. So this allows your wrist to be a little bit more aligned while you're using it. More design and aesthetic, but this should definitely appeal to the gamers out there, is the fact that it has seven different lighting colors available in four different zones. So I'm going to go ahead and plug the mouse in, and we're going to see what we get by default here. So the dragon inside lights up. The mouse wheel itself lights up. The DPI selector lights up. And then this design element rectangle up here also lights up, meaning that you can see the lighting effects of the mouse from any angle where you're looking at it. And you can change them around to whatever is going to suit your personal aesthetic. So you can see that the red version of the mouse comes with red by default. However, like I said, you can use the software to completely change that around if you want. Now the last little bit of hardware functionality is the Aha! carrying case that it comes with that includes two separate pouches, one for the mouse and one for the cable. So more functionality built into it wherever you happen to be taking your mouse. You don't want to scratch it because it's not just functional. It's also stylish. It's got to look good on your desk as much as it has to be functional. So it's going to come down to the individual. Do you want something more pro gamer inspired like a Saphir where it's all about the ergonomics and like the button placements and everything is exactly perfect and exactly there and that is all. Or do you want something that is more about the, well the marriage of both functionality and style. And that I think is going to be the level 10 M gaming mouse from TTE Sports. Now, speaking of functionality and style, Audible.com. You can head over to audible.com slash Linus where you can get yourself a free audio book. I actually just recently picked up the Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. There's a number of other Dr. Seuss books that are also included. And I was inspired to do so because I was driving the other day and I was listening to the radio and I heard an insurance ad come on and I was sure that it was John Cleese. And it turns out that it was. So I was like, you know, I need more of his soothing British accent in my life. And so does my one year old baby. 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