Hey guys - I just put my votes in - hoping this goes well. While we wait, you should checkout/vote for the monitor arm that I just put up... this is essential for any clean battlestation. Help me bring this to the Massdrop community!
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/lcd-monitor-arm-v001b-by-vivo [img:cablemgmt.ygi.jpg]
I've opted to answer this poll with the Naos 7000 that's currently up on the site, since this is absolutely one of the best gaming mice available. It has a flawless optical sensor, it's extremely well reviewed, and if we get an absurd number of people on this drop, we can actually negotiate a better price with Mionix.
I'm personally not a fan of Razer after synapse v2. I'm voting corsair because it looks great and is nice and simple, not to many buttons, no extraneous features.
I voted Naga, if only because mine has been running wonderfully for three years, and because the side buttons are application-specific. Not only helps me game, but also increases productivity in every other app I use. Can you imagine the joy of setting up keybinds for indentation in Word?!
Either the ROCCAT™ Pyra – Mobile Wireless Gaming Mouse or the Logitech G700S Rechargeable Gaming Mouse
due to my main rig , having a wired set up is almost impossible as my machine is in my server rack
I believe I'm one of the only ones with issues with the build quality of the R.A.T. series. I've received 3 RMA's all of them either had tracking issues or one of the mouse buttons would break. My brother had one of his own which broke as well after 6 months to a year of use.
Only mice with flawless sensors on this list are the deathadder, g400s, zowie fk, and zowie evo(both the ec1 and ec2 have flawless sensors).
Personally I voted the deathadder because after 4 good years of service my 3.5G's mousewheel broke when it slipped off my desk for the 100th time, and I want another one.
For further information:
Deathadder's are more prone to the doubleclick of death, particularly if you drop them a lot or play lots of APM mashing games.
Logitechs tend to have lots of issues with the cord, they end up either buckling or pulling out at the mouse, this is more of an inevitability and it will get much worse much faster if you let the cord get stuck on things or if it happens to face jolty movements that cause it to pull tight very abruptly.
Both of these problems tend to happen past the 2+ year mark assuming you treat your mice well. If you know how to solder the deathadder's doubleclick issue can be fixed indefinitly for <$2 but the logitech one is permanent. The warrenties on both are fantastic, I got my 3G deathadder replaced with the 3.5G after the warrenty had died by almost a year.
The zowie fk is the least prone to hardware issues but it has no drivers, and because of that you can't set up macros or change what your buttons do. Same with the evo. Zowie mice don't have drivers.
This can either be a problem or some people prefer it because it means no installation is ever required (mind you, you don't need to install razer or logitech drivers, they're optional, but the benefits are usually worth it)
Every mouse has issues, these are just the ones for these 3. Everybody should own one of these 3 mice if they play any games that require precision aim and fast accurate movements.
Laser mice and many others on the list face hardware acceleration which means the sensor is not flawless and the response of the cursor is not 1:1 to that of your mouse's movements.
My MMO7 was my favorite mouse while it lasted, sadly both my roommate's and mine started showing serious tracking issues within 6 months and we both moved on from it.
Only good mice here are the Zowie mice. Laser mice track terribly and should be avoided. There is a reason so many pro PC gamers still use a Windows Intellimouse 1.1 or Explorer 3.0. 400 dpi optical sensor is all you need, everything else is marketing bullshit.
The RAT series mice are just so awesome. My Deathaddy didn't last long, nor did my Logitech G9, but my Rat 3 has lasted years of harsh punishment and abuse, its also infinitely more comfortable and smooth to use than the others with that thumb rest. Great mouse. Wouldn't trade it for anything else but another RAT haha, sad to see the Deathadder getting more votes right now.
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