Gaming Mouse

kraftmayo · 01-12-07, 08:31 PM

Hey all. It's that time again. I've eviscerated the buttons on my Logitech MX1000 mouse, and I'm looking for a replacement and a good mousepad.

I've no preference as to brand, wired/wireless, or laser/optical. I just want a solid gaming mouse and mousepad.

I looked at the G5, but I dont like that it only has one side button.

Anyone? Thanks all.

meionm · 01-12-07, 08:38 PM

Did you look at razer copperhead?

Wayward_Son · 01-12-07, 08:47 PM

Off topic, but how did you like your MX1000? I'm seriously considering one of those.

lokitexas · 01-12-07, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kraftmayo

Hey all. It's that time again. I've eviscerated the buttons on my Logitech MX1000 mouse, and I'm looking for a replacement and a good mousepad.

I've no preference as to brand, wired/wireless, or laser/optical. I just want a solid gaming mouse and mousepad.

I looked at the G5, but I dont like that it only has one side button.

Anyone? Thanks all.

I REALLY really like the G7 mouse. I do have a Creative Fatality one coming in, but the G7 has been my fav so far. Only drawbacks are the fact that it "feels" a bit flimsy, but IS solid.

meionm · 01-12-07, 08:57 PM

G5 and G7 are alike in shape

crazed · 01-12-07, 09:02 PM

I was hesitant about the G5 and its lack of a forward button. I miss it, but not that much. Other than that I really love it and its on-the-fly sensitivity changer.

Maviryk · 01-12-07, 09:05 PM

mx518, 2 side buttons that can easily be pressed at once.

Aman · 01-12-07, 09:31 PM

G7 all the way!!!

blkdiamond · 01-12-07, 09:33 PM

I also was concerned about the G5 not having a forward button, but to be honest I don't miss it all that much, and I love it. Regarding a mouse pad I have a Ratpadz GS that I love, highly recommended.

kraftmayo · 01-12-07, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayward_Son

Off topic, but how did you like your MX1000? I'm seriously considering one of those.

I loved the MX1000, I bought it when it was brand new, and I just recently killed the left button on it. The thing has served me well.

Thanks all for the input.

Edit: I just played with my friend's Razer Copperhead. I dont think I'm a fan of the side buttons.

Now it's between the G5, G7, and MX518. Anyone?

MrCrowley · 01-12-07, 10:01 PM

mx518. It's a mouse.. you dont need it to be rediculous..

I didnt want to spend alot of money but I needed something better than my old wireless.. I picked up the 518 and it was the best decision. For 35$ its a damn good gaming mouse.. the gamer makes the mouse, the mouse doesnt make the gamer.

DragoXT · 01-12-07, 10:15 PM

The mouse options that you have recived are good, but you might want to take a look at the MX revolution. As for your mouse pad that kinda depends on what you are used to. Some like cloth, some like the hard plastic, some something in between. Some like wood, glass, and even steel. I myself cant stand the hard plastic mouse pads and have basically always used a cloth pad of some sort. I currently have an XTrac Pro cloth mouse pad that im using with my MX 1000. It is lasting very well and not taking hardly any wear and i put it through alot of hours of mousing a day.

I dont like to spend a ton of money on a mouse pad and XTrac had the cloth one i wanted for around $10, and i just checked newegg and they have the hard plastic one for $8. Link below.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817114171

These pads are on the thin side but they dont move on your desk. Maybe after 8 straight hours of gaming i have had it move a quarter of an inch.

OnDborder · 01-12-07, 10:57 PM

I have the mx518 and the G5. They are both really good mice. I like the feel of the mx better than the g. But me, being intellectually impared, I use the g5 because of the speed led indicators on the mouse.

Maviryk · 01-12-07, 11:04 PM

I've got the G5 and mx518 also. What speed indicators you say? I generally can't see my mouse...

I'll say one thing though... spilled beer is easier to clean off of the cord of the mx518. If you drop the mx518 you just put it back on the table, if you drop the G5 you'd have to chase after the stupid weight cartridge and any weights that happen to fly out also.

Also... G5 feels like it has dirt all over it...

Drew@PSU · 01-12-07, 11:13 PM

I have the G5 and I will never get another mouse so long as I live. I will mod when they get rid of USB. While it is kinda gimmicky with the weights and stuff, the scroll wheel that clicks left and right is my favorite feature. Good for navigating tabs in Firefox, plus I love the side button. But, I have small-ish hands and if you aren't right handed, it sucks. I like the feel of the plastic myself, but I'm weird

kraftmayo · 01-13-07, 10:10 AM

I just got a G5, but I have a question.

The scroll wheel makes a clicking noise in one direction, but not in the other. It's kind of annoying. Anyone else having this problem?

OnDborder · 01-13-07, 10:50 AM

Mine doesn't click in either direction.

jmt391 · 01-13-07, 11:28 AM

i have the mx518 i love it - its comfy, got 2 side buttons, on the fly sensitivity, and it looks nice. It's not too expensive like the other ones.

Amoroso · 01-13-07, 11:44 AM

Another vote for MX518... amazing mouse. Anything beyond it is overkill and dont think it would effect your performance if you would get a G5/7 instead. I think I was better with my old optical logitech lol. Anyways the MX518 has a much better feel in my opinion than the G5 or G7... the weight thing is just alittle "too" much for me lol.

Drew@PSU · 01-13-07, 12:23 PM

mayo, mine makes a little clicky type noise scrolling either way, but noise doesn't bother me ( headphones + ultra panaflo going full speed 24/7, I'm probably legally deaf.....what? )

01-12-07, 08:31 PM	Thread Starter #1
kraftmayo Member Join Date: Jul 2005	Gaming Mouse Hey all. It's that time again. I've eviscerated the buttons on my Logitech MX1000 mouse, and I'm looking for a replacement and a good mousepad. I've no preference as to brand, wired/wireless, or laser/optical. I just want a solid gaming mouse and mousepad. I looked at the G5, but I dont like that it only has one side button. Anyone? Thanks all.
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01-12-07, 08:38 PM	#2
meionm Member Join Date: Mar 2004	Did you look at razer copperhead?
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01-12-07, 08:47 PM	#3
Wayward_Son Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southeast Texas	Off topic, but how did you like your MX1000? I'm seriously considering one of those. __________________ \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ MOBO....Gigabyte....GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H .............................HT Link : 222 x 11 = 2442 CPU.......AMD..........1090T : 222 x 18.5 = 4107 @ 1.475v, 46C .............................CPU-NB : 222 x 12 = 2664 @ 1.225v RAM.......GSkill........2x4gb Ripjaws DDR3 : 222 x 6.67 = 1480 @ 1.6v GPU.......XFX...........5870 1gb : 938/1325 @ 1.2v, 70C SSD.......OCZ..........Vertex II 120gb HDD.......WD...........Caviar Blue 320gb CASE......Antec........P180 Mini PSU.......Corsair.......HX620
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01-12-07, 08:57 PM	#5
meionm Member Join Date: Mar 2004	G5 and G7 are alike in shape
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01-12-07, 09:02 PM	#6
crazed Registered Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey	I was hesitant about the G5 and its lack of a forward button. I miss it, but not that much. Other than that I really love it and its on-the-fly sensitivity changer.
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01-12-07, 09:05 PM	#7
Maviryk Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	mx518, 2 side buttons that can easily be pressed at once. __________________ Toshiba Satellite E105 I'm packing Heat
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01-12-07, 09:31 PM	#8
Aman Member Join Date: Oct 2006	G7 all the way!!!
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01-12-07, 09:33 PM	#9
blkdiamond Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	I also was concerned about the G5 not having a forward button, but to be honest I don't miss it all that much, and I love it. Regarding a mouse pad I have a Ratpadz GS that I love, highly recommended. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.8 GHz Asus M4A78T-E Motherboard 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600 RAM Dual XFX Radeon HD 5770 Video Cards 3 - 1 TB Western Digital Hard Drives Lite-On DVD-RW Corsair 750 Watt Power Supply Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU Cooler Antec Three Hundred Case ViewSonic 27" LCD Monitor
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01-12-07, 10:01 PM	#11
MrCrowley Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Torrington, CT	mx518. It's a mouse.. you dont need it to be rediculous.. I didnt want to spend alot of money but I needed something better than my old wireless.. I picked up the 518 and it was the best decision. For 35$ its a damn good gaming mouse.. the gamer makes the mouse, the mouse doesnt make the gamer. __________________ Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe AMD 64 Athlon X2 5200+ CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640/840 and climbing :D CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W PSU Antec Performance One P180B Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB
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01-12-07, 10:15 PM	#12
DragoXT Member Join Date: Jun 2005	The mouse options that you have recived are good, but you might want to take a look at the MX revolution. As for your mouse pad that kinda depends on what you are used to. Some like cloth, some like the hard plastic, some something in between. Some like wood, glass, and even steel. I myself cant stand the hard plastic mouse pads and have basically always used a cloth pad of some sort. I currently have an XTrac Pro cloth mouse pad that im using with my MX 1000. It is lasting very well and not taking hardly any wear and i put it through alot of hours of mousing a day. I dont like to spend a ton of money on a mouse pad and XTrac had the cloth one i wanted for around $10, and i just checked newegg and they have the hard plastic one for $8. Link below. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817114171 These pads are on the thin side but they dont move on your desk. Maybe after 8 straight hours of gaming i have had it move a quarter of an inch. __________________ AMD Phenom 2 970BE.......................................AMD 3400+ Newcastle Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 v2.1...............................Abit KV-85 2x2gb Corsair Dominator @1600 8-8-8-24.......2x512mb OCZ DDR 400 Platinum rev 2 @400 2-2-2-5 Asus GTX460 1gb TOP.......................................Albatron Trinity 6800GT w/ NV Silencer 5 rev.3 WD Black 640gb............................................. ..Seagate 7200.7 SATA NCQ 160gb Zalman CNPS10X Performa...............................ThermalTake Venus 12 Seasonic X650 Gold..........................................Ther malTake Pure Power 420 NZXT Guardian 921 RB.......................................Xblade Asus VW224U 22" LCD......................................Samtron 17" CRT
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01-12-07, 10:57 PM	#13
OnDborder Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: HOT 'n Arizona	I have the mx518 and the G5. They are both really good mice. I like the feel of the mx better than the g. But me, being intellectually impared, I use the g5 because of the speed led indicators on the mouse. __________________ You're a plague and we are the cure. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/2600k......MSI p67a-GD55/2600k CORSAIR Vengeance 16gb.......4gigZ Corsair 7970'z crossfire ....................Sapph 7870 crossfired X-Fi Elite Pro.........................H2O cooling 600gb Raptor/256ssd3..... .......40 Kingston ssd Siverstone 1500wt'r.....................Corsair1000HX MyHeat
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01-12-07, 11:04 PM	#14
Maviryk Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	I've got the G5 and mx518 also. What speed indicators you say? I generally can't see my mouse... I'll say one thing though... spilled beer is easier to clean off of the cord of the mx518. If you drop the mx518 you just put it back on the table, if you drop the G5 you'd have to chase after the stupid weight cartridge and any weights that happen to fly out also. Also... G5 feels like it has dirt all over it... __________________ Toshiba Satellite E105 I'm packing Heat
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01-12-07, 11:13 PM	#15
Drew@PSU Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Running from the infected	I have the G5 and I will never get another mouse so long as I live. I will mod when they get rid of USB. While it is kinda gimmicky with the weights and stuff, the scroll wheel that clicks left and right is my favorite feature. Good for navigating tabs in Firefox, plus I love the side button. But, I have small-ish hands and if you aren't right handed, it sucks. I like the feel of the plastic myself, but I'm weird __________________ .........CPU\|Mobo\|Vid\|Mem\|Monitor\|PSU\|HDD Main: 920 D0\|Rampage II Extreme\|XFX 5870\|6GB Corsair\|Random Widescreen\|Corsair HX750\|160GB X25 - 3.6 24/7 - 4.1 POST-able, needs work HTPC: X2 4400+\|A8N-SLI\|7800GT\|2GB Value\|Westy 1080p 42" :D\|HX 520 Laptop: Inspiron 13 HEAT Project Infection Project Cataclysm Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country - JFK
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01-13-07, 10:10 AM	Thread Starter #16
kraftmayo Member Join Date: Jul 2005	I just got a G5, but I have a question. The scroll wheel makes a clicking noise in one direction, but not in the other. It's kind of annoying. Anyone else having this problem?
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01-13-07, 10:50 AM	#17
OnDborder Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: HOT 'n Arizona	Mine doesn't click in either direction. __________________ You're a plague and we are the cure. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/2600k......MSI p67a-GD55/2600k CORSAIR Vengeance 16gb.......4gigZ Corsair 7970'z crossfire ....................Sapph 7870 crossfired X-Fi Elite Pro.........................H2O cooling 600gb Raptor/256ssd3..... .......40 Kingston ssd Siverstone 1500wt'r.....................Corsair1000HX MyHeat
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01-13-07, 11:28 AM	#18
jmt391 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bellmore NY	i have the mx518 i love it - its comfy, got 2 side buttons, on the fly sensitivity, and it looks nice. It's not too expensive like the other ones. __________________ System Core: Asus P5QL :: C2D E7400 @2.8ghz Stock :: 2x2GB DDR2-1066 A/V: eVGA GTX285 :: Asus Xonar Essence STX Power & Peripherals: Antec Earthwatts EA650 :: WD Caviar Blue 320GB :: Lian-Li A06FB
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01-13-07, 11:44 AM	#19
Amoroso Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ	Another vote for MX518... amazing mouse. Anything beyond it is overkill and dont think it would effect your performance if you would get a G5/7 instead. I think I was better with my old optical logitech lol. Anyways the MX518 has a much better feel in my opinion than the G5 or G7... the weight thing is just alittle "too" much for me lol. __________________ NEW RIG: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 \| ABIT IP35 Pro \| G.Skill 8GB DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)\| EVGA 8800GTS 512 G92 \| Corsair 620HX \| Vista Ultimate x64 AMD X2 4400+ \| DFI nF4 Ultra-D Bios 2006/04/06 \| VisonTek ATi X850XT Xtasy \| WD 74GB Raptor in SATA \| Maxtor 300GB in SATA/150 \| 2GB Kingston 3200 Dual Channel 400MHZ 3-3-3-8 2T @ 2.7v \| HP DVD640i CD Drive with Lightscribe Technology \| OCZ 520w Powerstream PSU \| Creative X-Fi Fata1ty FPS Sound Card \| Promedia Klipsch THX 2.1 Speakers \| CMStacker \| MX518 w/Ratpadz GS \| Saitek Eclipse Keyboard \| ViewSonic 20.1" LCD 16ms response
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01-13-07, 12:23 PM	#20
Drew@PSU Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Running from the infected	mayo, mine makes a little clicky type noise scrolling either way, but noise doesn't bother me ( headphones + ultra panaflo going full speed 24/7, I'm probably legally deaf.....what? ) __________________ .........CPU\|Mobo\|Vid\|Mem\|Monitor\|PSU\|HDD Main: 920 D0\|Rampage II Extreme\|XFX 5870\|6GB Corsair\|Random Widescreen\|Corsair HX750\|160GB X25 - 3.6 24/7 - 4.1 POST-able, needs work HTPC: X2 4400+\|A8N-SLI\|7800GT\|2GB Value\|Westy 1080p 42" :D\|HX 520 Laptop: Inspiron 13 HEAT Project Infection Project Cataclysm Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country - JFK
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