Im using a G7, wireless mouse. Honestly theres no real "lag", so im not sure what you guys are talking about when you say you cant stand a wireless cause of the lag time between moving and actually moving on the screen. It also has a on the fly dpi buttons with 3 settings. Another thing I like is the removable battery, you get 2. So if and when I run out, it takes like 2 seconds to swap with a new one and you are good to go.

Its basically a G5, but wireless and minus the weight cause of the battery. I think a lot of people have the G5.

^ Trust me, hardcore gamers will stay away from wireless mouses due to the "lag". It is easily noticeable even on high end ones, sucks to play FPS games with wireless!

^ Eh, I do perfectly fine with a wireless mouse and I play fps games mostly.

I got Sennheiser PC161's which are pretty good. I was thinking of buying the PC350's but at double the price ($219 retail) I opted for the PC161 ($99 retail). The PC350 is a full headset which covers your whole ear which should block out alot of the ambient noise.

I'm comtemplating on returning the 161's for the 350. I dunno if it's really worth double.

That's what I'm using. NCIX special $129 sale! Great headsets - I went from PC151 to this. I used to be into high-end headphones - Sennheiser HD600 + recable, Beyerdynamic DT770 woodied, etc. These sound quite good!

It's definitely worth it - sound quality improves quite a lot between the two. Also much better at isolation, and much more comfortable for long-term use because of the circumaural vs. supra-aural nature of the design. It's really good when you can get it for $129 on special.

I use a microsoft sidewinder X8 mouse, mostly bought it for the buttons.

Man I'm a sucker for the upsale. You bastard! Now you got me thinking I should just do it. Hmmmm

^I'd go for the g500. I'm looking to upgrade my mouse as well, right now I'm still using a logitech mx510 and it's still awesome. Been using it for almost 4 years now.

I ended up returning the G9 and went with the Sentinel for $42.65. It seemed to perform similar and a fraction of the price. Oh and looks better than the G9 IMO.

I like the fact it's a little bigger and similar to my MX Revolution in shape.


I wouldn't have believed it but holy crap did it drastically improve gameplay. It's no wonder I was have so many issues aiming at ppl. I didn't really have issues wih BF2. But BC2 seems harder and need more precision.

Anyways, thanks again for everyones input. Now I gotta upgrade my headset.

One cool feature of the G500 is that you can switch how the mouse wheel behaves, mechanically. It can either be in 'free wheel' mode, which lets you quickly spin it and stop it with your finger (great for getting to the top or bottom of a long web page) or standard 'click' mode, where each 'click' of the wheel is one scroll. This is better for switching weapons in games, etc. Pretty cool!

headsets:
pc350 goes on sale for 130-150 every few months
it's the best headset out there if you have a soundcard
otherwise the g35 is the best way to go (the simulated 7.1 is great too).

I got the PC350. I can't really say it's much better than the PC161's in terms of sound quality. Mind you I only tested with gaming and mp3's and not an actual CD.

The fact it fully engulfs your ear and blocks out ambient noise helps with improving the sound. But I don't know if I would spend anywhere near retail for them. I'm not running a sound card, but I do have a spare one kicking around. Would it make that much difference?

Thanks for the advice on pricing. I work in the industry so I get them for about that price. $128.xx + taxes. I still found that a little too expensive IMO.


I like the shape of the G500 better than the G9. But the Sentinel was like half the price and was similar in shape.

^What kind of mouse pad are you using with your new mouse?

I'm not really sure but I've always used bare desk but you might even get more out of it if you get a QCK or even a razer mouse pad. A medium sized QCK mouse pad goes for like $10 at ncix.

I got a steelseries pad. Can't believe they cost so much. I think it was like $20 for a piece of wetsuit material.

Some of them are like $50+. Geez.

I use two mice: Razer Naga for gaming and Logitech MX Revolution for everything else.
Lately everything has been interfering with my mx revolution but that flywheel scroll is just so damn convenient.
The Naga is pretty good but it's shitty that you can't manually program the side buttons.

I've been using a Razer Deathadder and i love it got it on sale at NCIX a while back.

if you can find an mx518, get it. legendary mouse

Woot just picked up my g500 and a qck mousepad. Physically feels the same as my mx510 which is awesome. Need to test it out still ;)

so damn true.

Used a Microsoft Sidewinder during the good old days of "push for world first kills" in Warcraft. Have used tons of Razers, Logitechs but the stacking 4th and 5th mouse buttons worked really well when you got to watch 25 ppl's health and Mana and dont wanna mis-click a spell. Oh and the custom weight thing is a nice touch too.

I was forced to PVP with a friend at his place (to get his bloody shoulders) so had to use his sister's PC with a regular 3 button mouse and it was pure hell. Jump/turn-cast-turn/land was almost impossible and was a real PIA to pillar hump LoS with that thing. You can have the best skills but with a shitty tool, its gonna be hell.

Guys!!! The logitech g5 is on sale at FS for $36!! That's a steal price!
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/id/10093985.aspx

Today only!

for all the mamber users here

are you guys experiencing any issues with the mouse? Specifically all the mouse acts up (for me its during bf: bad company2 ) all the sudden the cursor stops moving for 2-3 seconds and then come back again? then it would just keep doing it until i unplug or pull the battery out

The strange thing is when this happens, it'll happen on any other computer as i tried unplugging it immediately and trying it on 2 other computers...its as if the memory in the mouse retained something thats screwing it up

I am trying to deal with Razer support with this but no luck so far.

Logitech G5...haven't found another one that works just as well.

i dont have a problem with mine, no issues in wired or wireless mode... did you update the firmware of the mouse though? Could help

turns out i got a bad mouse!

got it replaced and now its working great!