Logitech G500 Laser Gaming Mouse 5700DPI USB2.0 Weight Adjustable BLACK/GREY

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If you have small to medium sized hands, and palm, this is the gamer mouse for you! Setpoint software works perfect, easy to set up dpi settings ect. It takes some getting used to, even from a G5, but you will get comfortable with it very quickly.

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I bought this when it was on sale as a replacement for my first generation g5. It's a solid upgrade but the paint wears off quickly and the mouse clicks were abnormal right out of the box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCDd1jEMBY) but it eventually went away. Overall, I'm happy with it.

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I got this mouse after my G5 died. I was hesitant at first if I wanted to buy this because I thought the 3 buttons on the side would kill my large hands. I was wrong, and the 3rd button does help a lot!I mainly play games like Counter Strike, Left 4 Dead, and Starcraft 2 with this, and it's great. It's very responsive, and I've never had any lag with the mouse. By default, I throw in all the heaviest weights because I like my mouse heavy. I tried putting my G5 weight cartridge in, but it doesn't fit. After that, I tried putting the G5 weights into the G500 cartridge, and that wasn't as effective as I thought it would be. You should just stick to the weights that were given in the box.A lot of people said that the mouse has this rough texture on it, but when I put it into my hands, I thought it was just the normal Logitech grippy-ness thing they have on all their line-up of older mice.The wire is braided, and it is very, very durable. I have a desk with sharp sides, and sometimes the wire gets stuck, and I end up pulling it, scraping it like crazy, and it's still intact and alive.I don't know if this is just me, but I would have liked to see 4 mouse feet at the bottom instead of 3. The right side of the mouse sometimes feels weird because there is nothing under that side.Overall, I really enjoyed this product. I payed for this, and I got basically all I wanted from it.

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The G500 is the ultimate gamer's mouse at the moment. And I say that as a retired and washed up professional gamer, at one time ranked in the top-8 worldwide for CS (my team, that is). Forget the ridiculous Razer mice or whatever, simple is good. And the G500 does an amazing job of cutting out the unnecessary frills to make this a REAL gaming mouse. Sure, it's more feature-packed than its predecessor like the long-reigning MX-518, but in almost a universally good way.Comfort is absolute key for gamers, even pro gamers. I've seen the best players in the world regularly sit on pillows and such just to elevate themselves a few inches to make sure they're at their most comfortable, because when you're not, your game can really suffer. So the removable weights are a good thing. I believe the MX-300/500 series gaming mice always had removable weights, but it required damaging the sticker underneath and, if I recall, voiding the warranty. And it needed to be done carefully. That logitech has addressed this with such an elegant solution is not, in my opinion, an unnecessary frill.Next there's the software side of things. Being able to set a USB refresh rate is fantastic... PS/2 used to rule at LANs because it was the only "legitimate" way of increasing the polling rate, to 200 from 100. The only way to do it with USB was third party apps which overclocked the USB port, and tournaments very rarely allowed. So seeing this available in the drivers in great. Ditto with being able to store your profile on your mouse. Though being able to store more than one would be nice, if you're a tournament gamer, you're generally only going to be using ONE anyways. And lastly there's the dpi adjustment. Finally it's become at least SOMEWHAT useful. No longer are you confined to the preset steps that were forced upon you, you can choose 5 levels to be whatever is best for YOU, with the ability to unlink the x/y dimensions if you so choose. Granted, DPI switching has never been all that useful in professional CS (there is already an option to change the sensitivity ratio of zoomed weapons), but I imagine for some games it would be. Either way, being able to FULLY control it can only be a great thing.And last, but definitely not least, we have the performance laser tracker. Many pros were very slow to adopt laser mice because they were plagued with problems. Not only does this one fix any and all issues there might have been, this particular tracker (when I bought it anyways) is/was the absolute BEST in the market, although going all the way to the maximum DPI would be insane. In fact, it's got the same tracker as the G9X, logitech's somewhat flagship gamer mouse, but that thing is loaded with so many useless frills that I've really only seen it appeal to casual gamers. Serious gamers know the G500 is, hardware-wise, the same mouse, and has everything they need, so it makes no sense at all to drop  significantly more cash on a G9x - especially when that money could be better spent elsewhere.Oh, and sticking with a design very similar to the MX-500 series was a very nice touch, as again comfort is HUGE for gamers, and the MX-518 was easily the most popular for practically half a decade. Unfortunately, they messed with the mouse feet, which to casual users/gamers would seem inconsequential, but many of us prefer to replace our stock mouse feet with ultra-low friction teflon ones (for example Hyperglides). Oddly enough, something so seemingly trivial was my biggest (but really my only) actual issue with the mouse itself when I bought it.Anyways, if you're a gamer who demands a high-performance mouse without overwhelming it with pointless features and dozens of buttons, while getting great bang for your buck (unlike the absurdly priced and overall ridiculous G9x) you can't afford to skip the G500. Kind of expensive here, but pricematch it for a fantastic deal.

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I had this mouse on my wanted list for awhile. I needed something I can use for both gaming and CADing. I had problems with wireless mouse keep disconnecting and batteries dying, especially when used with CAD and games where you do ridiculous amount of clicking. The mouse is great on all those aspects. It doesnt have as many buttons I would want it to (for macro keying), and there is no Mac support and you have to rely on programs like USB overdrive (the Windows Setpoint program sucks anyway).My only BIG issue is that it emits a high frequency noise. Some people may not be able to hear it, but I can. First, I thought my unit was defective. Instead of RMAing with NCIX (I didnt wanted to pay for extra shipping), i just contacted Logitec and after going through their customer support they sent me a new one for free without even wanting the old one back. But guess what, the second new one makes the same high pitch noise.Googling it shows that the problem is not an isolated case. Someone said it was due to the laser diode that is used which makes the noise. So now I have two mouse that makes head-piercing noise.I still use the mouse daily, but have my headphone on (even without any music playing), or otherwise get headaches for the high pitch noise.