Toby

Wait...So is anything making you change mouse aside from unused buttons? Would you like something shorter, slimmer, smaller, wider, heavier, lighter?

Brown and green switches are supposed to land on April 11th. Blues and reds will come soon after, with blacks coming god-knows-when in small supply Still no word on why CM have seemingly distanced themselves from blacks.

I know the Deathadder 3.5G and 4G are fine, pretty sure the 3G is as well. Not sure about older models.maxtucker: No, that's software acceleration. What I'm talking about is native to the sensor - the hardware.

Do you have a source for this in regards to the QFR, Stealth or XT?

If you want a mouse that's optimal for FPS, avoid anything by Corsair, Steelseries, Mionix or Tt Esports. The reason being that all their mice use laser sensors which come with native acceleration which cannot be disabled. Stick to optical mice, especially those with the Avago 3090 sensor or variants of it. In other words, these are objectively the best mice for FPS, not accounting for any subjective preferences you may have. Logitech G400 Razer Deathadder Razer Abyssus Razer Krait 2013 Zowie FK Zowie AM Zowie EC1/2 Evo CM Storm Recon CM Storm Spawn Roccat Savu Madcatz R.A.T. 3 Optical

CM Storm at CES...He covered it.

What games do you play? If you're an FPS fan, avoid laser sensors. Look to optical mice like the G400 or Deathadder.

Where are you from? They should be appearing soon unless you're in the EU, then supposedly they won't be appearing at all...

Hat thrown.

Don't be fooled by deceptive renders, this is what the Dell actually looks like in use. The glass reaches the edge of the model, but the image still has a fair border around it.

I find having separate WASD keys looks pretty cheap and/or tacky. I'd either just replace the escape key, like this, or I'd replace the peripheral keys, like this, this and this.

I learned of the existence of the Logitech T650 the other day and I was wondering how much it improved the user-experience. I could imagine using something like that with your left hand while you use the mouse with your right could improve using/navigating Windows 8 substantially.

The G400 has a very, very similar shape. It's also arguably a better mouse. I'd dare say you'd adapt to any differences in a couple of weeks, if you even noticed any.

Positive acceleration due to the ADNS-9500 sensor. Steelseries sit alongside just Corsair, Mionix and Thermaltake in being a big-name gaming peripherals brand that have zero mice that belong in the list above.

Deathadder's good. Roccat Savu is good also, or Zowie's FK/AM if you want something ambidextrous.

DRP2 is generally regarded as quieter than the NH-D14.

That is misinformation. What you're thinking of is software-side mouse acceleration, which can be turned off, but there is still acceleration inherent in most mouse sensors, which can not be avoided.

Is this the original Blackwidow Ultimate (blue backlight), or Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 (green backlight)?

Lets inject some realism here. No, they aren't. They have pros and cons, with competitors losing to them in some respects, while beating them in others. For example, they aren't the best in terms of noise-to-performance ratio...There are fans that push more air for the noise, or the same amount for less. What Noctua do seem to be the best at is "just working" (I guess you'd call it consistency). A lot of fans have quirks that mean they work less effectively when used with a certain orientation or at a certain location, whereas Noctuas will just work (at least, that's the reputation they seem to have. If there isn't an exception somewhere, there'll be one eventually).

While they may not be rubber dome keyboards, they contain plenty of them. Considering you mentioned MMOs, I'm assuming you'd get a fair amount of use from the macro keys - all of which are rubber domes. If you press escape to close a window? Rubber dome. If you alt+F4 out the game? Rubber dome. A lot of MMOs also use the function keys to select group members, so again, you'll be pressing rubber domes.

Rubber domes.

Why is it ridiculous? Time for a car analogy. You can spend as little as possible on the cheapest car you can find and it'll get you from A-to-B. You can also spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a car that'll do the same thing - the difference is in the user-experience. People spend more on a car in order to make going from A-to-B more enjoyable. Maybe it goes faster, maybe the ride's smoother, maybe they look better doing it, maybe it has some extra gadgets, but in all cases people are spending more to improve the user-experience. The same goes for keyboards - and most computer components. The more you spend typically makes for an improved user-experience. Now, your avatar leads me to believe that you think $100 for a case is reasonable? I won't dispute that, but lets compare it to a $50 case. What is that extra $50 getting you? Maybe some slightly better fans or a cheap fan controller, perhaps it made your rig easier to put together, but how much is that extra $50 getting you right now, as you read this? Not a whole lot. A case does an important job that's worth doing, but it doesn't add much to the user-experience. It might look pretty, but you're looking at the monitor right now, not your case. Now lets consider the keyboard. Aside from the monitor and maybe the mouse, it's probably *the* most used and utilized part of your computer. The extent of your interaction with your case is pressing the power button when you switch on a computer, but a keyboard is used constantly, be it writing passwords, e-mails, forum posts, URLs, search queries or controlling games. So, this time, lets compare an $80 keyboard to a $50 one...What does that extra $30 get you? Mechanical switches. It might get you a slightly better appearance and it'll definitely get you significantly improved build-quality, but at the end of the day it's primarily getting you a keyboard that feels worlds better to type on...A keyboard you'll use day in and day out, an ever-present part of the user experience. Given a $50 computer case and keyboard, with the choice of spending an extra $50 on either? Why would I choose the case?

So you're essentially getting a K95 for the price of a K90? Consider me jealous.

Check out the ASUS 680 4GB. It uses the same dual-slot cooler that was on the 670 and 660ti, which was ridiculously quiet next to the competition. Nothing you can buy attached to a 680 will be able to compete with a dedicated third-party cooler (like your Arctic), though.