SteelSeries Rival 500 Optical Gaming Mouse...

I love testing gaming gear and, in some way, for one of the strangest reasons: No one else in my house likes gaming gear. If I give them a headset designed for hours of comfort, maximum sound quality, and perfect voice capturing – they use speakers.

STEELSERIES Rival 500 Gaming Mouse Review

Please don't hate me, but I'm going to mention the fact of how many gaming mice there are right now. With that out of the way, there are so many gaming mice around right now, it's getting real hard to do something that is truly innovative in the market right now.

Excellent quality; Great aesthetics; Pixart 3360 Optical Sensor; Ground breaking design that's perfect for MMORPGs; Engine 3 Software is still the best

Buttons closest to the front of the mouse are hard to reach and there's no tactile bump to distinguish different buttons around the thumb

Steelseries Rival 500 Gaming Mouse Review

We recently reviewed the Steelseries Rival 700 Gaming mouse and found it to be an exceptional take on the genre. With superb lighting, swappable components, an OLED display and vibration feedback, it moved the gaming mouse goalposts considerably further on.

SteelSeries Rival 500 mouse review: Innovative design we hope to see more of

What's all this under my thumb? That's the first thought I had when using the SteelSeries Rival 500 mouse (available for $80 on Amazon ), and most likely the first thought anyone would have with this device-there's a lot to take in.

SteelSeries Rival 500 MOBA/MMO Gaming Mouse Review

Overall, in the SteelSeries Rival 500 we're looking at a very comfortable mouse with an excellent sensor and a slew of programmable buttons. Every feature has been implemented well by SteelSeries, from the click-down buttons to the tactile feedback, which was tight and didn't interfere with our use...