EVGA X17 Gaming Mouse, Wired, Grey, Customizable, 16,000 DPI, 5 Profiles, 10 Buttons, Ergonomic 903-W1-17GR-KR

I've long been a fan of Logitech game mice because of their initial fit/finish and reliability. I momentarily went with corsair gaming mice and after 2 bad experiences, including one going completely DOA after a firmware update, went back to Logitech. I've never had a logitech mouse go DOA on me. However, over time. I find that the soft-touch and rubberized coatings on their mice eventually become sticky. Or even wearing off completely. Mind you every logitech mouse still works. It's just no longer pleasant to handle with the worn spots straight down to the plastic. Even after wiping them down and washing my hands. It feels like it's crusted over with many layers of red-hot cheetos dust.I've been a fan recently of EVGA's Z10 gaming keyboards with the Cherry brown switches. So i decided to give the X12 mouse (white) a try. The price was right at $19.99 on sale. The mouse itself is light and absent of any kind of soft touch or rubberized coating. Which likely means you won't run into the wear and tear issues associated with higher end mice with the "nice when new" coatings and surfaces. The plastic itself reminds of of the textured white plastic used on the legendary Microsoft laser Intellimouse revered by old school FPS gamers. The button clicks are crisp and precise. The tracking is spot on. The unleashed RBG software is easy to use and allows control over the RGB lighting over 3 separate zones with a handful of effects with various colors. If you don't care for gimmicky effects, you could always set it to static with any color of choice, or turn it off completely.So far so good. Time will tell how the X12 will wear. But given first impressions and the cheap price. I may consider picking up another X12 (white) to put into cold storage incase this mouse ends up being the GOAT. Naturally i'll update this review (good or bad) as I continue to use this mouse.Update: A year later the scroll wheel starting acting up and jumping when scrolling in a web browser on sites like Amazon and Facebook. Scrolling down very slowly will cause the page to scroll up instead. To rule out it wasn't anything else, I plugged my crusty old Logitech G402 mouse into the same USB port on the PC and kept the windows mouse settings the same and the annoyance completely vanished. Scrolling became predictable and precise again. Obviously an issue with the sensor tracking the movement of the scroll wheel. I'll take this mouse to my workshop to blast it with some compressed air, but at this point, it doesn't look good in regards to longevity for this mouse if that doesn't resolve the issue. Luckily I only paid $20 for it.

The front part is not curved and rather looks linear but still fits the hands and works well. When using it, I feel like continuing to use it. When I spent time without use I fell like looking for it because my hands like it. It looks solid and durable. The colors are good and there is a button to chnage them when you want. There is a button to change the cursor speed for those who do gaming which I don't but will need it in the future.

I love almost everything about this mouse—the weight, the ergonomics, the DPI switches, even the sniper button (I don't play competitively so it's not a big deal to me, and besides, you can remap it).The MASSIVE con is that the scroll wheel will very likely break with heavy use. My first one busted after like four-five months; the second has lasted about 15 months, but just broke today.EVGA very likely knows about this flaw, and it's all over in their own forums, on Amazon reviews, Reddit, wherever. The wheel's axle is apparently super tiny and can't handle extended wear and tear for heavy users.By how many years this has been a problem, I wonder if it's somehow cheaper for them to just replace the mouse whenever someone files an RMA than to fix the design.Much less egregious of a con is that the rubber on the scroll wheel will probably start sliding over the wheel's plastic after not too long. I've needed to glue it in place for both, but that solved the problem both times and I've not had to think about it since.Sooooo brand loyalty? Get something else? That's up to you, but I don't like what at this point feels kind of like willful neglect by EVGA which otherwise makes pretty good products.

Be prepared for all this... Would probably be a good idea to get yourself a bag of popcorn or some other snack for this lengthy readthrough, haha.So basically, this mouse arrives without the buttons bound to what you desire, and is set to 1000hz polling rate by default. The problem is that if you happen to have the latest Windows 10 Updates (that started deploying in like March or April 2021), the EVGA Unleash RGB X17/20 software does not work....at all...no matter what... This is due to the software not detecting the mouse on newer versions of Windows, as the mouse's firmware needs to be updated...via the software that isn't working... But once the mouse's firmware is updated, the system will then detect the mouse and the app will magically start working- no joke.But due to those newer builds of Windows having updated versions of Microsoft .NET Framework, you cannot easily get the app's Firmware Updater (in the "Program Files (x86)\EVGA\Unleash RGB\FWUpdate" folder to work... And it also won't automatically happen in the Unleash RGB x17/20 RGB software since the software won't launch.... So essentially, you have to have access to a dang computer that's running an older version of Windows 10 (or any other, older versions of Windows as they may potentially still work; I imagine this is due to those older Win10 builds having older versions of Microsoft .NET Framework built-in). Luckily enough, I had a spare laptop that was running a version of Windows 10 from about a year ago. I installed EVGA Unleash RGB X17/20 and it actually opened fine, without any issues! Just after opening, it instantly detected the mouse this time and immediately asked me to update the mouse'sfirmware. I did, and then waited for it to finish... After it was done, I changed it to 8,000hz polling rate, hit "Apply" and then "Save," and then unplugged the mouse and plugged it back into my primary PC. I used it to reinstall the EVGA Unleash RGB X17/20 software (as I had uninstalled it prior), and it this time the software opened immediately as it detected the mouse with the newer firmware installed.So all in all, the setup for this mouse was super dang annoying... But once I got it working- my god. It's fantastically good! I previously had a Logitech G502 for like...ever lol; but then switched to a Viper 8K.... But I really started missing the G502's design and so I snagged this EVGA X17 as it's shaped similarly and isn't ambidextrous like the Viper 8K. And man, do I love this freaking mouse now! 8,000hz Polling Rate; 7 extra buttons that can be changed to any key or recorded macros; beautiful exterior coloring (in the grey model, which is what I choose); three sensors in the bottom (I imagine for increased tracking with more accuracy); lightweight (that can also be made heavier with the included weight set); and a non-ambidextrous shape that feels better and more tangible in my right hand with my odd mouse grip lol.Overall, this mouse is AMAZING. BUT, it's only amazing WHEN YOU GET IT WORKING. If you're thinking about upgrading to an 8,000hz polling rate mouse, definitely snag this one if you're not used to an ambidextrous mouse. But aside from that, Razer mice also run this crazy software/services in the background of your computer at all times that waste a bit too many resources if you don't know how to close them out/stop them. So if you're into computer performance whilst gaming, then this EVGA mouse would definitely take the cake!Okay, wow... Sorry for writing so much... I hope this helps someone out in the future!Take care everyone who got this far in the read lol *high five*