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welcome to our first ever edition of the hardware on box top five today I'm going to be ranking what I believe to be the best five available daily driver Myers that can also be used for gaming on the market in January 2016 I really believe the mouse is so crucial to the overall computing experience and it really has a significant effect on both productivity and gaming performance especially for a long time I really wasn't picky with the mouse that I use and I remember the feeling of disbelief as I witnessed people paying a hundred dollars for a razor boom slaying back in the day a lot has changed since 1998 and now today's my eye patch with so many more features and options that your peripheral decision has become a very important one that important decision has come harder than ever there are so many companies entering the peripheral pointing device game and with some companies bringing our multiple products per year it's almost overwhelming the don't fret I've sifted through the best of the best and today i bring in my top five mice for january 2016 the g.skill ripjaws MX 780 RGB might be a surprising entry into our top five Mouse roundup but i feel it's an inclusion that's well deserved better known for its excellent value memory products g.skill isn't a company's think I've been talking about pc peripherals last year they aim to change that with the introduction of the awesome value MK 780 mechanical keyboard and the aggressive looking MX 780 gaming mouse as far as I can tell the foundation of the MX 780 has been copied over from the popular cougar 700m a mouse that has very strong user reviews on amazon and newegg while it was also praised by professionals the MX 780 builds upon cougar 700m and delivers what we feel is a better quality mouse with more useful features the switches are guaranteed for an insane 20 million clicks so you should wear our more than a few mouse pads and possibly even desks on the way the 32 bit erm processor provides virtually instantaneous responses and 512 kilobytes onboard storage allows gamers to save up to three profiles directly to the mouse aesthetically the MX 780i gb is an aggressive-looking mouse that feels as good as it looks many of you especially the left is we pleased to know that the ambidextrous mouths however it goes one better by including interchangeable side groups so left-handed users can move that really nice thumb rest over to the right side of the mouse another great feature is the height adjustable palmrest customizations don't stop there g.skill has included a weight system that lets you place a four and a half gram weight in each side of the mouse a highly removable side grips which is a really nice touch all of this can behave for the bargain-basement price of just $55 DMX 780 isn't just an impressive feature list either the mouse was really nice and is extremely accurate I've had my promise for months now and in that time seen quite a lot of use yeah it still looks much like the day I got it this has to be one of the most underrated minds of 2015 the rocket cover comes in at number four on our list and like the g.skill MX 780 it to is an ambidextrous mouse rocket and now well known for their excellent high quality peripherals the 2015 release Cobras no exception with smooth plastics all around the design combines rounded and tapered off edges with harder sharper cuts for somewhat unusual but very cool appearance at the front of the mouse the extra fingertip buttons shut out like wings the front to me looks almost Lamborghini inspired titled smart cast by rocket the button layout is really really cool on the khobar as mentioned either side of the stand left and right mouse button the two additional buttons that are conveniently reached by your fingertips as a right-hander I personally found the left one a lot more intuitive to reach and use this one a lot more than the one on the right side both sides of the mouse also feature back and forward buttons too and this symmetrical layout is what makes the covert really ambidextrous the cova also employs easy shift plus which enables a second set of commands for all of your mouse buttons if you wish these kind of course all be customized in the Rockets warm software to the Cobras also lit up at the rear base and in the scroll wheel by RGB lighting which kind of course be customized to your heart's desire in the swarm software also despite being an ambidextrous mouse the fifty-dollar Cobra is still very comfortable to use and it's a ray of cool buttons features and impeccable performance bring it to spot number four in our top five coming in at number three is the my onyx caster if something that's just so damn nice about this piece of hardware from the Swedish company it's almost hard to explain first glance that honestly looks pretty basic but once you use it for a few minutes the amazing attention to detail becomes apparent as soon as you put this mouse in your hand it just feels so premium and comfortable it's Charles entirely plastic but it's wrapped in four layers of just exquisite feeling rubber and its overall quite small and light coming in at 94 grams the other side of the mouse is shaved with two groups your ring and pinky finger and for me they feel like the perfect shape the caster isn't laced with fancy buttons in fact demonics have kept it quite simple in this regard on the left side you'll find just the forward and back buttons which were me a position perfectly and give really satisfying tactile feedback the rider left mouse buttons are sharper quieter and less hollow sounding than the g502 for instance and again feel just great under the finger the scroll wheel rotates softly and Dolph thuds give you feedback as you roll over not by notch unfortunately there's no free spin mode however the underside has two large Teflon slip max that allow the mouse who truly glide across mouse pads and other surfaces as smoothly as any other gaming mouse in the market now pmw 3310 gaming grade sensor will never miss a dot per inch there's zero hardware acceleration and the sensor can be configured all the way up to 10,000 dpi everything can be customized in minuses included software all six buttons can be configured to any function you desire and you can switch between three dpi levels on the fly by default you can customize the igb lighting as you please and you can even toy with things such as the liftoff distance and adjust the XY axis overall the seventy dollar mionix caster is a truly fantastic gaming mouse it's a delight to use as your daily driver uses the prefer mouse littered with buttons we left longing for more the majority of users and players simply use the standard buttons were you absolutely wrapped with this fantastic entry for my onyx at number two I've got none other than the logitech g502 proteus spectrum there are so many reasons why i love this mouse but the main one is just simply the shape it's quite a small mouse over all my hands aren't tiny but it just seems to sit in there so well i think a large part of the reason is the sizeable thumb rest that allows my thumb to completely relax simply come along for the ride between clicks how luxurious the g farmer 2 is just packed with buttons to equipped with no less than 11 left and right clicks field grade along with a fantastic tactile scroll wheel which can also be toggled between step 2 free spinning mode which I love by an additional 12 key the will also acts as a middle click button and can also be pressed to either side for side scrolling there are three buttons accessed by the thumb consisting of the essential back and forward browsing buttons plus a third sniper or dpi shift button allows you to shift the DPI usually to a significantly slower tracking speed up top there are two more buttons accessed by the index finger next to the left click button by default they'll move the DPI up and down on the go and the g502 is able to go up to a ridiculous 12,000 dpi finally there's a single button behind the scroll wheel which by default will allow you to switch between profiles and the logitech gaming software this brings me to the customization of the mouse using Logitech's proving gaming software you're able to configure any of these buttons apart from the mechanical switch between stepped and free spins to absolutely anything you desire you can then of course save multiple profiles with different games for example to be honest I don't really mess around the adjustable weights in mice much at all is whatever is in there i usually get used to pretty quickly however the Proteas spectrum allows you to choose not only how much weight to add but also where you add it behind a magnetic door on the underside of the mouse and just when you thought load you take a thought of everything with a g502 there's one more trick up its sleeve can optimize the mouse of sensor to a particular surface by using the surface test function just to make sure you're getting the most out of every one of those 12,000 dots per inch not really though because at 12,000 dpi the sensitivity is just off the charts but you get what I'm saying with an amazing combination of comfort and ergonomics a wealth of buttons great customization and all around awesomeness the logitech g502 proteus spectrum is great to use in windows for video and photo editing and of course is a beast for gaming as such it comes in at number two in our top five daily driver meijer for January 2016 claiming the top spot in our Hardware on box top five daily driver mice for January 2016 is drumroll the Logitech MX Master first off this thing looks amazing if I was going to design a mouse this might be what it looks like but it's not just looks that logitech a focus on with the design of the MX master this thing fits and feels amazing in the hand I've decided I'm a big fan of the thumb cradle and the MX master boasts one of the best ones around it's textured triangle patterns look great and its contours and surfers feel so nice and smooth on the thumb too i think the shape of the mouse really suits a palm grip Merce but it's comfortable no matter what group you use on top of this the cradle is actually a button under your thumb too and you can click this in and swipe the mouse around to use it as a gesture pad which is especially great for Windows 10 as far as connectivity goes this mouse is elite does come with a standard tiny logitech USB dongle for standard wild connectivity which weren't great as you'd expect the bluetooth 4.0 connectivity is what sets this mouse apart on the bottom of the mouse is a small button that toggles between backlit one two and three numbers is indicate which of the mouse's inbuilt memory profiles you've selected allowing you to switch between devices you connected to on the fly this is particularly useful when you have a set up with multiple computers tablets or other devices in the same room but don't have a bunch of different marks laying around emx master is the little bigger and a little heavy and some of the other entries on our list which isn't too surprising as it's wireless and has a battery in there the battery is unfortunately not removable but it does last a long time and can be charged using a standard microUSB cable i personally prefer this over any other connection as virtually everyone has one lying around so it's very hard to get stuck with no battery no matter where you are the MX master also brings back the side scroll wheel and I'm a big fan of it I think this could be really useful for anyone but for those of you to partake in significant amounts of video editing you need this thing in your life the regular scroll wheel is great too it features Logitech's legendary free spin mode which doesn't need a switch to activate instead when you scroll at a certain speed it will stop clicking and into free spin and you can even customize at what point this occurs in logitech software pretty amazing the battery lasts weeks it feels great in games it looks dope every feature is well thought out and impressive this mess of the whole package and that's why the Logitech MX master is my personal choice as a daily driver and number one on the hardware box top 5 thanks watching this special first edition of the hardware on box top five if you have any other suggestions or maybe mice that we might have missed please let me know in the comments or hit us up on the forum a hardware on box calm don't forget to hit like it subscribe and I'll see you next time