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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service you guys have no idea of how excited that was to receive the new Razer Diamondback 2015 edition I mean Razer goes as far to say that this is the return of the legend and given how many fantastic gaming mice have passed through my hands in the last few months I had my expectations on this sort of overload mode to see if this will become my new csgo Mouse priced at 90 bucks you're looking at a slightly more expensive price bracket for this ambidextrous design that accommodates both left and right hand users and from a material and build perspective the mouse feels fantastic the textured sides in particular offer a pleasant surface to the touch for a nice balance between the rest of the smooth plastic also the lighting on the Diamondback has got to be one of the best on any Mouse that I've used delivering a very beautiful thin strip that wraps around the mouse and Razer logo is very uniformly lit plus the scroll wheel has nice double-sided illumination it is also RGB with plenty of customization that will touch on a bit later the scroll wheel has a functional grippy texture with distinct scroll steps and a very satisfying middle click that I can see to use in-game without affecting my aim and the primary buttons are also very well done delivering super fast and light actuations on both the left and right clicks and your fingers are comfortably secured inside this slight curvature on each side and now I want to spend the rest of this review talking about the shape and why I think Razer missed an amazing opportunity with this return of this past legend quote-unquote first the mouse is very low profile and the long body makes it kind of awkward to hold this mouse is designed for clone grippers who tend to lift the mouse when moving it's a very particular shape that is very different from everything else razer offers the biggest problem for meto with the Diamondback is the form as it nears the bottom because it thins out and thus the bottom surface area is so much smaller especially with this curved thinner midsection here's the side by side next to my onyx castor that has a very nice hand support and the base is large enough to actually support the mouse itself whereas with the Diamondback not only is the thumb support lacking because of this inward curve but on the other side both of my ring and pinky fingers have no comfortable spot and what happens then is my fingers slide across the mousepad and ruin my aim also it's very easy to tip the mouse and either direction because the base is so thin and thus requires a totally new learning curve for handling such as higher dpi to avoid much movement and lifting the mouse to avoid tipping it over if moving it side to side while holding the mouse in the clock to avoid pressing the side browser buttons on the opposite side of your thumb if that doesn't sound like your type of grip then the diamondback is not for you the glide feet though are very smooth the braided cable is light enough and the primary switches are fantastic plus the mouse is in a very comfortable way down at 89 grams without the cable which makes lifting the mouse and moving it over larger surface area not an issue at all coming out of the sensor and razor used a laser sensor here which is surprising considering the original Diamondback has the first optical gaming sensor but even so after finding my comfortable dpi I was able to comfortably zero in with my aim where I wanted to but a very important part about getting this mouse to work for you is surface calibration and that's because figuring out the optimal lift off distance will prevent from unnecessary cursor movement when placing the mouse down you can see the cursor shoots up to the left without calibration while after surface calibration cursor remains in proper position when you place the mouse back down now quickly going into the driver software so first we have the basic and some advanced button remapping sensitivity adjustment under the performance tab in up to five stages in 50 dpi increments all the way up to 16,000 dpi which we can refer to as an arbitrary number as it makes zero sense in any resolution ever polling rate up to 1000 Hertz and the lighting tab is awesome with brightness adjustment some pretty standard lighting effects included but when we enter the chroma configurator it's actually a very unique feature letting you configure the strip lie in this multi-zone layout and also independently control the razer logo and the scroll wheel for instance if you want a green and purple combination you can achieve exactly that with this multi zone customization and so lastly the calibration tab is where you'd need to go first when you first get the mouse because the software does a really good job in optimizing that liftoff distance based on your surface so in conclusion the mouse performs well in the right hands but finding those right hands may be a challenge due to a very unconventional shape at least compared to majority of mice out there for me the Diamondback 2015 is the least comfortable Mouse I've used and that's a bit of a disappointment because of all the hype around the return of the legend which was totally real but unfortunately I prefer a more supporting shape or at least a wider base so it's not as awkward to fold but that is pretty much all I have to say about the new Razer Diamondback 2015 edition I hope you guys enjoyed I'm Dimitri with Harbor Canucks make sure to subscribe for more gaming and similar content and we'll see you in the next one