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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service if you're looking for a gaming mouse upgrade that offers excellent sensor tracking and ergonomics but don't necessarily want to lash out a bunch of cash at this upgrade then my friends you have come to the right place what's up guys I'm Dimitri with Hardware Canucks and the steer Series rival 100 maybe the budget Gaming Mouse to get going for just $39 which is half the price of some of the competing mice that offer pretty much the exact same thing so the rival 100 in my opinion would be the definition of bare-bones with spice because the body is plastic and superlight Aalto with a very pleasant coating on the top the textured sides feel kinda cheap because it's glossy plastic and also slippery but if you lift your mouse a lot the lightweight body kind of saves the day is you don't need a pressure grip to maneuver the shape in my opinion is awesome but give yourself some time to adjust particularly because the ring finger kind of sits on top of your pinky finger which was an uncomfortable transition from my my onyx castor it is a symmetrical Mouse but I find the thinner portions at the front and slightly wider at the back to complement my hybrid grip but it would also work very well for claw grip the primary left-click is light enough for fast presses but has a considerable amount of travel distance so it's not as easy to miss click the right button however feels a stiffer which is nice to complement abs but you have to train the pressure point to avoid distracting your aim the scroll wheel is great which surprised me to have such a nice wheel on the budget Mouse with solid scroll steps great texture as well on the wheel but unfortunately with a really hard middle click so in game it will never be used the DPI shift button is also too far back for comfortable reach requiring my entire hand to shift to the right in order to press it but I don't use a dpi shift often and it only has two settings which is nice to cycle between the two settings when needed the side browser buttons have satisfying click registration they're well-positioned for my thumb to do the job so no complaints here and you notice the illuminated scroll wheel and the logo at the back that is RGB and this shows that still series our own point with the lighting demands from gamers and while the logo isn't consistently lit up it's such a minor complaint that for $39 mouse I'm happy that lighting wasn't ditched completely and before we talk performance the cable is non graded but it is light and non intrusive and the Teflon feet at the bottom Mouse offers smooth glide and notice they are actually removable for future replacements although no additional feet are included with the rival 100 but before a jump at this year's go and show you what this sensor is capable of the sensor is actually very good it is an optical sensor that is firing off a red LED so you need a dark surface map nothing glossy nothing white will work here so you either want a fabric matte plastic mark and mats also work well and I prefer to use the aluminum pad from in wind which gives me the best tracking performance you want pretty much any mice that I've used and so after getting comfortable with the grip and button pressure the results speak for themselves there's no acceleration and I could actually see myself replacing my my onyx caster with the rival 100 but there's one major problem with the rival 100 that is most likely on purpose for SteelSeries to sacrifice these elements to add value to their higher end mice and that is the limitation of certain key elements of the driver software now I love what steel series has done with the engine 3 software as the UI looks beautiful and simple to navigate with easy button remapping and color configuration but when it comes to CPI adjustment the increments are in 250 CPI so you cannot nail down your preferred CPI and I think 250 increments are just way too large plus there is no lift off distance adjustment and that is a crucial element for any current gaming mouse and they say this because my play style revolves around lifting the mouse because I don't move it too much on the mouse mat and therefore the sensor starts to track about one centimeter off the surface so when I lift off the mouse and when I start to descend at one centimeter off the surface the sensor starts to pick up any tracking and therefore as you almost nailed down to the surface the cursor will either move into whatever direction and that's not good because my aim will be constantly off and I have to readjust my playstyle in order to actually use this mouse properly so with any other previous gaming mice I always set my left off distance to the lowest possible amount so that when the mouse connects with the mouse mat that is when the tracking occurs not in the air and that is one major disappointing issue here because it's all through driver software I don't think that it's a sensory limitation I think it's just driver limitation that has been kept out to preserve the added value of SteelSeries other more expensive mice but I was still able to adjust my game style so I could still be accurate with my aim so not lifting off the mouse too much but if only we had smaller increments of CPI adjustment and lift off distant adjustment now this would be the budget Gaming Mouse to buy without any question but I do still think that the sensor and there ganar well in line for the price and the rival 100 deserves our damn good value a word now many of you have requested to see my optimal gaming peripheral setup so it's something that we've actually start to do so make sure to subscribe to not miss that and give us a like if you want to see more gaming reviews in the future I'm Dimitri with Heric Knox thanks so much for watching and we'll see you in the next you