Looking for new gaming mouse. Who to trust?

Looks like you just really enjoy holding a joystick in your hand instead of a mouse & Yes this is a sexual innuendo!

 

Obligatory Undergrads reference.

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I'm gonna name someone after you on Unreal Tournament, and make sure he's on the other team.
There has got be me a mod for the game somewhere that looks like you...

 

The other question, does it come with optional support software like the Logitech Gaming devices do to customize your experience and assign macros/keystrokes for each button?

Logitech Gaming Software is fast and responsive, so I hope that Corsair also has similar software, otherwise it's not going to be as good as it can be. If they have crappy software like SteelSeries, it's going to leave you with a bitter taste trying to get the mouse set up the way you want it to be. It'll be nauseatingly slow to switch to a profile, let alone have the software boot up.

Let us know how it goes once you have it set up.

 

@Vashnik
Well, the lights can be customized. They are so pretty to look at... so... pretty...
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Oh, right. Time to get to the guts of what I need to say.
Yes, it does use software to customize it. I have not gone into it too much, yet. It does have special/custom functions to it. Such as what kind of keystrokes/shortcuts/hotkeys can be bound to the movable number pad. It has five customizable levels of DPI (12k dpi max) sensitivity that can be selected by using buttons next to the mouse wheel. Color scheme for lights can be set in 4 different modes, some using whichever colors you choose. And to top it off, the software allows different control/configuration profiles, so that you can choose a profile for specific games.
And the software functions nearly instantly. Does take a little while for the special features to kick in after the computer starts up.
Without the software, it can still function as a normal mouse. The dpi can be changed by pressing the buttons, but that is all the support it will get. Number pad will have no function, and the colors (4 zones) will be solid, with varying color.
The structure seems solid, due to metal infrastructure. Not to mention that it feels ergonomic.