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| System Name | Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load) |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
| Motherboard | Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded) |
| Cooling | Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate |
| Memory | 2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V) |
| Video Card(s) | Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W)) |
| Storage | 2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2 |
| Display(s) | Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) | Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) | Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144) |
| Case | Fractal Design R6 |
| Audio Device(s) | Logitech G560 | Corsair Void pro RGB |Blue Yeti mic |
| Power Supply | Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY) |
| Mouse | Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL |
| Keyboard | Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps) |
| VR HMD | Oculus Rift S + Quest 2 |
| Software | Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware! |
| Benchmark Scores | Nyooom. |
Logitech G403 Wireless
First thing that stands out here has a G700s upgrade is that while its smaller its a better fit, despite my large caveman hands. Somehow this shape lets me use claw grip or palm grip, and switch between them easily while gaming without even noticing. (i use claw for fast movements/RTS and palm for sniping, basically)
This mouse comes in wired and wireless versions, i bought the wireless. Since my phone camera isnt the best, i'll use googled images for most of these.
Cordless version uses generic micro USB, but comes with a very strange winged cable and a 'micro to normal USB' adaptor for some reason, in place of a traditional USB extension lead.
The weirdest part about this mouse is the little door for the optional 10g weight - it feels like this is where the battery belongs, but its just a MAGNETIC! door that can be pushed open to fit this tiny weight. I find this a little strange, as a single 10g option hardly feels customisable and would barely be noticed by anyone.
What i did notice was the incredibly overpowered magnets, which i fear could be detrimental to a laptops hard drive, if stored closely together
Lets demonstrate by sticking my giant heavy screwdriver onto the tiny little magnet, and FLAILING WILDLY!
The RGB lighting is pretty gimmicky as is pretty much all RGB hardware (exception of keyboards, where it serves a purpose). The Logitech software is pretty good at letting you save per game profiles on the PC, or upto 3 profiles on the mouse (switching via the button below the scroll wheel) and all profiles have seperate RGB settings - so you could have it turn on for a game, and off while at the desktop or vice versa.
(see screenshot down below the bold text for a demo of this, didnt want to show it twice)
LED's are really bright when viewed straight on, but the mouse scroll wheel LED dims very quickly on an angle. Seems a little strange, but probably done to not blind other gamers nearby. You can colour and disable the LED's seperately, and the software shows extended battery life for doing so (adds about 4 hours to disable the G logo lighting, for example)
The mouse does power down after a brief while when the PC is asleep or turned off, and at default settings goes into a rainbow 'demo mode' at full brightness. This may cause gay unicorns to burst through the window and have a dance rave, the undocumented fix is to set all three profiles on the mouse the same with your preference for lighting - it seems having them disabled loads the 'default' demo lighting settings when the PC is off.
TL;DR: If your logitech mouse RGB lighting goes back to default on sleep, hibernate or turning the PC off, enable all 3 profiles, tweak them all to your lighting preferences, and then disable them again.
Mussels scoring system:
Pros:
*Lightweight, works for multiple grip types
*RGB lighting can be tweaked or outright disabled
*Long battery life (average 3 days, with very good idle when PC is off), with detailed battery estimates in optional software
*Settings can be saved to the mouse - software only needed for setup.
Cons:
Software can be a little odd (such as disabled profiles being loaded when the PC was asleep)
Built in low level format tool rather scary for a laptop gamer.
Score: 4.5/5
-9001/5 if you're paranoid about that supermagnet. In theory it should be easy to buy replacement mice feet, void your warranty and remove the magnet but logitech really should have thought ahead about people throwing this in a bag with a laptop, or with a portable 2.5" hard drive
First thing that stands out here has a G700s upgrade is that while its smaller its a better fit, despite my large caveman hands. Somehow this shape lets me use claw grip or palm grip, and switch between them easily while gaming without even noticing. (i use claw for fast movements/RTS and palm for sniping, basically)
This mouse comes in wired and wireless versions, i bought the wireless. Since my phone camera isnt the best, i'll use googled images for most of these.
Cordless version uses generic micro USB, but comes with a very strange winged cable and a 'micro to normal USB' adaptor for some reason, in place of a traditional USB extension lead.
The weirdest part about this mouse is the little door for the optional 10g weight - it feels like this is where the battery belongs, but its just a MAGNETIC! door that can be pushed open to fit this tiny weight. I find this a little strange, as a single 10g option hardly feels customisable and would barely be noticed by anyone.
What i did notice was the incredibly overpowered magnets, which i fear could be detrimental to a laptops hard drive, if stored closely together
Lets demonstrate by sticking my giant heavy screwdriver onto the tiny little magnet, and FLAILING WILDLY!
The RGB lighting is pretty gimmicky as is pretty much all RGB hardware (exception of keyboards, where it serves a purpose). The Logitech software is pretty good at letting you save per game profiles on the PC, or upto 3 profiles on the mouse (switching via the button below the scroll wheel) and all profiles have seperate RGB settings - so you could have it turn on for a game, and off while at the desktop or vice versa.
(see screenshot down below the bold text for a demo of this, didnt want to show it twice)
LED's are really bright when viewed straight on, but the mouse scroll wheel LED dims very quickly on an angle. Seems a little strange, but probably done to not blind other gamers nearby. You can colour and disable the LED's seperately, and the software shows extended battery life for doing so (adds about 4 hours to disable the G logo lighting, for example)
The mouse does power down after a brief while when the PC is asleep or turned off, and at default settings goes into a rainbow 'demo mode' at full brightness. This may cause gay unicorns to burst through the window and have a dance rave, the undocumented fix is to set all three profiles on the mouse the same with your preference for lighting - it seems having them disabled loads the 'default' demo lighting settings when the PC is off.
TL;DR: If your logitech mouse RGB lighting goes back to default on sleep, hibernate or turning the PC off, enable all 3 profiles, tweak them all to your lighting preferences, and then disable them again.
Mussels scoring system:
Pros:
*Lightweight, works for multiple grip types
*RGB lighting can be tweaked or outright disabled
*Long battery life (average 3 days, with very good idle when PC is off), with detailed battery estimates in optional software
*Settings can be saved to the mouse - software only needed for setup.
Cons:
Software can be a little odd (such as disabled profiles being loaded when the PC was asleep)
Built in low level format tool rather scary for a laptop gamer.
Score: 4.5/5
-9001/5 if you're paranoid about that supermagnet. In theory it should be easy to buy replacement mice feet, void your warranty and remove the magnet but logitech really should have thought ahead about people throwing this in a bag with a laptop, or with a portable 2.5" hard drive
How is 3 days considered long? That's a show stopper there for me. I have several wireless Microsoft and Logitech mice here and I typically get 6 months before I have to replace or recharge the batteries. 
gay unicorns
