Razer Diamondback 3G Gaming Mouse Review

It has been some time since my last review, but I figured it was time I get to work on SOMETHING. I assure you this is just the first in a series of reviews over the next month. Unfortunately, due to some personal life stuff, I've been delayed a bit over the past while. Today I will review the Razer Diamondback 3G gaming mouse. You may remember back a little while when I last reviewed a gaming mouse by A4Tech. That review focused on the very lower end of the gaming mouse market. I wasn't disappointed by it's performance, but had some small foibles that I was hoping a higher end mouse would alleviate.

Because it was a bit of a steal at the time I decided to pick up a Razer Diamondback 3G. I got it for cheap, but the Diamondback 3G usually sells for just under 60CAD when bought retail. There is a variety of possible colour choices. I went for the red version. There is also green, and blue colour variations of the Diamondback 3G. Each colour comes with an interesting description associated with the colour of that specific model. The red mouse is known as 'Flame Red'. I'm okay with sensationalizing a gaming mouse, but it does add a small sense of campy-ness to the product itself. What next? 'Summer Dawn' orange?

The mouse itself comes in a black stylish box with book page style cover over a clear plastic bubble pack.

The contents are pretty standard. You have the mouse itself, some general manuals and guides, and a driver disk. There is no USB to PS/2 adapter. This is acceptable because of the standard USB has established for itself in the mouse/keyboard world since WindowsXP has been the staple for operating systems. We are now well beyond that point, and acceptance of this should be fully in place for anyone considering a gaming mouse.

Those of you who used the two initial iterations of the Razer Diamondback will notice a couple of changes. The mouse no longer glows all throughout, but rather just out the scroll wheel, and through the clear plastic on the sides. I liked the slightly more subdued look of the 3G. I've seen the earlier versions, and that much illumination on my desk would be annoying.

There is two buttons on each flanked side of the mouse itself. On the surface there is two large primary and secondary mouse buttons. Between these two buttons is a glowing mouse wheel, that also has button functionality. The scroll wheel doesn't have the left and right movement like many other mice do, but because of limited use, it's hard to knock it for that. The two primary buttons are responsive enough to be almost transparent as you click. By this point, anyone buying a gaming mouse has the finger movement so ingrained it's a natural movement, and this mouse feels totally natural to me when left or right clicking. The center button/scroll wheel is sturdy enough to give proper resistance when scrolling, and enough for when you press the button you don't accidentally scroll.

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