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Razer Naga

7owners with an opinion
71%of verdicts positive
1/2positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use and performance; criticized for reliability and design.

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I remember my first Microsoft "laser" mice, the Intellimouse or something circa 1998. They had a limited blue colored one that I had bought through some kid at college (I was also in college). I loved it for years - maybe 6, 7 years? Until wireless optical mice were all the rage and Logitech had lured me away. Now I'm using a wired mice (Razer Naga X) for a little over a year.
Likes it
I made the G602 to G604 to ?? transition. I ended up on the Razer Naga v2 Hyperspeed because I couldn't give up the dual mode scrolling. It functions very well but I'm waiting for it to break and find it discontinued like all the rest. I got it a few years ago now so I'm not sure what mice I considered. But I'm always curious to hear if people have found better mmo mice. The 12 buttons + 2 index buttons, the high dpi, the 2.4ghz, the two scroll modes. I really enjoy it.
Doesn’t like it
I honestly don't understand the hatred that Microsoft gets for most of the work they're doing in Windows. As I've stated before, most 'problems' people ultimately have are either configuration issues or hardware issues. And I still stand by this even as I've had issues over the years here or there. I think the most recent 'production' Windows issue I've had was OneDrive failing to recognize it was syncing my data even though it was syncing. The status symbols for the files and folders wasn't showing up. But that's about it. My gaming desktop is stable, my PC is rock solid, I run VMs on it (game servers, dev/test environments), and overall just absolutely 0 problems with Windows or my OS at all. I do, however, have hardware issues semi often. One of my monitors doesn't turn off its backlight, for example. I've had Razer devices just flat out quit on me over the years (multiple Razer mice, at least a couple of Nagas, etc.). I contend that most people would do better with Windows if they just didn't mess with it (don't run any of those tools proclaiming to "debloat" your OS), and make sure you read the hardware compatibility list of your systems REALLY hard. Incompatible RAM can cause significant problems, a lot of which is completely avoidable if you just read the RAM QVL. The only thing that I wish vendors would do more is work closer with Microsoft to provide BIOS updates over Windows Update. But, most of these motherboard IHVs are absolutely terrible about doing BIOS updates…
Doesn’t like it
One thing that at least doubled my modelling efficiency was my acquisition of a multi-button gaming mouse with a twelve-button thumb grid. In Blender I have that mapped mostly to the numpad which enables 3D navigation at the speed of thought, and without me having to move my other hand away from the cluster of most-often-used hotkeys at the bottom-left of the keyboard. You also get five functions out of the MMB which also can really speed up working in the Node Editor. But. I'm left-handed. The only suitable mouse I can find like this is a Razer Naga Left-Handed Edition, and I don't like the build quality. It's too light and small for my hand, and on the two specimens I've used, the MMB is a little bit glitchy (occasionally registering scrolling the wrong way, and click turns into push-left or push-right). So I wouldn't be without it, but I wish there were better options.
Likes it
I'm using on X11 https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper (currently 2.4k stars) "Supports X11, Wayland, combinations, programmable macros, joysticks, wheels, triggers, keys, mouse-movements and more." My use cases are: - System wide VIM like key mapping - Access umlauts from my US-keyboard layout - Key remapping It's also working great to remap the 10+ buttons of a razer naga mouse
Recommends it
> I use a Razer Naga MMO mouse for work, it has 12 buttons on the side and I bind all kind of things on them. Run/Debug, Hot Reload, Volume Up/Down, Back & Forward etc. That’s my setup as well, and it is amazing. I really recommend it. > There's a 3rd party tool for MacOS called SteerMouse, that let's you configure everything without ever touching Razer software (shudder). Which is just as good, as Razer’s software is not updated anymore. Newer mice are not officially supported. SteerMouse is great, though, even with the newest models. > I'm always looking for a non-gaming focused alternative, with a maybe a bit more slick industrial design, but sadly there are none, so I think Razer is currently the best on the market. The Logitech G604 was great, I liked its ergonomics better than the Naga and it was visually unremarkable (all black with no blinking RGB nonsense). Sadly they don’t make it anymore. But I don’t complain, the Naga I have is not too distracting either. I haven’t seen a non-gaming mouse that could be comparable in terms of functionality. The closest I have tried is the MX Master: the side scroll thing is interesting (particularly for 3D visualisation as you can entirely control a camera in a 3D space just with the mouse, leaving the other hand free for other controls) and the device is well built and satisfying to use, but does not have enough buttons.
Recommends it
I use a Razer Naga MMO mouse for work, it has 12 buttons on the side and I bind all kind of things on them. Run/Debug, Hot Reload, Volume Up/Down, Back & Forward etc. There's a 3rd party tool for MacOS called SteerMouse, that let's you configure everything without ever touching Razer software (shudder). I'm always looking for a non-gaming focused alternative, with a maybe a bit more slick industrial design, but sadly there are none, so I think Razer is currently the best on the market.