SteelSeries Rival 500 MMO/MOBA 15-Button Programmable Gaming Mouse – 16,000 CPI, Black

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Fastest, most ergonomic button layout available – built around your thumb
16,000 CPI custom PixArt sensor for extreme precision

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The Rival 500 is the first mouse designed to function with the natural movements of your hand. The side button layout is engineered to the natural contours of your thumb to react accurately and fluidly. With tactile alerts, you can feel in-game events. Everything comes together to create the most dynamic gaming experience possible for the sole purpose of helping you play better. Armed with gaming’s first flick down switches that are extremely easy to distinguish. It’s more ergonomic and gives gamers the fastest reaction time because your thumb moves faster when you flick down as opposed to pressing in. When the battle is the most intense you can always find the key you need.

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Fastest, most ergonomic button layout available – built around your thumb
16,000 CPI custom PixArt sensor for extreme precision
SteelSeries exclusive tactile alerts let you feel in-game events
Reinforced left and right mouse buttons with industry-leading 30 million click switches
Fully-customizable with 15-programmable fast-click buttons; Grip Style: Palm, Claw, and Fingertip

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  1. Florine Mckee

    optimum post

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  2. Persepolis

    4 month review: Some issues, but almost the perfect mouse. Great support. 5 star mouse all around.

    I’m guessing most of the folks looking at this mouse are in the same bracket as me: large hands, need a PRECISION mouse with some specific requirements: game-able, good for precision graphics work/editing, long use comfort, easy for “claw grip”, and NOT WIRELESS.Very few mice fit into this bracket easily, like the Logitech G9x (god rest its soul)… Mionix Naos 8200 (Rest in peace!) and a few others. This is one of those mice.The good and the bad:Good: VERY comfortable, excellent texture on hard and rubber components, EXCELLENT feedback on click/buttons, perfect layout (G9x-good!). excellent tracking on mousepad, leather surfaces, and desk (wood).Bad: After 4 months, like others, I experienced delamination of the rubber components from the shell. My best guess is that the adhesive starts breaking down when its thermally cycled (fingers on and off the shell). It stops acting like glue and it gets a very soft silicon jelly consistency and the pads slowly start peeling off. They replaced mine immediately.Other: Excellent support! Tried and proven. Contacted them on 10/23 @ 8PM on glue issue. They responded by 10:46PM that same night with the procedures to order a replacement (free) which I did the next day, and 6 days later they were at my house. No muss… no fuss.Other thoughts:-I’m not a big fan of RGB, but if you are, this mouse will make you happy. It has 8 individually selectable zones.-I used to believe in weight-adjustments for mice… as I get older and hopefully wiser, I seem to favor the lightest mouse… so again, I’m not using it, but its a great system, better than the logitech (Steelseries has these rubber cutouts in the inner sides of the mouse under the cladding which you can compress fit weights. Its near the sensor which is ideal.-Nice rubber cable… but I would have preferred braided nylon.-Software: its great! Well maintained and laid out. A+ here.

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  3. SteelSeries

    GREAT MOUSE FOR FPS (OVERWATCH)

    I purchased the Rival 600 a few days ago, I’ve had it for a couple of days now and wow. I am using this mouse to play Overwatch, CSGO and Battle Field One — My in game accuracy has in-fact improved, (from 45% hit average to 52%) is an understatement. The tracking is smooth and accurate and the lift off distance sensor works great for me because I don’t have the desk space needed to play so I often have to lift my mouse to reposition.I specifically bought this mouse because I have been using the Razer Naga for years now for all my gaming needs. Lately, I’ve been really into OW and playing Widow and McCree often — in most matches I did fine but when I faced other GOOD Widows I noticed I’d get beat to a shot by mere milliseconds and my ping is fairly low (30ms on average) and play on a 144hz monitor. I was beginning to think my reflexes just weren’t good enough.. Then a friend of mine suggested I get a mouse for FPS games — (like wth is the difference is what I thought) he teased me about using a MOBA mouse for FPS — long story short I figured I’d give it a shot. I looked at a ton of reviews on gaming mice and the Rival 600 caught my attention, so I bought. It is worth every cent — it just feels much more accurate. To be fair if you suck at FPS it won’t make you good via magic but it can help you improve a bit if you know what you are doing already, that is MY OPINION.The only issues I’ve had with the mouse is that the lift off sensor is TOO sensitive. After calibrating the mouse to my pad, I simply set the liftoff sensor to the lowest lift distance possible — and low behold there are dips and bumps on my pad that I hadn’t even noticed before. When the sensor would hit these dips and bumps the mouse would stop responding. At first I thought the mouse was defective and was about to return it but after reading thru a few forum posts on this issue I simply increased the lift off distance a bit and the problem went way.***EDIT***This is the the third product every I buy from SteelSeries, the first product was a wired USB headset that sounded prettty decent, was cheap and broke within a few weeks. I tossed that and carried on. However, recently I found a review for their Artic PRO + DAC headset — I was sold by the aluminum design (as my previous headset was plastic and broke really easily). Plus I am a bit of an audiophile, meaning I can appreciate good sound equipment (like I hate hate sound bars) and this headset is one of the first HIFI certified “gaming” headset. So I bought it.. and feel in love with it — it was a bit pricey but I am enjoying it. And now the Rival 600 is my new favorite mouse for FPS (I still like the NAGA for FFXIV).SteelSeries is on a roll with me atm with their products, if only they made a competitor to the Razer Tartarus.. I’d buy that in a heart beat — I recently purchased the Razer Tartarus v2 (I own two others) and it’s so buggy and their software sucks — problem is very few companies make these keypads and most of them are terrible. So SteelSeries make one.. please 😛

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  4. Just a user

    Amazing mouse but makes a mess

    Brand new this mouse is amazing. Only complaint was no braided cable.After a couple months I noticed some sticky stuff by the side buttons and thought it was just soda or some other nasty stuff. Then a week or so later the whole left rubber grip slid off during gaming. Had to take off the grip and clean the glue but now the body is a shiny smooth material and slightly dented in (grip was supposed to fill). A week or so later, the front right grip just slipped off without any warning.Customer service was quick and nice. I asked about buying new feet (I messed these up cleaning them) and grips. Unfortunately they did not have any to send me until a month later so they offered to start RMA. The process would leave me mouseless so I declined.I think mouses at this price range need to hit at least the 1 year mark with 0 problems. I bought this in March 2018 and problems started in August/September. Also, there should be replacement parts by now BUT even with a kit should I have to deal with gluing parts onto my mouse? Unless they start sending out replacement side weight covers this mouse will need to be RMA every time the grips come off since this changes the whole feel of the mouse.Mouse New – AmazingMouse if you’re having the grip glue problems – JunkCust Serv – Responsive and quick, all good here1 Star Rating – Problems within 1 year for a high end mouse is horrible and such a weird one at that.

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  5. eevay

    Definite Pros – Definite Cons

    Pros: – Amazing Sensor – Amazing Software – Superb RGB Capabilities and very good looking lighting layout (RGB logo and strips on the mouse look really good with any setup) – Clicking switches are alright, they DO doubleclick (which I didn’t mind since it was only if you kind of slammed your finger on the mouse, plus I could click really really fast using the “butterfly clicking” technique which helped in some games) – Mouse buttons were big and easy to gripCONS: – BIGGEST CON IS THE SIDE PADS. As you may have read in other reviews, these are TERRIBLE. I went the summer without AC and they were coming off, the sticky residue getting everywhere etc. BUT I decided to re-apply some superglue to keep them on, which worked. It took ALOT of soap and water and cleaning to get the original adhesive off and you have to be careful when replacing them with the new adhesive, but it worked. – Didn’t really get the whole “vertical liftoff” thing. Seemed to be better to keep it on the max or 1-below max setting no matter the mousepad used. – White RGB had a little bit of a blue tint, but didn’t bother me much. – Supposedly bad quality control, meaning your experience may vary ALOT.I’m a big fan of steelseries. I own the Rival 300 (which is broken now), the 100, and the 600. I am now using the Logitech G502 HERO as my daily gaming mouse and can recommend it to anyone a little bit turned off by these reviews. The new installment of the G502 has an even better sensor, and the cable is of much better quality than the previous generations. I’m sorry steelseries, but maybe next refresh will be the one. I have high hopes still <3

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  6. SteelSeries

    Finally real INNOVATION in the mouse input sector. Gaming with this is a dream come true.

    I’ve been searching for a mouse for over a decade to replace how I felt about my Logitech MX 1000 and this seems to be it. SteelSeries hasn’t always struck me as high end in the past. I’ve had several items from them and they always left me with the “it’s OK” feeling but never blown away. I’m an avid gamer as well as an IT pro so I go through a lot of mice, keyboards and other devices. I’ve also got a real thing for human input devices, always looking for something that is new and innovative.This mouse really takes the cake in the above mind set. The mouse its self feels sturdy, well built and the buttons are well laid out and solid. I’ve been gaming with this device for a month now and I’m not able to see any difference between when I first un-boxed it and now. Buttons are stiff and almost never get accidentally pressed, even the bottom thumb flick buttons. The light from the LEDs is nice and not dim or overly bright and of course you can adjust this to your liking.The SteelSeries mouse driver / engine for programming is nice but could be laid out a bit better. It took me a bit of time to find out what they were meaning by some of the names of the functions or the button names, but once you get it, you’re good to go. It by no means is difficult, just different. I do wish that the software wouldn’t open multiple small windows, it would be nice to have all the functions contained in the one window only because windows can easily become lost behind whatever else you’re working on but you just need to be aware of this and it won’t be an issue.Now onto the real reason why I bought this mouse. 13 programmable buttons (14 & 15 are right and left click so unless you’re not going to right and left click, the real number is 13) and a VERY innovative layout. The two bottom thumb buttons have quickly become my go to attack buttons / high use buttons and the whole thumb button layout / area is amazing. You get a total of 6 buttons at your thumb and they are so well laid out that you quickly become in-tune with the mouse and where things are at. You get 2 buttons on your index finger next to the left click, one button at your right click finger and a VERY sturdy tilt scroll wheel mouse with a down click as well.The index finger buttons are VERY stiff and you will never accidentally hit them. This can be a good and bad thing, but overall I find the placement and stiff click nice. Same goes for the right click side single button. You can easily be pressing and holding down on your right click button and roll your finger over and press the custom button on that side and never lose your right click hold. Super bonus.The scroll wheel tilt and press is one of the best in the industry right now. Many companies are using a very lose or easy to use tilt / press and this can cause mis-clicking, however with this dream of a mouse, the tilt wheel is nice and tight, you can easily have a high use command on all three sides of the scroll and know that what you intended to click / use will be what happens.At the time of getting this mouse, I’ve been using a Razer Naga, Razer Naga HEX (also a great mouse), a Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum and a Corsair Scimitar (I told you I have an addiction). I bring this up because I feel that I’ve had all of the current “top tier” mice in my hands from the past few years and this mouse is just second to none.The lighting ques for the illumination may not be as sophisticated as the Razer or Logitech, the macro recording and driver programming might not be as beautiful as them either but the hardware, buttons and device make up for this. I feel that the companies have been depending on their flashy software and “cool looks” for too long and haven’t really thought about real innovation. The SteelSeries Rival 500 is this in spades.Lift off and quick turns / reactions in my FPS games are on par with the other mice in the field, the driver is super easy on PC resources and has yet to crash or have any issues on my custom built Windows 10 computer. They update as needed but it’s not every freaking day like Razer. I just love this mouse, so much that I’ve given away 3 to friends and I’ll be using it as a give away to or clan guys in our next event. I even bought 2 more to hold onto in case they do away with this for some scary reason and I break mine. I’ve spent about a decade looking for a mouse that I loved after the Logitech MX1000 left my life. I have bought pretty much every multi-button programmable mouse since then and I’ve been disappointed in one way or another until now. My search is over and it’s even exceed the very device I was looking to re-create.***EDIT August 8, 2017***Six weeks in and this mouse is going strong. I’ve really started to utilize the feedback timers and such in game and wow that’s nice for training. I have several profiles setup, each game I play and for work and switching is easy. I’ve really come to like the software and I find it as easy to program now as I do my Logitech and other devices.Now to the hardware. I’ll admit it, I’m a no-life gamer and like I said above, I am an IT consultant that works from home. I use my computer for 12 hours a day at a minimum. Even on weekends I’ll be on my computer for 5+ hours. The buttons feel the same, the layout has really grown on me and I’m still not having any issues hardware wise. I’ll update again around the 6 month mark if I can remember, but for the price, even if I only got 90 to 120 days out of this device, I’d be happy. That’s how nice the button placement and usage is.*****EDIT March 29th, 2018*****Final edit on this product. Still use it, still love it, bought 2 more in case they ever go away. Not much else to say. 🙂 Still like the day I bought it other than the feet are beginning to show wear, but again, I’m on my computer 12+ hours / day for work or play. This thing has seen a TON of use. VERY happy with this product. Even if it were to give up the ghost in 3 months, and I don’t see that happening, it would still be worth it as I’ve been using this thing for a solid 9 months.

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  7. SteelSeries

    Rival 600 vs 310

    This is my journey as a CSGO player with 19cm by 10.5cm hands.I came from using the Logitech G403 for over a year. I liked everything about the G403, especially the feel of the clicks and its light weight. However, over time, I noticed I kept placing my ring finger slightly on the top right edge of the right button. I was most proficient gripping the mouse in a two-finger fingertip-palm hybrid, but after extended gaming sessions, I often would give my hand relief by placing all three of my fingers on top of the mouse, using my middle finger for the scroll wheel and my ring finger for the right button. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that the front of the mouse was too wide for meAs much as I liked G403’s technical performance, I decided I needed to find a more comfortable mouse. After a lot of research, I decided to try the Rival 310 specifically because of its narrower front dimensions. Overall, I was probably 95% satisfied with the Rival 310. Given its overall comfort and narrower front end, I noticed I did aim better with it than the G403. However, after a couple of weeks of use, I came to three conclusions. First, although I liked the shape, it was difficult dealing with its drastic variation in dimensions depending on just where each finger rested on the mouse; I had to be thoughtful and careful when holding the mouse in order to feel consistent. Second, I felt like its top buttons were a tad too resistant, leading my fingers to feel sore after a normal night of gaming. Third, its idiosyncratic shape, with the hump further back, felt great for claw or palm grip, but didn’t feel as good for my fingertip-palm hybrid compared to mice with the hump in the more conventional center area of the mouse.I hesitated quite a bit with the Rival 600. Its slightly heavier overall weight, RGB ridiculousness, pointless removable cable, needless weight system, and superfluous second sensor for liftoff distance (which Razer and Logitech mice have been able to tune with *gasp* just a single sensor for LITERALLY years, which decades in mouse-years) all turned me off. I probably placed an order and cancelled it 20 times before I finally pulled the trigger.Well, I am very happy I did. Immediately noticeable is that the plastic and silicone both have a silky, premium feel. The feel of the top clicks greatly exceeded my expectations as well; they feel almost equal to that of the G403. Most importantly, the mouse shape is exactly what I was looking for. While the 600 and the 310 are both Rival mice, the 600 is a new revision of the shape. The hump is more forward compared to the 310, and the mouse buttons rest slightly higher and flatter compared to the 310’s extreme downward top slope. This all came together to mean a much more comfortable shape for my grip. It really fits my hand like a glove, and I’m very happy with it. With some tuning, lift off distance is better than the 310 but not better or worse than the G403, which one could also tune. The only relative weakness of the 600 compared to the 310 is that the side buttons are smaller and slightly less user friendly.Hope this comparison was helpful!—————EDIT (3/25/2018): Having tried this out for just under a month, I’ve decided to exchange it for another mouse. There are three reasons for this:1. I have large hands, and my most comfortable grip position makes my thumb rest on the non-standard furthest mouse button. Yet, I keep wanting to keep my thumb on the smooth silicone part just behind it even though bending my thumb back like that isn’t as comfortable. This discomfort, though minor, is present every day, every time I use the mouse.2. The silicone material on both sides and on the primary top mouse buttons feels super premium and smooth. However, I think they also trap more heat. My hands get SUPER SWEATY when gaming with this mouse. The silver lining here is that there appears to never be any grime build-up on this mouse. However, this heat issue is a deal breaker for me.3. The right and left sides of the mouse, due to the silicone, is super smooth, but both sides are tapered upwards, resulting in a slippery, difficult time whenever I try to lift the mouse. I have to pinch it harder than I’d like to, and over a session of gaming, my hands get really tired. This is further is exacerbated by reason 2.I recently had to fix some stuff on my wife’s computer, to which I had hooked up my Deathadder more than a year ago. Griping that mouse again felt sublime and reminded me of my 20s gaming with that mouse and, besides the double-click button issue that plagued the first couple generations of Deathadders, I had always felt that Deathadder shape was super comfortable. This is also when I knew the Rival 600 and I weren’t working out as I had hoped.My gaming mouse journey enters the next chapter. From Deathadder 3G (button issue) -> whole bunch of mice -> G403 -> Rival 310 -> Rival 600 -> Deathadder Elite.If Steelseries every makes a lighter, more straight forward version of the Rival 600 without the unnecessary third mouse button, removable sides, extra weight system, etc. I’d go to that in a heartbeat.

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  8. Karen

    Amazing mouse. 6 thumb buttons that are easy to use!

    After my used to be favorite mouse Logitech G700s started to die I tried several mice and after reading a review about this steelseries rival 500 mouse from a fellow IT Pro I tried it out also and it is Amazing! the 6 thumb buttons are easy to use and ergonomic, this mouse hands down has the best button design and layout over any mouse out there! It is classified as a mmo mouse but the mouse is great for fps games too! the bottom 2 buttons are super easy and quick to use they are raised and stick out you push down to use them, this is great for fast access controls like melee heal, gernade…etc the other buttons are easy to use and reach also. the mouse design and layout is extremely well thought out! I think this mouse should be rated for any game not just mmo’s just because it has 13 buttons doesn’t mean it is automatically a mmo mouse. most mmo mice with this many buttons are clunky slow to move harder to handle when quick precise movements are needed etc.. this thing tracks fast is comfortable, easy to move around it is quick and precise easy to lift off etc. and with all of these easy to use buttons games like Rust which is a fps survival game those extra buttons come in handy. Software: The software works well took a min to figure it out but it is easy. I was able to create a auto run key by setting a key to toggle hold this helped my wrist pain in game. My only complaint is the software only has 2 dpi settings, you can remedy this by setting up your buttons and copying the profile making a new profile the same as this one but change 1 button to goto the next profile profile1, press button load profile 2 ..etc just copy your profile to the new profile which keeps the button mapping’s the same and simply change the dpi settings, I have 4 profiles set so I can have 4 different dpi settings it works flawless, and this brings us to the hepatic feedback “vibrating mouse” In game It was hard to tell which dpi setting I was at in the cycle so I looked in the software and set a different vibration for each profile this way when I press the button to switch dpi I can tell which setting it is on by how it vibrates! you can also change light color’s on button press in the same way. Buy this mouse give it a try you will most likely keep it! I love it better than my g700s that it replaced! There is not a mouse out there that gives so many easy to use buttons that works good for any game!

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  9. Tyler Monroe

    Really awesome all rounder.

    This is a pretty sweet little mouse. I’m really enjoying using it so far. I almost returned it because of the mouse scroll wheel kind of being a little weird on mine, but it doesnt affect anything and it was just something I noticed. I currently have an Alienware Aw558, Logitech G502 spectrum, Steel Series Rival 500 and an Evga Torx carbon 10. They all have their pros and cons. None of them have as enjoyable side buttons as the Evga. The Rival 600 probably has the worst side buttons, but they are well placed and work well.. they’re just a little small and recessed. I think the Rival 600 is the most comfortable to actually use with the soft gel like material on the side. The left and right click aren’t as good as the Logitech G502, but still very good. All in all it’s an amazing mouse. The RGB looks AMAZING and it’s a joy to game with. I’m becoming a big fan of Steel Series.

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  10. RedEyedJedi

    Updated Review

    [Update] Wow do i feel like an idiot.. My original review i gave this 3 stars because i thought the mouse was deffective and not charging… Turns out i hadn’t plugged in the usb all the way ?After a month of using this i really do like the mouse. It is a bit pricey but it has great battery life, great grip, and cool lighting features.The buttons now I’ve gotton used too i think when i wrote my original review i was just letting my OCD get the better of me.If u like wireless opt for this mouse. If u dont mind having the cable at all times then the wired version is for you and its a bit cheaper.I got to say that i am a little disappointed in this mouse considering how expensive it is.First off my mouse was defective out of the box. It was not working when plugged in via the usb cable nor would it charge. the steelseries engine didn’t even recognize it as being plugged in. The only work around was to use it wirelessly but whats the point in having a wireless mouse if you can’t charge it?So why am i rating it 3 stars out of 5? Well check this out, i had both the defective mouse and replacement mouse sitting next to each other and i noticed that the buttons don’t even feel the same! the clicky-ness of the old mouse was far superior to the new replacement i was sent. The LMB feels so much sturdier as opposed to spongy like on my replacement.But im done sending it back in to be replaced. This one works as intended even if the mouse buttons aren’t as great as the old broken mouse i had originally received..But to have the quality vary this much on a $100 mouse is truly disappointing. I can only imagine how this mouse will hold up in a couple months. probably not well.I recommend you guys go with Logitech unless you want to gamble and see how your mouse turns out. maybe it will work right out of the box and maybe your mouse buttons will be the good ones too!

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  11. TechBoomer

    Not good for small hands

    I really wanted to like this. But I returned it.The thing that bothered me the most are the following:1) Given I have small hands, reaching for the buttons towards the front of mouse was difficult. It forced me to shift my palm upwards and caused lack of control.2) The buttons on the bottom were really a nuisance playing FPS games. I would often times hit these buttons by accident from way too much hand shifting. I really wanted to use these buttons and enabled them. But because of the hand position changes, I could never avoid it.3) The back button is way too large. This could have been divided into two separate buttons.

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    SteelSeries Rival 500 MMO/MOBA 15-Button Programmable Gaming Mouse – 16,000 CPI, Black
    SteelSeries Rival 500 MMO/MOBA 15-Button Programmable Gaming Mouse – 16,000 CPI, Black

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