Reddit mentions of Zowie gear FK black 5 Buttons 1xWheel USB Wired Optical Competitive gaming mouse

SENSITIVITY
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Sens is personal preference, and that's just the end of it. Here you have clockwork playing with 20"+/360, and then yz50 with a much higher sens. And they are both in Invite, and have different playstyles.

In the end, NEITHER is objectively better than the other. You can even use 1cm/360 in COUNTER-STRIKE, if you wanted to. Here's the issue...

Higher sens has a steeper learning curve.

It's much different using only your fingers to make the smallest of movements, compared to sliding your whole arm across the mousepad.

As higher sens is... well... more sensitive... there's a much larger chance you can make errors.

BUT.

This can easily be overcome with practice. Though you might spend more time training to be able to headshot soldiers out of the air with a high sens compared to a low sens, it is the same in the end.

I want you to choose a sensitivity that's COMFORTABLE for you. Don't fall into the idea that "lower is objectively better" from CS. I can assure you, it's not.

MICE
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If you haven't already, pick up a nice mouse. Forget "positive acceleration" or "negative acceleration." I know it's a controversial stance, but choose a mouse that is COMFORTABLE, and is accurate based on what you can tell. If you can't tell a G500 has accel, and think it's just as accurate as a Zowie FK, then you can get it! If you aren't comfortable, your performance will go down.


That means no stock mice.

Make sure it won't malfunction if you swing it too fast. I don't mean at 100 miles per hour, but judge it based on the FASTEST turn you would ever do. In order to test this, I'd temporarily use clockwork's sensitivity and try to do a 360. If the mouse malfunctions (tracks oddly or keeps going after you've stopped moving) it's no good.

Laser or optical. Doesn't matter to be completely honest, as long as you're comfortable.

Some pretty good ones:

• CM STORM SPAWN Small little mouse, great for claw grip. Rubber grips, Omrons, perfect tracking, the usual. Notable users: Platinum
  
  
• [Logitech G500s] (http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Gaming-Adjustable-Weight-Tuning/dp/B00CJD4HD2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394935251&sr=8-1&keywords=g500) A huge palm grip mouse. It's laser, but some people like Taggerung love it. Comfortable, and widely available. Notable users: Taggerung
  
  
• Zowie FK Some say it has the best tracking of any mouse ever created. Sensei-style small-ish mouse, claw/fingertip grip. Mine comes in the mail the 20th. However, not widely available. Try a Sensei to get an idea of how this feels. Notable users of it's predecessor: cookye
  
  
• Logitech G400s Typical, super-ergonomic overengineered palm-grip mouse from Logitech. Perfect sensor. Inspired by the fabled MX518. If you hear about issues with the cable, Logitech has excellent customer service and will help you out in a heartbeat. Notable users: enigma, ruwin, PYYOUR, TLR, b4nny
  
  I'm going to say to keep away from Razer mice. Had a couple bad experiences with them. Like when my Deathadder from 3 months ago broke when I was just browsing Reddit... (Piece that contacted with the Omron Switch snapped... in half.)
  
  Choose what works for you.
  
  MOUSE SETTINGS
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  Mouse accel. Mouse accel. Unless you're dead set on it, like Swag from Complexity, turn it off. TF2 doesn't have linear acceleration, so the learning curve for it is ridiculous.
  
  Turn it off in both TF2's settings AND Windows (Enhance Pointer Precision)
  
  This will improve your consistently drastically.
  
  Throw on Raw Input to bypass all of the strange calculations Windows puts on mice.
  
  Keep Windows Sens to 6/11, so the computer won't have to "scale" your movements up or down.
  
  "BODYSHOTTING IS FOR LOSERS"
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  Go ahead and sit on your scope. If you don't feel confident you can hit the target, aim for center mass, charge the scope up, and fire. Who cares, if that bodyshot gets you a pick on the enemy med?
  
  This also leads up to playing passively. Some snipers DO play this way. Watching chokes. Not being inside them. I'm one of them. This will alleviate tons of stress, and it will really reduce the chance that you can get killed. How's a scout supposed to reach you if you're on Roof on Badwater, and he can't see you?
  
  MOST IMPORTANT THING
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  Chill out. Listen to some music. Remember games are meant to have fun, not stress over. If you're having a rough day on Sniper, switch it up! Scout's a good way to practice hitscan without actually playing Sniper. Taunt after every kill. Throw in a huntsman every once in a while.
  
  Once you begin to become great at Sniper, it'll be second nature. And you'll genuinely enjoy the class too.
  
  Oh, and getting accused of hacking. Get to that level, and it's the most hillarious thing in TF2.
  
  Oh.
  
  And...
  
  Practice... A lot. Many good Snipers have hundreds of hours on that class. It will fall into place in time.
  
  And be confident.
  
  >"You miss every shot you don't take."
  
  

The Zowie FK sounds right for you. It's a real great mouse and every one here will testify with that. Such a great mouse.

Zowie FK. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CVPRE1U

Quality optical sensor for FPS gaming with a no-nonsense design (ergonomic, no extraneous drivers needed, just the right amount of buttons).

The absolute highest end/best keyboard & mouse set up that I can think of is the Leopold FC660/C and the Zowie AM or Zowie FK


A set up like this, -- with (IMO) the best compact Topre keyboard and mouse -- however, is an acquired taste. It is completely no frills and pure craftsmanship, performance, and in my opinion the most aesthetically pleasing.

I highly recommend that you do not purchase the Logitech keyboard or the Rat9. I know several people who have gotten those products and absolutely despised them within a few months. Their build quality is shoddy, they are overpriced, are bloated with software/special drivers, and they are prone to malfunctioning or breaking.

>It maxes at 2000 dpi, but I've heard that more is better?

This is a common misconception. DPI (you may have also heard the term CPI: Counts Per Inch) only refers to the ratio between the amount of distance that your mouse moves in real life versus the distance it moves on your screen. In other words, how fast your cursor moves. It does not refer to how accurate or responsive your mouse is. That is all dependent on the sensor that your mouse uses. There are claims of "flawless sensors" but the more research you do into the topic the more you realize that there really is no such thing. The best sensor on the market is the Avago ADNS 3090, so look for mice using that. You can find some differing opinions/additional reading here

Zowie FK1.

http://www.amazon.com/Buttons-1xWheel-Optical-Competitive-gaming-Pc/dp/B00CVPRE1U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371152391&sr=8-1&keywords=Zowie+FK

http://www.amazon.com/Zowie-FK-Buttons-1xWheel-Competitive/dp/B00CVPRE1U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396568003&sr=8-1&keywords=Zowie+FK

The reviews on youtube are fairly competent but there are only a handful of them. What sold me was looking into what mice various professional gamers use. Im big into FPS games so I checked out Quake Live and CS pros used as well. I saw Razer Abyssus and Deathadders mixed in with G400s'. But the one that I saw the most was Zowie. Its the same for SC2 pros. I had never heard of them before but honestly, I do not know why. Easily the best mouse that I have ever used. I previously used a black edition Deathadder but switched to a Mamba. After that experience and trying out the Corsair M65, I will never go back to a laser mouse.

I'm not from the US, but it seems to be for sale on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Zowie-FK-Buttons-1xWheel-Competitive/dp/B00CVPRE1U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404229122&sr=8-1&keywords=zowie+fk

I personally have a Logitech G400s, it's quite nice and the software seems less intrusive than the competing Deathadder's. It's pretty comfortable to me but I've never used the Deathadder so I can't say which is better.

I've also heard very good things about the Zowie FK. I've never used it myself, but it's a very basic mouse, honestly it looks like a cheap OEM thing, but it apparently has the most accurate sensor on the market. It's only 2300dpi, but that's actually plenty high for most people, and supposdely it's as close to perfectly accurate as any mouse has ever been made. It's also entirely driverless, just plug a play, nothing but raw input. Seems to be pretty popular among the competitive sorts. There's a few varients of it too, like the FK1, which is slightly larger and has a higher DPI sensor. If my G400s dies, the FK1 will probably be my next mouse.

I'm in the US and looking for one as well. The only place I have found it so far is on eBay

EDIT: It is on Amazon as well

• Mouse: There are two kinds of mice: good mice and bad mice. As long as you are looking at good mice, it doesn't really matter from a technical standpoint which one you choose. The technical differences between good mice are so small it's purely a preference decision. I personally use a Zowie FK and like it a lot, as do many others.
  
  
• Keyboard: A good keyboard actually doesn't give you all that much for gaming. If you do a lot of typing, I would choose a keyboard that's good for typing and then use it for gaming, rather than the other way around.
  
  If you have a lot of money, a mechanical keyboard is what you want regardless of what you do with it. They last longer and feel nicer to use.
  
  If you buy it exclusively for gaming, you probably want something like Cherry MX Red switches. They have the same actuation and release point, which means they are good for double-tapping and stuff like that. If you also use your keyboard for typing, you might want to consider Cherry MX Blue switches or other kinds of "clicky" switches because they give better tactile feedback when typing.
  
  
• Microphone: I would personally recommend a mic that's separate from your headset, simply because you can get a massive increase in audio quality that way.
  
  I'm a stickler for audio quality when it comes to voice communication, so I got a cheap USB condenser mic. Condenser technology because it makes for fantastic audio quality, and USB because the sound card in my computer sucks, so with a built-in sound card in the mic I can get better audio quality that way.
  
  
• Headphones: This, like the keyboard, is actually something that doesn't matter as much as the other two, in my experience. Even cheaper headphones can usually produce audio of a high enough quality that you're able to locate enemies if you turn up your volume slightly.
  
  If you have a lot of money, I would go for a proper pair of studio headphones that are also useful for listening to music. As with the keyboard, I wouldn't buy a pair of headphones exclusively for gaming. But to each their own.