ASUS ROG STRIX Impact II Wireless Gaming Mouse Review

Performance

Power the mouse on, and you’re treated to a gorgeous RGB light show. I like that the rear lights are actually under the plastic casing rather than push closer to the surface. This gives you a slightly blurry and diffused appearance that softer on the eye. It just looks a little classier and a lot less in your face than a lot of the RGB products that are out there.

While the lighting does give you some obvious customization options, it also has some practical applications here. You can set an individual colour to each zone to indicate profile and which DPI level you currently have selected. This is great for making at a glance assessment of your current settings.

One of the best benefits of this mouse, have to be the size and weight. It feels very comfortable in the hand and it’s easy to pick up and move around when needed. This is great if you like to use a lower DPI setting and use a lift-off technique.

ASUS has equipped this mouse with one of the best sensors on the market today. 16,000 DPI is complete overkill for most gamers, great to have such wide range and level of choice. Extremely high DPI is a vital tool for making fast turns in vehicles in games like Battlefield. While the lowest settings are equally as brilliant for those precise sniper shots. If you’re boring like me though, it means I never miss-click while doing some Guild trading in Elder Scrolls Online, as I think my 360 no scope days are behind me, my Motif trading days are certainly ahead of me.

The mouse just generally feels comfortable in your hand, and while I do find the ambidextrous shape of it a little strange given that really is just right-handed, it somehow works in terms of comfort. It feels comfortable in virtually any grip type, from a big lazy palm rest to an on-the-edge claw grip. The way that the left and right mouse buttons are mounted on their own pivots, means you can comfortably actuate the switch just as well at the very back as you can right at the very front of the switch.

I love the stock feel of this mouse, it feels fine-tuned for fast-paced gaming and day and night long gaming sessions. I love the way it glides and tracks and it’s as good as any other flagship mouse out there today. Not to put to blunt a point on it of course, but there’s certainly nothing I can fault about it. However, that doesn’t mean to say it ends there, as you can put your own spin on it too.

If you look closely at the mouse, you can actually see through that plastic body at the internal workings of the mouse. While most brands hide all this away from you, ASUS let you come in and play.

Simply remove the four rubber pegs on the bottom of the mouse.

Below them, you will find four screws. Undo those and you can separate the top part of the mouse from the main body.

The interior of the mouse looks pretty clean and tidy, but since you’re supposed to be able to get access to this part, I expect ASUS has put a little more effort in here.

As you can see, you can simply lift out the switches for the left and right mouse buttons, they are plug-and-play compatible. Furthermore, while you could simply replace a broken switch if you ever did wear one out (unlikely). You could also go for something more unique, whichever switches are your favourite, simply put them in and you are good to go!