Silverstone RVM01B RAVEN Gaming Mouse Review

A Closer Look at the RAVEN


Taking a look at the mouse itself, we found it was nice looking other than the large protrusion on the side for the thumb control. We will go over this button in detail a bit later.


The mouse's shape is a little different than some we have seen. The shape is not uniform as it has a flatter spot where your palm would rest, but it is still designed to be perfectly balanced. Back and forward buttons are located just in front of the thump button, scroll wheel is in the typical index finger position, and the silver programmable page up and page down buttons are on the right side where your ring and pinkie fingers would be.


The two sides of the mouse are where the thumb scroll button and the silver page up and page down buttons are positioned. The thumb button is a bit oversized and becomes the place where the most leverage to move the mouse is applied. The problem with this is when you push in the thumb button it changes mouse settings. The silver buttons look nice but their positioning really takes some getting used to in order to effectively use them.


On the underside of the mouse, the 3200dpi precision laser is located in the center and there is also a switch to change the mouse from Normal to Gaming mode. Normal mode assigns standard functions to the buttons and Gaming mode allows 5 customizable sets of functions.


The top center of the RAVEN includes a small screen which displays dpi settings and which Gaming configuration (1 to 5) is selected. This is very useful since it shows which setting you are on instead of having to guess or check the software. The scroll wheel and a left and right scroll are just in front of the dpi screen.