Razer’s latest Naga mouse has a new scroll wheel and a magnetic side panel

At present, Razer introduced follow-ups to its MMO-centric modular gaming mouse with the Razer Naga V2 Hyperspeed and V2 Professional. Each fashions share an analogous design to Razer’s older fashions of the Naga lineup however embrace some attention-grabbing modifications to the {hardware}.

Designed as the more budget-friendly option, the $99.99 Razer Naga V2 Hyperspeed nonetheless options the 12 macro buttons positioned beneath your proper thumb but in addition has a pair of further buttons positioned within the upper-left periphery of the mouse, on to the left of your index finger, much like what we noticed with the Razer DeathAdder V2 X. Nevertheless, in contrast to the Naga X, the V2 doesn’t have a swappable button panel.

The more expensive Razer Naga V2 Pro, priced at $179.99, brings again Naga’s trademark swappable facet panel, which lets you swap between two, six, or 12 macro buttons, giving it extra flexibility relying on the kind of sport you’re taking part in. Twelve buttons is perhaps extreme once you’re taking part in Apex Legends, however having that possibility for casually grinding via an MMO like Ultimate Fantasy XIV or World of Warcraft is fairly cool. Whereas the V2 Professional does get the choice for selecting what number of buttons it has, it lacks the extra pair of buttons included on the V2 Hyperspeed, which looks like a wierd omission.

The V2 Professional can be geared up with a model of Razer’s HyperScroll wheel that we first noticed with the Razer Basilisk V2, which lets you shortly scroll by gently flicking the scroll wheel in both path. Nevertheless, the scroll wheel on the Naga V2 Professional can have the flexibility to fine-tune the stress and velocity of the scroll via Razer’s Synapse software program.

Each fashions have Bluetooth and a pair of.4Ghz wi-fi connectivity, however Razer has opted for a AA-battery-powered design as an alternative of a chargeable inner battery with the V2 Hyperspeed, very like the DeathAdder V2 X. The V2 Professional, however, is rechargeable through USB-C and can be appropriate with Razer’s new wi-fi charging system launched with the Razer Basilisk V3 Professional. The V2 Hyperspeed and V2 Professional additionally use the identical 30K DPI Focus Professional optical sensor and have a 1000Hz polling charge.