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Let’s get the obvious question out of the way: why the heck would you want a backlit RGB mouse pad? For years, we’ve been buying mats to give our mice a more comfortable and accurate ride.

What is the best gaming mousepad? Whether you call them mousepads, mouse pads, or mouse mats, they're a genuinely essential part of any PC gaming setup, unless you only game on a controller of course.