What do you need from a keyboard? Well, obviously keys are a must, with comfortable ergonomics and responsive switches being equally handy. Multi-coloured backlights? Silver-painted WSAD keys? Cursor keys? Touch-sensitive control panel?

Creating a mouse that stands out from the crowd has got to be a nightmare, especially when lurking in that crowd are the smugly popular G9 from Logitech and Microsoft’s latest Sidewinder.

This mid-price speaker set from Saitek, just misses out on the 'quality' sector. Despite having a fairly impressive sub-woofer the satellite speakers of the Saitek 3D 380 are a bit of a disappointment. They aren't particularly stable sat up on their end and get in the way when laid down on their bellies.

It was only a few issues ago that we were lamenting the lack of good PC joysticks (PCF192) and look what should arrive but an affordable, chunky flight stick from long-time waggle-tech supremo Saitek.