A Decent quality USB Microphone. There's only so much quality you can get out of a USB Microphone, and it's more likely you'll get more benefit out of improving the sound quality in the room beyond this. I would recommend it, but it's not essential. Mine has lasted more than 10 years so far.

For a Desktop PC I have an RTX 3070, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, and 32GB RAM.

Was good for the time in terms of specs, but is a crappy machine and was unpleasant to use due to the awkward nonstandard keyboard layout, which resulted in plenty of mispresses when pressing modifier keys. I would not recommend this for modern use, and my only use of this now, is as a test device for low end Windows performance.

A mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Red Switches.

A 1080p LCD 60Hz Monitor. No complaints.

A 1080p LCD 60Hz Monitor. Minimal complaints, when left alone and unpowered for too long(longer than a month) it can sometimes be a bit funky getting it to behave properly. Presumably something is up with capacitors or the cables for it. Only seen this happen twice.

A decent comfortable mouse. Relies on Bluetooth and configuring it on Linux is a bit weird though there is 3rd party software support for it. My first one had rubber on a metal scroll wheel which disintegrated and started cutting into my fingers, though the new model uses plastic instead of metal. Perhaps this change is good, but it certainly appears cheap relative to the asking price.

I would recommend it if you do not need a gaming mouse, but would rather something that is more practical. I would not recommend it if you need many hotkeys tied to your mouse as it only had 3 mouse buttons on the side.

An old crusty android phone... It was good for the time, but lacked some features like NFC so it did limit me in some ways.

This is a fun old device that can play old DS games as well as newer 3DS games too. I don't use it as much as I should as I typically prefer the games on Sony's PS1, PSP and PSVita and play them on my PS Vita. The homebrew scene is excellent and the main dashboard on the 3DS is also excellent. Sadly this also uses a proprietary charger... It suffers a bit in portability because it's a bit too big, and the ergonomics aren't ideal for some games. Worse ergonomics than the PSVita in my opinion. Playing old DS Lite games is a bit of a slog on it due to long load times. The homebrew scene is also cool for it.

Very nice old portable gaming console. Has a lot in common with the Gameboy Advance SP, plus it can play their games too.

I don't know where mine is anymore. It was a delightful little handheld to play, but everything it does, is done better by a Nintendo DS Lite nowadays.

Excellent device that combines portability and use as a home console. Unfortunately for portability, it suffers in how it is portable enough to take in your bag elsewhere, but how often do I find myself taking it out to play games while I'm out of the house? Ultimately not very often. Either in an airport, on a plane, or in a hotel room. Because of additional constraints in these places such as wanting to watch movies and TV and wanting a laptop-like experience, a Steam Deck has ended up being my standard console for "portable" gaming. My PSVita is my standard console for true portable gaming as it fits in a pocket easily.

I have one, but I haven't played it in yonks. It is a cool and fun device especially for LAN gaming with friends, but I'm not particularly a big fan of it as a regular controller tends to be more fun for gaming. The game selection isn't that appealing to me either.

In my opinion, the last 2 truly handheld gaming consoles are the PS Vita and the Nintendo 3DS XL. In many ways I prefer the PS Vita, it can run the massive PSP and PS1 libraries of games, it has a decent first party library that has quite a lot of indie games from around 2014-2020 and its form factor means it's perfect to go in a sling bag so you can use it on a bus or a plane or when waiting at an appointment.

The biggest negatives of this console is its proprietary charging cable and its proprietary memory stick, but fortunately there is a converter to use a microSD card for memory, and the proprietary charging cable isn't too expensive.

The precursor to the Playstation Vita, it can play PS1 games as well as PSP games and the PSP library is something to behold. I wouldn't use this console much anymore as almost everything it can do, the PS Vita can do better. To its credit though, it is at least a good handheld-portable form factor that beats both Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck

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All the benefits of a laptop, a game console, a Nintendo Switch, a PC Library, a Linux system and a media player all in one console. This ends up being my standard device to use when not using my main desktop PC.

Cheap headphones, but very comfortable headphones. I got these mainly for comfort. As I have a cochlear implant, most headphones feel like clamps on my head pushing the components into my skull, but these ones just rest on my head, and don't really clamp over it, which is far more comfortable.

It was cheap at like £20, though they are no longer available, so I don't look forward to the day I have to get a new pair of headphones.

An Old phone that is distinguished from other phones by its slide out controls. It's a very interesting device that on release had Minecraft Pocket Edition which was advertised alongside it. I had a lot of fun with it, but nowadays, the only use of it is trying out old Android software.

A laptop with one of the best laptop keyboards in the world. Aside from this, it is unremarkable, and is mostly a very low end Linux Test machine. The pointer in the middle of the keyboard is also a remarkable way of controlling the mouse that in my opinion is better than the touchpad.

An American company acquired the rights to the IBM Model M specs from IBM, so they are a modern manufacturer of Model M keyboards. What separates them, is their hefty weight, owing to a backplate and their buckling spring keys.

This is not a keyboard I would recommend to gamers. It does not have N-Key rollover. It has 2-Key rollover, though depending on the keys pressed, you can press more than 2 together.