Let us start this roundup on a supposition. You have just bought yourself a spanking new graphics card, with oodles of RAM and all the latest shiny bells and whistles that goes with this new product. You can run games at extreme resolutions with every feature turned on and get fluid graphics. You sit down to enjoy your game and half an hour later realize something is missing. Your game movements are sluggish, the sound is cutting out on you and your hands are aching from having to battle your ancient keyboard. What do you do in such a situation? Well you could either sit and curse, or use the list we have compiled for you to take your gaming experience to the next level.

Logitech G15 Keyboard: Rs. 4,600
Logitech really needs no introduction. They have been part of the PC peripheral market for a very long time and most of innovations we have gotten used to by now have come in directly or indirectly through their efforts.

The G15 has been designed purely for gaming. It comes in a toughened plastic body and features two innovations, which really sets it apart from other gaming keyboards. It sports a programmable LCD, which displays crucial game-related information. The LCD can also be programmed to serve a huge number of other purposes such as displaying your CPU temperature, to keeping track of the weather outside and in one amusing instance it will keep a track of the number of hours you have spent in a game. The second innovation it sports is its bank of 18 programmable keys. These keys, much like the LCD can be used for a wide variety of purposes as you can record macros, and assign them to particular keys for specific games. This is heaven-send for RPG gamers, like me who can assign their complex spells to a single key.

The standard 101 keys of the G15 are soft and have good tactile feedback, which allows for hours of playing games without breaking your fingers. The keys are also backlit, which will allow you to game well into the night and not hit the wrong key during that crucial death-match vs. your sworn enemy. An interesting feature, which I personally find very good, is the inclusion of a gaming and windows profile switching key. The gaming profile disables the "windows" key which is a life–saver. On previous occasions I have lost count of the number of times I have been dropped out of a crucial gaming session due to accidentally pressing the windows key. Overall, with such a wide variety of features available for gamers, this keyboard is a must-have in our lineup.

Razer Copperhead Mouse: Rs. 3,250
Though Razer is a brand name that is not too well known outside enthusiast circles, their mice have come to be accepted as one of the best gaming peripherals money can buy. The Razer Copperhead just continues to build on this reputation. It is a lightweight mouse with programmable keys and can store Button mappings, sensitivity, and the USB polling rate in its 32KB onboard memory. This feature is worth its weight in gold, as you do not have to define these parameters everytime for different games.

In terms of performance, the mouse offers tracking speed or precision of 2000 DPI, a speed that sets the standards for others to follow. Overall, with its programmable buttons, onboard storage and its ultra-fast polling of 2000 DPI the Razer Copperhead retailing at a cost of Rs. 3,250 is highly recommended.