About

What this site is

PC Peripherals is a bench log for the hardware that sits between your hands and the screen. Keyboards, mice, monitors, headsets, the cable that feeds them and the desk that holds them. Every note here starts from a measurement, not from a product page.

How a test runs

A keyboard gets a photodiode taped over the switch and a microphone next to the keycap. The click is recorded, the USB traffic is captured, and the frame that finally lights up on the panel is filmed at 240 frames per second. The gap between those three events is the number we publish.

A mouse goes on a motorised slide with a printed target grid. We push it at several speeds, read the reported counts, and check whether the sensor keeps the same ratio across the range. Smoothing, angle snapping and lift-off distance all show up in that trace.

A monitor is driven with a known test pattern while a light sensor watches a fixed patch. Panel response, overdrive overshoot and total input lag all come out of the same capture.

Editorial independence

Nothing on this site is paid placement. We buy or borrow the hardware, run the test, and write what the trace says. Some outgoing links are affiliate links, which means a purchase made through them can send us a small commission. That never changes a figure, a ranking or a verdict.

Corrections

Measurement is messy, and a bad cable on the wrong day can shift a result. If a number here looks wrong, send the note title and what you saw, and we will re-run the test and post the corrected figure with an edit note at the bottom of the page.