Best Amazon Prime Day keyboard, mouse and controller deals - get your hands on these discounted peripherals

We reviewed the 8BitDo Retro mechanical keyboard, and it still claims a place on James' desk. That's because it combines a neat look with a great feel, and we even manage to get use out of its admittedly pretty niche Super Buttons.

Key specs: Wired / wireless | Dye-sub PBT keycaps | TKL | 200-hour battery life

Price check: Best Buy $79.99

A teeny-tiny keyboard with impressive credentials. You can customize the lighting to your heart's content with Razer's Chroma RGB lighting, but the headline feature here is the inclusion of optical-mechanical switches. It's also got PBT keys and Razer Hypershift for all your favorite macros.

Key specs: Tenkeyless | Razer optomechanical switch (clicky or linear) | Chroma RGB lighting

Price check: Best Buy $99.99 (black model)

This Logitech G Pro gives you all the functionality with less of the fuss. It comes with a choice of key switches, a detachable Micro USB cable for easy portability, 3-step angle adjustment and a lot of customization options in the G Hub software. Those backlit keys are on the subtle side of RGB lighting, and the Logitech comes off as a class act for less at this price.

Key specs: Tenkeyless | Mechanical | Lightsync RGB backlit keys

Price check: Best Buy $84.48

This is one of the best keyboards going and right now it's at a cracking price. You're getting excellent typing feel, stellar gaming performance, sound dampening that actually works, and a build quality that stands well above most of the competition.

Key specs: Numpad | Wireless | Hot-swappable mechanical switches

That's quite a lot of cash for a keyboard, but it shows in not only the tech underneath the keys (like some impressive switches) but also build quality and extra quality-of-life features. If you're looking for a rapid trigger keyboard to cut fractions off your reaction time, and like the idea of an extra little screen to display in-game information, this is an excellent choice, especially with a tidy discount.

Key specs: OmniPoint 3.0 HyperMagnetic Switches | Wired | Rapid trigger

Price check: Best Buy $259.99

The Asus ROG Azoth Extreme Wireless is still a pricey 'ol keeb even with a discount. We still liked it a lot in our review, though, and that's for good reason. It's beautifully constructed, with a super typing feel and useful media controls.

Key specs: 75% | ROG NX Snow linear switches | Aluminium chassis | OLED screen

Price check: Best Buy $439.99

Perfect as a starter or low-budget option with a list of useful features like 6 programmable buttons, Lightsync RGB effects and a ton of customisation via Logitech's G Hub software, this mouse proves that you don't need to go fancy to get a great gaming peripheral.

Key specs: Wired | 8,000 DPI | Right-handed

Price check: Best Buy $29.99

The Logitech G305 Lightspeed is our favorite budget wireless mouse—it's nothing fancy, but it's lightweight, has great battery life, and uses a killer sensor. The only thing to note is that this deal isn't necessarily that out of left field—the G305 hasn't been at full price for a while, but it's still worth snagging if you need a nice budget option with no frills.

Key specs: Wireless | 12,000 DPI | Right-handed

Price check: Best Buy $39.99

You aren't packing an incredibly high DPI or polling rate with this mouse, but you are getting strong performance for the price, as well as a lightweight, comfortable build, and solid software. Cheap and cheerful is the aim here.

Key specs: 12,000 DPI | 300 IPS | 1,000 Hz | 55 g

Price check: Best Buy $34.99

This is a substantial discount on a tried and tested Logitech gaming mouse, with a large amount of customisation. The G502 Hero uses the Hero 25K sensor for accuracy, 11 customizable buttons, and comes with five removable weights to adjust the feel for even the pickiest of competitive gamers.

Key specs: Wired | 25,600 DPI | Right-handed

Price check: Best Buy $37.98

Sometimes simplicity is what you're looking for in a peripheral, and if all you want in your next purchase is something solid and reliable with a wireless connection and a standard load out of 5 buttons, this mouse is for you. It's got an accurate TrueMove optical sensor, dual wireless connections and a 400-hour plus battery life, all wrapped up in a smooth and sleek chassis.

Key specs: Wireless | 18,000 DPI | Right-handed

Our James reviewed the 8BitDo Retro R8, giving it an 87%, and for good reason. It's a mouse with a super unique look, good specs for the price, and it even comes with a cute charging stand. The retro feel is definitely something to get used to, with buttons that are sunkern into the mouse itself, but it's a joy to use regardless.

Key specs: up to 8,000 Hz polling | 26,000 DPI | 77 g | up to 100-hour battery life

Price check: Best Buy $49.99

We gave this mouse an 85% in our review just earlier this year, praising its very low weight, huge battery life, and super-responsive feel. It doesn't have quite as many fun extras as competitors and can be a bit of a fingerprint magnet, but it is a super solid choice at this price.

Key specs: Wireless | 26,000 DPI | Symmetrical

Price check: Best Buy $49.99

This mouse is incredibly light at just 36 g, and somehow it's achieved this with nary a hole in sight. Apart from this, it's pretty barebones, but a good sensor and light weight is all that's needed for some seriously competitive FPS gameplay, and this mouse delivers on both fronts.

Key specs: 33K sensor | wireless | 36 g weight | 70-hr battery

Simple, lightweight, fast and accurate. What more do you need from a gaming mouse? Because it eschews all the fancy gadgets that so many mice have these days, you save a bundle of cash and get a really long battery life.

Key specs: 26K sensor | Wireless | 55 g weight

Price check: Razer $99.99

This extremely competitive gaming mouse is down to a pretty stellar price, here. It's also a fantastic gaming mouse, which I swear by—I use it every single day, and when I replace it for a new mouse to review, I bring the Superlight right back in when I'm done.

Key specs: 25K sensor | Wireless | 63 g weight

Price check: Best Buy $129.99

Though it doesn't quite look as impressive as the Superlight 2, the G Pro 2 Lightspeed matches the same internals and is truly ambidextrous, thanks to swappable side buttons.

Key specs: 44,000 DPI | 888 IPS | 88g accelerations | 4 side buttons

Price check: Amazon $119.99

The Superlight 2 has a 44K DPI and 888 IPS, setting it even further apart from its predecessor. While the original Superlight is better value when the Superlight 2 is full price, with this discount in play, it's difficult to pick between the two. With the second version, you're getting a better sensor, higher polling, extra battery life, and Type-C charging.

Key specs: 44K sensor | Wireless | 60 g weight

Price check: Best Buy $159.99

We've already raved about Hall Effect joysticks and how they spell the end for the dreaded stick drift. In this wireless gaming controller, they're a welcome feature, but this handful of gaming hardware packs a few quirky surprises too. For instance, there are extra bumper buttons.

Key specs: Hall effect sticks, triggers | 2.4G wireless | 19 h battery

It may be vulnerable to stick drift (and that's a big downside), but it's hard to deny the quality on show with Microsoft's Xbox controller. Textured grips, clicky buttons, a nice weight and feel: it's got everything you need, ergonomically speaking.

Key specs: Wireless | Asymmetric sticks

Price watch: Best Buy $64.99

Though a little on the narrower side, this well-balanced controller remains comfortable to play through long sessions. A 20-hour battery life, plus the option to game while you charge (even without using the included dock), ensures this gamepad won't leave you high and dry when you need it most.

Key specs: TMR sticks | Hall effect triggers | Swappable ABXY Buttons | Charging dock | 2.4 G wireless | 20h battery

Price check: Best Buy $69.99

This wireless modular controller is one of the most customizable I've used. The included carry case comes with a touch pad, D pad, and a small screwdriver, which can remove the top plates and swap them out. It's also wireless and comes with Hall effect thumbsticks, so it won't get drift.

Key specs: Wireless and wired | modular | Symmetric

An 8 KHz polling rate, Hall effect switches, rapid trigger, and nice double-shot PBT keycaps. To think you can get all of this for little cash makes the geeky hardware kid in me very happy. The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 is noticeably a cheaper keyboard in feel, but those internals truly are phenomenal.

Key specs: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz and wired | 8 KHz | Hall effect

Perfect as a starter or low-budget option with a list of useful features like 6 programmable buttons, Lightsync RGB effects and a ton of customisation via Logitech's G Hub software, this mouse proves that you don't need to go fancy to get a great gaming peripheral.

Key specs: Wired | 8,000 DPI | Right-handed

The Logitech G305 Lightspeed is our favorite wireless budget mouse—it's nothing fancy, but it's lightweight, has great battery life, and uses a killer sensor. The only thing to note is that this deal isn't necessarily that out of left field—the G305 hasn't been at full price for a while, but it's still worth snagging if you need a nice budget option with no frills in time for the holidays.

Key specs: Wireless | 12,000 DPI | Right-handed

The SteelSeries Aerox 3 might be lightweight with its honeycombed design, but it's certainly not light on features. With a 200-hour battery life, dual connectivity, and AquaBarrier protection to ensure water, dust and dirt resistance, this is a mouse designed to take some abuse and keep on trucking.

Key specs: Wireless | 18,000 DPI | Right-handed

This gaming controller remains our top budget pick for good reason. In our review, James was particularly impressed by just how much GameSir cram into such an affordable package, highlighting the controller's Hall Effect sticks and 2.4 GHz connectivity.

Key specs: Hall effect thumb sticks | 2.4G wireless | 10 h battery

Though a little on the narrower side, this well-balanced controller remains comfortable to play through long sessions. A 20-hour battery life, plus the option to game while you charge (even without using the included dock), ensures this gamepad won't leave you high and dry when you need it most.

Key specs: TMR sticks | Hall effect triggers | Swappable ABXY Buttons | Charging dock | 2.4 G wireless | 20h battery