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What to give a gamer this Christmas? The best USB gadgets!

With Christmas just around the corner, if you have not yet gone ahead with your Christmas shopping, you are already taking too long since, as this time of year associated with gifts gets closer, the price of everything will increase.

If you are a gamer or you have a friend or family member who likes to play, the best gift you can give them is a USB gadget to expand their setup. If we don’t know where to start or you are not very clear about what falls within the gamer category, excluding the keyboard, mouse and controller, below, we show you some of the products with which, surely, you will not fail.

Stream Deck

If we talk about the Steam Deck we are talking about a device with keys that include a screen and that can be configured to perform any task, such as activating or deactivating the microphone, changing the audio input and output source, opening an application / game, performing a specific action in a game or application, know the graphics and GPU temperature at all times, manage music playback and much more.

If the gamer this product is aimed at is a streamer or wants to try their luck, this is a device that cannot be missing in any setup, as it greatly facilitates the transmission of content through Twitch and YouTube, integrating with the main streaming programs such as OBS.

Stream Deck mini

Stream Deck mini

*Prices updated at the time of publishing or reviewing this article. They may vary over time.

This same model is also available in a version with 15 keys with the Stream Deck MK.2. In addition, there is also a model with 4 wheels to manage all the sound and with 8 keys with the Stream Deck Neo model.

Retro console controller

If the gamer to whom your gift is directed is you and you want to remember the 80s and 90s where you usually visited recreational hallsthe best way to do this is with a retro control controller with the classic lever and a large number of buttons.

8Bitdo USB Arcade Stick

One of the best retro controllers that we can currently buy on the market and that is compatible with both PC and Nintendo Switch is the 8Bitdo USB Arcade Stick. This controller includes 2 rows of buttons with 4 in each one and includes 2 buttons to customize with macros in addition to the classic Select and Start buttons.

Secondary screen

Every gamer cares about the performance of their PC components and controls both the CPU and GPU temperatures at all times by displaying that information in a corner of the screen. However, there is a much more comfortable gadget to carry out this task.

3.5 inch screen

It is a secondary screen 3.5 inch that we can stick on the PC case or place next to the monitor to know at all times how the PC is performing. This screen includes the software that is responsible for analyzing the performance of the computer at all times and displaying it on the screen and is connected to the computer via a USB cable.

3.5 inch screen monitor PC components

3.5 inch screen monitor PC components

*Prices updated at the time of publishing or reviewing this article. They may vary over time.

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