If you haven't set up your desktop with two LCD monitors, then now's the time. We've picked this LG Flatron as the winning 24in LCD in our latest group test

The HP Officejet Pro 8500 is one of the best office inkjet alternatives for under $350. Being feature packed, small businesses may be tempted to try this over the latest expensive laser printer.

Impressive print quality, a good turn of speed and decent features, but it simply costs too much to own.

A surprise return to form for Nvidia, as this card matches ATI’s latest for both performance and value.

ATI does it again with its latest GPU, combining superb performance with a reasonable price

A comprehensive set of features and good performance

With more homes served by their own wired and wireless networks, there’s no better way to store all your music, movies and documents than a NAS box like this

Fast and blessed with some truly useful features - a router that's well worth investing in

Script triggering and interface changes headline an upgrade that’s good for developers and users alike

Although the basics of this router are somewhat low spec (no 802.11n or Gigabit Ethernet), the extras do make it interesting.

A great printer for the road with a microscopic footprint, but average performance holds it back from greatness.

Accurate speech recognition, a flexible control system and a good price – for those in need, Dragon delivers.

Great design, but average performance lets it down.

Quick, cheap and light: the best 3.5in drive in the group.

Fast, full of features and with mobile broadband support, but just a little too expensive

The new interface plus PDF and AIR export sees Fireworks CS4 fully integrated into the Creative Suite.

A great way to extend your desktop once you’re out of DVI ports

High resolution stills and laudable quality for the money, but image stabilisation isn’t the best

Lacks in power, but terrific hardware design makes this an intriguing take on the Eee brand.

Good value, but without the decent performance or the feature set of our award winners this month