As much as it seems to be against the advice here, stay away from the Saitek series.
I have a Cyborg Evo and honestly the keyboard is a thousand times better.
I've used other joysticks (I can't speak for the x52) and seriously the original sidewinder wipes the floor with the Cyborg series (*Having trouble remembering any of the other names though, one of them was FREAKISHLY expensive too, looked like it had been taken out of a bleeding space fighter cockpit, or a tank, or something, but it was seriously heavy duty, must have cost him a bomb had like, 3 banks excluding the main stick, with switches and all sorts of **** on (+thruster + some LED panel he used for some other flightsim), ridiculous setup, wonder if I still have some pics from my visit).
But yea, Cyborg series TERRIBAD.