X-52 died, next stick?

Apparently my x-52 died last night out of the blue. All the lights on it started flashing and then I got a very strange bluescreen. After the PC rebooted the joystick was no longer detected properly and windows said the device had malfunctioned. I plugged my racing wheel into the same USB port and it works fine. I also plugged it into my other computer and got the same thing.

Anyways, I'm not really to pissed since I didnt like how soft the spring was on this stick anyways and it always felt like a kiddie toy. Besides the massive and outrageously priced Warthog what would you guys recommend for my next Hotas? Price isnt really an object, I will pay for quality, but 500+ for any joystick just seems ridiculous.