If you are looking for a pad i would get the hori fighting commander 3 pro, its ~$30 and has 6 face buttons and only a d-pad. you can change the sensitivity and angle of the pad so you can change it to how you like. I have had it for about a year and I love it. I use it for #R , BBCT, and SSF4AE. It is a ps3 controller but it recognizes it right off the bat so no issues there. prefer it over the madcatz one. As for an arcade stick, I only have an hrap v3-sa and have barely used it so I dont know if its good or bad. Dont limit yourself to 360 controllers (unless you also have a 360 and would benefit from getting it), ps3 controllers seem to work fine without additional drivers (unless its wireless).
http://www.amazon.ca/PS3-Fighting-Commander-3-Pro/dp/B0057WDD6O
