Best Black Friday PC gaming deals 2025: the best discounts of the sales season

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Black Friday is nowadays the biggest annual sales event on the Australian calendar. I know what you're going to say: What about EOFY? What about Boxing Day? Valid responses both, but I've been covering big deals events for PC Gamer for a decade now, and Black Friday is nowadays much bigger.

Why? Because every retailer gets involved, and given its proximity to Christmas, there's a sense of urgency to the event that seems to compel all participants to lower prices as much as possible. There's also this: Black Friday is long. While technically a single day, it usually runs for weeks in advance of that day, and always bleeds into Cyber Monday on the other side.

It's not far away. Black Friday 2026 will take place on November 27 this year, which means Cyber Monday 2026 will commence on November 30. That means you can probably except Black Friday sales to start trickling through at the beginning of November, and possibly even late October.

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Early Black Friday deals

In what might be an all-time record, HP has already launched its Black Friday deals, albeit framed as "early" ones.

16 inch, 2560 x 1600 | AMD Ryzen 7 8745HZ | RTX 5060 | 16GB | 1TB SSD

This is a generous discount on a well-endowed gaming laptop which, as the name implies, comes with some light Valorant decorations which shouldn't prove too distracting. The specs should have you enjoying most modern blockbuster games at this unit's native res, on somewhere between medium and high settings. The 240Hz refresh rate will keep things smooth.

Other variants on this model are also available:

Intel Core Ultra 7 | RTX 5070 Ti | 32GB RAM | 1TB SSD

When Ian Evenden reviewed this model with these specs, one of his criticisms was that it is "inevitably kinda pricey". And yeah, we are living through one of the worst and most expensive times to be a PC gamer. That said, this has some great qualities, such as efficient and quiet liquid cooling, and great performance for basically any modern game you could throw at it. Also: it's a pre-build. You don't have to do anything but plug it in. There are more Omen 35L builds available on sale.

Black Friday 2026 Key Information

When is Black Friday 2026 in Australia?

Black Friday 2026 is on Friday, November 27, but a lot of retailers will kick off their Black Friday sales long in advance of that date.

Black Friday is less a day than it is a weekend: the sales generally continue through the weekend until Cyber Monday, which will take place on November 30 in 2026.

What deals should I expect on Black Friday 2026?

Let's get one thing about of the way: If you were hoping to pick up an SSD, or a stick of RAM, or a GPU at 2025 prices during Black Friday, you should probably get used to the fact that this won't happen. The ongoing component crisis is not going to solve itself before late November. If anything, it's only going to get worse.

Miserable truths aside, there will be plenty of other stuff going cheap during Black Friday. It'll be a great opportunity to pick up that gaming monitor you've been eyeing off. Headset, keyboard and mice deals will be ruthlessly low, and abundant.

Peripherals are traditionally subject to the biggest discounts during sales events, so that's not hugely different from the norm. Aside from that, maybe some of the big NBN providers will offer six month discounts. And you can almost bet on Secretlab having a sale.

What should I avoid buying on Black Friday 2026?

Anything you don't need. It's distressingly easy to be duped into dropping cash on something just because there's a hefty discount attached to it… even though you have absolutely no use for it.

If you're considering making a purchase around Black Friday, have a plan of attack. That probably sounds needlessly aggressive, but you need to know what you actually want to buy first or you'll end up with no end of crap. Cheap crap, maybe, but crap nonetheless.

Do some research on the products you'd like to pick up in the sales (we offer detailed hardware buying guides), and maybe some alternatives in case those don't pop up. Set yourself a strict budget too.

Products like graphics cards and processors have obvious tiers (though the different companies work damned hard to make product names as confusing as possible), and SSDs have rated speeds, but for peripherals, it's tougher to tell from the specs whether they're worth the money. Checking for reviews, from such luminaries as ourselves, should guide you on your way.

Are there any Black Friday tips and tricks?

If you haven't already used it up during a credit card splurge around Amazon Prime Day, then you ought to take the opportunity to sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime. That will get you early access to the Lightning Deals, and help you grab some of Jeff's best deals of the day. It will also net you free shipping on a host of products and speedy delivery too, and at the very worst it'll be handy when it comes to bagging some last-minute Christmas gifts for that aunt you always forget about.

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.

With contributions from

Ben Mansill