As a Cyber Monday veteran, here's one essential PC gaming deal for every one of the 20 years I've been doing this. Happy anniversary to me

It's incredible to think you can spend so little and get a stick drift-resistant wireless controller that doesn't completely suck. Luckily for the GameSir Nova Lite, it does all of the above and manages to feel good and light in the hands, too.

Key specs: Wired / wireless (Bluetooth and 2.4 Ghz) | Asymmetric | 309 g

Price check: Amazon $19.74

This little microphone might be cheap, but it's surprisingly good at doing its one task in life, as we found in our review. That's picking up your vocals from a desktop position, although it's even got a boom arm screw mounting for close up work—and it's pretty good at that, too. It's very cheap and very cheerful, but you don't get any software noise cancelling to play with. Can't have everything for well under $30, ey?

Key specs: Condenser | USB Type-C | Mute button

An 8 KHz polling rate, Hall effect switches, rapid trigger, and nice double-shot PBT keycaps. To think you can get all of this, and a pretty unique aesthetic for just $40, makes the geeky hardware kid in me very happy. The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 is noticeably a cheaper keyboard in feel, but those internals truly are phenomenal.

Key specs: Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz and wired | 8 KHz | Hall effect

Including a screen, six torque settings, a light, 30 bits and a 2000 mAh battery, this PixelDrive is the more premium option of Hoto's handy screwdrivers on offer right now.

Key specs: 30 bits | 6 torque settings | rechargeable

Our current pick for the best PC controller right now, the GameSir G7 Pro is only slightly pricier than a standard Xbox controller but feels and looks nearly identical, and comes with TMR sticks, tactile switches, and a charging dock to keep it topped up and looking pretty on a shelf. This is the lowest we've seen this controller at, and it was already reasonably priced at MSRP.

Key specs: TMR joysticks | 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth, Wired | Asymmetric | 272 g

Quite literally our favourite wired gaming headset, the HyperX Cloud Alpha has reigned supreme at in our guide for some time now, and looks to be staying there for a while longer. It's a powerful, punchy performer with superb comfort and a refined design, and even better, it regularly turns up on discount. Tough to beat, this one.

Key specs: 50 mm drivers | 15-27,000 Hz | Closed-back | Wired

Price check: Best Buy $59.99

This is the new lowest ever price we've seen on the DeathAddder V3 Pro. In our review, we praised this little rodent's great ergonomics, notable wireless performance and strong battery life. It is a tad pricey (though better on sale) and definitely more of a competitive choice, but, to quote ourselves, it "succeeds phenomenally" in that regard.

Key specs: 30,000 DPI | 1,000 Hz polling | up to 90 hour battery life | 63 g

Price check: Amazon $74.99

This wireless gaming headset leaves little to be desired. Featuring titanium TriForce drivers, you're getting crisp sound at a very reasonable price. The honking great big volume knob makes it easier than ever to fine-tune your soundscape when things get hectic, too.

Key specs: 50 mm drivers | 12 - 28,000 Hz | Closed-back | Wireless | 70 hour battery life

Though left in the dust by fellow PCIe 5.0 drive, the WD Black SN8100, Crucial still can't be beat when it comes to balancing price against performance. Though not the speediest internal SSD, the P510 still offers proper Gen 5 performance for the cost of a Gen 4 drive—take a look at our full review.

Key specs: NVMe | PCIe 5.0 | Up to 11,000 MB/s read | Up to 9,500 MB/s write

Price check: B&H Photo $149.99 (w/ heatsink) | Newegg $244.75

This Acer monitor is a steal for all you prospective competitive gamers, hitting a high refresh rate and low response time sweet spot (0.5-1 ms gray-to-gray). At $150 it's an absolute bargain for a 1440p IPS panel.

Key specs: 27-inch | 180 Hz | 0.5 ms | IPS

Price check: Acer $149.99

Taro Milk. That's purple, apparently, but I have to give it to Hyte, I've seen this case multiple times at various shows and I'm always drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It's a fish tank style case, meaning the cooling options are a bit limited, but there are options. There's even an option with a screen, but do you really need that? Do you? Doooo you?

Key specs: Fish tank | VGPU support | No fans included

Price check: Hyte $179.99

The TC100 is our favorite affordable gaming chair right now, following up on the popular T3 Rush with a great look and genuine comfort. You can read more in our review. It's a truly excellent gaming chair that's cheaper than most of its competition.

Key specs: Fabric and leatherette | 2D armrests

Price check: Corsair $214.99 | Newegg $214.99 | B&H $269.99

The Kanto Ora are a cute, tidy, and powerful set of reference speakers, with a balanced sound and strong connectivity. They're a tad pricey at MSRP, but great value down at $240.

Key specs Bluetooth, RCA, and USB | 70 Hz to 22,000 Hz | 2 kg

Price check: Newegg $237.99 | Walmart $237.99 (pink only)

A small but rare discount on the extremely popular (justifiably so) Ryzen 7 9800X3D. If you don't need heaps of cores for content creation, this is the best CPU purely for gaming purposes. The 3D V-Cache tech it uses allows AMD to stuff way more cache close to the chip that really speeds up gaming frame rates.

Key specs: 8 cores | 16 threads | 5.2 GHz | 96 MB L3 | 120 W

Price check: Newegg $454

The Titan Evo is not just a gaming chair but a gaming throne, thanks to a comfortable seat, sturdy build, and a great look. It is a tad more expensive than the previous Evo, but an $80 discount helps bridge that gap.

Key specs: Black Stealth model | Small

One of our all-time favorite gaming monitors, the Alienware AW3423DWF is a QD-OLED, 34-inch ultrawide beauty with a glossy coating that makes all your games look absolutely sumptuous. It's still the best budget ultrawide OLED money can buy, especially with this heavy of a discount.

Key specs: 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 165 Hz | 0.03 ms | OLED

The RX 9070 is one of AMD's better GPUs for many years and is not that much slower than the XT version. It's been so popular that it's taken months for the price to drop to anywhere near AMD's MSRP. A bit more expensive than the RTX 5070, but it's a faster card all round, even when ray tracing is involved.

Key specs: 3584 shaders | 2520 MHz boost | 16 GB GDDR6

RX 9070 price check: Newegg $519.99 | Walmart $519.99 | Best Buy $551.49 | B&H Photo $634.99

Our best gaming handheld pick has received a seriously tempting discount, and it's an excellent machine. The lightweight Steam OS integration in combination with its Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU means it's surprisingly powerful, all while being extremely comfortable to use and remarkably well-equipped. While you can find the Z2 Go version for cheaper, this is the one you want.

Key specs: Ryzen Z1 Extreme | 8-inch screen | 32 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Lenovo $649.99

Who said you can't get decent gaming performance for cheap in 2025? This RX 9060 XT gaming PC is here to put an end to such thoughts, because for just $850 you're getting a build with a current-gen GPU that trades blows with the RTX 5060 Ti. Sure, you're getting an older CPU and 1 TB SSD, but this is a seriously great entry into PC gaming. You can upgrade everything else and keep that 9060 XT in there down the line if you need to start using this rig for productivity tasks.

Key specs: Ryzen 5 5600X | RX 9060 XT 8 GB | 32 GB DDR4 | 1 TB SSD

This is, I think, the first time since the new GPU generation that I've seen a bona fide upper-mid-range gaming PC, capable of fantastic 1440p gaming, going for so cheap. This all-AMD build even packs in 32 GB of fast DDR5 RAM, which is no small feat during a memory shortage.

Key specs: Ryzen 5 9600X | RX 9070 XT | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD

This is one of the cheapest RTX 5080 gaming laptops I've ever seen. This one's got a hefty 32 GB dose of DDR5, a full-wattage 175 W RTX 5080, and a 24-core Intel chip with plenty of grunt. Plus, it's all encased in a lovely chassis design. It's rather noisy, as we found in our review, but there's relatively little to complain about given the performance you receive for the price.

Key specs: RTX 5080 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: HP $1,899.99