If I could have my dream PC gaming setup this Black Friday, these are the deals I'd pick

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 + free cooler

With the likelihood of the RTX 5090 ever being sold at a 'mere mortals' price (aka MSRP or lower) roughly being zero, you're left with options like this one if you really must have the most powerful gaming graphics card money can buy. It's astonishingly fast, but oh boy, that price tag.

Key specs: 21760 shaders | 2467 MHz boost | 32 GB GDDR7

RTX 5090 price check: Newegg sold out | Amazon $2,849.99 | Walmart $2,849.99 | Best Buy $2,949.99

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

Plenty of bang for your buck here with two USB4 ports on the rear and another Type-C just in case you're desperate for more. It supports Wi-Fi 7, plenty of storage, and looks good, too.

Key specs: 14+2+1 VRM | 2x Gen5 NVMe | Wi-Fi 7 | 2x USB4 rear

Big, bold, and beautiful. MSI's MPG 321URX isn't just some expensive monitor for gaming; it's a genuinely fantastic display that's great for work and play. If you want to step up into the world of 4K OLED, stop right here and just buy this screen. We don't rate this the best gaming monitor for nothing, you know.

Key specs: 32-inch | 4K | 240 Hz | 0.03 ms | QD-OLED

Price check: Newegg $749.99

This is still the absolute best gaming keyboard overall, and right now it's at a cracking price. You're getting excellent typing feel, stellar gaming performance, sound dampening that actually works, and a build quality that stands well above most of the competition.

Key specs: Numpad | Wireless | Hot-swappable mechanical switches

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

This is the absolute best lightweight gaming mouse on the market right now. It's incredibly light at just 36 g, and somehow it's achieved this with nary a hole in sight. Apart from this, it's pretty barebones, but a good sensor and light weight is all that's needed for some seriously competitive FPS gameplay, and this mouse delivers on both fronts.

Key specs: 33K sensor | wireless | 36 g weight | 70-hr battery

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

Capable of recording 4K quality video at up to 30 fps, this camera not only looks great and has the fastest automatic focus I've used in a webcam, but it is also a very solid 1080p choice with up to 60 fps capture. It's already a great price at MSRP, so it's only made better by a 28% discount.

Key specs: 4K | USB | HDR

Price check: Newegg out of stock

The Shure MV6 is so good that it deserves an award. In fact, it got one from us last year, with us declaring it the best microphone of 2024. Getting an 89% in our review, we found its small form factor, great software and superb sound to stand out, even if the noise reduction and stand footprint are a bit much.

Key specs: Unidirectional cardioid | 16 or 24 bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz sample | 50 to 15,000 Hz response

Price check: Walmart $149.99