I've found over 70 Black Friday PC gaming deals in Australia, but these are the 10 I'd actually buy

A composite image showing a handful of products selected by the Australian PC Gamer team
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The Aussie PC Gamer team has spent all week hunting for Black Friday PC gaming deals. Our voluminous Black Friday hub currently has over 70 deals, which is a hell of a lot, even if it does conspicuously lack some crucial categories (good luck finding a cheap GPU out there, folks).

As weirdly proud as we are to have found so many PC gaming deals, it's obviously a little too much to take at once for some mere mortals. So I figured it might be useful to take a personal approach: below, Ben Mansill and I have selected five each of the Black Friday PC gaming products that we ourselves want to buy or already own.

Corsair  HS35 v2
Save AU$14.65
Corsair HS35 v2: was AU$43.65 now AU$29 at Amazon

We haven't tested this particular Corsair model but I'm including it because it's twenty-nine fricken dollars! From a reputable brand, I feel like it's an absolute steal if you want to pay as little for a gaming headset as possible. It's a wired affair (of course) with a floating headband, omni-directional mic and onboard mute and volume controls. If you're on a budget or just don't like the idea of spending big on gaming peripherals, I'd leap at this.

📣 Shaun says: If I was looking for a cheap and cheerful gaming headset, possibly as a stocking stuffer for a kid gamer (don't read this, my children), I'd snap this up immediately.

  Metaphor ReFantazio
Save AU$63.23
Metaphor ReFantazio: was AU$114.95 now AU$51.72 at Fanatical

Metaphor ReFantazio is a brilliant new take on the Atlus social RPG, and if you've yet to dive into its peculiar surrealist take on 18th century-themed fantasy, you absolutely must at this price. Even if you don't love JRPGs, it's a sight to behold.

📣 Shaun says: If I hadn't already played this modern JRPG classic at launch, I'd dive bomb to exploit this 55% discount. This game will go down in history, just you wait.

GameSir G7 Pro
Save 15% (AU$24)
GameSir G7 Pro: was AU$159 now AU$135 at Amazon

A tidy saving on this brilliant PC gamepad (which also works with Xbox consoles, albeit only wired). It features an astonishing 1000 Hz polling rate for higher precision, TMR analog sticks, face button microswitches, Hall Effect triggers, paddle buttons, 2.4 Ghz wireless and Bluetooth: it basically has everything you want form a pro controller, without being priced like a pro controller.

📣 Shaun says: This is my favourite gamepad for PC and I use it every single day. I reviewed it very favourably upon launch—its pro features and affordability blow most of the competition away.

Corsair K70 RGB Pro
Save 40% (AU$100)
Corsair K70 RGB Pro: was AU$249 now AU$149 at Amazon

This is the best price I've seen on this solid 'n' dependable gaming keyboard. The RGB is typically stunning, and the build is very robust: you could use it to knock out an intruder. It features 8,000Hz hyper-polling, 4,000Hz key scanning, PBT Double-shot Pro keycaps and, yeah, it looks great.

📣 Shaun says: This is the gaming keyboard I use every day. I'm using it to type this little blurb. You could knock a man out with it. I love it.

ASUS ROG Falchion RX Low Profile wireless gaming keyboard
Save 36% (AU$100)
ASUS ROG Falchion RX Low Profile wireless gaming keyboard: was AU$279 now AU$179 at Amazon

If you want your keyboard to take up as little space as possible, this is a wireless 65 percenter with low profile optical switches. Small doesn't mean discreet though, so rest assured there's plenty of RGB on this thing. The ROG Falchion RX is the favourite low profile keyboard in our best gaming keyboard list, ticking just about every must-have box including great switches, a sturdy build, and plenty of connectivity options.

📣 Ben says: I've never seen a ROG keyboard that hasn't blown me away with its design and construction quality, so finding the ROG Falchion RX at a hundred bucks off is pretty exciting.

Samsung Odyssey G5 G55C
Save 46% (AU$170)
Samsung Odyssey G5 G55C: was AU$369 now AU$199 at Mwave

Look: this is a pretty great price for a curved 27 inch QHD display with a 165Hz refresh rate, and if you're looking for a reliable second screen, the price is verily right. Boasts HDR10, AMD FreeSync and a 1ms response time. A very tempting "for a rainy day" pick up.

📣 Ben says: Are you serious? A Samsung G5 QHD HDR10 27-inch 165Hz curved monitor for AU$199?! Get me some of that.

Meta Quest 3S (128 GB)
Save 14% (AU$70)
Meta Quest 3S (128 GB): was AU$488 now AU$418 at Amazon

A nice saving on the entry level Meta Quest 3S, though it's not breaking any records on discounts: this is pretty much the sale price during every big sales event. Still, AU$418 for the best entry level VR headset on the market is great when you consider the competition.

📣 Shaun says: Every big sales event I consider buying a VR headset, but chicken out at the last moment. Will 2025 be the year I finally cave? I kinda hope so.

Secretlab Titan Evo
Save 15% (AU$130)
Secretlab Titan Evo: was AU$879 now AU$749 at Secretlab

The Titan Evo is our favorite gaming chair, and has been for the longest time. It's the benchmark by which we judge all other gaming chairs—it's comfortable, supportive, and easy to assemble. The holy trinity. Buying direct from Secretlab is the only way to pick up this chair at this price right now.

If you want to save even more on the Titan Evo, you can even buy a themed chair that's on clearance, such as this Final Fantasy XIV-themed version for AU$729.

📣 Shaun says: I'm well overdue a new chair that could double as a gaming throne and a home office seat. This is a touch out of my price range, even with the discount, but I can dream.

MSI Thin 15 | Core i5 | RTX 3050 | 16GB | 512GB
Save 40% (AU$600)
MSI Thin 15 | Core i5 | RTX 3050 | 16GB | 512GB: was AU$1,499 now AU$899 at Mwave

This impressive offering is going to deliver playable frames for most games as long as you don't crank the detail up too high. The 15.6-in screen is sizeable for the price, and its Intel Core i5-13420H CPU plus RTX 3050 GPU all match well. As long as your expectations aren't sky high, this is a great buy for a basic gaming machine.

📣 Ben says: If I didn't already have a nice lappy, I'd be all over this MSI Thin 15. It's basic with a Core i5 and RTX 5050, but it's also going for just AU$899 right now.

Philips Envia 8000 Series 34M2C8600 QD-OLED
Save 41% (AU$700)
Philips Envia 8000 Series 34M2C8600 QD-OLED: was AU$1,699 now AU$999 at Mwave

At around launch, this gorgeous curved QD-OLED display was our favourite gaming monitor (our review gave it a stunning 95 / 100 score), and while it's not our fave anymore, it's still a damn fine panel, and well worth investigation for a fraction beneath a grand. This wide, curved, 34 inch jewel boasts a 175Hz refresh rate, DisplayHDR TrueBlack 400 for some stunningly deep blacks, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support.

📣 Ben says: Once you've gone down the ultrawide path, there's no going back, so to see this Philips Envia 8000 34-incher so cheap is wild. AND IT'S A QD OLED!

Shaun Prescott
Australian Editor

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.

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