Yes, I'm still picking out the best Black Friday gaming deals throughout the weekend because my near 20-years as a PC tech journo have locked me into this gilded cage
Black Friday is over, you hear me! That's what I tried to tell my boss, but of course a ton of the best Black Friday PC gaming deals are still available and in this changing landscape I might need to find alternatives if some go out of stock. So yes, I'm still here picking out my absolute favourite goodies for the best prices all through the weekend. I've packed the wife and kids off to the in-laws so I can dedicate myself to the cause. What a trooper, eh?
If you're in the mood to either treat yourself, or make sure you get your Christmas shopping done early, and with a smattering of solid discounts to make your money go further, stay with me as I'm going to keep on hunting out the best tech deals this Black Friday week and posting them here. We'll also be regularly updating our Black Friday deals hubs throughout this time, but this is where I want to highlight here my absolute favorite PC gaming deals.
Why me? Well, I've been doing this a long time. Way before Black Friday was fashionable—all the cool kids are doing it now—I was casting around to find you lovely people the best deals, and I've also been a technology journalist for over 19 years now so I've got a pretty good idea of what's good, what's not, and what's just some retailer or manufacturer trying to make a fast buck out of old stock.
As well as the best deals, we're also tracking down the best prices on the key products from our full suite of product buying guides. We maintain those guides throughout the year, completely based on products we have reviewed ourselves and can absolutely stand by their continued excellence.
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Dave's been doing the PC hardware dance since back in 2005, and building gaming PCs since the '90s. You know, when it was difficult. In his time he's tested every type of PC component, peripheral, and accessory you can imagine, and probably some you can't. That makes him perfectly placed to recommend the best deals, and the ones you need to steer clear of this Black Friday.
1. Alienware Aurora R16 | Core i7 14700F | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD | 1,000 W PSU | $2,099.99 $1,499.99 at Dell (save $600) You can guarantee Alienware will do this each sales event—offer a seriously discounted Aurora gaming PC that only serves to highlight why our advice is to never pay the full price premium Dell attaches to its famed gaming brand. This here RTX 4070 Ti Super-based system is an absolute banger, with a powerful Intel CPU (that might need a firmware upgrade given recent Intel issues), and a decent back up spec of 16 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD. All for a tasty price.
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2. Corsair TC100 | Fabric and leatherette | $249.99 $179.99 at Best Buy (save $70) 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. Right now, even with only a light discount, it's a truly excellent gaming chair that's cheaper than most of its competition.
3. iBuypower Scale | Core i5 14400F | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD | $949.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $250) It's difficult to imagine finding more gaming PC for $700 than this one right now. The Intel Core i5 14400F might not be much of an upgrade on its predecessor, but it's still a plenty-fast little gaming chip. Plus, that RTX 4060 is capable of excellent 1080p gaming performance, and even a dash of 1440p with DLSS 3 help and some settings adjustments. You get a proper 1 TB speedy storage drive and a healthy dose of DDR5 in the mix, too, and even a keyboard and mouse!
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4. MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $699.99 at Amazon (save $130) The code names given to monitors are often impenetrable, but the difference between this MAG 321UP and the MAG321UPX is that this one has a 165 Hz refresh instead of 240 Hz. That's the only difference between this and the more expensive one. If you're not concerned about the refresh rate difference (and do you have the hardware to hit a matching 240 fps otherwise?) then this is where the smart OLED money is spent.
5. Lenovo LOQ | Ryzen 7 7435HS | RTX 4060 | 15.6-inch | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $999.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $300) I was quietly impresed with the RTX 4050 version of the Lenovo LOQ I reviewed. As the company's relatively new budget range I expected something a lot more flimsy, but the LOQ is a solid, proper gaming laptop. It was just that they weren't particularly budget. Around these sales events, however, and this here RTX 4060, with a TGP of 105 W, btw, is available for just $700. That's the cheapest RTX 4060-toting lappy we've found.
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6. ASRock Phantom Gaming | 27-inch | 1080p | 165 Hz | IPS | $179.99 $99.77 at Newegg (save $79.22) ASRock has become a favorite of ours around here over busy shopping periods. These screens always seem to be on offer, and from the one we've used (read our review) they're good value for the money, too. You can't really complain with this 165Hz panel for just under $100.
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7. HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless | 50 mm drivers | 15-21,000 Hz | Closed-back | Wireless |$199.99 $125.99 at Amazon (save $74) The HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless is one of our all-time favorite gaming headsets for many reasons, but there's a big headline feature to talk about here: 300-hour battery life. No, we didn't make a typo. 300 hours of gaming goodness on a single charge, excellent DTS:X Spatial Audio, and premium comfort features make this headset an absolute stunner of a buy at this price. In fact, when we reviewed it the only major negative we could find was a slightly uninspiring microphone. Absolutely worth a serious look this one, at any level of discount.
8. Asus TUF F15 | RTX 4070 | Core i7 13620H | 15.6-inch | 144 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 1 TB SSD | $1,399.99 $999.99 at Best Buy (save $400) It may be a bit of a chonker, but this is the cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop you will likely find this Black Friday. It's sporting a proper 140 W version of the GPU, too, so it's no slouch. Probably thanks to it being a chonker. With that you get a mighty capable Core i7 CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. Seriously, what more could you want?
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10. Nextorage NEM-PAB | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,900 MB/s write | $249.99 $109.99 at Newegg (save $140) You can expect top performance out of this drive, which is impressive for the price. This version without a DRAM cache makes it a little less responsive than the DRAM-equipped NEM-PA model, despite having a slight advantage in stated straight-line performance. Unfortunately, this drive's price is volatile, but it's still one of the better-value 2 TB drives with a heatsink right now.
The first one I want to highlight is actually my favorite wee gaming keyboard. It's the one I have sitting on my desk at home, and the one I use every single day, whether it's for work or to game on. The Mountain Everest 60 has been my go-to keeb since it first landed on my desk and that hasn't changed even after all the excellent boards I've cast my digits over since.
Right now the Everest 60 is just $40 at Amazon for Prime Members, but even at $50 without entry to Jeff's Gang it's still a steal and our current pick as the best budget gaming keyboard.
It's diddy, RGB-lit, has fully hot-swappable switches and is beautifully dampened to deliver a fantastic typing experience. You might say I'm a bit of a fan.
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Mountain Everest 60 | Mechanical | 60% | RGB |$69.99 $39.99 at Amazon (save $30 for Prime Members, save $20 otherwise) The Mountain Everest 60 is a perfect example of not having to spend a lot to get a cracking keyboard. Not only does it have hot-swappable switches and RGB, it's also wonderful to type on thanks to a plethora of enthusiast design choices such as great foam dampening, pre-lubed switches, and PBT keycaps. Oh, and you can snap on modular magnetic upgrades down the line, too, such a a numpad.
If you want to get yourself an OLED gaming monitor, and not one of those rubbish 27-inch 1440p jobbies, then the Black Friday gaming monitor deals are where it's at. Most specifically a pair of 32-inch 4K panels, one with a Samsung QD-OLED and the other with a slightly brighter LG WOLED display. Both are great, but will suit different sizes of bank account.
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LG UltraGear 32GS95UE | 32-inch | WOLED | 275 nits full screen | 240Hz (480Hz 1080p) | 0.03ms | $1,399.99 $1,069.99 at Amazon (save $330) There was just one thing obviously wrong with this stunning 32-inch 4K monitor when we reviewed it. The price. At $1,400 it was just so expensive. But now it's been trimmed by fully $330, it's much more competitive. OK, it's still not exactly affordable. But this is the best 32-inch 4K gaming OLED available right now.
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MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $699.99 at Amazon (save $130) While the MAG321UPX sports a 240 Hz refresh rate, this one (without the X) is 'just' 165 Hz. But who cares when it's so good? You're still getting the same gorgeous 4K OLED panel, with a super-fast response time and fabulous pixel quality.
A full gaming PC setup, including mouse, keyboard, and gaming monitor for just $800? Yup, it is possible and no, it won't be a question of getting some ancient rig with an old RTX 3050 graphics card... or worse, no graphics card at all!
This is a full iBuyPower system (including mouse and keyboard) which is on sale right now for a penny under $700, and comes with an RTX 4060, an excellent budget Core i5 CPU, 16 GB DDR5-5200 RAM, and a full 1 TB SSD. Stick a 27-inch 1080p gaming monitor with a 165 Hz refresh rate into the mix and there you have it; an outstanding budget gaming PC setup out of the box.
Win.
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iBuypower Scale | Core i5 14400F | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD | $949.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $250) It's difficult to imagine finding more gaming PC for $700 than this one right now. The Intel Core i5 14400F might not be much of an upgrade on its predecessor, but it's still a plenty-fast little gaming chip. Plus, that RTX 4060 is capable of excellent 1080p gaming performance, and even a dash of 1440p with DLSS 3 help and some settings adjustments. You get a proper 1 TB speedy storage drive and a healthy dose of DDR5 in the mix, too, and even a keyboard and mouse!
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ASRock Phantom Gaming | 27-inch | 1080p | 165 Hz | IPS | FreeSync | $179.99 $99.77 at Newegg (save $79.22) ASRock has become a favorite of ours around here over busy shopping periods. These screens always seem to be on offer, and from the one we've used (read our review) they're good value for the money, too. You can't really complain with this 165Hz panel for just under $100.
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If you want to get yourself a brand new gaming laptop, but baulk at paying gaming laptop prices, then this Asus machine should be your Black Friday go-to. It's just $700 for a full system that will deliver gaming performance well beyond what your standard RTX 4050 laptop can for the same money.
It's an all-AMD setup, with a Radeon RX 7700S GPU and a Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU. It's got a high refresh 16:10 screen, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, and the only thing I don't rate is that 512 GB SSD. It's a bit miserly in 2024 with the sort of size game installs we're getting, but it's also an easy upgrade down the line.
Asus TUF A16 | RX 7700S | Ryzen 7 7735HS | 16-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $350) A gaming laptop with an AMD graphics card is a rarity, rarer still to find one with a very tasty discount. Now, the RX7700S isn't the most exciting graphics card, but it is a GPU that will outperform the RTX 4050 in most games quite comfortably, making this $700 system a very tempting laptop deal. The screen is decent, the RAM is substantial enough and although we'd prefer more storage space, it's a quality budget gaming machine for a very good price.
Did someone say AMD GPU?
In light of new graphics cards coming from all three of the discrete GPU manufacturers in the coming months I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll actually see some good graphics card deals this Black Friday week. And, case in point, here's one of the best current-gen AMD Radeon GPUs, the RX 7800 XT, on sale for $60 under the original $499 MSRP.
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XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3,840 shaders | 2,430 MHz boost | $479.99 $459.99 at Newegg (save $20) At this price point, the best card used to be the RX 6800 XT but these days we have deals like this one, where the 7800 XT has the same price tag. It's only a little bit faster than the card it's replaced, but you're still getting a lotta GPU for the money.
We've been creating a suite of advice columns to help when you're looking to buy your first piece of PC gaming tech. I'm a total GPU nerd and have been obsessed with graphics cards since I first started as a PC gaming tech hack back in the early 2000s, so this is one of the first ones I've created.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first graphics card
One of the simplest upgrades you can make to your laptop or gaming PC—so long as your system has a spare slot—is to jam a whole new SSD into your machine. Let's face it, we always need more storage space because, after all, it's a pain having to install and uninstall games, juggling your installed Steam library just so you can fit it around your Windows install.
When you can pick up cheap 2 TB SSDs for well under $100, and really good 2 TB drives for just over $100, it's really an upgrade worth making with the current Black Friday SSD deals going down.
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Price change:➖ Nextorage NEM-PAB | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s Read | 6,100 MB/s write | $149.99 $67.99 at Newegg (save $82) Nextorage may be a relatively new name in NMVe SSDs but don't be fooled by appearances. This drive uses the ubiquitous Phison E18 controller, and the 1 TB version represents excellent price/performance value here. This version without a DRAM cache makes it less responsive than the DRAM-equipped NEM-PA model, despite having a slight advantage in stated straight-line performance. Check out our review of the NEM-PA for more.
Price change:🔽 Nextorage G-LE | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,400 MB/s write | $249.99 $103.99 at Newegg (save $146) This DRAM-less Nextorage drive still has plenty of pace about it, and if you're just using it as an extra game library SSD to contend with your expanding library, but still need some storage speed, it's a great option. The extra cache can come in handy as a boot drive, increasing responsiveness for smaller write operations, but for games, this more affordable option can be a good way to save some cash on a new build or upgrade.
Price change:🔽 Silicon Power UD90 | 4 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 5,000 MB/s read | 4,500 MB/s write | $239.99 $197.99 at Amazon (save $42) This Silicon Power might not be the fastest of drives, but it's difficult to argue with this much storage for this sort of money. With a sequential read/write of 5,000 MB/s and 4,500 MB/s, it's still not what you'd call slow and should be fine for gaming; plus it comes from a reliable brand.
Everyone wants to be heard, right? And if you want to be heard with absolute clarity then there's only one choice: a Shure microphone. There's a reason that you will see Shure mics whenever you watch the livestream of any popular podcast, and that's because they are the best-sounding, easiest-to-use professional-quality microphone around. The latest release, the Shure MV7+ has gone straight in as the best podcasting mic, and it's already on offer this Black Friday.
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Price watch: NEW DEAL! Shure MV7+ | USB | Dynamic | Built-in pop filter | 50 Hz to 16,000 Hz |$279 $249 at Amazon (save $30) If you're looking for the best USB podcast microphone, look no further. We loved this mic so much in our review, it immediately went into an entirely new category in our best microphone guide. It needs a separate boom arm or stand, unfortunately, but other than that it's one of the best mics you can get your hands on right now. It'd make a mean pro-level streaming companion, too.
If that's a little too rich for your blood, however, there is another. One of the other recent Shure releases is the Shure MV6. It's $100 cheaper than the MV7+, even without a Black Friday discount. It's still an outstanding mic and is our current pick as the best gaming microphone around today.
If I'm buying a Black Friday gaming laptop then I might find it tough to look past the excellent Asus TUF A14 I recently had the chance to test. It's a surprisingly premium 14-inch gaming laptop considering it's part of Asus' more affordable TUF range. It's beautifully designed, remarkably slim, and comes with AMD's outstanding Strix Point CPU.
Asus TUF A14 | RTX 4060 | Ryzen AI HX 370 | 16 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | $1,499 $1,349 at Walmart (save $150) The TUF A14 was a bit of a surprise package to arrive in the PCG office this year, and I ended up a big fan in my review of it. It's a big upgrade on the previous generation of 14-inch, taking many of the design notes from the premium Zephyrus range, but doing so in a more affordable form. It's still a little pricey for an RTX 4060 laptop, if that's all you're after, but for a compact, 14-inch version it's a bit of a bargain.
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Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming monitor
If you want a little assistance figuring out what you ought to be looking for when you're buying your first gaming monitor I've got a little advice for you based on my many years of prodding and squaring my eyeballs with the best screens around.
And once you're done checking that out, have a look at our Black Friday gaming monitor deals hub, because there are some stellar discounts on some great panels out there already.
I know we've got it up there 👆 already in the top deals slot at number one, but it bears repeating that this is an excellent price for a full RTX 4070 Ti Super gaming PC. That Nvidia GPU is running with the same silicon as the RTX 4080, albeit a slightly cut down version, yet it gets mighty close in terms of gaming performance.
But it's not just the headline-grabbing graphics card choice which sets this $1,650 ABS system from Newegg apart, it's also got a quality supporting spec, too. The eight-core, 16-thread AMD Zen 4 CPU is super reliable, and a great gaming chip, and the full 32 GB of DDR5 is impressive, too. You could maybe hope for a 2 TB SSD to go along with that, but you'd be wishing to the wind at this price; the 1 TB drive is fine for the bizarrely named Aeolian-M Ruby.
Seriously, ABS, who comes up with these names?
If that doesn't work for you we have a bunch of other Black Friday gaming PCs with impressive discounts and great specs for you to check out.
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ABS Aeolian-M Ruby | Ryzen 7 7700X | Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super | 32 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD |$2,099.99 $1,649.99 at Newegg (save $450) This ABS build is stellar value for high-end gaming thanks to its RTX 4070 Ti graphics card. If it was paired with a better CPU such as a recent Core i7, it would make for a fantastic productivity build, too. But it's a worthy sacrifice, because the 7700X is more than enough for gaming and everyday tasks, and this way you get a low price tag to boot.
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So, you want to pick from the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals, but don't really know what you should be looking out for? Well, we've picked out a selection of quality deals in our own deal lists, but it's also worth taking some time to think about what exactly you need and what makes sense for you.
As part of our suite of helpful tips, our Jacob has compiled a list of five things you need to think about when you're looking to buy your first gaming laptop. And even if it isn't your first, there are some real salient points to consider. Give 'em a look.
Five things I want you to think about before you buy your first gaming laptop
Well, that's done then. The best Black Friday gaming chair deal has just dropped and won't be topped. The Corsair TC100 Relaxed is not just a great budget seat, it's also just a really good gaming chair in its own right. And now that it's been given a chonky $70 discount it's well below the $200 mark and is just an absolute bargain for a chair of this quality.
I don't think it's sticking my neck out too far to say there won't be another Black Friday gaming chair deal to better this one.
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Corsair TC100 | Fabric | $249.99 $179.99 at Amazon (save $70) 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. Right now, even with only a light discount, it's a truly excellent gaming chair that's cheaper than most of its competition.
Okay, so the Corsair TC100 Relaxed deal 👇 is pretty much all the gaming chair you could want, but if you still feel the need for a little advice on how to pick out exactly what chair you should be chasing, our Jacob has some sage advice.
Five things I always tell people before they buy their first gaming chair
The Black Friday graphics card deals might just be the most volatile around right now, but if you want a quick snapshot of the best prices on each of the key current-gen GPUs then here's a list of the ones we recommend right now.
For $140 less than the price of the RTX 4070 Super, the RX 7800 XT delivers gaming performance that is definitely not $100 worse in terms of value. The AMD card may still struggle on heavily ray traced games, but when it comes to standard raster performance the RX 7800 XT is almost on par with the far more expensive Nvidia GPU.
At $440 at Newegg, that makes this XFX version one of the best-value Black Friday GPU deals around today.
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Price watch: 🔽 XFX RX 7800 XT | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3,840 shaders | 2,430 MHz boost | $489.99 $439.99 at Newegg (save $50) At this price point, the best card used to be the RX 6800 XT but these days we have deals like this one, where the 7800 XT has the same price tag. It's only a little bit faster than the card it's replaced, but you're still getting a lotta GPU for the money.
Our Andy sure does covet the Audeze Maxwell, and for good reason, it's an absolutely outstanding wireless gaming headset. And almost an audiophile one, too. The planar magnetic drivers are simply stunning, and unlike other PM drivers I've used haven't needed to be worn in to make them sound great. Yes, I have a pair and, no, Andy you can't have them.
If I'm not using my speakers then I'm using the Audeze Maxwells, and sometimes I'll stick em on just for that extra slice of immersion. The sound quality is incredible, and every time I put them back on for a session I'm reminded all over again just why I love them so well.
And, now for $270 at Amazon, they're not a bad price considering what you normally have to pay for planar magnetic audiophile-level headphones. And these are wireless...
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Audeze Maxwell | 90mm planar magnetic drivers | 10 Hz to 50,000 Hz | Wireless | $299.99 $269.99 at Amazon (save $30) Well, here it is. The ultimate in wireless audiophile gaming headsets, the Audeze Maxwell makes use of a set of planar magnetic drivers to deliver audio quality that makes reviewers gush the world over. It's a bit heavy, and the software isn't great, but otherwise this is a symphony of gaming headset luxury—as we found in our 93% review.
Golly. That's a lot of Black Friday gaming PC for the money. When you're playing fantasy PC shopping it's always the top-end machine that you look out for, but when a company such as Yeyian drops an RTX 4080 Super gaming rig for under $1,900 that's going to get our collective attentions.
Sure, the Core i7 CPU is a couple generations old now, but it's still a solid 16-core chip with some serious gaming chops. Unlike Intel's most recent chips... You're also getting a full 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory and a 1 TB SSD into the bargain.
But obvs. it's that RTX 4080 Super GPU that is going to get all the plaudits, and rightly so. RTX 4090 aside, the RTX 4080 Super is the best Nvidia GPU you can reasonably buy today, and even at this discounted price accounts for effectively half the price of this entire machine.
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Yeyian Phoenix Glass | Core i7 13700F | RTX 4080 Super | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD |$2,499.99 $1,899.99 at Newegg (save $600) Oh Yeyian, you do know how to treat us well. What we have here is a bona fide high-end bargain, featuring the best graphics card on the market barring the ridiculously expensive RTX 4090: the RTX 4080 Super. Its i7 CPU and 32 GB of very snappy DDR5 RAM won't go amiss, either, although you should ensure you have the latest BIOS to prevent any voltage issues. For $1,900 this Phoenix Glass gaming PC is a steal.
Logitech has done its damnedest to kill this wee rodent, releasing multiple fresh iterations of the classic Logitech G Pro gaming mouse recently. Yet we would still happily recommend you spend your Black Friday gaming mouse money on the original. It's still a great gaming mouse: it's simple, effective, and rather affordable right now.
You may get an updated DPI that goes up to 44,000 DPI on the new sensor, but realistically most of us are going to be just fine with the 25,000 DPI optical sensor on the old G Pro mouse.
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Logitech G Pro gaming mouse | 25K sensor | Wireless | 80 g | $129.99 $66.49 at Amazon (save $63.50) With Logitech's first-generation Hero sensor, this mouse is plenty snappy with a max DPI of 25,000. It also comes with a wireless receiver to ensure a report rate of just 1 ms. You will find more impressive mice, like the G Pro 2 Lightspeed, with better specs, but this maximises value to quality almost perfectly, at nearly half the cost of its successor.
You always need more storage, right? Especially in these times of simply MASSIVE game installs, and we'd suggest that if you're going to upgrade your SSD then a 1 TB drive is going to be the minimum you should be looking to stick into your rig. And if you are buying a new 1 TB drive then the Lexar NM790 for $60 at Amazon is a winner.
It's about as fast as any PCIe 4.0 SSD around, so at 6c per GB you can hardly go wrong.
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Lexar NM790 | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write | $99.99 $59.99 at Amazon (save $40) For anyone looking for a cheap, spacious drive offering serious performance, this is a genuinely brilliant SSD for the money. Our review of the 4 TB version clearly shows just how good it is.
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The big boi 1 TB version of the Legion Go handheld gaming PC is now on offer for around the same price as the 512 GB version, which is a pretty damned good price for a powerful wee system. It's also a very interesting handheld, in that it's not just the same sort of Steam Deck clone other manufacturers were looking to put out.
Okay, it's not Ayaneo levels of interesting—not like an outstanding DS-a-like—but it does come with detachable controllers with an odd FPS mode. I'm not 100% sold on that, but as a handheld it's still an ace machine, especially at this price.
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Lenovo Legion Go | Ryzen Z1 Extreme | 16 GB LPDDR5 | 1 TB GB storage | 8.8-inch screen | 2560 x 1600, 144 Hz |$749.99 $549.99 at Best Buy (save $200) The Legion Go is a whole lot of screen and controller for a handheld, featuring a glorious 144 Hz touchscreen and the ability to take the controllers off like a Nintendo Switch. It's also pretty powerful, too, thanks to its Z1 Extreme processor.
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Who doesn't love a PC that's complete overkill? No-one... so long as you can afford it, that is. This CyberPowerPC is both overkill and actually almost affordable, too. With a $370 price cut, this RTX 4080 Super-powered rig is $2,330 at B&H right now and is chock full of the stuff we normally castigate system builders for skimping on. Namely, there's a hoofing great 64 GB of DDR5 memory and a mega-chonk 4 TB of SSD storage inside it.
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CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme | Core i9 14900KF | RTX 4080 Super | 64 GB DDR5 | 4 TB SSD | $2,699.99 $2,329.99 at B&H Photo (save $370) Before you go any further, ask yourself this: Do you need 64 GB of RAM? For gaming, certainly not. But for content creation, AI tasks, and perhaps just bragging rights for your friends, it's admittedly a powerful machine for the cash. A 4 TB SSD is nice to see on a top-end build, and that RTX 4080 Super is actually a good pick to save some moolah. It's thoroughly over the top in many respects, but you have to admire it, dont'cha?
One of my favorite metrics for talking about SSDs isn't about their raw performance—honestly, almost any NVMe SSD is going to be delivering performance that will shine when you're gaming—it's about their cost per gigabyte. We always need more space in our gaming PCs, especially with the size of game installs only growing larger, and so picking a 2 TB drive as your Black Friday SSD deal is a smart choice in terms of space, but also in terms of value, too.
And this SiliconPower drive is the best-value SSD we've spotted this deals season. At just $0.04 per gigabyte that's a lot of Steam library capacity for not a lot of cash. Sure, it's not the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSD, but I would wager you would never notice the difference in general gaming usage between this and the speediest drives around.
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Price change: ➖ Silicon Power UD90 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 5,000 MB/s read | 4,800 MB/s write | $144.97 $89.97 at B&H Photo (save $55) You might not know Silicon Power from Samsung, but this SSD is well-received by our friends at Tom's Hardware. It offers plenty of speed for a Steam library expansion but with a meager cost per gigabyte of just four cents. It's not the fastest SSD out there, though.
And it's bigger brother is only $0.05 per gigabyte for the 4 TB version. Four whole terabytes of storage. He chomk.
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Price change: ➖ Silicon Power UD90 | 4 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 5,000 MB/s read | 4,500 MB/s write | $239.99 $189.97 at Amazon (save $50.02) This Silicon Power might not be the fastest of drives, but it's difficult to argue with this much storage for this sort of money. With a sequential read/write of 5,000 MB/s and 4,500 MB/s, it's still not what you'd call slow and should be fine for gaming; plus it comes from a reliable brand.
There once was a time when ergonomic keyboards were the preserve of typists and coders and of dubious use for anyone who indulges in PC gaming. Those days are long gone and there are a host of genuine ergonomic keyboards specifically for PC gamers. The Cloud Nine C959M is one such board, and our Nick reviewed, and liked, the Cloud Nine C959 TKL version a little while back.
It has proper keys, a funky control wheel, and proper tenting configurations, too. "An ideal entry to the world of ergo keebs for gamers," Nick calls it. And without any of that ortholinear stuff to learn and deal with, it's absolutely a great entry point that will salve those ageing gamer wrists.
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Cloud Nine C959M | Full size | Ergonomic split | Kailh Brown/Red switches | 7-degree tent | $195.99 $159.96 at Amazon (save $36.03, exclusive to Amazon Prime members) Full-size ergonomic keyboards often aren't great for gaming but not this one. The Cloud Nine C959M is best suited for gamers with larger hands but it's a very comfortable keyboard to work and game on.
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ROG Ally X (top) vs original ROG Ally (bottom).
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ROG Ally X (top) vs original ROG Ally (bottom).
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ROG Ally X (left) vs original ROG Ally (right).
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ROG Ally X (left) vs original ROG Ally (right).
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The bigger battery is huge but a much needed upgrade.
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The SD card reader is kept further away from the heat pipe in the Ally X.
The Asus ROG Ally X has only been out a hot minute and already we're seeing a pretty healthy $100 discount on the unit, with it hitting $700 at Best Buy. This is currently our pick as the best handheld gaming PC and is an excellent upgrade to the somewhat ill-fated original ROG Ally.
That is still a lot of cash, and there are whole Black Friday gaming laptops that you can buy for less that will deliver higher gaming performance in a mostly mobile form factor. But there are other, cheaper gaming handheld options, including the much-loved Steam Deck and even the Legion Go, both for less than $500.
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Price watch: NEW DEAL! ROG Ally X | Z1 Extreme | 7-inch screen | 24 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | $799.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $100) The ROG Ally X is a little bit too new to receive a massive discount. However, as our pick as the best handheld gaming PC to buy right now, even a $100 off is worth mentioning. Combining a generous helping of RAM, which really matters with an APU, alongside a 1 TB SSD and awesome form factor, the ROG Ally X is top of the charts for a reason.
Price watch:➖ Steam Deck (LCD) | 512 GB SSD | SteamOS | $449 at Steam Okay, the Steam Deck may have had an OLED refresh but the original version is still the archetype of what a mobile PC gaming device should be. It's just as powerful as the most recent model so all those Steam Deck compatible games should run well. It's the OG PC gaming handheld, and it still demands respect.
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Price watch: ➖ Lenovo Legion Go | Z1 Extreme | 8.8-inch screen | 16 GB RAM | 512 GB SSD | $699.99 $499 at Amazon (save $200.99) The Legion Go is one of the more polished handhelds on the market, with a sleek 8.8-inch screen and detachable controllers. That screen is a little overkill for the lil' AMD chip inside this machine, the Z1 Extreme also found in the ROG Ally, but it's great for playing indies on while relaxing. One of the controllers also becomes a mouse if you need it, which is a bit of a gimmick but works pretty well.
This might just be the perfect Black Friday gaming PC deal around this week. It's mixing up two of our favorite components—the RTX 4070 Super GPU and the Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU—and putting them together in a great-value, great-looking system. This is a fantastic mix of performance and price, and well worth a look when it's $1,430 at Best Buy today.
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CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme | Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Nvidia RTX 4070 Super | 32 GB DDR5 | 2 TB SSD |$1,699.99 $1,429.99 at Best Buy (save $270) While there are cheaper RTX 4070 Super gaming PCs out there right now, this is probably the best proposition. In fact, it's probably the best gaming PC proposition overall for most gamers. That's because the 4070 Super here is combined not only with 2 TB of storage but also one of the best gaming CPUs on the market, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, and it's all housed in a lovely chassis to boot.
This is one of those times when Alienware comes up with a perfect example of why you should never buy a full price system from Dell's xenomorphic gaming brand: it always comes up with the discounted goods around a sales event. The Alienware m16 R2 gaming laptop highlights this with its original listing price of $1,900 being beyond the pale for an RTX 4070 machine, but at $1,300 at Best Buy, this well-specced laptop really delivers the goods.
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Alienware m16 R2 | RTX 4070 | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | 16-inch | 1600p | 1 TB SSD | 16 GB DDR5 5600 | $1,899.99 $1,299.99 at Best Buy (save $600) This Alienware gaming laptop not only offers what we'd expect to see in a $1,300 machine in 2024, but it comes with one somewhat unexpected item. That's the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, a low-power processor from the Meteor Lake generation. With 16 cores total, this chip makes a good pairing with a 140 W RTX 4070 for a smart gaming laptop overall.
If you want the best VR headset there are two options, and unfortunately, until Gabe gets his new VR gogglebox out into the wild, they're both from the messy Meta stables of Zuck. Still, it takes the edge off a bit knowing that they are great bits of hardware—whether standalone or tethered to a PC—and available for a great price.
Neither the Quest 3 (the best VR headset) or the Quest 2 3S (the best budget VR headset) have got Black Friday discounts, but we've gone a-looking to find out the best place to buy them. So, here they are:
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Meta Quest 3 | 2064 x 2208 per eye | 72 Hz, 80 Hz, 90 Hz, 120 Hz | Inside-out tracking | $499.99 at Amazon With great tracking, a strong mobile chip, and dual LCD pancake lenses, the Meta Quest 3 is the strongest VR headset the company currently offers. Unfortunately, there is no Black Friday sale for it but it's already an impeccably well-valued headset, being the best VR headset for gaming right now. Though not a new offering, buying a Meta Quest 3 also gets you Batman: Arkham Shadow and 3 months of Meta Quest+, Meta's monthly game subscription service.
Meta Quest 3S | 1832 x 1920 per eye | 72 Hz, 90 Hz, 120 Hz | Inside-out tracking | $299 at Amazon In our Meta Quest 3S review, we praise this little VR headset's great processor, price, and stable tracking. It is missing a 3.5 mm jack, comes with a lower base storage, and the screen is the same as the second-generation model (which is noticeably worse than the Quest 3) but these are the main places you will notice the over $200 price difference. If you order this with the code 'QUEST75' at checkout, you also get a $75 digital credit for Amazon, and the bundle comes with Batman: Arkham Shadow and 3 months of Meta Quest+.
Price check: Best Buy $299.99 (doesn't come with digital credit)
Just popping up again to note that the best Black Friday gaming chair deal is out of stock at Amazon and B&H Photo, but never fear... Best Buy still have stock of the Corsair TC100 Relaxed, and somewhat obviously, so does Corsair itself.
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Corsair TC100 | Fabric and leatherette | $249.99 $179.99 at Best Buy (save $70) 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. Right now, even with only a light discount, it's a truly excellent gaming chair that's cheaper than most of its competition.
The BlackShark V2 Pro is my go-to office headset and my backup set of cans at home. It's this 2023 edition that I use in the office as it has a much better mic than the original and improved battery life. They both retain the same great drivers, and sound fantastic—I've only put down my original BlackSharks at home because of the Audeze Maxwell being in my life.
And right now the BlackShark V2 Pro is $140 at Best Buy. Technically it's the PlayStation version of the headset, but tbh I think that just means it's the funky white version and comes with a Type-C wireless dongle instead of a Type-A one.
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Razer Blackshark V2 Pro (2023) | 50 mm drivers | 12-28,000 Hz | 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth 5.2 | Passive noise cancelling | 70 hours (2.4 GHz) | 320 g | $199.99 $139.99 at Best Buy (save $60) As noted in our Razer Blackshark V2 Pro review, this headset is not only super reliable in its connection but offers great sound and a very clear microphone. It was more expensive than its predecessor, which brings it down somewhat, but this deal makes it a much more attractive package.
That GPU might have a dumb name, but it's as close as you can get to an RTX 4080 for this little cash. And that makes this a mighty powerful gaming PC.
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Lenovo Legion 5i | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 32 GB RAM | Intel Core i7 14700F | $2,399 $1,599 at B&H Photo (save $800) If your graphics card is the single most important component for gaming, the RTX 4070 Ti Super is where proper high-end action starts. The branding is silly, but you can't argue with the performance. That Nvidia GPU is paired with a pretty powerful Intel CPU, too. Granted, Intel's 14th Gen chips have had their problems, but the latest microcode updates have largely seen to that and the negative PR around that has probably helped to make this PC this little bit cheaper.
We all just want to be seen, don't we? And that's especially true if you are engaging in any kind of content creation. Whether it's trying to take lovely product shots and video for your burgeoning TikTok tech channel, or looking good on a game stream, getting a good key light can make a huge difference to the look and feel of your content.
So, bargain-hunters, here are two key lights almost for the price of one.
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Neewer key light 2-pack | 2x 13-inch key light panels | 2x stands | 2x power plugs | Carry bag | 3200K – 5600K | $169.99 $90.99 at Amazon (save $79) This Neewer set is practically buy one, get one free. A 2-pack with a 46% discount and by far the cheapest these lights have been since records began on CamelCamelCamel. They're not just the lights, either, they're the stands, the batteries, the power plugs, and even a carry case. The one downside is the limited cooler lighting temperature, but the important 5000-range temperatures are covered for product photography, streaming, or shooting video.
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The march of progress is a harsh mistress. She teases your desires for a new graphics card and then whispers in your ear "you know there are new, better GPUs coming out soon, don't you?"
But here's the thing, you can always wait for the shiny new tech, so at some point you do need to bite the bullet and actually buy yourself a GPU. Or else you'll be forever waiting for the next big chip to come out.
The issue today is that we know Intel, AMD, and Nvidia are all going to be releasing or at least announcing new graphics cards in the next couple of months. That's not a long time to wait and does give us pause on recommending the best Black Friday graphics card deals, because there's going to be some buyer's remorse in the post when new cards do drop in December/January.
There are cards you can buy, knowing they won't be the ones replaced in the new year, as each manufacturer generally starts off their new generations with their most powerful, most expensive cards. Which means the mid-range or budget end of the market is where things will stay at the same level for longer.
Sapphire RX 6650 XT | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2,048 shaders | 2,635 MHz boost | $299.99 $209.99 at Amazon (save $90) With the RX 6600 XT stock starting to dwindle, the faster RX 6650 XT is taking its place as one of the best budget GPUs around. It's an 8 GB GPU with the same core specs as the RX 6600 XT but has a slightly higher clock speed boost. We like the newer RX 7600 more, but it also costs a little more.
ASRock RX 7900 XTX | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6,144 shaders | 2.62 GHz boost | $869.99 $819.99 at Newegg (save $50 with promo code BFDDY2A648) Just like with the RTX 4080, it used to be hard to find AMD's RX 7900 XTX heavily discounted down below its MSRP price. But good deals can now be found and we'll happily take a substantial discount on this high-end GPU. The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is stupidly fast and there are plenty of good cooling designs for this card, including this one.
Gigabyte RTX 4060 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3,072 shaders | 2,565 MHz boost |$319.99 $284.97 at Amazon (save $35.02) If you must have Ada Lovelace, Nvidia's latest gaming architecture, the cheapest way in is this RTX 4060. Faster than the RTX 3060 but the price suggests it should have been better. You do get the full DLSS 3.5 suite, though, and it's pretty decent at encoding video for streaming. Nevertheless, we prefer AMD's RX 7600 or last-gen RX 6700.
MSI Ventus RTX 4070 12G OC | 12 GB GDDR6X | 5,888 shaders | 2,505 MHz boost | $576.99 $469.99 at Newegg (save $107 after rebate) The RTX 4070 is a popular card and can be difficult to find at a discount, but it's important to remember that this price is way cheaper than it was at launch. You're getting nearly RTX 3080 performance but with all those nice RTX 40 features. This model uses the traditional 8-pin PCIe power connector, rather than the new 12VHPWR one, which makes it far easier to install as an upgrade.
If elegance and subtlety aren't high on your list of requirements for a powerful new gaming laptop, then that's going to be music to MSI's ears. And what will be music to your own lug-holes (that's an unashamed Britishism and I'm not even sorry) is the fact that you can pick up a chonky RTX 4080 gaming laptop at Newegg for just $1,729.
It's not the prettiest Black Friday gaming laptop deal we've seen, but it might just be the best value one. You're getting a 175 W version of our favorite mobile GPU, a pretty effective Intel CPU, and a decent RAM/storage combo. None of it sets my heart aflame... apart from that price. Not long ago we were looking for RTX 4070 machines at that level.
This is a great price for a serious gaming laptop.
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MSI Vector GP68 HX 13V | RTX 4080 | 16-inch 1,920 x 1,200 | 16GB RAM | Intel Core i7 13700H | 1TB | $2,099 $1,729 at Newegg (save $370) This is by far the cheapest RTX 4080 laptop we've seen so far this Black Friday. The best news is that it's got a full-spec 175 W implementation of the 4080 for maximum frame rates, plus a decent Intel CPU. The bad? The 1,920 by 1,200 screen only hits 144 Hz. But provided you're not buying this portable for esports, that's almost certainly just fine.
You might think we're too mean to Alienware, telling our readers to never pay full price for one, but that's because we know it's always going to do this: slap a hefty discount on what would otherwise have been a pretty uncompetitive gaming PC, which suddenly makes it the one to beat.
When prices and specs are equivalent with other brands, we'd always recommend you spend your money elsewhere as you can get into trouble down the line wanting to upgrade your Alienware only to find out its uses proprietary parts to build its PCs. That can lead to either a much more expensive upgrade or one that is simply not possible.
Alienware Aurora R16 | Core i7 14700F | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD | 1,000 W PSU | $2,099.99 $1,499.99 at Dell (save $600) You can guarantee Alienware will do this each sales event—offer a seriously discounted Aurora gaming PC that only serves to highlight why our advice is to never pay the full price premium Dell attaches to its famed gaming brand. This here RTX 4070 Ti Super-based system is an absolute banger, with a powerful Intel CPU (that might need a firmware upgrade given recent Intel issues), and a decent back up spec of 16 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD. All for a tasty price.
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Look, I'm okay with retailers putting together sensible bundles to get the most out of stock they know is both in short supply and in high demand, but when they edge into the cynical then I'm out.
The RTX 4090 is a perfect case in point; the prices have sky-rocketed as stock has dwindled, and despite the RTX 5090 looming large on the horizon of 2025, so Newegg is bundling its Asus RTX 4090 cards instead of selling them individually.
That's a bit of a bummer if all you want is a new GPU upgrade, but if you're building a whole new rig, the fact you get this RTX 4090 combo deal for $2,392 at Newegg, which is less than the price of the cheapest standalone RTX 4090 you can buy, then it becomes a real value-add.
Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition graphics card
Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi motherboard
Asus TUF Gaming 1000 W power supply unit
ASUS TUF Gaming GT301 mid-tower PC case
But Newegg also has this less than stellar RTX 4090 combo, for $2,160. So, what is this bundle? Well, in order to get your Gigabyte RTX 4090 for this price—again, much cheaper than any other standalone card—you have to also take an RTX 3060 off Newegg's hands. And with these bundles you're not allowed to return individual parts.
So yeah, an RTX 3060 paper weight, straight into the ewaste pile. Or, you could be charitable and drop it off at your nearest goodwill store, I guess.
Whatever, it's a cynical case of stock shifting of an old card it's otherwise not going to be able to sell. Which feels icky, even on Black Friday when there are always a lot of icky deals going down.
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Well, looky here... HyperX's mighty Cloud Alpha Wireless gaming headset is down around it's lowest ever price point. It's on sale for $126 at Amazon right now, which is a great price for PC Gamer's favorite wireless gaming headset.
Why has it won such an accolade, and why has it been that way for so long? Well, the Cloud Alpha design and drivers are excellent and sound great, for one. For another, this thing has a battery life measured in the hundreds of hours. That's exactly what you want from a wireless headset: good audio and long battery life.
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Price watch:🔽 HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless | 50 mm drivers | 15-21,000 Hz | Closed-back | Wireless |$199.99 $125.99 at Amazon (save $74) The HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless is one of our all-time favorite gaming headsets for many reasons, but there's a big headline feature to talk about here: 300-hour battery life. No, we didn't make a typo. 300 hours of gaming goodness on a single charge, excellent DTS:X Spatial Audio, and premium comfort features make this headset an absolute stunner of a buy at this price. In fact, when we reviewed it the only major negative we could find was a slightly uninspiring microphone. Absolutely worth a serious look this one, at any level of discount.
Sure, the Mercury White version is more unusual and will suit the contrarians, and yes it does have a pleasing 2 TB SSD, but it's sporting the old Blade 16's Mini LED panel and it's simply not as glorious a gaming screen as the simply stunning OLED panel Razer has used in the latest Blade 16. It's our pick as the best gaming laptop screen for a reason, y'know.
The core specs (Core i7 14900HX and RTX 4080) are identical and essentially so is the price, but outside of the screen the only place they differ is in the amount of storage on offer. With the OLED lappy you only get a 1 TB drive. That's pretty miserly I'll admit, but you can upgrade your SSD, but you can't upgrade your laptop's panel.
Though you will have to be careful upgrading the SSD in the Blade 16. While it is easy to access, and there are two M.2 slots in the mainboard, they're double-stacked, so you need to use SSDs with chips only on one side, which will mean you have to be a bit more careful while shopping.
But you won't care because you've got a glorious OLED panel to play on and not some backlit Mini LED one.
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Price watch: NEW DEAL! Razer Blade 16 | RTX 4080 | Core i9 14900HX | 16-inch | Black | 32 GB RAM | 1 TB SSD | OLED | 1600p | 240 Hz | $3,599 $2,999.99 at Razer (save $600) This Razer Blade comes in the classic black look and contains only a 1 TB drive. However, it might make up for that with its well-to-do 1600p OLED screen. This is the OLED screen we crowned the best on a gaming laptop in 2024, and it really is extremely pretty for gaming and more. While the storage is a bit tight, and you can only upgrade with a single-sided SSD, there's definitely a case to be made for choosing this over the Mini-LED model above. That is, if you can stomach the Razer premium altogether.
Price watch: NEW DEAL! Razer Blade 16 | RTX 4080 | Core i9 14900HX | 16-inch | Mercury White | 32 GB RAM | 2 TB SSD | Mini-LED | 2400p/1200p | 120/240 Hz | $3,599 $2,999 at B&H (save $600) My boss and I are arguing over this one. Not on its deal worthiness (it's a monster of a laptop and the Razer premium is real even if slightly mitigated by this deal), but on whether this Mini-LED model with a 2 TB SSD is worth it over the OLED version below with a 1 TB drive. This one benefits from a beefy resolution that can be tuned to 1200p and 240 Hz if you want more frames, plus it has double the storage. All of which makes it, in my opinion, better than the one below.
Despite his dubious cowboy-inspiration, our Andy has picked out a selection of three different Black Friday gaming laptop deals that all sport an RTX 4060 and come in under the $800 mark. But, in reality, only one of them is worth your money.
But it's really only the Dell G15 that I would recommend anyone spend their hard-won cashola on this Black Friday. The other two do have RTX 4060 graphics cards, but this is a good example of why you need to pay attention to the details. Gaming laptops are able to limit the amount of power they deliver to their GPUs in order to make sure they don't get too hot in small chassis.
That's why you can get an RTX 4060 in something so slight as the HP Omen Transcend 14. It's because the power is limited and therefore the performance is, too. In the systems above the RTX 4060 is rated at 45 W for the MSI, 75 W for the Acer, and 140 W for the Dell.
Now, which should you choose? That's the right answer.
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Dell G15 | 15.6-inch | Ryzen 7 7840HS | RTX 4060 | 1080p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $799.99 at Dell (save $300) Dell's G15 line might be on the chonky side, but they're very well-specced laptops that have started receiving significant discounts in recent months. This one's got a plenty fast 165 Hz display, an eight core 16-thread AMD CPU, and a full-fat 140 W TGP RTX 4060. Pretty killer for the cash, although it's an old-school looker.
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Andy's gone and found discounts on each of our top picks for the best budget peripheral in each of the gaming mouse, keyboard, and headset categories. These are all great-value products, and each worthy of a place in your gaming setup.
I always wax lyrical about the Mountain Everest 60 as just an outstanding keyboard, budget or otherwise, and the classic Logi wireless mouse and Corsair wireless headset will set you cable free where it makes sense.
This is a great way to refresh your gaming setup for under $125. A veritable bargain, especially if you've just bought a new system and need the finishing touches.
Logitech G305 Lightspeed | Wireless | 12,000 DPI | Right-handed | $49.99 $29.99 at Amazon (save $20) The Logitech G305 Lightspeed is our favorite wireless budget mouse—it's nothing fancy, but it's lightweight, has great battery life, and uses a killer sensor. The only thing to note is that this deal isn't necessarily that out of left field—the G305 hasn't been at full price for a while, but it's still worth snagging if you need a nice budget option with no frills in time for the holidays.
Mountain Everest 60 | Mechanical | 60% | RGB |$139.99 $39.99 at Mountain (save $30) The mountain Everest 60 is a perfect example of not having to spend a lot to get a cracking keyboard. Not only does it have hot-swappable switches and RGB, it's also wonderful to type on thanks to a plethora of enthusiast design choices such as great foam dampening, pre-lubed switches, and PBT keycaps. Oh, and you can snap on modular magnetic upgrades down the line, too, such as a numpad.
Corsair HS55 Wireless Core | 50 mm drivers | 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz | Closed-back | 2.4 GHz + Bluetooth | $99.99 $54.99 at Newegg (save $45) This is the Core version of our best budget wireless gaming headset, and it's on sale for a price that actually undercuts the wired version right now. The only difference with this Core version and the standard headset is that this one doesn't have iCUE support... which I don't think anyone outside of Corsair is going to miss.
Nice to be classy, eh? Forget your overblown, RGB-laden Gundam-style chassis; what you want to wrap your gaming PC in is something clean, something stylish, and something, er, wooden?
Yes, the Fractal Design North XL is that classy chassis, and it a bit of a bargain at the moment now it's $140 at Newegg today. Our Nick bought one himself and has been sat staring lovingly at it on his desktop ever since.
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Fractal Design North XL | Mid-tower PC case | 3x 140 mm fans | 420 mm radiator support (front) | 360 mm radiator support (top) | $179.99 $139.97 at Newegg (save $40.02) If you want a big but classy PC case, then look no further than the Fractal Design North XL. There is a vast amount of space inside for fans, cooling radiators, and hulking GPUs but best of all are the clean lines and wooden slats on the front.
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Kitty ears are ergonomic, right? Soothe those digits as you type, with the absolute cutest keycaps we've seen this Black Friday. Our Jess has been searching out some of the cutest desktop accessories, and honestly I can probably do without the cloud wrist rest and kitty wireless mouse, but these caps... I'm so weirdly tempted.
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SoulCat Meow PBT Keycap Set | 143 keycaps| Cherry MX switch compatible | special semi-low Meow profile | $59.99 $50 at Drop (save $9.99) Who could say no to this keycap set's unique, cat-eared look? Rather than feeling unpleasantly pointy, the semi-low Meow profile instead almost cradles your finger tips. Together with the rounded font and cat face and cat paw design flourishes, this keycap set is, dare we say, purr-fect.
Now, I've only just started getting back into sim racing again. It was an enforced hiatus brought on because my desk was too damned thick to be able to attach my old Logitech G29 steering wheel. Now I've upgraded my desktop I can once more clamp a wheel to my desk and throw some wheels round the sweeping curves of Monza.
But the wheel I have at the moment isn't a patch on the Moza R5, a surprisingly affordable direct drive steering wheel that earned a heady 90% rating from Andy.
Moza R5 Racing bundle | Direct drive | Racing wheel and pedal set | $599 $439 at Moza Racing (save $160) Our top pick for the best budget direct drive racing wheel is, well, just that. Shame Moza put the price up right after I reviewed it, but now it's back at $439 it's a simply stunning direct drive wheel and pedal combo for far cheaper than the rest. Just make sure to buy the extra $29 Performance Kit (essentially a load-cell mechanism for the brake) to really get the most out of it.
We've spent the past week really digging into the best PC gaming deals, and even before today we've seen some of them go out of stock and off sale. But there are still some doozies (technical term) from earlier in the week that are sticking around, including a tasty discount on our favorite affordable gaming chair and this stellar RTX 4070 Ti Super gaming PC from Alienware is back in stock, too.
I'm also a big fan of that 34-inch LG ultrawide gaming monitor that's still just $240 at Amazon. That's a hell of a lot of monitor for the moolah.
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Corsair TC100 | Fabric and leatherette | $249.99 $179.99 at Best Buy (save $70) 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. Right now, even with only a light discount, it's a truly excellent gaming chair that's cheaper than most of its competition.
Alienware Aurora R16 | Core i7 14700F | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD | 1,000 W PSU | $2,099.99 $1,499.99 at Dell (save $600) You can guarantee Alienware will do this each sales event—offer a seriously discounted Aurora gaming PC that only serves to highlight why our advice is to never pay the full price premium Dell attaches to its famed gaming brand. This here RTX 4070 Ti Super-based system is an absolute banger, with a powerful Intel CPU (that might need a firmware upgrade given recent Intel issues), and a decent back up spec of 16 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD. All for a tasty price.
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LG UltraGear 34GP63A-B | 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 160 Hz | VA | Curved | $399.99 $239.99 at Amazon (save $160) At its current price, this LG ultrawide is a genuine bargain. By comparison, Alienware's fancy QD-OLED 34-inch panel is around $800 even on sale. This LG matches its size, resolution, aspect ratio and refresh rate for less than one-third of the price, although of course, it is a VA panel, not an OLED. It's also not the brightest gaming monitor ever, but it is a very good deal.
In a bit of a fiscal quirk of fate we've got two of the best Black Friday deals on sale for the exact same price, but at two very different ends of their respective markets. On the one hand we've got the best-value Black Friday gaming PC we've found this year—an RTX 4060 machine for just $700—and on the other one of the best gaming monitors around with a unprecedented discount—the 32-inch 4K OLED for just, er, $700, too.
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iBuypower Scale | Core i5 14400F | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD | $949.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $250) It's difficult to imagine finding more gaming PC for $700 than this one right now. The Intel Core i5 14400F might not be much of an upgrade on its predecessor, but it's still a plenty-fast little gaming chip. Plus, that RTX 4060 is capable of excellent 1080p gaming performance, and even a dash of 1440p with DLSS 3 help and some settings adjustments. You get a proper 1 TB speedy storage drive and a healthy dose of DDR5 in the mix, too, and even a keyboard and mouse!
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MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $699.99 at Amazon (save $130) The code names given to monitors are often impenetrable, but the difference between this MAG 321UP and the MAG321UPX is that this one has a 165 Hz refresh instead of 240 Hz. That's the only difference between this and the more expensive one. If you're not concerned about the refresh rate difference (and do you have the hardware to hit a matching 240 fps otherwise?) then this is where the smart OLED money is spent.
Prices of SSDs have been fluctuating this year, and I don't think we're going to see them drop down as low as they were maybe this time last year. But there are still some great storage deals out there, and not just on low performance drives, either.
These three SSDs all deliver either performance at the limits of the PCIe 4.0 interface or are offering a ton of storage for a great price.
Lexar NM790 | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write | $99.99 $59.99 at Amazon (save $40) For anyone looking for a cheap, spacious drive offering serious performance, this is a genuinely brilliant SSD for the money. Our review of the 4 TB version clearly shows just how good it is.
Nextorage NEM-PAB | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,900 MB/s write | $249.99 $109.99 at Newegg (save $140) You can expect top performance out of this drive, which is impressive for the price. This version without a DRAM cache makes it a little less responsive than the DRAM-equipped NEM-PA model, despite having a slight advantage in stated straight-line performance. Unfortunately, this drive's price is volatile, but it's still one of the better-value 2 TB drives with a heatsink right now.
Silicon Power UD90 | 4 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 5,000 MB/s read | 4,500 MB/s write | $239.99 $189.97 at Amazon (save $50.02) This Silicon Power might not be the fastest of drives, but it's difficult to argue with this much storage for this sort of money. With a sequential read/write of 5,000 MB/s and 4,500 MB/s, it's still not what you'd call slow and should be fine for gaming; plus it comes from a reliable brand.
I know I shouldn't be this shallow, but I find something endlessly pleasing about the fact that Pixio is offering its 32-inch 4K panel with a selection of different surrounds. And all the different colors of the Pixio PX32U Wave are $450 at Newegg right now, which is a pretty good price for a Fast IPS panel, with a 144 Hz refresh at this 32-inch scale.
Still, it's the fact that you can get it in black, blue, or pink that has my attention.
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Price watch: ➖ Pixio PX32U Wave | 32-inch | 4K | 144 Hz | IPS | $449.99 at Newegg Black, pink or blue. Oddly, you can choose from those three chassis colors with this monitor. But the real appeal is a 32-inch 144Hz IPS panel for less money that just about any other option. Oh and if you're wondering about the Pixio brand, we reviewed a 27-inch model last year and found it to be distinctly decent.
I have a couple of Dough (née Eve) Spectrum monitors, and one of the glossy ones that is hovering above my desktop right now. Admittedly, they're ex-review samples, and were horrendously expensive when they were first released. But praise be to OLEDs, they have really driven down the price of otherwise great IPS panels.
To the point where this 4K IPS display, with a 144 Hz refresh and a peak luminance of a heady 750 nits is just $350 at Amazon. It's worth noting that's without the stand, which would normally set you back another $100, but if you've got a monitor arm, or are happy to go with a cheaper third-party stand (the Dough has standard VESA mounts which is how I have mine attached to the peg board on my desk), then this is a great monitor for not a lot of cash.
The elephant in the room is the Eve, now Dough, doesn't have a great reputation. There were issues with non-shipping of product bought from its own website, and the company did not cover itself in glory as it failed to deal with those problems. But now the screens are in retail, and Dough isn't dealing with the shipping or stock, you can be confident the monitor will actually turn up.
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Dough Spectrum One | 27-inch | 4K | 144 Hz | IPS | $649.99 $349.99 at Amazon (save $300) Monitor start up Dough, formerly Eve, has had a bumpy inception. But as you're buying from Amazon, you probably don't have to worry if it will actually turn up. The Spectrum One is a very nice looking display and also now miles cheaper than it used to be, just note that you don't get the stand for this price. You'll need to add another $100 for that.
It's got practically the same specs as the iBuyPower Scale, namely an Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics card, 16 GB DDR5 memory, and a 1 TB SSD, but the Slate 6 Mesh has an older, 13th Gen Intel CPU. BUT don't worry about that, because it's actually a better processor.
The Core i5 14400F and Core i5 13600KF are a mess of alphanumeric proportions, but the Core i5 13600KF has a higher 5.1 GHz clock speed and more Efficient cores making it a more effective multithreaded number-cruncher. And yes, absolutely fine in games.
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iBuyPower Slate 6 Mesh | Core i5 13600KF | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5 RAM | 1 TB SSD | $1,199.99 $699 at Walmart (save $500.99) This is currently the best-value gaming PC in our listings and will deliver high 1080p frame rates in the latest games for a deliciously low price. That RTX 4060 is the best budget GPU right now, offers both DLSS 3.x and Frame Generation. The kicker compared with the competition, however, is that 14-core Intel CPU. Okay, eight of those 14 cores are the smaller Efficient cores, but it's still going to be a pretty effective wee processor outside of games, too.
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You want an OLED gaming monitor. I know it, because I want an OLED gaming monitor, too. Having tested and played around with a broad selection I know what I want, and Jeremy, who taught me everything I know about gaming panels, has reviewed even more than I.
These are his Black Friday OLED gaming monitor deal picks, and there are three excellent options in here, each with a healthy discount actually making good OLED panels more affordable than ever.
For me? Well, I'd be going after that 32-inch 4K OLED for $699 at Amazon all...day...long. That is the absolute sweetspot, and will deliver a tight pixel pitch and some stunning visuals.
Price watch: ➖ MSI MAG 341CQP | 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 175 Hz | QD-OLED | Curved | $779.99 $575.99 at Amazon (save $204) OLED gaming still isn't as affordable as we'd like. But it's getting there. This 34-inch ultrawide QD-OLED beast is still a good deal at this price, however. The 175 Hz refresh is a tiny bit pedestrian, but it's plenty fast enough for us and in all other regards, this is the full OLED experience, including 0.03 ms response and serious HDR sizzle.
Price watch: ➖ MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $699.99 at Amazon (save $130) What a difference a letter makes... especially when it comes to gaming monitors. The code names given to monitors are often impenetrable, but the difference between this MAG 321UP and the MAG321UPX is that this one has a 165 Hz refresh instead of 240 Hz. That's the only difference between this and the more expensive one. If you're not concerned about the refresh rate difference (and do you have the hardware to hit a matching 240 fps otherwise?) then this is where the smart OLED money is spent.
Price watch: ➖ Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ | 49-inch | 5120 x 1440 | 144Hz | QD-OLED | Curved | $1,099.99 $899.99 at Amazon (save $200) It's not been around for long but the Aorus CO49DQ already has a decent discount, and it's a lot of monitor for the money as we found in our review. Those rocking the RTX 4090 might be better off with the higher refresh rate of the Samsung Odyssey G9 G93SC, but the rest of us can take advantage of this very wide, very pretty looking panel for a bit less.
Not every Black Friday deal needs to be a mega-bucks gaming laptop with a price cut, or an OLED monitor begging you to drain your bank account. Okay, maybe you were hoping the GPU you covet had miraculously gotten a 90% discount overnight, and are sitting there disappointed with what Black Friday has to offer.
But I say unto you, we don't always get the deal we want, but sometimes we get the deal we need. Like a rechargeable, reusable air duster to clean out the filters and dust-bunnies from inside your gaming PC.
Maybe it's not sexy, but it sure is useful. And, as our Christopher notes, a lot less chilly on the ol' paws than a can of compressed air.
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Cordless Rechargeable Air Duster $49.99 $33.49 at Amazon Enough of those cans of compressed air that get painfully cold after 30 seconds of use. Keep this baby charged and use it to blast dust and hair out of your PC and keyboard. I use this model myself and it's great.
We almost always need more storage space in our gaming PCs. It is, after all, a wrench to have to uninstall a beloved game that you will definitely come back to and finish one day. Especially as deep down you know that once you uninstall it, you're never going to shuffle around your Steam library like some digital slide puzzle in order to fit it back on your PC again.
Price change: ➖ WD Black SN850X | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write | $93.99 $79.99 at Amazon (save $14) This is still our favorite SSD for gaming, despite the strong competition and volatile prices. Unlike the cheaper SN770, the SN850X encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, which is exactly what I need from a new NVMe drive.
"I could never go back. I see monitors sitting on desks now and just think, you fool. You primitive ape."
When you put it like that, how could one argue. That is how our Andy sees people who don't use monitor arms, and as someone whose monitors, too, hover over their desktop I'm inclined to agree.
And when you've got mounts on sale for as little as $41 at Amazon, it becomes even harder to argue with him.
HUANUO Dual Monitor Wall Mount | Gas spring system | For up to 32-inch displays | Height-Adjustable/Tilt/Swivel/Rotate | $79.99 $40.99 at Amazon (save $39) This wall mount will securely support two monitors of up to 17.6 pounds, enabling easy repositioning and reorientation, and freeing up a whole bunch of space on your desktop too.
🚨CHEAPEST RTX 4060 GAMING LAPTOP ALERT🚨
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Yup, here it is, the cheapest RTX 4060 gaming laptop I've found this year. And I'm actually pretty into this machine. I've seen a bunch of cheap RTX 4060 machines and anything below the $800 mark will have something wrong with it; whether that's a 45 W TGP on the graphics card, or a miniscule 8 GB of single channel RAM. But this Lenovo LOQ for $700 at Best Buy seems like a great deal to me.
First up, that 512 GB SSD is a bit miserly, but is a straightforward upgrade down the line. And you will need to eventually. But otherwise I'm into the spec. The AMD Zen 3+ CPU will certainly do a job alongside the 105 W TGP RTX 4060 graphics card, and that's able supported by 16 GB of DDR5 memory. Though whether or not it's single or dual channel memory, I'm not sure. Lenovo has recently been sticking single sticks of 16 GB memory into its laptops and that's a quick way to half the potential memory bandwidth of your gaming laptop right there.
Otherwise though, it's got all the Lenovo hallmarks; namely excellent build quality, a smart chassis (with a touch of flair on the rear vents), and an outstanding laptop keyboard with an integrated numpad.
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Lenovo LOQ | Ryzen 7 7435HS | RTX 4060 | 15.6-inch | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $999.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $300) I was quietly impresed with the RTX 4050 version of the Lenovo LOQ I reviewed. As the company's relatively new budget range I expected something a lot more flimsy, but the LOQ is a solid, proper gaming laptop. It was just that they weren't particularly budget. Around these sales events, however, and this here RTX 4060, with a TGP of 105 W, btw, is available for just $700. That's the cheapest RTX 4060-toting lappy we've found.
🚨CHEAPEST RTX 4070 GAMING LAPTOP ALERT🚨
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It's actually not that big a surprise to see an Asus TUF F15 on sale for $1,000 at Best Buy even if this is the cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop we've seen over Black Friday. That's because this is a machine that pretty much always pops up around sales times with a hefty discount and massively undercutting every single other RTX 4070 in our listings.
It may not be much of a looker, but it's got all the important gamer bits. Namely a high refresh rate screen, a high TGP graphics card, and a 1 TB SSD. This is a gaming laptop you're not going to have to upgrade for a good long while.
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Asus TUF F15 | RTX 4070 | Core i7 13620H | 15.6-inch | 144 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 1 TB SSD | $1,399.99 $999.99 at Best Buy (save $400) It may be a bit of a chonker, but this is the cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop you will likely find this Black Friday. It's sporting a proper 140 W version of the GPU, too, so it's no slouch. Probably thanks to it being a chonker. With that you get a mighty capable Core i7 CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. Seriously, what more could you want?
What time is it? Was that Black Friday? Is it over?
Hell no! I'm willing to bet 90% of the best Black Friday PC gaming deals are still going to be available in some form throughout the weekend, and I'm going to be here keeping tabs on what's in and out of stock, and check if anything new has popped up while I've been sleeping for four hours I got last night.
Both offer quality 1080p gaming performance and a good solid build for your gaming PC to evolve around.
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Price watch: ➖ iBuypower Scale | Core i5 14400F | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD | $949.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $250) It's difficult to imagine finding more gaming PC for $700 than this one right now. The Intel Core i5 14400F might not be much of an upgrade on its predecessor, but it's still a plenty-fast little gaming chip. Plus, that RTX 4060 is capable of excellent 1080p gaming performance, and even a dash of 1440p with DLSS 3 help and some settings adjustments. You get a proper 1 TB speedy storage drive and a healthy dose of DDR5 in the mix, too, and even a keyboard and mouse!
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Price watch: NEW DEAL! Yeyian Tanto | RTX 4060 Ti | AMD Ryzen 5 7500F | 16 GB DDR5-5600 | 1 TB SSD | $949.98 at Newegg This is the cheapest RTX 4060 Ti build around at the moment, and is actually a pretty decent rig. There are other options with low-end Core i5 chips, but this Zen 4 F-series CPU comes with six cores and 12 threads, and sits in an AM5 motherboard which gives it an upgrade path. The board is pretty low-spec however, so will likely only have space for the one SSD, but what you get is a full 1 TB. And that 16 GB of DDR5-5600 is pretty quick, too.
🚨UNEXPECTED PRICE DROP ALERT🚨
I have to say I wasn't expecting to actually see prices of Black Friday gaming laptops to drop in price today. Especially not having spent my morning looking around at the existing deals only to see some going out of stock or else their prices rising.
And it's a marked improvement over the cheapest other RTX 4080 gaming laptop. That's another MSI on offer for $1,750, but this version is far superior, more than the $50 delta might suggest.
This MSI machine comes with a better screen, a 2560 x 1600 240 Hz one; twice the memory, at 32 GB DDR5, and an improved 14th Gen Intel CPU. Would have been nice to see a 2 TB SSD in there, but that's just me being picky.
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Price watch: 🔽 MSI Vector 16 HX | RTX 4080 | Core i9 14900HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 1 TB SSD | 32 GB RAM | $2,149 $1,799 at B&H (save $500) Of the two MSI Vector machines we've highlighted here, I'd rather this one. It has a newer, more powerful CPU, a better screen resolution and refresh rate for an RTX 4080, and 32 GB of RAM. Altogether, that makes for a pretty sweet package and an upgrade worth the extra $100 over the cheapest RTX 4080 laptop we've found so far.
No sir, I don't like it. Previously Newegg had the best-value way to bag yourself an RTX 4090 graphics card, because it was offering a bundle with a PSU, motherboard, and chassis along with the GPU itself, all for less than the next cheapest standalone RTX 4090.
But that deal is now dead, and in its stead, the cheapest way to buy an RTX 4090 is with an RTX 3060 hanging from its neck. Newegg doesn't want it, so it's passing the card onto you to get rid of. That's the price to pay for a vaguely affordable RTX 4090 that's still over MSRP.
