Black Friday gaming deals live - I'm digging out the hottest PC gaming tech deals because that's how I always wanted to start my 21st year in the job

The Vector 16 HX AI is usually the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop out there, but this non-AI-branded version with a seriously powerful CPU is now outrageously good value for the components you receive. Sitting somewhere under the RTX 5080 and well above the RTX 5070 in terms of gaming performance, the RTX 5070 Ti is a great upper mid-range laptop GPU. Plus the CPU, while being one of AMD's last gen models, is a 16-core 32-thread monster. In short, it's an absolute beast for the cash.

Key specs: RTX 5070 Ti | Ryzen 9 8940HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Best Buy $1,499.99 (Core Ultra 255HX)

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

Key specs: Fabric and leatherette | 2D armrests

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

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

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

Price check: Amazon $114.95 | Best Buy $89.99

Our best 14-inch gaming laptop pick has dropped even further in price, turning a great deal into a downright fantastic one. In his Blade 14 review, our Dave said it's "a huge improvement over last year's model, and there's now no other gaming laptop I'd want to have my digits on or spend my money on." And he stands by that, which is no surprise as he's made this little marvel his daily driver. It's one of the most desirable laptops on the planet right now, if you ask us.

Key specs: RTX 5070 | Ryzen AI 9 365 | 14-inch | 120 Hz OLED | 1800p | 32 GB LPDDR5X-8000 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Amazon $2,349.99

It doesn't get much better than this, folks. A 4K, 27-inch gaming monitor for a cent under $200. It's an IPS panel, with a 1 ms response time, and is what's known as a dual mode monitor. That means it runs at both 4K/144 Hz and 1080p/288 Hz. Perfect for blending both competitive gaming with immersive singleplayer gaming. Use promo code BFEFE82 to get the full discount.

Key specs: 27-inch | 4K + 1080p (dual mode) | 144/288 Hz | 1 ms | IPS

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

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

If you want to shave a few extra dollars off your bill at checkout, this gaming monitor from ASRock is a good way to go about it. It's a VA panel, which is good for contrasts but loses out to an IPS in a few ways, but it's around $10 cheaper than a competitive IPS. It's also rated to 180 Hz, which isn't bad.

Key specs: 180 Hz | 27-inch | FreeSync | 1440p

Price check: Walmart (out of stock) $169.71

This was already our favorite budget PC controller at its full price, but now this excellent Hall effect controller is now down to a ludicrous price if you're happy to game on a fully green pad. For $16 I would be. It is an obviously cheap controller, with no audio jack and just an okay battery life, but it's wireless, won't suffer from stick drift and above all is cheap.

Key specs: Hall effect sticks | 2.5 G and BT wireless | 9 hours battery

AMD's little RX 9060 XT doesn't have upscaling and frame generation as good as the RTX 5060, but it beats it on raw GPU power. You might be better off saving more money and buying a 16 GB version, though. It doesn't have more shaders or higher clock speeds, but the extra VRAM should come in handy in the future. Or just save your pennies and enjoy a great GPU for the money.

Key specs: 2048 shaders | 3320 MHz boost | 8 GB GDDR6

RX 9060 XT 8 GB price check: Best Buy $274.99 | Newegg $279.99 | Walmart $279.99 | B&H Photo $319.99

Although the RTX 5070 is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, it's less of an upgrade compared to the RTX 4070 Super. DLSS 4 just about tips the balance in favor of the newer model, though, and this particular deal is well under MSRP.

Key specs: 6144 shaders | 2587 MHz boost | 12 GB GDDR7

RTX 5070 price check: Amazon $499.99 | Newegg $509.99 | B&H Photo $527.03 | Best Buy $529.99

This RTX 5070 gaming PC also happens to come with the previous generation's best CPU for gaming. It's still no slouch, and is a better choice than non-X3D chips even today. The CPU-GPU combo here should have you handling most games just fine at 1440p, especially if you enable FG or MFG.

Key specs: Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RTX 5070 | 32 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD

Well-priced, powerful, and wireless, VR makes a strong first impression via the Meta Quest 3S. Though I wish the battery life would last just a little bit longer, and it uses the older Quest 2-style optics, access to all of the games previously exclusive to the $500 Meta Quest 3 for half the price is nothing to sniff at. Lots of retailers have this same deal on but Best Buy is offering a free $50 e-gift card with it, so that's the one to go for.

Key specs: Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 | 8 GB RAM | Fresnel lenses | 1,832 × 1,920 per eye | Full-colour passthrough | 464 g

Price check: Amazon $249.99 | Walmart $249 | Newegg $249

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the best AMD CPU right now, and the Radeon RX 9070 XT is the most powerful AMD GPU. That makes this all Team Red build a bit of a beast, and it's topped up with plentiful RAM and storage too.

Key specs: AMD RX 9070 XT 16 GB | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 32 GB DDR5 | 2 TB SSD