Finding the best Black Friday PC gaming deals has never been easy, what with the sheer volume of deals flying around, switching their prices back and forth, and retailers pushing the dreaded false deal. It's particularly difficult when you've set yourself a budget of $100, but we want to make sure your hard earned cash is well spent.
Thankfully, we've spotted a good number of deals coming in at under that price cap, so you can keep a weather eye on your spending, while still bagging some of the best prices around.
There have, historically, been a bunch of upgrades you can make to your gaming PC on the cheap, but the pool of potential gets a heck of a lot deeper over the sales period. In it, more Black Friday gaming keyboard and mouse deals than you could shake a stick at.
Black Friday gaming keyboard deals under $100
Many are tenkeyless or 60% keyboards, but you can find the odd full size gaming keyboard for under $100 right now. The wireless, compact Keychron K4 just sneaks in at $99.99, which might tickle your fancy if you're one for brown key switches.
Black Friday gaming mouse deals under $100
As for mice, the prices vary wildly. There's the Logitech G305 Lightspeed for just $39.99 at the lower end, or an entire Razer bundle including our favourite gaming mouse, the DeathAdder V2, along with a BlackShark V2 X gaming headset and Gigantus V2 mousepad, for just $67.99. That's down from $149.99.
Black Friday gaming headset deals under $100
On the other hand, a gaming headset is one thing every gamer needs. Something that can handle the sound of warfare, as well as the sweetest tunage. There are plenty of those around too, including one of our favorite headsets of all time, the HyperX Cloud Alpha that's going for $54.99 right now, as opposed to its usual $99.99. There's even the wireless Razer Quartz Barracuda X for $56.60 those who prefer to be able to get up and move around, and who suffer from a slight obsession with pink.
Black Friday microphone deals under $100
Of course, there's always the option to nab a professional sounding mic for streaming, recording ASMR, or just chatting to friends without sounding like you're inside a tin can. Now might be the time, with the Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ at $79, and the Blue Yeti Nano down to $69.99. That even leaves a little money left over for something else to round off your setup.
Black Friday SSD deals under $100
Aside from peripherals, a Black Friday SSD deal will net you one of the best internal PC upgrades you can make today for under $100. Not only are they cheap, they're also super easy to plug and play—that's assuming you have a spare M.2 slot on your motherboard. Do check the spec before making a purchase, and if you're planning move Windows boot drive do so with caution. We don't want you losing all your settings and apps, now.
Black Friday RAM deals under $100
You could even grab yourself some RAM—another simple-as-anything upgrade. Imagine bolstering your productivity with 32GB of speedy DDR4-3200 RAM for under $70 even. The Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan at $69.99 below delivers just that, and for a nifty $15 less than expected.
And if you're an AMD user who has been banging on about upgrading to 16GB for ages but just haven't gotten around to it, now might be the time with the PNY XLR8 Gaming now at $49.99.