Black Friday is just a week and change away, and we’re already seeing deep discounts on popular items with hundreds of dollars taken off sticker prices. Case in point: gaming PCs. Whether you need a beefy desktop battlestation or a portable powerhouse, we’re here to find you the best deals on editor-approved PCs that play all the latest titles. Make sure to check back here often, as I’m updating constantly.
Finding The Best Black Friday Gaming Deals
Be careful when browsing retailers during the holiday season, as some unscrupulous sellers try to fake you out with fraudulent high base prices and “discounts” that aren’t any better than what you can get year-round. When it comes to gaming hardware, the best way to understand what you’re getting is by reading our in-depth reviews, where we benchmark components and compare prices to find where the actual values are. For now, we can promise that these offers are the real deal, compared across retailers to deliver the lowest possible price.
Razer Gaming Laptop Deal
If you’re interested in an ultralight portable that packs a ton of power, the Razer Blade 14 is a steal at $1000 off. We gave this laptop an Editors’ Choice in our review, praising its sleek and dynamic design, luxurious build quality, and high-end components, including a speedy Ryzen 9 processor, a Nvidia 50-series graphics card, and a bright and crisp 3K display. One of the low-key coolest aspects of the Blade 14 is its battery life. We tested it at over 10 hours of use on a single charge, which is remarkable for a lightweight gaming machine.
HP Gaming Laptop Deal
We gave an “Excellent” rating to HP’s Omen Max 16 laptop in our review, gushing over the high-powered machine’s premium-grade chassis, complete with per-key keyboard backlighting, full-sized number pad and responsive touchpad. Under the hood, you’ll get a complement of excellent components, including a next-generation RTX 50-series graphics card. HP’s Omen Gaming Hub gives you access to robust overclocking controls, like per-core CPU multipliers, voltage adjustments, and more. You can snag this mid-range build for 29% off.
Lenovo Gaming Laptop Deal
It’s a budget baby, but there’s no better discount out there right now than an staggering 41% price cut on the capable Lenovo LOQ 15 gaming portable. We reviewed a significantly less capable loadout (with an Intel Arc GPU instead of a new Blackwell-series RTX 5050) and still liked it, noting that it had a great CPU for the price, along with a solid 144HZ full HD display and good port selection. This configuration also has a better CPU than the one we benchmarked, a 13th generation Core i5, so you can expect even better performance.
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MSI Gaming Laptop Deal
On the other side of the spectrum, the MSI Raider 18 is about as powerful as a gaming laptop can be without a prescription. We gave it an Editors’ Choice award in our review, with product expert Charles Jefferies saying that it “goes for power, top to bottom,” thanks to its cutting-edge Core Ultra 9 processor and top-of-the-line RTX 5090 graphics card. The incredible huge 4K mini-LED screen can take every frame that thing pumps out in max resolution and look good doing it. Of course, it has all the connectivity you’d expect, including Wi-Fi 7 radios and Thunderbolt ports. It’s spendy, but slicing $1160 off makes it doable.
Even More Early Black Friday Deals on Gaming Laptops
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Alienware 16 Aurora Intel 7 RTX 5060 1TB SSD 16″ 1…
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$1,049.99
($1,399.99)
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Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Intel Ultra 7 RTX 5070 1TB 16…
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$1,499.99
($2,299.99)
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Razer Blade 14 Ryzen AI 9 RTX 5070 1TB SSD 32GB RA…
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$1,699.99
($2,099.99)
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Alienware 18 Area-51 Intel Ultra 9 RTX 5080 2TB SSD Laptop
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$2,799.99
($3,649.99)
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Asus ROG Strix G16 Ryzen 9 RTX 5070 1TB SSD 32GB R…
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$1,699.99
($2,099.99)
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Alienware 16 Area-51 Intel Ultra 9 RTX 5090 2TB 240Hz Laptop
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$3,599.99
($4,349.99)
Save $750.00
*Deals are selected by our commerce team
Alienware Gaming Desktop Deal
Looking to set up a new home gaming battlestation? We raved about the recently-released 2025 Alienware Area-51 in our review, with its totally redesigned chassis delivering futuristic appeal thanks to a metal front panel, illuminated RGB loop and tempered glass side panel. Inside, you’ll find top-quality components, including a new Blackwell-series Nvidia graphics card. If you’re a tinkerer, the access method for this tower is one of the simplest and coolest we’ve ever seen, and the positive-pressure airflow system is innovative and quiet, even under heavy pressure.
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HP Gaming Desktop Deal
We gave an Editors’ Choice award to this peppy midrange tower from HP, and you can pick one up for 18% off right now. In our review, we lauded the Omen 35L’s classy mid-sized tower design, efficient and quiet cooling system, and solid 1440p performance. Since we wrote it, some components have been upgraded, and you now get an RTX 5060 in the box. While the storage loadout’s pretty small, you have plenty of well-placed ports for an external drive that you can also save big on during Black Friday.
Even More Early Black Friday Deals on Gaming Desktops
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Alienware Aurora Intel Ultra 9 RTX 5080 2TB SSD Desktop
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$2,299.99
($3,199.99)
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Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Ryzen 9 X3D RTX 5070 Ti 2TB…
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$1,949.99
($2,969.99)
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HP Omen 16L Intel Ultra 7 RTX 5060 1TB SSD 32GB RAM Desktop
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$1,179.99
($1,489.99)
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Cooler Master NR2 Pro Ryzen 7 RX 9070 XT 2TB Mini Desktop
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$2,541.43
($2,899.99)
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Alienware Area-51 Intel Ultra 9 RTX 5090 2TB SSD 3…
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$4,299.99
($5,499.99)
Save $1,200.00
*Deals are selected by our commerce team
Check out our exhaustive rundown of all the Early Black Friday deals, bargains, offers, and discounts that we’ve found so far!
Our Best Editor-Vetted Early Black Friday Deals
*Deals are selected by our commerce team
About Our Expert
K. Thor Jensen
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K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.