Best Black Friday PC gaming deals in Australia for 2024: The deals are starting to trickle in

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This mid-range gaming laptop pairs a decent RTX 4050 GPU with a 144Hz, 1920 x 1080 display. You're not going to blow heads off with the performance here, but for the money (and this is a really great price for a workhorse gaming lappy) you're getting great FHD performance at high refresh rates. Officeworks doesn't show a discount, but it's 38% off RRP, cheaper than the next best price.

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Lenovo has kickstarted its Black Friday business earlier this year, and one of the highlights is big discounts on its Lenovo Slim 5 Gen 9 gaming lappies, specifically those wielding AMD chips. To enjoy these discounts you need to use the eCoupon EARLYACCESS at checkout. Free shipping applies to both models.

Legion Slim 5 | Ryzen 7 8845HS | RTX 4060 | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | WQXGA | AU$2,999 AU$1,899

Legion Slim 5 | Ryzen 7 8845HS | RTX 4070 | 32GB RAM | 1TB SSD | WQXGA | AU$3,799 AU$2,499

Lenovo LOQ 15.6-inch | Core i5 | 16GB | RTX 4050 | 512GB SSD: was AU$2,039 now AU$1,499 from Lenovo
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If you're after an affordable gaming laptop that'll run most games smoothly at 1080p with silky smooth framerates, this is a great price. It doesn't have the smallest form factor going, but its looks nevertheless mean it can double as a work laptop too. You're not buying this for power: you're buying it for an affordable option to dive into games, albeit not at their highest settings.

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Here's a generously sized curved monitor with a silky 165Hz refresh rate. Well under AU$300 for a QHD monitor of this size is well worth consideration, especially if you're after a second screen that doesn't skimp in the size department. This one is part of MWave's current free shipping deal, so the price you see is what you pay.

Want a wider version? The G5 34 inch UWQHD model is also discounted at the moment, from AU$589 to AU$399. If you'd prefer the 16:9 27 inch model, that's down from AU$369 to AU$209.

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This Gigabyte workhorse is a reliable deal highlight during Black Friday, so we're not surprised to see this generous AU$400 discount rear its head. This is a mighty fine monitor, with a big 32-inch IPS display, a smooth 144Hz refresh rate and a vibrant 400 nits of brightness. This is a solid and dependable 4K monitor well worth investigation at this price.

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It may be difficult to stifle a laugh at how ridiculous this thing is to look at, but those concerns will likely fade away once you're gaming in front of this beast. It pulls out all stops, with a 240Hz refresh rate with a 0.03ms response time, which is going to verge noticeable on this ultrawide DQHD display. Look: it still ain't cheap, but if you want this much screen real estate and don't want to compromise on quality, now may be the time to bite on this.

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The Meta Quest 3 tops our list of the best VR headset, and this bundle deal is exceptionally good: some competitors are selling this 512GB model for AU$100 more without Batman: Arkham Shadow bundled in. This third iteration of Zuck's VR headset vastly improves over its predecessor (which mind you, is our second favourite headset—Valve can you fix this please?).

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With Steam Deck launching in Australia this month, now's the time to start hunting for deals on all-important Steam Deck accessories. Among the most attractive peripherals is a dock, all the better to plug the handheld into a monitor or TV, and this one is a more entry level version of our favourite Steam Deck dock. Ports include HDMI 2.0, which supports 4K at 60Hz, a 100Mbps ethernet port, two USB-A 2.0 ports and a USB-C with charging passthrough. Probably all you'll need to start with.

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Uh, AU$9 for a wireless gamepad that's compatible with PC and boasts drift-free Hall Effect thumbsticks is the very definition of a "buy now think later" scenario. The full picture first, though: MWave's shipping is AU$10.50 plus they charge a AU$2.95 "transit cover" fee, so the actual total is AU$22.67. That's still a great price for a wireless Hall Effect controller though. We've not reviewed this model, but user reviews suggest it's a good budget controller very much sans bells and whistles. Also available in black.

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Glorious is hardly a household name but this is a mouse we can recommend: In Katie's review it's described as "the lightest RGB mouse around", and it better be, with all those holes. The ambidextrous affair is "optimized for competitive gaming", and has a 1000hz polling rate. It was down to AU$54 during Prime Day, and may drop further for Black Friday, but for now this is a good discount if you're keen on this model.