I've been doing this for 18 years and I'm still picking out the best Cyber Monday PC gaming deals

It's far from over, you know. Cyber Monday may not technically be until tomorrow, but it's all kicking off right now. And, as you might expect, a huge number of the best Black Friday deals are still live.

Take the all-AMD gaming PC Jacob made for less than the price of a single RTX 4090 graphics card, for example.

I stuffed AMD's best GPU and CPU into a monster gaming PC made up of Cyber Monday deals and it only costs as much as some RTX 4090s on their own

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | $699 $581.53
• GPU: Sapphire RX 7900 XTX | $889.99
• Motherboard: MSI MPG X670E Carbon WiFi | $479.99 $389.99
• Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB | $119.99 $109.99
• SSD: Lexar NM790 2TB | $124.99 $109.99
• Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e |  $179.99 $154.99
• Cooler: EK-Nucleus CR360 Lux-D | $204.99 $149.99
• Case: Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB | $399.99 $299.99
• Total: $2,686.46

One of the things that has surprised me today—especially given that a bunch of the other gaming laptops I've recommended over the last week have suddenly spiked in price—is that this incredibly priced RTX 4080 gaming laptop deal is still live.

It's a proper, high-powered RTX 4080 GPU, too, not some down-clocked weakling. And it's just $1,600 at the moment over at Newegg. So, yeah, don't go get it at Amazon 'cos it's nearly $500 more expensive over with Jeff's mob.

MSI Vector | RTX 4080 | Intel Core i9 12900HX | 16GB DDR5-4800 | 1TB SSD | 1200p | 144Hz | $2,099 $1,599 at Newegg (save $500)
This is the most affordable RTX 4080-based gaming laptop I've found, possibly at any time this year. It's not some hobbled GPU implementation either, using a 175W design of the graphics card to give you the full gaming performance. It's certainly not the most beautiful laptop you will see, nor the slimmest (though that helps keep it cool), and I'd rather a higher refresh rate panel and a bit more RAM, but it's a great price for an otherwise high-spec gaming machine.

Price check: Amazon $2,091.05

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We may be well into the silly sales season now, but every time I look at the prices of SSDs right now I am astonished. Seriously, I remember when a rubbish 4TB SSD was like $400. Now you can pick up a really good one for well under $200. And 2TB drives are less than $100. 

I'm into it. You can never have too much storage. Well, unless you've run out of NVMe slots in your motherboard that is—that's certainly something to check before you splash the cash on a new M.2 SSD.

• Silicon Power 4TB | 5,000MB/s read | 4,500MB/s write | $179.99 $161.99
• Acer Predator 4TB | 7,400MB/s read | 6,300MB/s write | $249.99 $185
• Lexar NM790 4TB | 7,400MB/s read | 6,400MB/s write | $229.99 $186.95

• Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | $199.99 $119.99
• Lexar NM790 2TB | $124.99 $109.99
• WD Black SN850X 2TB | $131.49 $119.99
• Nextorage 2TB | $249.99 $99.99

I'm also pretty stunned at just how affordable a good 1440p gaming monitor is right now. Dell's S2722DGM is an absolutely rock-solid pick, and has been sitting pretty in our best gaming monitor list for a long time now. And at a shade under $200 it's a great price.

Dell S2722DGM | 27-inch | 165Hz | 1440p | VA | $299.99 $199.99 at Dell (save $100)
Our favorite overall gaming monitor is the pricey, ultrawide 34" Alienware QD-OLED, but our top 1440p pick is this good old fashioned 16:9 display from Dell. It was discounted to $250 over the summer, and now it's down to $200. A great pick for a midrange build.

Price check: Walmart $309.32

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But then we've still got that 27-inch Acer Nitro 1440p panel available for $170, and that's got a slightly higher refresh rate. But y'know, only by 5Hz, so you're probably not going to notice.

Acer Nitro | 27-inch | 1440p | VA | FreeSync Premium | 170Hz | $249.99 $169.99 at Newegg (save $80)
This is the best deal on a 1440p gaming monitor we've seen so far. A respectable brand and a respectable spec, this is right in the sweet spot for PC gaming. And for price, in fact.

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And speaking of monitors, there are still a number of great OLED gaming displays still available right now—including the screen we're still calling the best gaming monitor: the Alienware OLED ultrawide.

But if you're after an OLED TV there are some real bargains out there, especially on ones that could easily double as a big, sharp gaming monitor.

Gaming monitors

• Alienware 34 AW3423DWF | 34-inch | $999.99 $799.99
• Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED | 49-inch | $1,599.99 $999.99

Televisions

• LG UltraGear 48GQ900 | 48-inch | $1,499.99 $699.99
• LG C3 OLED | 42-inch | $1,296.99 $896.99
• LG C3 OLED | 48-inch | $1,396.99 $1,046.99
• LG C3 OLED | 65-inch | $2,496.99 $1,596.99
• Sony Bravia XR A75L | 55-inch | $1,599 $1,198
• Samsung S90C | 55-inch | $1,897.99 $1,297.99
• Samsung S90C | 65-inch | $1,597.99

BTW, if you're not willing to build a gaming PC for less than the price of an RTX 4090, you could just buy an RTX 4090 gaming PC instead. It won't be as much fun, and you'll have to content with it being a slightly proprietary Alienware machine, and Jacob will be super upset that you're not following his excellent guide, but it'll be much easier.

Alternative offer

Alienware Aurora R15 | RTX 4090 | Core i9 13900KF | 32GB DDR5-4800 | 1TB SSD | $3,899.99 $3,299.99 at Dell (save $600)
This deal is worth paying attention to purely because the GPU alone is worth around $2,000 of the whole machine's price. That Intel CPU is still outstanding, and with 32GB of RAM you're good for capacity even if the 4,800MT/s speed is a little low. I would rather more storage at this price, but SSDs are stupid cheap right now.

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Our Andy poured his heart into finding the best deals which deliver the most bang for your buck in a bunch of different categories, even down to a gaming PC and laptop.

• Mouse: EVGA X20 | Wireless | $69.99 $17.99
• Headset: Razer BlackShark V2 X | Wired | $59.99 $39.99
• Keyboard: Redragon K552 | $69.99 $43.99
• SSD: Nextorage Japan | 2TB | $249.99 $99.99
• CPU: Intel Core i5 12600KF | $219.99 $159.99
• Gaming monitor: LG UltraGear | 3440 x 1440 | $399.99 $249.99
• GPU: XFX Speedster RX 6800 | $399.99 $379.99
• Gaming laptop: Gigabyte G5 | $1,099.99 $749.99
• Gaming PC: Ipason gaming desktop| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | $1,399 $849

Look, I love a Razer gaming mouse, but I am willing to admit that Logitech do make some great wired and wireless rodents. In fact, my first gaming mouse love was the inimitable Logitech G9, a glorious mouse that has never been bettered in my opinion. Well, except for the sensor, I mean today's optical sensors are just stunningly good.

Anyways, while we do recommend the DeathAdder V2 and V3 Pro as the two best gaming mice around right now, our Ted went out of his way to find the best Logitech mice as he is rather anti Razer rodents. There are a lot of G502 models in his list, but hey, it's a great mouse.

• Logitech G502 Lightspeed | Wireless | $149.99 $89.99
• Logitech G502 X Lightspeed| Wireless | $139.99 $99.99
• Logitech G502 HERO| Wired | $79.99 $38.95
• Logitech G203 | Wired | $39.99 $19.99
• Logitech G903 LIGHTSPEED | Wireless | $149.99 $89.99

I was genuinely surprised to see this RTX 4070 gaming laptop still available for less than a grand—then super-surprised to see that it was even cheaper today. Okay, so another $20 off the already excellent discount price isn't exactly earth-shattering, but damn, a proper RTX 4070 gaming laptop for just $980?

Oof.

Asus TUF F15 | RTX 4070 | Intel Core i7 12700H | 15-inch | 144Hz | 1080p | 16GB DDR4-3200 | 1TB SSD | $1,399.99 $979.99 at Best Buy (save $420)
The TUF range of laptops from Asus is its more value-oriented range, but they're still solid machines and when they're this price, with this level of spec, they're hard to ignore. This is the cheapest I've seen an RTX 4070 laptop on sale for, and your only real compromise is the last-gen CPU and memory combo... which isn't much of a compromise for a gaming laptop.

Price check: Amazon $1,250.98

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It's dark here in the office. I'm not moving much, and the motion detected lighting keeps going out. Kinda moody. And I can't shake the feeling that at some point someone's going to lock the office door downstairs and I'm going to be stuck here for the night like I'm in some depressing '80s movie knock-off.

This is a budget rig with an absolutely hoofing great 2TB SSD inside it. You don't normally get this much storage space in a sub-$900 gaming PC, and if you do half a terabyte will be an SSD and the rest will be a mish-mash of hard drives plucked off a scrapheap somewhere. 

Not with CyberPowerPC, this is a bona fide 2TB NVMe SSD. And that's going to make it capacious and quick.

CyberPowerPC | Ryzen 5 7600 | GeForce RTX 4060 | 16GB DDR5 | 2TB NVMe SSD | $1,099.99 $899.99 at Best Buy (save $200)
This is a good price for an RTX 4060 gaming PC, and a great price for a modern Zen 4 DDR5 setup with 2TB of fast SSD storage. That's not something you normally get in a sub-$1,000 machine and it's very, very welcome.

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I've not tapped away on this board myself, but for $28 in this Amazon Prime exclusive this Keychron C3 Pro deal looks pretty damned good. If you're after a cheap TKL mechanical gaming keyboard then look no further. 

It's Keychron key switches are gasket mounted and come pre-lubed, so it should have a pretty pleasing sound and feel. And it's got some pretty impressive customization options, too.

For a cheap keeb, this is going to be as good as it gets.

Remember me saying I liked Razer gear? Other people do, too, and our intrepid Katie went searching high and low for the best Razer Cyber Monday deals around right now. And yes, one of them is a pink keyboard. And yes, it does look as sick in real life.

      Gaming laptops

• Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 4060 | $2,399.99 $1,999.99
• Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 4070 | $2,699.99 $2,399.99
• Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,499.99 $1,799.99
• Razer Blade 15 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,699.99 $2,099.99
• Razer Blade 17 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,199 $1,999.99
  
  Microphone
  
• Razer Seiren Mini | USB | $49.99 $34.99
  
  Gaming headsets
  
• Razer BlackShark V2 X  | Wired | $59.99 $39.99
• Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (Gen1) | Wireless | $179.99 $99.99
  
  Gaming keyboards
  
• Razer Huntsman Mini | $119.99 $69.99
• Razer BlackWidow V3 | $139.99 $99.99
  
  Gaming mice
  
• Razer Basilisk V3 | Wired | $69.99 $39.99
• Razer Basilisk Ultimate | Wireless | $149.99 $77.99
• Razer Naga Pro | Wireless | $149.99 $84.95

If you want to go wide. Like, reeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy wide then you probably want one of those Samsung 49-inch or 57-inch monitors. But if you're after a more sensible expanse of screen real estate but more than a modest 34-incher, this 45-inch LG Ultragear could be your jam.

It's rocking a 5120 x 1440 resolution, which makes it a very broad 32:9 aspect ratio, and it comes with a 200Hz refresh rate. So it should be a pretty decent gaming screen, as well as a productivity beast. That's how you describe wide office monitors, 'beasts',

Anyways, it's $200 less today on Amazon where it's $599.99.

LG 45GR65DC-B | 45-inch | 5120 x 1440 | 200Hz | VA| $799.99 $599.99 at Amazon (save $200)
Big screen monitors are all the rage right now, but if you don't want to stretch to an ultrawide OLED then this LG 45-inch could be more of your style. Its 32:9 aspect ratio makes it a productivity, er, beast, but the high refresh rate will make it a worthy gaming monitor, too.

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Jeremy's our resident screen guru, and I've learned pretty everything I know about screen technology from him. So, when he says these are the best current Cyber Monday gaming monitor deals I'm going to listen.

• Asus TUF VG27AQA1A | 27-inch 1440p 170Hz VA | $249.99 $169.99
• ASRock Phantom Gaming | 34-inch WQHD 165Hz VA | $379.99 $289.99
• Acer Nitro XV282K | 28-inch 4K 144Hz IPS | $499.99 $399.99
• Alienware AW3423DWF| 34-inch WQHD 165Hz OLED | $1,099.99 $799.99
• Samsung Odyssey G9 | 49-inch 240Hz OLED | $1,599.99 $999.99

Who couldn't love this little guy? 👆

I'm a huge fan of the Serien Mini, it's the mic I use on a daily basis and it's absolutely perfect for me. I don't want to have to set anything up to use a microphone, I just want to be able to plug it in and then talk. And there's literally nothing to the Serien Mini except a mic on a wire.

That makes it cheap, but also super easy to use. And it sounds great, too, which makes it perfect for someone like me who either doesn't want a boom mic plugged into my head 24/7 or who wants to use some great headphones instead of a headset.

Our Hope has picked my mic out as one of the best Cyber Monday mic deals around, and found some deals on some other great microphones, including our pick as best gaming mic right now.

• Razer Seiren Mini | USB | $49.99 $34.99
• HyperX Quadcast | USB | $99.99 $89.99
• HyperX QuadCast S | USB | $159.99 $103.99
• Sennheiser Professional Profile set | Mic + boom | USB | $199 $179
• Shure MV7 | USB, XLR | $249.99 $224
• Shure MV7 Tripod kit| USB, XLR | $269 $242

It's Cyber Monday proper now, people. And what better way to kick things off on this PC gaming deals blog than to talk about... fridges? Yes, apparently it was a transformative moment for Tim, so we can but indulge him.

I'm not joking when I say this mini-fridge has been one of the most transformative PC gaming purchases I've ever made (and it's on sale today)

Danby Designer Mini-Fridge | 4.4 Cu.Ft. | Energy Star compliant | $419.99 $199.99 at Amazon (save 52%)
The Danby mini-fridge's three main shelves are enough to stock more drinks than even the most degenerate MMO player can expect to get through quickly. The can holsters in the door are great for easy access and you can also slot some taller bottles in there. Temperature is easily controlled via a dial and I've had zero issues with leaks or accidentally freezing items.

Price check: Best Buy is also $199

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Ooh, this is new. The Acer Predator Helios 16 is now on sale for $200 less than it was over Black Friday. It's $1,800 at B&H Photo right now, which is a great price for an RTX 4080 gaming laptop of this pedigree. We checked out the mini-LED version a little while back and Jacob loved it, this one comes with a 240Hz IPS panel, but is identical in every other way. 

A lot of laptop for the money.

Acer Predator Helios 16 | GeForce RTX 4080 | Core i9 13900HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240Hz IPS | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | $2,499.99 $1,799.99 at B&H Photo (save $700)
This is the best Acer gaming laptop we've ever tested (check out our review) and we love this 16-inch form factor. The screen in this $2,000 version doesn't seem to be the same gorgeous Mini-LED panel, but it's still a fast 240Hz IPS display. You also get that RTX 4080 mobile GPU, which is able to keep pace with most RTX 4090 laptops, as well as a surfeit of memory and Intel CPU cores. This is monster of a machine that will deliver on anything you throw at it, from games to serious rendering.

Price check: Newegg $2,399 | Amazon $2,349.99

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I know the Ally got some bad press for its SD card-killing woes, but they are apparently behind it now. And it is still one of the best handheld gaming PCs out there, especially now that its Cyber Monday price has dropped below $600, making it cheaper than it was over Black Friday.

It's got a far better processor than the Steam Deck, and that means it can genuinely deliver decent 1080p gaming performance on its high refresh rate screen. And its software (coupled with Steam Big Picture mode) means that Windows doesn't actually make a bad handheld OS.

Asus ROG Ally | AMD Z1 Extreme | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | 7-inch 1080p | 120Hz | $699.99 $599.99 at Best Buy (save $100)
The most powerful version of once of the best PC gaming handhelds just got hit with the deal stick. The Asus Ally surprised us at launch with its relatively low price (for a premium Asus product). Now it's even cheaper. Has the time come for you to get in on some handheld gaming action?

Price check: Amazon $720

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Today's Cyber Monday PC gaming deals are brought to you, sound-tracked by Neil Young on these bad bois. I do wish the Audeze Maxwell headset was discounted this Cyber Monday, but actually $299 for a wireless set of planar magnetic headphones is still pretty good. 

They sound incredible in games and with music. 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Finding deals isn't the easiest job, you need experience, smarts, attention to detail, and the ability not to be murdered in the prosecution of your duty.

This is the fastest pure gaming CPU around right now, and with $90 knocked off the sticker price it's a great chip to start building a new gaming PC around. Especially now that the prices of DDR5 and AM5 motherboards has been dropping consistently.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 8 cores, 16 threads | 5.0GHz | AM5 | $449 $358.99 at Amazon (save $90.01)
If you're looking for the CPU that will deliver the highest frame rates in your games, well, here it is. There are better all-rounders if you need extreme multithreaded performance, but in our review we found the 7800X3D currently reigns supreme when it comes to raw gaming grunt. 8 cores, 16 threads, a 5GHz boost clock and a huge amount of single-threaded performance means this CPU simply outpaces the competition for gaming, and it's no slouch in the other departments either.

Price check: Best Buy $369 | Newegg $358.98

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And if you do want an AM5 socket motherboard to go with that new AMD CPU 👇 then these two ASRock boards are a good price right now.

ASRock B650E PG Riptide | AMD AM5 Socket | ATX | 4x DDR5 slots | 3x M.2 | 4x SATA | $239.99 $179.99 at Newegg (save $60)
Yes, it's another ASRock motherboard but this one offers lots of features for the money. It's a full-size ATX board so there's room to fit four RAM sticks, three M.2 SSDs, and four SATA drives. The main difference between AMD's B650 and B650E chipset is the latter has PCIe 5.0 support, so if you're to have the absolute fastest storage, then this is the one for you. It has a built-in WiFi module for easy networking and if overclocking is your thing, then you'll have the right foundation to do it with this board.

Price check: $179.99 Walmart

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ASRock X670E PG Lightning | AMD AM5 Socket | ATX | 4x DDR5 slots | 4x M.2 | 4x SATA | $259.99 $229.99 at Newegg (save $30)
In the sub-$300 segment, ASRock motherboards are very hard to beat. Here, you're getting the top level X670E chipset, with PCIe 5.0 support, and four M.2 slots to really load up your PC with storage. There's no WiFi module but there are plenty of PCIe slots to fit a wireless network card. In terms of overclocking support, you've got more than enough scope with this board. In fact, you should only be spending more if you're looking to really push AMD's most expensive CPUs to their limits.

Price check: $229.99 Walmart

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Wanna throw some memory into the mix with your new CPU and motherboard purchase? Like I said, DDR5 memory is getting a lot cheaper these days, but even so a 32GB kit like this for under $90 is a steal.

Corsair Vengeance 32GB | DDR5 | 5200MHz | CL40 | 2x 16GB | 1.1v | $99.99 $89.99 at Newegg (save $10)
We rated the 4800MHz version of this kit as the best budget DDR5 for gaming but this faster model is even cheaper. If you just want a simple dual channel set of RAM that's stable, runs cool, and eschews all the bling, then load up your system with this.

Price check: $89.99 Amazon

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How is this RTX 4080 gaming laptop still in stock? This is one of the most surprising long-term deals of this Black Friday ➡️ Cyber Monday period. It's a stunning price at $1,600 for a high-end MSI gaming laptop. Bit of a bargain if you ask me.

6. MSI Vector | RTX 4080 | Intel Core i9 12900HX | 16GB DDR5-4800 | 1TB SSD | 1200p | 144Hz | $2,099 $1,599 at Newegg (save $500)
This is the most affordable RTX 4080-based gaming laptop I've found, possibly at any time this year. It's not some hobbled GPU implementation either, using a 175W design of the graphics card to give you the full gaming performance. It's certainly not the most beautiful laptop you will see, nor the slimmest (though that helps keep it cool), and I'd rather a higher refresh rate panel and a bit more RAM, but it's a great price for an otherwise high-spec gaming machine.

Price check: Amazon $2,091.05

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Man, recommending graphics cards is tough work. Ex-PCG alum Alan dropped me a line asking about a GPU for his son studying ray tracing at university and it was tough. He settled on an RTX 4060 Ti, but it's not easy making an affordable pick right now.

Still, these are the best prices we've found for the current-gen cards around right now.

• RTX 4080: $1,129.99 @ Newegg
• RTX 4070 Ti: $749.99 @ Newegg
• RTX 4070: $514.99 @ Newegg
• RTX 4060 Ti: $364.99 @ Amazon
• RTX 4060: $299.99 @ Newegg
  
  
• RX 7900 XTX: $889.99 @ Walmart
• RX 7900 XT: $739.99 @ Newegg
• RX 7800 XT: $499.99 @ Newegg
• RX 7600: $259.99 @ Amazon

I would like to state, for the record, that no-one on the PC Gamer hardware team actually advised Rich to go and swap his boot drive HDD for an external SSD, but ever one to go his own way, that's what he has done. At least it wasn't a SanDisk drive, anyways.

But hey, whatever works. I just know I'd accidentally unplug it some point with disastrous consequences...

The best thing I did this deals season was revive my old desktop with a cheap SSD

• Crucial X9 Pro Portable SSD| 1TB | USB-C | $86.63 $69.27
• Samsung T7 Shield | 1TB | USB 3.2 Gen2 | $99.99 $79.99
• Team T-FORCE CARDEA Z44L | 1TB | $59.99 $43.99

Ah, serious headphones are a luxury, to be sure. But they don't have to be ludicrously expensive as this Cyber Monday deal over at Drop shows. It's got the Sennheiser HD 6XX collaboration with a $40 saving. So, it's only mildly expensive.

It's even got our Joshua considering ditching his tattered Sennys...

This Cyber Monday Sennheiser HD 6XX deal has me seriously considering upgrading the headphones I've used for nearly a decade

Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX Headphones | 40mm drivers |  10-41,000Hz | Open-back | Wired | $219 $179 at Drop (save $40)
A hot collab between Drop and Sennheiser, the HD 6XX headphones are essentially a variant of Sennheiser's ever-popular HD 650s in misty midnight blue. They have the same sound profile as the HD 650s—a nice, crisp and clear response on the mids and highs—meaning you're set for some seriously nice audio for a seriously decent price.

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There are still some genuinely good deals on budget gaming PCs this Cyber Monday. I do like that GPU-less Ipason—combine it with one of the graphics cards on offer today and you're in business. But the CyberPowerPC is probably the best no-fuss system you can buy today for less than a grand.

Ipason gaming desktop | AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | 16GB DDR4-3200 | 1TB NVMe SSD | $849.99 $469 at Newegg (save $380.99)
You can game on this machine to a certain extent—the integrated Vega GPU on the Ryzen chip will certainly support 720p gaming at lower settings. But we're listing it here as a good base from which to add your own graphics card for a quick, powerful new gaming PC. The AMD CPU is a good six-core, 12-thread job, and the 16GB RAM will run everything you need.

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CyberpowerPC Game Master | Ryzen 5 7600 | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16GB DDR5 | 500GB NVMe SSD | $999 $849.99 at Amazon (save $149.01)
This CyberpowerPC prebuilt has a lot going for it, namely the pairing of the still-fresh Ryzen 5 7600 CPU, DDR5 memory, and an RTX 4060 for under $900. This rig does have one notable cutback to be aware of though: that cramped 500 gig NVMe drive. It's enough space to get you started though, and honestly, it might be a good idea to just pair this bad boy with one of the great Cyber Monday SSD deals we've been seeing: keep that 500 gig stick as a boot drive, and pair it with a 2 terabyte auxiliary drive. Just hold off on buying more than one extra NVMe—the Amazon listing doesn't specify how many M.2 slots this guy has.

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Ipason gaming desktop | Ryzen 5 5600 | Radeon RX 7600 | 16GB DDR4-3200 | 1TB SSD | $1,399 $849 at Newegg (save $550)
If you don't want to get busy with a screwdriver, Ipason has another budget offering, this time with an RX 7600 GPU at its heart. That offers sometimes better than RTX 4060 gaming performance, and the full system comes with a solid back-up spec, too.

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Robin is our faithful tabletop aficionado, and has DM'd pretty much the entire PC Gamer team through many a campaign in his time. So, he knows his D&D and RPG onions, and there's no-one better to tell you what the best deals are this Cyber Monday.

Take it from someone who's been roleplaying for 20 years: these are the best discounts on D&D and other tabletop RPGs this Cyber Monday

Ooop, just as the Xbox wireless pad goes expensive at Amazon again, Lenovo (yes, Lenovo) is selling the white version for the Black Friday deal price we've seen over the past week. It really is the best PC controller for the money. Reliable, well-built, and feels good in the hands.

Microsoft Xbox Wireless controller | White | Wireless | AA batteries | $59.99 $39.99 at Lenovo (save $20)
Microsoft makes a mean controller that's tough to beat for the money. You can score a few color Xbox pads for less cash right now, and you'd be hard pressed to find a better controller for the same money. Maybe the DualSense, but depends which stick layout you prefer. The multi-colored versions are on offer at $45 right now, but you can get the plain black version for just $40.

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It's not even slightly PC gaming related, but it wouldn't be December in my house without the Star Wars Advent Calendar. I might even let my kids have a go with it this year. But I'm not promising anything, okay Charlie?

1. LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar | $48.99 $38.99

I've been a big fan of what Lenovo has been doing in the laptop space over the past year. In fact, my favorite gaming laptop this year has been a Lenovo Legion Pro machine. But I've been getting frustrated with its Legion desktop PCs, I've got to say. 

There have been deals on Legion Towers this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but they're frustratingly low on storage. Take this otherwise decent RTX 4080-based machine. It's set to drop to $2,099.99 at 12pm ET, which is a pretty competitive price for such a system.

Were it not for the fact that it's sporting just 512GB of SSD storage. That's like half of Call of Duty or something. Given you can buy 1TB of storage as a consumer for under $50 right now you'd thing someone with the buying power of Lenovo could beat that.

The balance of power has shifted and now the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti is cheaper than the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT this Cyber Monday. Nick has already written about the vices and virtues of these two GPU contenders, but when the GeForce card is cheaper and offers the twin boons of DLSS 3.5 and Frame Generation, I'm leaning towards the green team on this one.

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti vs AMD RX 7900 XT: Cyber Monday deals stick them around the same price, so here's which I recommend buying

XFX RX 7900 XT | 20GB GDDR6 | 5,376 shaders | 2,560MHz boost | $819.99 $759.99 at Amazon (save $60)
Seeing a bunch of RX 7900 XTs selling for well less than MSRP is a welcome sight. What we like about XFX is that it should run quieter than your average RX 7900 XT. We all could do with a little less noise from our PC. 

RX 7900 XT price check: $779.95 Walmart | Best Buy $749.99

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Zotac RTX 4070 Ti | 12GB GDDR6X | 7,680 shaders | 2,655MHz boost | $784.99 $729.99 at Newegg (save $55 with promo code BFDCY2Z49)
This is a straightforward card from Zotac, with a minor clock boost over the reference spec, but comes with a really neat looking cooler. The same design works well on the beefier chips, so I'm not concerned about how effective it'll be with an RTX 4070 Ti. It's now a pretty decent saving over the base $799 reference price.

RTX 4070 Ti price check: Amazon $749.99 | $749.99 at Walmart

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Erm. Just going to leave this here. Do with this information what you will. But I will say I'm going to buy me a big baguette now. BRB.

Take a break from deal-hunting with the most bamboozling Cyber Monday deals of 2023

If you're not convinced by any of the Cyber Monday gaming PC deals for prebuilt systems, let me offer an alternative: a budget PC built entirely out of discounted parts.

Not only will you learn a thing or two about how a gaming PC ticks by piecing it together yourself, you'll also save a few pennies. Our Jacob is convinced his budget build is a better buy than others you might find for the same money.

Here's what goes into it:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | $229 $199 at Amazon (save $30)
• Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS | $149.99 $124.99 at Newegg (save $25)
• GPU: XFX Speedster Radeon RX 7600 | $269.99 $239.99 at Amazon (save $30)
• Memory: Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan DDR5-5200 | 16GB | $62.99 $59.99 at Amazon (save $3)
• SSD: Nextorage Japan | 1TB | $149.99 $54.99 at Newegg (save $95)
• Power supply: Corsair CX650M | $79.99 $64.99 at Newegg (save $15)
• Cooler: AMD Wraith Stealth (included with CPU) | Free
• Case: Zalman S2 | $54.99 $49.99 at Amazon (save $5)
• Total: $793.94

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | Six cores | 12 threads | Max Boost: 5.1GHz | Wraith Stealth cooler included | $229 $199 at Amazon (save $30)
It's between this and Intel's Core i5 13400F for me. Ultimately the stars aligned on this particular build for the all-AMD option, though you could make a very good argument for the similarly priced Intel chip, too. Either way, you're netting awesome gaming performance and more, AMD and Intel's budget chips are crushing it at the moment.

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ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi | AM5 | Micro ATX | $149.99 $124.99 at Newegg (save $25)
I'll admit sometimes my eyes gloss over when I look at too many motherboards at once, but the key thing is we're grabbing a solid platform for our CPU and other components to slot into. This one offers plenty of space for SSDs, supports the memory we need, and looks nicer than some budget models.

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XFX RX 7600 | 8GB | 2,048 shaders | 2,755MHz | $269.99 $239.99 at Amazon (save $30)
As the budget baby of the RDNA 3 family, the RX 7600 faces a lot of competition. Not just from Intel and Nvidia, but from AMD's previous generation of cards too. At this price, though, its quite a bit cheaper than the RX 6700 XT and in some games, it performs nearly as well. Not the most exciting of card designs, though.

RX 7600 price check: $239.99 Newegg| $239.99 Walmart

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Nextorage Japan | 1TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7300MB/s Read | 6000 MBs write | $149.99 $54.99 at Newegg (save $95)
Nextorage may be a relatively new name in the world of NMVe SSDs, but don't be fooled by appearances. This drive sports a Phison E18 controller, the very same used in a number of high-performance SSDs and the 1TB version represents excellent price/performance value here. Check out our review for more.

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Corsair CX650M | 650W | Semi modular | $79.99 $64.99 at Newegg (save $15)
I'll say it again for anyone that didn't hear me the first time: don't buy a no-brand PSU just because it's cheap! It might work fine for a while, but generally they don't deal well with the electrical equivalent of potholes well. A bump in the road shouldn't bother a respectable brand's power supply, but I can't vouch for an unknown.

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Zalman S2 | ATX | Mid-tower | Acrylic side panel | three fans included | $54.99 $49.99 at Amazon (save $5)
This PC case has been gradually dropping in price for a while, and this is the cheapest I can see it's been since around 2021. Blame inflation, but otherwise this seems a nice looking case with plenty of airflow for the money.

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We're approaching the light at the end of the tunnel for Cyber Monday, but there are still deals live for some of our favorite products. I mean our genuine top picks: the products we rate highest in our many buying guides from our time testing and benchmarking them for review. 

Best gaming laptop

Lenovo Legion Pro 7i | 16-inch| Intel Core i9 | RTX 4080 | 16 GB DDR5 RAM | 512 GB M.2 PCIe SSD | $2,749 $2,359.79 at Lenovo (save $389.21)
Lenovo's Legion Pro 7i is our favorite overall gaming laptop this generation and our favorite 16-inch as well. This particular build has half the RAM and SSD storage space as our favorite configuration in our guide to the best gaming laptops, but it still comes with that excellent CPU performance from the Intel Core i9 13900HX. You can upgrade that SSD to a 1TB for just $50 extra, too.

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Best gaming monitor

Alienware AW3423DWF | 34-inch | 1440p | 165Hz | QD-OLED | $999.99 $799.99 at Dell (save $200)
Alienware's fancy QD-OLED panel just got that little bit cheaper. It's still not exactly entry-level at $800, but think of it as a long term investment that will make every single gaming session pop. Once you've experienced per-pixel OLED-style lighting, you won't want to go back to LCD tech. You can read our Alienware QD-OLED review for more.

Price check: Best Buy $799.99

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Best SSD

WD Black SN850X | 1TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300MB/s read | 6,300MB/s write | $129.99 $79.99 at Amazon (save $50.00)
This is our favorite SSD for gaming right now, but much like the SN770 on this list, it was cheaper a week ago. Stick around for a couple weeks and it'll likely drop in price again. But 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, and at this price, we're happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.

Price check: $79.99 Best Buy | $79.99 Newegg

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Best gaming chair

Secretlab Titan Evo | 'Signatures' designs | Magnetic cushions | $549 $519 at Secretlab (save $30)
The Titan Evo is our favorite gaming chair, and has been for the longest time. It's the benchmark by which we judge all other gaming chairs—it's comfortable, supportive, and easy to assemble. The holy trinity. Buying direct from Secretlab is the only way to pick up this chair at this price right now.

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Best wired headset

Razer BlackShark V2 X  | 50mm drivers | 12-28,000Hz | Closed-back | Wired | $59.99 $39.99 at Amazon (save $20)
The Razer Blackshark V2 X features a detachable cardioid mic, 7.1 surround sound and a 50mm set of well-balanced titanium drivers. It's a solid and dependable bit of gear, and while this isn't a gigantic discount we still think this price represents great value for money for such a high-performing headset.

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Best wireless headset

HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless | Dynamic 50mm drivers | 15Hz–21kHz | Closed back | Wireless, USB Type-C connector | $199.99 $119.99 at HP (save $80)
The sound quality on the Cloud Alpha is great for gaming and music both, a great wireless version of one of our favorite gaming headsets. The microphone isn't fantastic, in our experience, but that doesn't bring down an otherwise great value set. Deals have gotten even better on this pair over the weekend and you can snag the new price at several retailers. HP's offering free shipping though, if you don't already have that perk elsewhere.

Price Check: Amazon $119.99 | Target $119.99

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Best gaming mouse

Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro | 30,000 DPI | Optical Sensor | 5 button | Wireless, USB Type-C | $149.99 $138 at Amazon (save $12)
The DeathAdder has long been a top-tier gaming mouse and the V3 Pro doubles down on the great tech. The discounts on offer for this rodent aren't incredible this weekend, so look elsewhere for big savings, but if you're set on having the best then you may as well snag it for a few bucks off.

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Best gaming keyboard

Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless | Mechanical | Hot-swappable | RGB lighting | PBT keycaps | $179.99 $144.99 at Amazon (save $35)
This is our favorite gaming keyboard today. An absolute dream to type on, the ROG Strix ticks all the boxes for connectivity, too. It's wireless, either via a dongle or Bluetooth, and of course you can plug it in wired if need be. A clever multi-function media wheel rounds off a keyboard that our Jacob is still using right now, despite having other boards to review.

Price check: Newegg $164.99

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Best gamepad

Microsoft Xbox Wireless controller | White | Wireless | AA batteries | $59.99 $39.99 at Lenovo (save $20)
Microsoft makes a mean controller that's tough to beat for the money. You can score a few colorful Xbox pads for less cash right now, and you'd be hard pressed to find a better controller for the same money. The multi-colored versions are on offer at $45 right now, but you can get the plain black or white version for just $40.

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Graphics card deals are drying up as Cyber Monday rages on, but there are still some in stock! The discounts range from "eh, alright" to "barely worth it," but nonetheless there are lots of folks choosing now to upgrade. So here's where you can still get a (relatively modest) deal on a top-of-the-line Nvidia or AMD card today. 

Nvidia

• RTX 4080: $1,129.99 @ Amazon
• RTX 4070 Ti: $729.99 @ Newegg
• RTX 4070: $539.99 @ Walmart
• RTX 4060 Ti: $364.99 @ Amazon
• RTX 4060: $299.99 @ Best Buy

AMD

• RX 7900 XTX: $889.99 @ Walmart
• RX 7900 XT: $759.99 @ Newegg
• RX 7800 XT: $499.99 @ Newegg
• RX 7600: $239.99 @ Amazon

The headset I use every day is on sale, big time. It's the Razer BlackShark V2 Pro, a pair of cans you've probably heard about once or twice. This is not the 2023 refresh model that we also generally recommend, but at $99.99 through Cyber Monday, I would buy this older 2021 headset again if mine broke tomorrow. It's the best wireless headset, with one significant asterisk*.

Razer BlackShark V2 Pro | 50mm drivers | 12-28,000Hz | Closed-back | Wireless | $179.99 $99.99 at Amazon (save $80)
This isn't the 2023 model, we recently tested but still one of our most beloved headsets. The refresh is grand and all, with a longer battery life and improved mic, but the original is still a great wireless headset, with the same excellent TriForce drivers delivering great audio. None of that awful Razer green nonsense here, either. These are comfy, stylish and a come in sleek black or what we like to call the Stormtrooper aesthetic for the same price.

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*The on-board microphone isn't good. It's not horrible, but everyone who has ever heard me speak through it says I sound like a helicopter pilot. This has never bothered me because I use a standalone desktop mic, and I know a lot of you out there do too. So if you're looking for a simple USB wireless headset with crazy good audio for the value—and you already have your microphone situation figured out—this is the one.

🚨RTX 4090 PC alert🚨

Amazon tells me it has exactly ONE Yeyian 4090 gaming PC ($3,229.14) left in stock. Even if you don't need everything in this build, it's a pretty decent way to get your hands on a card that alone goes for $2,000. 

Update: Amazon now reads this one as just "In Stock," so apparently our brief scarcity nightmare is over.

Yeyian Odachi | RTX 4090 | Ryzen 9 7950X | 32GB DDR5 RAM | 2TB SSD | $3,229.14 at Amazon
If a 4090 GPU is what you seek, this prebuilt from Yeyian is a pretty good way to pick one up. Considering the card alone goes for $2,000, the rest of the hardware on offer makes it a fair price.

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It's all over. Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday has passed and, well, it's almost Christmas...

So we'll keep updating the Cyber Week PC gaming deals page throughout the rest of the week, keeping tabs on what discounts are still live and which are still available.

Adieu.