We're deep into Cyber Monday, and as new deals arise, older ones are riding off into the sunset. Our $650 build was a truly spectacular bargain for PC builders on a budget, but as we warned could happen at any second, the DDR5 reaper has swung its scythe on that one. The motherboard-plus-RAM combo deal that made it all possible has gone out of stock, and you can't even buy a 16GB kit of DDR5 to make it all work.

• ABS Cyclone Aqua RTX 5060 gaming PC for $799 at Newegg

We don't want to leave you hanging, though, so we went searching for another cheap gaming PC that doesn't suck. The bad news - as we also warned - is that everything else in the $650 range is truly scraping the bottom of the barrel. You're dealing with ancient CPUs, awful graphics cards, and any number of other red flags.

Happily, ABS's Cyclone Aqua is here to save the day. It's got a Core i5-14400F CPU with 10 cores (6P+4E), 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory, a 1TB SSD, and a GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card.

The RTX 5060 is the most important component for gaming performance in this build, and according to our recent data, it should deliver awesome 1080p gaming experiences along with DLSS 4 upscaling and MFG in games that offer it. Just be aware of the limitations of 8GB of VRAM.

All this is just $800 at Newegg right now, and you get a full Windows 11 license in the bargain that we don't usually include in our build lists. ABS wraps this PC up in a nice case with three big RGB LED fans and a matching heatsink.

Affordable gaming PCs are becoming an increasingly endangered species right now as the AI silicon apocalypse mounts, so whether you're pondering a DIY parts list or a prebuilt like this ABS Cyclone Aqua, don't wait, or you may find yourself empty-handed.

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If you're in the market for a new graphics card and had been hoping to score a discount as late as this Cyber Monday, I hate to be the bearer of bad news: Depending on what you were waiting for, it may be too late.

A lot of the most attractive discounts we've seen over the past few days have been yanked this morning (especially on higher-end Nvidia Blackwell cards), leaving only a few scattered deals worth considering.

We've sifted through what's still around to find the bargains still worth jumping on. And there are a few new oddball deals out there that might fill a niche for a few gamers. Here's what we've got.

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And that's the best of what's still around in gaming graphics card discounts this Cyber Monday. If you aren't sure what GPU you need, check out our list of the best gaming graphics cards to see which one best fits your needs and budget. And if you find a sweet deal on a graphics card you know you want, act now—as we've already seen, deep discounts are unlikely to stick around for long.

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An investment in a new gaming chair or desk is one of the biggest improvements you can make to your setup, and thanks to Secretlab's Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, you don't have to break the bank to do so. Secretlab's holiday savings are now in full swing with huge price cuts on its chairs, desks, recliners, and accessories that could help you save you up to £200. Prices are slashed from 12th November to 5th December, or at least until the stock runs out, so you best be quick.

• Check all the Black Friday Deals at Secretlab

Some of the company's biggest products are on sale right now, including the Secretlab Titan Evo and Secretlab Titan Evo Nanogen, as well as newer favourites like the Recliner add-on. With Secretlab producing some of the best gaming chairs that you can buy, these Black Friday deals are the perfect chance to upgrade your comfort and save some pennies while you're at it.

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One of our favourite 3D printer manufacturers, Bambu Lab, has dropped its big Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale, and we're excited to see discounts on our favourite printers. Taking place from Tuesday, October 28, to December 5, 2025, the Bambu Lab Black Friday sales extravaganza will feature discounts on all of their most popular 3D printers, accessories, and bundles.

You can grab savings of up to 31% off Bambu Lab products site-wide. Plus, if you subscribe to the Bambu Lab newsletter, you are entered into a competition to win a free H2C printer, with the draw taking place on December 5, 2025.

We have selected our favourite 3D printer deals and listed the Black Friday sale pricing below. We've also had the opportunity to review all of these printer models, so we can provide an extensive and authoritative review of the performance of the models listed.

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These are the best deals on the standalone 3D Printers from Bambu Lab, with some printers having up to a staggering £200 price reduction in this sale. There's never been a better time to get into maker hobbies, and 3D printing is one of the most enjoyable for making some fantastic projects.

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These AMS addons (Automatic Material Systems) for the Bambu Lab printers add the abilities to perform multi-color prints, or help with filament drying and storage. Depending on the 3D printer combination and compatibility you can link multiple units. All of the following AMS units are discounted in the Bambu Lab Black Friday sale.

Here on Cyber Monday, Corsair is putting its 4000D Series PC cases (as well as the 3000D series refresh which slightly shrinks their footprint) on sale for prices starting as low as $59.91 for the black version of the Corsair 3000D.

In the past, we reviewed and praised the Corsair 4000 Series, giving them 4.5 stars for allowing mesh panels with the -D Airflow variants and still maintaining acceptable thermals with the -X RGB variant. In the time since, the 3000D refresh has released and there are now also RGB versions of the -D Airflow mesh-equipped cases, which is ideal for those who like RGB without sacrificing airflow.

When comparing these two cases, it's easier to list the minute differences than all of the specifications they have in common.

The biggest difference between 3000D and 4000D is the lack of 2 vertical expansion slots on the newer 3000D case, as well as the 3000D actually being slightly deeper with 462mm depth versus 4000D's 453mm.

The 3000D also allows for fan mounting on the PSU shroud and boasts an extra USB 3.2 Type-A front panel port. Finally, the 4000D also offers an additional two 2.5-inch drive bays.

But as one can easily confirm with the official Corsair specs comparison page (it seems they know this is confusing, too), those really are all of the differences. All other core specifications of these two cases remain identical, including:

• Maximum Video Card Length — 360 mm
• Maximum CPU Cooler Height — 170 mm
• Radiator Support — Front: 360/280mm, Top: 240/280mm, Rear: 120mm
• Fan Support (not counting PSU shroud fan exclusive to 3000D) — Front: 3 x 120mm OR 2x 140 mm, Top: 2x 120mm OR 2x 140mm, Rear: 1 x 120mm

Overall, any variant of the Corsair 4000D (including its newer 3000D cousin) should serve your Mid Tower PC building needs pretty well, particularly if you have a soft spot for Corsair and its RGB implementations. While most of the RGB models aren't on sale, a few are, and in general the entire line of Corsair's Mid Tower 4000/3000 Series cases have become much more affordable here on Cyber Monday.

If you intend to capitalize on that, be sure to hop on these deals while they are still available! We are working hard to find the best deals for you this Cyber Monday. If you're looking for other products, check out our Cyber Monday Computer Hardware Deals Live blog for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals Live blog, Monitor Deals Live, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.

For Cyber Monday, high-speed DDR5 RAM suitable for a high-end AMD or Intel platform is at a super accessible price point. Today, you can get a DDR5-7200 C34 kit for under $100 or spend a little more for one with RGB goodness.

In most computing tasks, RAM is usually a question of raw capacity rather than speed. However, RAM speed becomes more impactful for CPU-bound workloads and sometimes in gaming. The differences you can see will vary game-by-game. However, faster RAM can lead to higher average frame rates and more stable performance, mitigating the impact of 1% and 0.1% lows.

First up is the more budget pick of the two, the Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-7200 kit, which costs just $96.99. This is a 22% discount from its original pricing, and it should offer more than enough throughput for a high-end platform from AMD or Intel.

Next, we want to highlight the TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-7200 kit, which costs $107.99. This kit is specced pretty much identically to the Patriot Viper RAM kit above, besides, of course, adding RGB. We lauded the memory kit as an "overclocker's delight" and rated it 4 out of 5 stars. Our only major issue was pricing, which is, of course, alleviated here on Cyber Monday.

Of course, before utilizing any of these RAM kits to the fullest, you'll want to make sure that your motherboard platform of choice can actually support RAM speeds this high, or at least close to it. DDR5-7200 is too fast for some entry-level motherboards, so always be mindful of your motherboard's maximum supported RAM specification before investing in high-end RAM.

That said, as long as your motherboard is up to spec, either of these RAM kits will be a great option. DDR5-7200 is on the higher end of speeds that modern systems can handle without instability issues and should serve your Intel or AMD platform of choice quite well.

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SSD prices continue to fall in late 2024, as Samsung's 990 EVO Plus 4TB, offering speeds of up to 7.25 GB/s, has been slashed to $239.99 at Amazon. This is 6 cents per gigabyte, a great deal for gamers.

The 990 EVO Plus employs Samsung's proprietary 5nm-based Piccolo controller, which can be used in PCIe 4.0 x4 or PCIe 5.0 x2 configurations, depending on your setup. Likewise, it features a bleeding-edge 236-layer (V8) TLC V-NAND flash from Samsung - allowing it to achieve sequential read and write speeds of 7.25 GB/s and 6.3 GB/s. The random reads and writes, too, stand at an impressive 1,050K IOPS (Input output operations per second) and 1,400K, respectively.

A small drawback is that this SSD is not equipped with a DRAM cache and relies on HMB (Host Memory Buffer). While this shouldn't be a deal-breaker if you plan on using this SSD to store games, some might find the exclusion unappealing.

The 4TB version nets you a massive endurance rating of 2,400 TBW thanks to its TLC design. To give some context, say you write 50GB of data to your drive daily. In that case, you'll exhaust this 2,400 TBW limit in over 131 years. Moreover, based on our extensive testing, the 990 EVO Plus manages to keep up with a handful of other high-end DRAM-equipped SSDs across a suite of benchmarks.

The 990 EVO Plus is backed by a standard 5-year warranty from Samsung or until the TBW limit is reached - whichever comes first. It doesn't feature the bells and whistles of other 10 GB/s+ PCIe 5.0 SSDs but costs significantly less and still performs well in real-world tasks.

The $249.99 price tag won't last long, so make haste and secure yours while inventory lasts. Visit the Amazon page for more details regarding the price and shipping options. We are working hard to find the best deals for you this Cyber Monday. If you're looking for other products, check out our Cyber Monday Computer Hardware Deals Live blog for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals Live blog, Monitor Deals Live, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.

Users looking to maximize the value of their HDD storage, especially for NAS usage, may be interested to hear that the WD Red Plus 10TB NAS HDD is now available for just $146 from Adorama— an awesome discount from its original MSRP of $279.

At this price, you're paying roughly 1.6 cents per Gigabyte before shipping, which is pretty good— particularly if you're looking to utilize the WD Red's NAS-centric features, which include far lower power consumption and operating temperatures for safe, continuous operation.

WD Red Plus NAS HDDs are optimized for low power consumption and low operating temperature to ensure safe, 24/7 operation. This WD Red Plus 10TB also comes with a 3-year limited warranty, which should help protect against any undue drive failures.

Some of the WD Red Plus 10TB's most important failure prevention features include built-in RAID error recovery control (further enhancing RAID support over standard HDDs), as well as noise and vibration protection enhanced by Rotation Vibration sensors that "anticipate and proactively counteract disturbances caused by increased vibration often found in multi-bay NAS systems".

The drive is rated to operate at speeds of up to 216 MB/s with its 7200RPM, achieving a workload of up to 180TB/year, with an estimated 1 million hours (~114 years) mean time between drive failures— which should mean the drive has a long life ahead of it, though, of course, WD only guarantees three years in its warranty policy.

Last year, we reviewed a sibling drive to this model— the WD Red Plus 12 TB instead of the 10TB model. In that review, we praised its core features and matching 256 MB cache. Among NAS HDDs, these WD Red Plus drives are admittedly entry-level, but the price for capacity speaks for itself.

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We've seen some incredible deals on hard drives during the Black Friday sale—and it's no different than Cyber Monday. Newegg is selling a very large NAS HDD for an attractive price—the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 20TB. For this Cyber Monday deal, the hard drive enjoys a 34% discount, bringing its original price from $500 to $329.99. As this will be a one-day sale event, this is your last chance to get a massive storage drive for a great price.

While the Seagate Ironwolf Pro is marketed as a NAS drive, it is also designed to offer top-tier performance in desktop PCs, so you can confidently use it on your PC. Having 20TB of space in a hard drive is handy for primary storage and backup. NAS drives are made to be operated in a NAS environment, either for single or multiple-bay units. This hard drive uses CMR technology, adding reliability and consistency to performance. It is rated with a 550TB per year workload rating and 2.5 million hours MTBF- all backed with a complimentary three-year Rescue Data Services it provides in-house and a 5-year warranty to give that piece of mind you'd want when you need to stack your NAS with 20TB per bay.

We reviewed the earlier model of the Seagate Ironwolf Pro TB—ST20000NT000—and compared it with the Seagate Exos with SATA III interface. Both performed the same, though Ironwolf Pro is marketed toward NAS owners for small and medium-sized businesses—those involved in video and photo production, workstations, and rendering—while Exos is for data centers and large-scale operations.

Having a very large storage capacity per bay enables users to store unedited and edited content, including RAW files of many projects. Of course, buying one or more of these isn't cheap. Now that you can get one at the lowest price, it is unlikely you'll get a good deal with this capacity during this year—and you will have to wait until next year's deals.

Ironwolf Pro has an advantage over non-Pro variants, particularly with warranty and in-house data recovery support. Seagate advertises it has an over 95% success rate, which is an added benefit as standard Ironwolf has a two-year coverage. Since this is an investment for many enterprises, having such an option for your data is invaluable, and you are getting a complete package. Should the three-year data recovery plan expire, you'll always have the 5-year warranty on the hardware.

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For those who are hunting for a great monitor deal, it is hard to ignore the discount on the Cooler Master Tempest GP27U monitor, which now you can buy for US$199. This exact model originally cost $799.99. Given the functions and features this monitor has, many who are on the lookout for a 4K monitor - either for single or multi-display setups - will love this deal. And if you want an expert, unbiased, third-party opinion on this monitor - we reviewed it last year.

The Cooler Master Tempest GP27U is a mini LED monitor providing a 4K resolution monitor with a 160 Hz refresh rate, plus Adaptive Sync (48 to 144 Hz). At the time of review, this monitor was selling for $800 and we thought that whatever few flaws it had could be excused. At a sub-$200 price, it is going to be difficult to ignore.

The GP27U has a Quantum Dot film for high color gamut and 1,200 nits brightness when we tested it. It supports both AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync. The monitor has a KVM switch function and a USB-C which allows video input and a 3.5mm audio jack. Aesthetically, the monitor has a thin flush bezel with an 8mm frame at the top on the side.

You get two HDM 2.1 ports, one DisplayPort, and multiple USB ports - one USB Type-C, one USB Type-B for the KVM function, and two USB 3.2 Type-A. Should you wish to have it mounted on a stand, it supports VESA 100 X 100mm brackets. But its stand allows a wide range of movements between tilt, swivel, height, and pivot on a solid stand with excellent build quality.

Woot! is offering the GP27U at a jaw-dropping price of a cent under $200, when retailers like Amazon are currently selling it for $100 more than this deal. It is likely these will sell quickly with this attractive pricing on both sites - but a further $100 savings over the Amazon listing is incredible for something that would otherwise get you a 27-inch 1440p monitor of lesser caliber.

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Windows laptops have historically struggled with subpar runtimes, though much of that has changed with Intel's Lunar Lake processors. While high prices initially kept laptops equipped with these CPUs out of reach, you can now snag Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition for a historical low of just $930 this Cyber Monday - a massive 32% off the original price.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is powered by the Core Ultra 7 256V, which features eight cores—further divided into four P-cores and four E-cores, with boost clocks of 4.8 GHz and 3.7 GHz, respectively. The Arc 140V iGPU (Integrated GPU), on the other hand, uses Intel's Battlemage "Xe2" architecture with eight Xe-cores (1,024 ALUs) and was seen toppling AMD's Strix Point offerings in our recent faceoff between the two. As with Lunar Lake, the memory is soldered onto the die (MoP). It is limited to 16GB (LPDDR5X-8533) and is not upgradeable. The 1TB SSD can be swapped out if needed, but note that the Yoga Slim 7i only supports smaller M.2 2242 SSDs.

The 256V also offers an NPU (Neural Processing Unit) that can deliver up to 47 TOPS of AI performance. While not an OLED, the Yoga Slim 7i offers a state-of-the-art 15.3-inch 2.8K IPS touch panel at 120 Hz with 500-nits peak brightness—capable of displaying 153.2% of the sRGB spectrum.

The chassis is crafted using Anodized Aluminium for a sturdy build with a slight grey tint, which Lenovo markets as "Luna Grey." Equipped with a 70Wh battery, the Yoga Slim 7i can go for more than 14 hours without a charge - slightly short of the MacBook M3 Air based on our testing. In terms of I/O, you get one USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Type-A port, two Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps) Type-C ports, one HDMI 2.1 port, and a 3.5mm jack - not the most we've seen, but that's due to the laptop's sleek design.

The Slim 7i offers the latest Wi-Fi 7 (subject to country regulations) and Bluetooth 5.4 standards for wireless connectivity. The laptop lacks a fingerprint reader but compensates for that with a Windows Hello-compatible IR camera and a shutter for privacy.

Lenovo has included a complimentary two-month Adobe CC membership and a three-month Xbox PC Game Pass subscription to sweeten the deal further. So if you're in the market for a powerful Windows laptop with a long battery life, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is a no-brainer - especially at an all-time low price below one grand.

Time's ticking, so act fast before the promotion ends. Don't let the upfront costs hold you back; you can spread the total amount into 12-monthly payments of $78.

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It's Cyber Monday 2024 and getting near your last chance to pick up some great deals on HDDs, whether it's a large external drive with an enclosure for easily transporting and backing up your media to large-capacity drives for popping into your favorite NAS for beefy back-up capacity for you LAN network media and larger data files. Hard disk drives may feel old school, and they surely aren't as fast as the latest SSDs, but you just can't beat the price per GB cost and reliability of large-capacity HDDs.

Over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, we've been keeping a keen eye out for all the best HDD deals on some of our favorite HDD picks. With prices as low as only 2 cents per GB on high-reliability NAS drives such as the 20TB WD Red Pro at $319, there are some great bargains to be had.

We've curated the best HDD deals from across the web this Cyber Monday and curated them into a handy table with a rough idea of the cents per GB cost of each drive. Check back frequently as we keep this table updated as we uncover more great offers on HDDs from retailers such as Amazon, Newegg, B&H Photo, and Best Buy.

A note of caution: If you are concerned about getting the fastest performance possible, avoid drives with SMR recording technology. Slow SMR tech is inconsistent and is common in cheap drives, while CMR recording ensures consistent, fast performance. That said, if you are just using your hard drive for archival purposes, backups, videos, or pictures, SMR is often just fine. Just be aware of the tradeoff, but SMR drives do often comes at stiff discounts.

Among these drives, our favorite Cyber Monday HDD deals are:

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The Corsair iCUE Link H100i LCD liquid cooler is now available for an unbeatable Cyber Monday deal price of $99 on Amazon. This deal makes it one of the most affordable AIO liquid coolers equipped with a customizable LCD display. This 240mm cooler, typically found in higher price ranges, delivers excellent value with both performance and aesthetic appeal.

The 2.1-inch IPS LCD screen on this liquid cooler is capable of displaying real-time CPU temperatures, custom graphics, or even animated GIFs. With a 480x480 resolution and 16.7 million colors, it’s perfect for PC enthusiasts who want to personalize their builds without breaking the bank. The cooler also includes dual QX120 RGB fans featuring 34 LEDs each, delivering quiet, efficient cooling with eye-catching visual effects.

Additionally, this AIO liquid cooling solution comes with Corsair’s innovative single-cable iCUE Link ecosystem that reduces cable clutter and streamlines installation. Designed for wide compatibility the H100i plays nicely with most modern AMD and Intel CPUs. Using Corsair’s iCUE software users can control fan speeds, sync RGB lighting, and monitor system performance, making it easy to integrate into any setup.

According to Corsair, the cooler isn’t just about looks; it delivers robust cooling performance thanks to its split-flow copper cold plate and pre-applied Corsair XTM70 thermal paste. The fans can ramp up to 2,400 RPM for intensive tasks while also supporting a zero RPM mode for silent operation during low loads.

Backed by a six-year warranty, the H100i is a long-term investment for PC builders seeking cutting-edge features at an accessible price. Whether you’re upgrading your system or building a new rig, this deal offers an exceptional opportunity to own one of the best-looking and most versatile AIO liquid coolers on the market.

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For Cyber Monday, the successor to the discontinued 5800X3D and the best available gaming CPU for AM4 socket motherboards, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D, has received a clean 21% discount to just $199. In our May review of this chip, we called it "A Value Gaming Masterpiece", and this point is even more true at a discounted price point— particularly impressive when considering that the AM4 socket was released in 2016 yet is still alive and kicking with support for newer processors such as the 5700X3D.

An eight-year-old socket being able to support a CPU that outperforms a great deal of the market— including most of its non-X3D successors on AM5 and the Ryzen 7000 series— is truly impressive and makes it clear that AMD's long-term platform support is simply on another level compared to its competitors.

The main selling point of the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and other X3D CPUs is their superior gaming performance. In the case of the Zen 3-based Ryzen 7 5700X3D, that benchmarked superiority even extends over a few Zen 4-based CPUs on newer motherboard sockets, like the Ryzen 5 7600X. Even the Intel Core i5-14600K doesn't stand a chance against the Ryzen 7 5700X3D! AMD effectively demonstrates the value of keeping the AM4 platform alive for as long as it did, keeping an effective upgrade path open for an incredible 8 years.

The only real downside of X3D chips is slightly reduced performance in intensely multi-threaded workloads, especially tasks like video rendering and such. If gaming isn't your primary heavy-duty workload on your PC, you may still be better off with another, more multi-threaded CPU...but realistically, considering the PC market and especially the game streaming market, that trade-off is likely more than acceptable for most of you reading this.

If you're a "hybrid" gaming and productivity user using a substantially older high-end CPU (for example, a prior-gen Core i7 or Ryzen 7), chances are quite high that the X3D upgrade will simply net you much higher gaming performance and either slightly better productivity performance or at worst broadly comparable productivity performance.

Also, compared to future Ryzen X3D chips that would fix this issue, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, like the 5800X3D and the 7000 series X3D CPUs, is not overclockable through traditional methods. This is because the "3D" design places all the new L3 Cache above the CPU cores, making it far easier to overheat the CPU than before. The successor Ryzen 7 9800X3D eventually fixes this by placing the 3D V-Cache beneath the CPU cores, thankfully, but it is only available for AM5 socket users.

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Our favorite ultrawide gaming monitor, the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming display, has been marked down to its lowest price to date. It debuted with a price of $899 but right now it's available for just $649 as part of an early Cyber Monday promotion. As far as gaming monitors go, this one has plenty of beefy specs to delight the pickiest of gamers.

In fact, when we reviewed the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming monitor, we rated it at 5/5 stars. We were hard-pressed to find any issues with the display, listing the only con as having no flaws at all. It offers an incredibly slick performance and comes with an AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certification.

The Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming monitor features a 34-inch quantum dot OLED (QD-OLED) panel with a curvature of 1800R. The resolution is incredibly dense, measuring in at 3440 x 1440px. The refresh rate can get as high as 165Hz while the response time can get as low as .5ms.

The monitor's AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certification is well-earned thanks to high-powered specs like its ability to cover 99.3% of the DCI-P3 color gamut which pairs well with a maximum brightness of 250 Nits. There are two video input options including two DisplayPort 1.4 ports and an HDMI 2.0 port. A USB hub provides 5 USB Type-A ports and a 3.5mm jack is offered for connecting external audio devices. The monitor is backed up by a 3-year warranty from Dell as well as Amazon's 30-day return policy.

Check out this great offer while it's still in stock by heading over to the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming monitor product page at Amazon.

Are you in the market for a capable gaming laptop without breaking the bank? If that's the case, look no further than the Acer Nitro V 15, which has plummeted to a historical low of $599 this Cyber Monday at Amazon - packing an i5-13420H backed by the RTX 4050, 8GB of upgradeable memory, a 512GB SSD and a fast 144 Hz panel. Aside from our recommendation that you consider upgrading the RAM on this system after purchase, this is a serviceable gaming laptop at an exceptionally low price point.

The Nitro V is powered by the Intel Core i5-13420H (Raptor Lake), which features eight cores (four P and four E) and twelve threads capable of boosting up to 4.6 GHz. The CPU offers a base TDP of 45W extendable to 95W (PL2) for a specific period. Nvidia's RTX 4050 on the other end of the ring packs 2560 Lovelace CUDA cores and a nominal 6GB of VRAM. Acer has set the TGP at 75W for the Nitro V which sits right in between Nvidia's recommended spec of 35W-115W. On that note, the laptop specifications don't mention the inclusion of a MUX switch, but that's expected at this price point.

Moving on, the display employs a 1080p 15.6-inch IPS panel at 144 Hz, but the limited color gamut could be a dealbreaker for professionals. Apart from that, 8GB (DDR5-5600) of memory is not ideal for gaming, so we highly recommend you upgrade it upon purchase, as the laptop allows for up to 32GB of RAM (SODIMM). The 512GB NVMe SSD can also be swapped out for a higher-capacity one - should you need the extra storage.

The Nitro V employs a plastic chassis with a black minimalistic finish. In terms of connectivity, you get an HDMI 2.1 port, three USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, and a Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) port, which is nice to see. If you want a truly wireless experience, the Nitro V supports Wi-FI 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 for your peripherals. The battery is rated at 57 Wh and uses LiPo (Lithium Polymer) chemistry. The packaging includes the laptop itself, an AC adapter, and a power cord.

Nonetheless, the Nitro V carries no major drawbacks or cost-cutting measures at such a low price point - apart from the dull screen and plastic build quality, but that's standard for entry-level gaming laptops. Again, upgrading the RAM to 16GB or more is recommended for an optimal experience.

The $599 price tag won't last long, so grab this deal before it's gone. Visit the Amazon link for more details.

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If you’re looking for a reliable and affordable hard drive to populate your new NAS or expand your existing one, today’s Cyber Monday deal will save you some money on your upgrade. The Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS internal hard drive, designed for NAS RAID setups, is now at $223.99 on Amazon — an all-time low price.

Although it’s marketed as a NAS drive, our testing showed that the Seagate IronWolf Pro 14 TB is a great all-rounder, especially if you need a massive amount of space for storing your system data. Its 7200 RPM rating and 256MB cache allow it to hit 225 MB/s transfer speeds — while not as fast as M.2 NVMe SSDs, it’s good enough for storing large amounts of data for long periods. Furthermore, this drive uses Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) technology, which is faster and offers improved stability vs competing hard drives reliant on Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology.

Another thing that makes the IronWolf Pro 14TB a great option is Seagate’s confidence in the drive. It has a truly long-lasting five-year warranty, with Seagate providing Rescue Data Recovery Services for the first three years (with the company claiming a 90% recovery rate). It’s rare to see this kind of warranty, and if you’re looking for peace of mind, this could be more than enough for you to pick this HDD.

This drive made it on our list of the best hard drives of 2024, claiming the Best NAS Drive title. When we compared the IronWolf Pro to other options, like the WD Red Plus, Toshiba X300, or even the regular IronWolf hard drive, we figured that the IronWolf Pro is the best option at its regular price. And now that Seagate is putting it on a discount, the hard drive is so tempting to purchase for your NAS or PC.

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If you want to increase your bulk storage for pictures, videos, archives, and backups, a cheap and deep hard drive is always the best way to get the most bang for your buck. That's especially true during Cyber Monday when you can find great deals on hard drives, like the 10TB BarraCuda Pro that we found listed for $170, which is $110 cheaper than its previous all-time low pricing, which works out to a mere $17 per TB.

BarraCuda Pro has many advantages over the non-pro variant. The drive operates at 7,200 RPM and uses CMR tech that's faster than the lower-performing and lesser reliable SMR drives. The other major advantage is the peace of mind of a five-year warranty on the hard drive, along with a free two years of Rescue Data recovery services, meaning you get free data recovery if the drive fails. That's unmatched in the industry.  

Lower-cost mechanical hard drives typically use SMR tech, which is slower and delivers inconsistent performance. They also have a shorter warranty period and no data recovery services. 

We reviewed the Seagate BarraCuda Pro 10TB HDD and compared its performance against other mechanical HDDs. As the target use case is for data that you don't need at blinding SSD speeds, the drive's read performance is critical.

As you can see in our in-depth benchmarking, the BarraCuda drive has the chops to deliver strong and steady performance that matches or exceeds competing drives, like the Seagate IronWolf 10TB. The IronWolf 12TB is also currently on sale for $199.99, so you can choose between the two with the difference being the price and 2TB additional storage.

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If you've been holding out for a high-quality gaming monitor but don't want to pay premium prices, you should check out this offer from Newegg on the Samsung Odyssey G5 WQHD curved gaming display. It debuted with a price tag of $549 but it's currently marked down to just $299 in time for Cyber Monday—its lowest price to date.

This gaming monitor is AMD FreeSync Premium certified and has plenty of juicy specs to get excited about. It's huge, spanning 34 inches across and has a curved panel with a dense, WQHD resolution. If you want to see how it stacks up against other monitors leading the market, check out our list of best gaming monitors for 2024.

The Samsung Odyssey G5 gaming monitor features a 34-inch VA panel with a curvature graded at 1000R. Its WQHD resolution measures in at 3440 x 1440px alongside a high refresh rate of 165Hz and a short response time of just 1ms. This sets it apart from your run-of-the-mill FHD gaming displays, making it a great go-to option for gamers and professionals who rely on media alike.

The monitor is AMD FreeSync Premium certified for its performance and is backed up with HDR10 support along with a brightness that caps out at 250 Nits. For video input, it comes with both an HDMI 2 port and a DisplayPort 1.4 input. You also get a 3.5mm jack for connecting external audio peripherals.

As of writing, it's not clear for how long this discount will be made available but you can pick it up for yourself over at the Samsung Odyssey G5 product page at Newegg.

Cyber Monday deals feature amazing deals for several PC components - either as an upgrade or a complete build from scratch. RAM is a key component to your system's performance, and hence, many wouldn't mind skipping fancy RGB effects in place of either cheap or high-performing pair of sticks. Luckily, you are getting good deals on memory kits during this Cyber Monday sale - like other components you'd buy - starting with the TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan 32GB DDR5-6000 kit with 30-30-36-76 timings with 38 CAS latency. The best part is that you're getting this at an attractive price of $87 with no coupons or rebates.

For the price, you get a pair of 16GB x 2 with low-profile heat spreaders with a choice between three colors- black, silver, and red- with no price difference (silver shaves off a few cents). This way you can choose the color you prefer best. Having a low-profile memory kit is great if you choose to use a large CPU air cooler or just don't want anything fancy.

A few months ago, the same memory kit was priced at $103. According to its retail history, this is the lowest price yet. The memory kit supports Intel XMP 3.0 for easy setup, and you can also pair these with a system built around an AMD 7000 series CPU since it supports DDR5-6000 spec. Earlier, we spotted some good deals on both Intel and AMD CPUs. Irrespective of the option you choose, this is likely to be one of the memory kit options with an attractive value for the performance you'd shortlist.

A good 32GB kit such as this one gives you adequate memory legroom needed by most users, especially for gaming. If you require anything more, TeamGroup also has 64GB (2x 32GB) kits available for $156, which is a bit cheaper than double the cost of this kit but with C38 timings.

Based on the user's review on Amazon, most are satisfied with this memory kit either for an existing system or to be used in a brand new build. Assuming these memory kits fit your needs, it is going to be tough to get a better deal on a value-for-money option during this Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales season.

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If you plan to get more RAM for your AMD gaming PC, then look at this 32GB (2x16) DDR5-6000 Vengeance RAM kit from Corsair, which is currently on sale at just $99 on Amazon. This gives you a 20% discount from its original price of $124, saving you a cool $25.

The Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 has made our list of the best DD4 and DDR5 RAM kits for gaming in 2024. We’ve also reviewed the Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 C30, where we noted its performance and reliability. Although this RAM kit is known for being pricier than the competition, the discount you get makes it a very compelling purchase right now.

Aside from speed and reliability, the 32GB capacity this RAM kit gives you doubles the recommended 16GB for most games and productivity work. This means you can do more multitasking without fearing that your PC will slow to a crawl.

This Corsair Vengeance RAM kit is made with Intel XMP in mind, and it bests other similar competitors in our testing using Intel hardware. But even though this kit is seemingly designed for Intel systems, it also works well with AMD gaming PCs. DDR5-6000 is the sweet spot for Ryzen memory overclocking, giving you the best balance between price and performance, making this the best option if you want to make the most out of your AMD Ryzen gaming PC.

However, note that this kit is only available in black or white. You’ll have to choose another kit if you’re looking for something more color and want RGB in your life. Nevertheless, if performance is what you’re solely after, this RAM kit is more than enough to deliver what you need. If you need more capacity, the 48GB (2x24GB) and 64GB (2x32GB) kits are also on sale, but at a much lower discount of 9% and 7%, respectively.

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Before Cyber Monday, the Phillips Evnia 34M2C8600 has gone on sale for 29% off, costing just $569.99 instead of its original $799.99 MSRP. This monitor, released mid-2023, is a 34-inch 175 Hz OLED 21:9 Ultrawide monitor with support for DisplayHDR True Black 400, a curved screen, and a resolution of 3440 x 1440 (WQHD). This is a genuinely feature-rich monitor, and our original review rated it 4.5/5 stars, even at its original pricing.

Beyond the OLED crash course, our original review praised this monitor in nearly every facet. Of course, there is still some room for improvement. For example, this OLED display is rated for just 450 nits brightness, which allows it to achieve the DisplayHDR grade of True Black 400. However, compared to the substandard DisplayHDR grade of just "400", which isn't HDR, True Black 400 can leverage OLED's infinite per-pixel contrast and turn around a stunning image at a much much lower brightness than IPS HDR monitors, which generally aren't considered good until you reach the maximum HDR grade of "1000" for 1000 nits.

For those who may not know, the core appeal of OLEDs is always found in their near-infinite contrast. Barring a rare few entry-level OLEDs that somehow manage to fumble this, nearly every OLED on the market will have perfect, inky black levels thanks to the fundamental nature of the display panel type. OLEDs, like VA panels, are capable of full per-pixel dimming, which can completely power off a pixel in dark scenes...but unlike VA panels, they are also far more vibrant and responsive. 

OLED panels are even more vibrant and responsive than high-end IPS panels, with some boasting near-instant response time comparable to classic CRT displays. This makes them ideal for gamers in a way other modern panel types are not.

Regarding genuinely unique features, we highlight the Phillips Evnia "Ambiglow" feature in our original review. Ambiglow takes industry-standard RGB lighting behind the monitor and matches it to the content onscreen, adding an extra, subtle immersion factor for your peripheral view, especially in a dark room.

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Black Friday deals are still in play this weekend. For most people, especially parents like myself, this time signifies that the holidays are just around the corner, which means buying gifts for my kids… and more importantly, availing those precious cost-saving discounts before they’re gone! Black Friday/Cyber Monday is that small window of time when most toy makers offer their best and most popular products for less. And so, the hunt is on to find the coolest and best educational gifts that you know your kids (and even “big” kids) will love. There is no better feeling than seeing your child excitedly tear into their presents and get lost playing with them for hours on end. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) toys spark creativity, promote critical thinking, and boost self-confidence.

From programmable cars, pets, and robots to electronic building blocks and puzzles, we are here to help you find the best deals on STEM gifts for the young enthusiast in your life.

Quick Links: Best STEM Deals

• Up to 40% off all STEM Kits @Amazon
• Popular Coding Kits for kids ages 8 -12 @Amazon
• Lego Learn-to-Code Kits @Amazon
• mBot2 AI Robot, now $109 (was $159)
• Petoi Bittle X Dog, now $223 (was $279)

Our Favorite STEM Deals

STEM Shopping Guide: What to Buy?

Whichever STEM kit you buy, you should pick one based on your child's current interests and the specific STEM skills you want them to develop. Here are a few examples:

• Robot kits: Not surprisingly, these are the most popular STEM toys. A good robot kit will teach your child how to code by having them write programs that cause a real-world device to move, perform tasks, and generate lights and sounds. The best robot kits also teach some engineering skills by having you build the device from parts. Bonus: your kid won't be disappointed when they open up a toy that looks like it's from a sci-fi story.
• Programming kits: Similar to robot kits, these toys allow children to control a real-world object through programming. However, the device is not what most people would call a robot. Think of a lightbox or even a drone, for example.
• Circuit kits: These fun toys teach kids about electricity and electrical engineering by having them build small circuits, complete with inputs and outputs like motors, lights, and sensors.
• Computer kits: There are a lot of kid-friendly computers on the market. Choose ones that are explicitly designed to build STEM skills. Most come preloaded with a slew of programming challenges for your child to conquer.
• Construction kits: These toys may look a lot like standard building blocks (such as Legos), but also include engineering lessons.

The Creality Ender 3 V3 SE has been our best 3D printer budget champ all year, and today, you can get it at an even lower price of $169 at B&H Photo for Cyber Monday. This is an all-time low for this printer, so now is really the best time to take the plunge if you’ve been waiting to get one.

The Ender 3 V3 SE is a great 3D printer for beginners. It ships mostly assembled, so it will just take a few minutes to build it, so you can start printing almost immediately. This printer includes premium features like auto bed leveling, a direct drive Sprite extruder, and a 3-inch color screen that makes it easy to use. When we tested the V3 SE, we were impressed with its speed and performance. It worked wonderfully right out of the box, so no extra fuss or calibration was needed.

With a build volume of 220 x 220 x 250 mm, the Creality Ender 3 V3 SE is capable of producing many different models and useful creations. In our review of the V3 SE, we printed 3dprintbunny’s Safe from the Rain with 3Domsculpts' Chibi Totoro and got great results.

The V3 SE has a maximum print speed of 250mm/s, so don’t let the price fool you. This printer is also fast. There is one caveat, though: it does not support Wi-Fi. It does include an SD card with pre-sliced models that you can start with. So, if you can live without wireless connection support, this printer is for you. I have one of the older Creality Ender 3s myself, and I have been happy with its performance and still use it as a secondary machine.

If you are looking for a bigger machine or want to stock up on filament and other materials, our Best 3D Printer deals page has more options and more savings for you.

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We spotted two great Cyber Monday deals on Minisforum mini PCs, with two of the company's popular mini systems coming with big discounts. Minisforum is well known for making handsome and feature-packed mini PCs that cater to many types of users. While the company has multiple deals for Cyber Monday, the best deals are for the Minisforum Venus NPB7 at $616, which is 22% off its original price, and the Neptune HN2673 at $623, which is 26% off the retail price.

Minisforum Venus NPB7 is 22% Off on Cyber Monday 

The NPB7 comes packing a tremendous amount of connectivity for a mini PC. The foundation starts with a 14-core / 20-thread Intel Core i7-13700H CPU with integrated Intel Xe graphics. The system sports 32 GB of DDR5 memory and a 1TB NVMe SSD in an M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0  slot and an additional SATA slot for a 2.5-inch SSD. 

For display outputs, Minisforum provides two HDMI ports supporting 4K @ 60Hz and two USB4 ports supporting up to 8k @ 60Hz. There's also one audio jack. You also get two 2.5GbE ethernet ports, two USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A, two USB 4, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A, and a data-only USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port. The system includes an Intel 802.11 AX WiFI 6E+ BT 5.2 chip for wireless connectivity. 

Minisforum provides an active cooling option for the PCIe 4.0 drive, with a much larger fan for the Intel CPU on the other side of the PCB facing downwards. The compact chassis has aluminum sides, but the top and bottom cover are plastic.

Minisforum Neptune Series HN2673 is 26% Off on Cyber Monday 

The Minisforum Neptune HN2673 uses a last-gen 10-core / 16-thread Core i7-12650H Alder Lake CPU, clocked up to 4.7 GHz. However, this device offers the additional charms of the Intel Arc A730M GPU with 6GB of GDDR5 memory. 

While this mobile discrete card won't replace your primary gaming setup, it can definitely power some light gaming fun. Intel Arc drivers have improved lately with regular WHQL driver releases and optimized game-specific BETA drivers. This is a very different situation from the state of Intel Arc series driver support when it was launched.

Other specs of note are the system's two HDMI ports and two USB-C ports that support up to 4K @ 60Hz displays. There is 32 GB DDR4 memory on board and a 1 TB SSD with expansion options via two SATA III ports for 2.5-inch SSD drives. 

The HN2673 looks well-ventilated and has a stand to place it in the upright position. However, for a mini-PC, this is a larger unit due to its powerful quad-fan active cooling.

Which will you pick?

Whether you want to use this as a family PC or a personal entertainment system, both provide great options. The biggest decision is weighing the NPB7's compact form and newer and more powerful CPU against the bulkier HN2673, which has less CPU power but discrete Arc graphics.

Both systems come bundled with Windows 11 Home by default. For the Cyber Monday deal, the Venus series NPB7 sells at $616, which is 22% off its original price, and the Neptune series HN2673 system is $623, which is 26% off the retail price.

Change your tech and your life! Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, but the holiday sales season continues with a plethora of PC hardware and tech deals that could improve how you and your family work and play. And we're totally here for it! You can still find post-Cyber Monday deals on processors, graphics cards, and SSDs , peripherals like gaming monitors and even full systems such as gaming laptops.  

If you've been running out of storage space or waiting what seems like an eternity for your PC to boot,  a new SSD could change your life. If your games are sluggish, a new graphics card or CPU upgrade could allow you to play demanding titles like Alan Wake 2 at smooth frame rates. And if you want to play see those games in all their sharp, colorful, tear-free glory, taking advantage of a Cyber Monday monitor deal could make all the difference. One of the many gaming laptop deals this Cyber Monday could enable you to enter the world of Cyberpunk 2077 or Overwatch 2 while you're on the road.

Not everyone needs a PC upgrade or a new laptop right now, but there are plenty of post-Cyber Monday tech deals that will make your life or a friends' life better. A 3D printer could allow you and your kids to build models together. A snappy mechanical keyboard could help you work faster. Giving a friend a wireless headset could help them game with you.

Sure, you could buy these life-altering products at any time of year, but holiday tech deals make them much more accessible. At Tom's Hardware, we're always excited to help you upgrade your tech life, but never more than when we can also help you find savings on these upgrades.

That's why we're running this post-Cyber Monday deals live blog, which we'll be updating for a while long, even though Cyber Monday has passed. Here, you'll find links to the latest breaking holiday sales on PC components, peripherals, laptops and maker gear. You'll also get our expert advice about what to buy and what to avoid. 

Post-Cyber Monday PC Hardware Deals: Quick links

• Dell S3222DGM Monitor: $239 at Dell (all-time low on our top pick)
• Alienware m16 with RTX 4090 GPU: now $2799 at Dell (was $3499)
• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (Core i5, 16GB, 512GB): now $999 at Lenovo
• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (fastest gaming CPU): now $358 (all-time low)
• AMD Ryzen 9 5900X  (12 cores, 24 threads): now $288 (all-time low)
• Newegg: Up to 50% off Graphics Cards   
• Alienware: Up to $600 off Gaming Laptops

Hottest Post-Cyber Monday Tech Deals

Give your graphics card the support it desperately needs, for less than $5 

Your high-end, heavy graphics card does a lot for you: delivering triple-digit frame rates so you can stomp your opponents in Counter-Strike 2; rendering Cyberpunk 2077 in all its glorious path-traced glory; maybe it even made you some money during the heyday of cryptomining. But now it needs a little support from you (and Joyjom). And that support can cost as little as $4.79. 

Sure, you could spend $30 or more and get something with pretty RGB and glass, like Cooler Master's ARGB GPU Support Bracket. But for less than $5, you can give your graphics-rendering friend all the help it needs to stay perfectly horizontal (while also taking the stress off your precious x16 slot). 

I ordered one to support my elderly GTX 1080 Ti – won't you? If this isn't worth a bit less than you probably spent on your coffee yesterday, you don't deserve to call yourself a PC enthusiast. 

—Matt Safford

This Cyber Monday Gaming Laptop Has Long Battery Life, a New Low Price

When I reviewed the HP Victus 16 earlier this year, I raved about the gaming laptop's design, its excellent battery life, and its bright display. The biggest downer with the laptop was its price, which was hundreds more than similarly-performing competitors. Well, that big flaw has now been rectified for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The same Victus 16 configuration we reviewed at $1,449 is now just $979 direct from HP. 

The Victus 16, as its name implies, features a 16-inch IPS display with a Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) 144Hz panel. An Intel Core i7-13700H processor powers the laptop, while a discrete GeForce RTX 4050 GPU with 6GB of RAM handles gaming duties. You'll find 16GB of DDR5-5600 memory (two 8GB sticks) and a 1TB SSD.

You'll find a mix of USB-A and USB-C ports for connectivity along with GbE. Wireless connectivity is handled by Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 radios. And in an excellent addition for a laptop at this price point, HP configures the Victus 16 with a 1080p webcam and a physical privacy shutter.

But perhaps the biggest surprise with the Victus 16 was its 83 WHr battery, which was a real endurance champion in our tests. The Victus 16 lasted for just over seven hours in our battery test. The next closest competitor was the Acer Nitro 5, which gave up the ghost after five and a half hours. 

I concluded my review by writing that the Victus 16, "is right in line regarding gaming performance relative to the competition. It has a bright display, good build quality and a business-like exterior. In addition, its battery life blows away the competition at just over seven hours. If you can find the laptop on sale, it's worth considering for those seeking a budget 1080p gaming rig."

With a new low price of $979, we can honestly say that now is the time to buy this stellar budget gaming laptop. 

—Brandon Hill

AMD's potent 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X CPU Falls to $289, an All-Time Low

AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X might be a last-gen chip, but its 12 cores and 24 threads still deliver potent performance in a range of workloads, particularly in productivity applications, and its 50% discount for Cyber Monday makes it even more appealing, bringing this powerful chip down to a mere $289.

The Ryzen 9 5900X is a great upgrade for an AM4 system, providing a huge jump over many of the prior-gen Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 models. You can drop this chip in any AM4 motherboard, even those stretching back to 2017, that has a newer BIOS that will support the chip. You'll want to make sure that the board has the requisite power delivery for this class of chip, though.

Sure, the Ryzen 9 5900X isn't as fast in gaming as the Ryzen 7 5800X3D model, but it has four more cores for the same price as the X3D model and offers a more balanced profile — the X3D chips offer elite-class gaming performance but suffer from lower performance in productivity work.

—Paul Alcorn

Intel's Overclockable 13th Gen CPUs Are 18% Off, Much Better Value Than 14th Gen

Intel's overclockable 13th-Gen lineup is up to 18% off, including chips like the Core i5-13600K, 13600KF, i7-13700K, 13700KF, and i9-13900K. Intel's 13th-Gen chips might not be the new anymore, but they are still very fast and offer performance nearly identical to Intel's newest 14th-Gen models. 

When they came out a few weeks ago, we noted that the 14th gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" chips were basically the same as their immediate predecessors, but with slightly higher clock speeds and, in the case of the Core i9-14700K, a few more efficiency cores. Now that we're seeing the 13th gen models on sale, it's even harder to justify paying more for little-to-no added speed.

The Core i5-13600KF is arguably the best deal of the bunch, being 18% off at just $249.99. In our review of its twin brother, the 13600K, we found its performance to be excellent for a mid-range chip offering gaming performance close to AMD's Ryzen 5 5800X3D, Intel's i7-13700K, and even Intel's latest i5-14600K at a much lower price.

Alternatively, if you need a CPU with integrated graphics, Intel's Core i5-13600K is also 18% off, priced at $270.

For those looking for a bit more multi-core grunt, Intel's Core i7-13700K is also 18% off ($345). In our review of the 13700K, we found it excels as both a gaming and content-creation chip, offering gaming performance similar to its Core i9 counterpart. 

The 13700K is actually a more attractive buy for gaming than its 14th-Gen counterpart — we found in our Core i7-14700K review that the 13700K offers nearly identical gaming performance to the i7-14700K, but at a much lower price point. If you don't need integrated graphics, Intel offers its Core i7-13700KF for $10 less ($335).

If you're after a higher-end CPU, Intel's i9-13900KF is on sale for a 16% discount (now just $501). In testing with its twin brother, the 13900K, we found its performance to be basically identical to the much more expensive i9-14900K, both in gaming and content creation tasks. 

This is because both chips feature the same core configuration, with the only difference being a minute 200MHz higher turbo clock for the 14th-Gen parts. If you really need integrated graphics, Intel's Core i9-13900K is also on sale but is only discounted by 13% for $546. But, if you're spending $500+ on the CPU, chances are that you also have a discrete GPU. 

Overall, Intel's 14th-Gen chips might look cool with their shiny new model names, but they don't really perform any better than their 13th-Gen predecessors (with the exception of the 14700K and its four extra E-cores). As a result, if you are looking for a CPU upgrade or a new CPU for your shiny new gaming/productivity machine, Intel's 13th-Gen K-series CPUs are the better choice, offering killer bang-for-buck performance this holiday season.

—Aaron Klotz

Minisforum Venus and Neptune Series Mini PCs get big Cyber Monday discounts

Minisforum is well known for making handsome and feature-packed mini PCs that cater to a wide variety of use cases. While the company has multiple deals for Cyber Monday, the best deals are for the Minisforum Venus NPB7 at $616, which is 22% off its original price, and the Neptune HN2673 at $623, which is 26% off the retail price.

Minisforum Venus NPB7 is 22% Off on Cyber Monday 

The NPB7 comes packing a tremendous amount of connectivity for a mini PC. The foundation starts with a 14-core / 20-thread Intel Core i7-13700H CPU with integrated Intel Xe graphics. The system sports 32 GB of DDR5 memory and a 1TB NVMe SSD in an M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0  slot and an additional SATA slot for a 2.5-inch SSD. 

For display outputs, Minisforum provides two HDMI ports supporting 4K @ 60Hz and two USB4 ports supporting up to 8k @ 60Hz. There's also one audio jack. You also get two 2.5GbE ethernet ports, two USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A, two USB 4, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A, and a data-only USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port. The system includes an Intel 802.11 AX WiFI 6E+ BT 5.2 chip for wireless connectivity. 

Minisforum provides an active cooling option for the PCIe 4.0 drive, with a much larger fan for the Intel CPU on the other side of the PCB facing downwards. The compact chassis has aluminum sides, but the top and bottom cover are plastic.

Minisforum Neptune Series HN2673 is 26% Off on Cyber Monday 

The Minisforum Neptune HN2673 uses a last-gen 10-core / 16-thread Core i7-12650H Alder Lake CPU, clocked up to 4.7 GHz. However, this device offers the additional charms of the Intel Arc A730M GPU with 6GB of GDDR5 memory. 

While this mobile discrete card won't replace your primary gaming setup, it can definitely power some light gaming fun. Intel Arc drivers have improved lately with regular WHQL driver releases and optimized game-specific BETA drivers. This is a very different situation from the state of Intel Arc series driver support when it was launched.

Other specs of note are the system's two HDMI ports and two USB-C ports that support up to 4K @ 60Hz displays. There is 32 GB DDR4 memory on board and a 1 TB SSD with expansion options via two SATA III ports for 2.5-inch SSD drives. 

The HN2673 looks well-ventilated and has a stand to place it in the upright position. However, for a mini-PC, this is a larger unit due to its powerful quad-fan active cooling. 

Both systems come bundled with Windows 11 Home by default.

 Shed some light on your PC life with this $51 monitor lamp 

Lamps that hang over your monitors have become increasingly popular in recent years, as they're a good and attractive way to shine some light on your desk, without having to light up the entire room. I bought this very KableRika lamp during Black Friday 2021, and it's been the perfect companion for these overnight deals-slinging shifts. It gives me some extra, adjustable light for working, without broadcasting to my neighbors that I'm blogging about anti-sag GPU support rods at 4 a.m.

The KableRika is a whole lot cheaper than competing models from the likes of BenQ, and it's performed flawlessly for me over the past two years. Its mounting system is designed to clamp on the back of a desk. But I have it clamped to the wall mount that holds the OLED TV that I use as my monitor. It gets bright enough that at night, I mostly keep it on the lowest two settings.

—Matt Safford

Crucial's tiny X9 Pro and X10 Pro Portable SSDs get big discounts

Crucial has solid Cyber Monday deals on its latest portable, rugged external drives for Cyber Monday 2023, with the X9 Pro and X10 Pro models selling at all-time low prices that span up to a 33% discount. 

If you're in the market for a dust and waterproof portable SSD, the Crucial X9 Pro might be worth your attention. Coming in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacity options with USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds via the Type-C connector, this family of drives is on sale for Cyber Monday at $59, $87, and $182, respectively, which is up to 32% off the normal selling price.

These drives are pocket-friendly 65 x 50mm-sized devices with read/ write speeds up to 1,050 MB/s and 256-bit AES hardware encryption, plus the assurance of dust and water resistance. The casing is anodized aluminum with a rubberized soft touch base. Crucial also gives you one month of complimentary access to Adobe Create Cloud and Mylio Photos+ with product purchases made before December 31st, 2024.

Crucial X10 Pro is even faster

If you demand more speed from your portable storage, the Crucial X10 Pro series gives you up to 2,100 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput. These models are a bit pricier than the X9 Pro drives, but you'll still get a good discount with 1TB for $92, 2TB for $129, and 4TB for $209.

This drive has the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface device, and the 2TB variant sold for $170 at the time of review. While the X9 Pro is a great, nifty little portable device, the X10 takes advantage of the speed of the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface, which can be a time saver, especially when you need to transfer large files.

Whether you choose the X9 Pro or the X10 Pro, Crucial backs its products with a five-year warranty.

Screaming-fast 500 Hz Alienware gaming monitor at all-time low pricing

Feel the need for extreme speed? Well, if you have a powerful enough system to push one of the fastest gaming monitors on the planet, the 500 Hz Alienware AW2524H is the monitor for you. Today, it's priced at a mere $496 at Amazon for Cyber Monday 2023, an all-time low price that's 39% below its $830 MSRP.

This ultra-fast monitor runs at 480 Hz at stock settings but, when overclocked, runs at 500 Hz on the 25-inch FHD IPS panel. It also sports a 0.03ms response time and supports G-Sync and HDR400. In fact, this monitor is now even $150 cheaper than the more economical cut-down "F" model that Dell released to bring 500 Hz to a lower price point.

Sure, normally, we would recommend the AW252HF if you were looking to score a 500 Hz panel at a lower price point, but the current deal finds the Dell flagship at even lower pricing than its more value-oriented counterpart. Also, you don't have to accept the AW252HF's compromises, like the step back to AMD FreeSync Pro instead of G-Sync, the lack of HDR400, and the removal of the AlienFX lighting on the back panel. 

Instead, you can now score the AW2524H for only $496 and get the whole enchilada with no compromises.

2TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs that don't suck, for under $100

Black Friday SSD deals have been abundant, and many of them are carrying over to Cyber Monday. That's great because, due to dwindling flash supply in the industry, these might be the lowest prices we'll see in some time. But right now, there are still some excellent options. There are a lot of unknown brands out there, but we have tested several "alternative" brands that are trying to become "established" brands. Silicon Power, Addlink, Lexar, and Netac all fall into that category, though certainly Silicon Power has been around for a while now. (Lexar used to be a Micron subsidiary but was sold off a few years back.)

We wrote up some excellent deals on 4TB SSDs for under $200, which are capacious enough to hold at least a decent portion of your Steam library — or 16 separate copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. But nearly $200 might be more than a lot of people want to spend. If you're hoping to keep things under $100, for yourself or someone else, those same drives are worth a look and can deliver impressive performance for the price. We'll give you our best pick for each capacity.

Both these SSDs have something in common: They use the Maxio MAP1602A controller with 232-layer YMTC TLC NAND. (The Addlink A93 uses the same combination, but it costs a bit more than the Lexar drive.) This has proven to be a potent combination, even if it's a DRAM-less controller. That helps cut down on price as well as power, however, and the YMTC NAND still sustains very respectable throughput. These drives are also single-sided designs, and the Lexar even has a heatsink included, which makes them a great fit for a PlayStation 5 or a laptop (you'd need to remove the heatsink for laptop use, which is easy enough).

Like most modern SSDs, these drives implement pSLC (pseudo-SLC) caches, which means they'll have excellent throughput until the cache is filled up. That's usually more than enough space to keep up with any game downloads, though performance can start to trail off as the drives are filled to capacity. The US75 and NM790 still maintained solid sustained write performance in our testing, however, which is a good indication of how they'll run as you stuff them like a Thanksgiving turkey with all of your games.

Note that the US75 clearly falls behind in our write saturation testing, which pelts the drive with continuous writes for over 30 minutes. That's because it has half the number of NAND dies available, and the 4TB models clearly take a lead in this "worst-case" testing. But 850 MB/s is hardly something to scoff at. Less strenuous workloads showed significantly better performance, if you're wondering.

—Jarred Walton

Massive 4TB WD Black SN850X SSD is only five cents per GB for Cyber Monday

WD's excellent 4TB SN850X SSD is now only $229 at Amazon for Cyber Monday 2023, a savings of $60 over the normal pricing (it debuted at $699). This speedy SSD is optimized for the PS5 but is just as adept in a leading-edge gaming PC. Regardless of which type of machine you slot it into, it provides enough capacity to hold even massive game libraries. 

The drive peaks at 7,300 / 6,600 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput and dishes out an incredible 1.2 / 1.1 million random read/write IOPS. It's no surprise that this is one of the leaders on the list of Best SSDs for PS5 and our list of Best SSDs for PCs. WD also covers the drive with a five-year warranty.

If you don't need quite the spacious 4TB model, WD also has the SN850X in 1 and 2TB capacities for a solid $79 and $114, respectively. Both of these drives deliver nearly the same level of performance as their larger counterpart but make sure to check our full WD Black SN850X review for the particulars.

—Paul Alcorn

These Cyber Monday Accessory Deals Could Change Your Life

Sometimes it's the smallest things that matter most. You can upgrade from an 8-core CPU to a 12-core CPU or from 32GB to 64GB of RAM and not notice an immediate difference. However, a $12 wrist rest could make you infinitely more comfortable in a way that's readily apparent from the moment you start using it. And you'll be using it all day every day.

That's why I'm taking a minute to highlight a few life-changing desk accessories that are on sale this Cyber Monday. The few dollars you spend here could make a huge difference for you, or for the person you gift them to.

Let's start with our favorite wrist rest. I have one of these (the large size one) and, if I type for even five minutes without it, my fingers start to hurt. There are many wrist rests on the market, but the HyperX Wrist Rest is the best by far, because it combines soft gel with cooling. I have the large version, which is $15, but the small one is just $12.

You can never have access to too many USB ports. That's why owning a 10 or 7-port hub to keep on your desk is critical. You also want that hub to be powered, rather than just drawing electricity from your computer's USB port. 

I love the Sabrent hubs, because they have on/off switches that allow me to disable and enable devices at will. For example, I keep my wireless headset dongle and my USB desktop speaker plugged in at all times, but I turn off whichever audio device I'm not using.  Other hubs also have the on / off feature, but I've tested many and Sabrent's models have the best design and build quality by far.

If you're like me, you probably have a ton of wires to plug in, but only one outlet. You could buy a standard power strip which goes on the floor where your cat or child could easily poke the switch. 

But a better alternative is to buy a vertical power tower that takes up very little desk space but has a ton of outlets. I have my desktop PC, all four of my monitors, my laptop and my Raspberry Pi all plugged into my tower. To save on vampire power, I hit its power switch when I shutdown for the night.

This SMALLRT tower has on / off switches for each side so you can turn off the power to, say, your desktop, but leave your TV or server getting juiced. My son has a similar power tower, where he turns his desktop off but leaves other outlets on for charging.

A headphone holder or stand is key as you don't want your headset lying all over your desk. Here's one that will also charge your devices.

Intel's Arc Graphics Cards Offer Great Value This Cyber Monday

This has been a disappointing Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals season for GPU savings. Many of the most desirable cards have been holding steady at previous prices. However, the clear exception to that are the Intel Arc GPUs, which are all seeing double-digit percentage discounts compared to earlier this month. 

Intel's fastest A770 16GB now at $259, nearly $100 below its launch price and $10 above its all-time low. The A750 is all the way down to $179, another all-time low, and the newest addition Arc A580 has dropped $20 to $159.

If you're curious about how Intel's GPUs stack up, the answer is that they're reasonably competitive, have great media encoding capabilities, and the driver issues have mostly been ironed out. 

Intel has released about 30 different driver updates in the past year, some with significant improvements. AI performance is another strong point, where Arc GPUs are at least competitive with Nvidia's alternatives in Stable Diffusion image generation.

Don't expect record-setting performance from Intel's GPUs. Frankly, the best they can hope is to compete with the mainstream Nvidia RTX 4060 and AMD RX 7600. But they do cost quite a bit less than those parts, even if they also generally use more power.

Intel also took a page out of Nvidia's playbook and went whole-hog on all the latest features. It's ray tracing hardware generally keeps pace with Nvidia (outside of full path tracing in stuff like Alan Wake 2), and it has dedicated tensor cores called XMX cores that are great for AI workloads — including the DLSS-alternative XeSS. For mainstream hardware at budget prices, Intel Arc provides a good alternative to the AMD and Nvidia graphics cards.

—Jarred Walton

CyberPowerPC Desktop with Core i7 and RTX 4060 Ti is now $1069, $330 Off.

Wouldn't we all love a top-of-the-line gaming desktop with a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, a flagship Intel or AMD CPU, and copious amounts of RAM/storage? While that's often wishful thinking, some of us are thinking on more budget-friendly terms. That's where the CyberPowerPC Gamer Extreme gaming desktop comes into play, which features a $330 discount this Cyber Mondayat Best Buy, bringing it to just $1,069.99.

The system features a sleek mid-tower case with a see-through window, giving you a clear look inside at the internals and the RGB fans that keep everything cool under pressure. At the heart of the system is an Intel Core i7-13700F processor and 16GB of DDR5 memory.

You'll find an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8GB) graphics card for your gaming needs and a 2TB SSD for storage. There are also plenty of ports for all your peripherals: six USB 3.1 Type-A and two USB 2.0 Type-A. Regarding network connectivity, there's 802.11ac Wi-Fi and a GbE port for a hardline connection to your router. A 600-watt power supply feeds juice to the system.

A wired gaming keyboard and mouse are included, as is a one-year manufacturer's warranty for parts and labor. 

This system would make a good starting rig for your son or daughter who is getting into gaming or as a budget system if you want to game on the side. Throw in a nice Cyber Monday discount on a gaming monitor, and you'll be all set to begin your gaming adventures.

—Brandon Hill

Dell sweetens Nintendo Switch OLED purchases with an included $75 eGift card for Cyber Monday

It's hard to believe it, but the Nintendo Switch has been with us for nearly seven years. It became a best-seller during that time and spawned plenty of memorable games like Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. However, if you still haven't purchased a Switch yet or simply want to give one as a gift this holiday season, Dell has an excellent Cyber Monday promotion on the Switch OLED (White) that warrants your attention.

The Switch OLED is the newest version of the console, having launched in October 2021. Dell sells the console for $349.99, which is its regular asking price. While that is nothing to write home about, Dell pairs the handheld console with a $75 promo eGift Card that can be used for future purchases. According to Dell, the promo eGift Card will be emailed within 20 days of purchase. Once issued, you will have 90 days to use the eGift Card before it expires.

I would have preferred a straight-up $75 discount over a promotional offer, but it can be used towards a future purchase at Dell, be it accessories for your new Switch OLED or as a discount on a Dell or Alienware PC.

While the Switch OLED has the same 1270 x 780 resolution as the original model, it has a larger, 7-inch OLED panel. Internal storage space also doubles to 64GB, although you can still expand storage using the microSDXC slot. Nintendo says that the 11.36-ounce Switch OLED can last up to nine hours per charge, which is plenty of time to get in some intense Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sessions while trying to avoid that pesky blue shell.

—Brandon Hill

Grab an Alienware m16 gaming laptop with Ryzen 9 7845HX and RTX 4070 for $1,399

If you're in the market for a potent mid-range gaming laptop, Dell has you covered for Cyber Monday with the Alienware m16. While we often see scores of gaming laptops sporting various iterations of Intel's 12th and 13th generation Core processors. However, this m16 variant sports an AMD Ryzen 9 processor and is discounted to just $1,399 (a steep $700 drop from its regular asking price).

Specifically, the Alienware m16 features AMD's Ryzen 9 7845HX processor, which can boost up to 5.2 GHz and has 12 cores capable of executing 24 threads. That powerful processor comes paired with 16GB of DDR5-4800 memory (2x 8GB) and a 1TB M.2 SSD. Since this is a gaming laptop, we'd be remiss if we left out the graphics card, which in this case is Nvidia's excellent GeForce RTX 4070. This discrete mobile GPU comes with 8GB of GDDR6.

As its name implies, the Alienware m16 has a 16-inch display. This configuration has a QHD+ resolution (2560 x 1600) and a 165Hz refresh rate. Dell also includes an AlienFX RGB backlit keyboard with customizable zones for those who want to add a bit of color to their typing surface. 

Other features included with the Alienware m16 are Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity, GbE port, HDMI 2.1, Mini DisplayPort 1.4, USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, an SD card slot, Element 31 thermal interface material for the GPU and CPU, and seven heat pipes used in conjunction with a vapor chamber and four fans to keep things cool. However, keep in mind that the Alienware m16 is a bit portly, weighing in at 7.2 pounds with a 14.5 x 11.4 x 1-inch footprint.

Today's $1,399.99 price for the Alienware m16 is part of Dell's version of a Lightning Deal. As of this writing, 40 percent of the available units at this price have been claimed, so you had better act fast to secure yours.

—Brandon Hill

20TB of hard drive storage at a record-low price for Cyber Monday

Black Friday is always a great time to score storage at a deep discount, and this sale on the 20TB Seagate Exos is a perfect example — at its discounted $269 price point at Newegg, you get a capacious slab of storage for pictures, media, and archival purposes. You can even use this drive to store games that you don't frequently play and then move them back to your SSD when the time is right.  

This drive, a resident of our list of Best HDDs, has a 7,200-RPM spindle speed and uses the tried and true conventional magnetic recording (CMR) tech, not the slower SMR tech that you find in drives of lesser quality. The drive also has 156MB of cache and a sustained transfer rate of 285 MB/s, putting it near the top of our HDD benchmark charts. You can read our full Seagate Exos X20 review here.

This pricing works out to $13.50 per TB of storage, or $0.013 per GB, a price that SSD storage simply can't match. Yes, you should use an SSD as your primary boot drive, but bulking up your overall storage capacity with an HDD sidekick makes sense. You could also opt for even cheaper storage by going with an external drive, but you'll sacrifice performance and warranty compared to this drive, which comes with an excellent three-year warranty. 

—Paul Alcorn

Samsung's 4TB 990 Pro is finally sold out everywhere

The 4TB version of the Samsung 990 Pro only launched a couple of months ago, but it was already down to just $249 this weekend at Samsung, Best Buy, Newegg, and B&H Photo. Unfortunately it looks like that price — nearly $100 off the retail price of $344 — was pretty tempting for SSD shoppers, because the 4TB 990 Pro appears to be sold out at most major retailers right now.

If you missed out, no sweat — you can still pick up the smaller 2TB version of the 990 Pro for just $119 — its lowest-ever price — at Best Buy. The 990 Pro is the fastest drive we've ever tested, with sequential read / write speeds of 7,450 / 6,900 MB/s and up to 1.4 / 1.55 million random read/write IOPS. You can read our full review of the 2TB 990 Pro here.

If you had your heart set on 4TB, the 4TB WD Black SN850X is still on sale for just $229 at Amazon (was $289 — original MSRP $699). The SN850X offers up to 7,300 / 6,600 MB/s sequential read/write and 1.2 / 1.1 million random read/write IOPS, and is one of our favorite SSDs for the PS5. You can read our full review of the SN850X here.

—Sarah Jacobsen Purewall

(I bought a 2TB 990 Pro for $129 in July because Paul said it was a great deal. And now it's even cheaper!)

 Save a massive $356 on Creality’s K1 Max and use the money to buy filament! 

With a build volume of 300 x 300 x 300mm, Creality’s K1 Max is bigger than the norm CoreXY printer built into a glass enclosure. With a direct drive extruder and 0.4mm nozzle this printer can print using PLA, PETG, TPU and ABS with a nozzle temp of up to 300 degrees Celsius.

Coming 99% built, all we needed to do was remove it from the crate. Yes, our review model (and retail versions) comes in a crate! Remove the packing foam

Being a CoreXY 3D printer, and running Klipper means that the K1 Max can hit 600 mm/s and the included Hyper PLA, a high-speed filament is designed to print fast with no visible loss of quality. That said, our reviewer also used an everyday PLA, Inland gray PLA and that printed a benchy in 17 minutes and 38 seconds. The fastest benchy they had ever printed at the time of the review.

The K1 Max isn’t just a bigger printer, it’s a more deluxe printer with LIDAR and an AI camera to warn you if a print fails. The printer uses a form of AI to scan the build plate and then the first layer to make sure everything is going to plan. It then continues to monitor the print process and can warn you if it detects a print failure. This mode needs to be switched on to operate – and only works in conjunction with the Creality Cloud. If the printer is operated in LAN only mod you’ll have to monitor prints the old-fashioned way – with your own eyeballs.

Specifications: Creality K1 Max

The K1 Max will auto level the print bed, a smooth PEI flex plate print bed before every print (you can turn this off). The glass enclosure means that printing ABS, which will remove itself from any print bed at even the slightest mention of a breeze, is much easier and less smelly. 

—Les Pounder

This 4TB Crucial P3 Plus SSD is just $3 short of its lowest ever price!

This budget-friendly SSD is for those of us who favor lots of capacity over performance and it is now just $3 short of its lowest ever price!
The P3 Plus is based upon Phison’s E21T controller and Micron’s new 176-layer QLC flash. QLC tends to have higher read latency than TLC and one way to improve read performance is to allow each of four planes in a flash die to be read independently. QLC also programs or writes much more slowly, so enhanced programming algorithms can help it reach the desired values more quickly. QLC is ultimately about density - capacity per square millimeter - so all major manufacturers are putting control circuitry (CMOS) under the layered flash array. All of this helps make QLC more affordable while still being performant enough to compete with TLC options.

The 4TB option is the largest in this range, and it is now just a few dollars short of its lowest ever price.

The 4TB model has a sequential read speed of 4,800 MBps, although the 1TB and 2TB are slightly faster at 5,000 MBps. Sequential write speeds at 4TB are 4,100 MBps, the 2TB just beats it at 4,2000 MBps. 

Specifications

In our review, we concluded that the P3 Plus is an enticing budget drive which runs the full range of drive sizes from 500GB to 4TB. The drive runs cool and is power efficient, making it a good choice for laptops and Sony’s PlayStation 5. The average performance means this is good as a bulk storage drive, but keep your boot drive running on something faster. 

—Les Pounder

This portable USB soldering iron brings the heat, doesn't burn a hole in your wallet!

Let's start by saying this is not the best soldering iron in the world. But it is cheap, small and it heats up fast. USB soldering irons were an oddity, but now there are more and more of them! These pencil shaped soldering irons deliver 8W of heat and cleverly heat just the tip, rather than the entire length of the iron (although that also gets hot, ask me how I know!) This means that we get plenty of heat where we need it.

Charging this soldering iron’s 1,100 mAh battery  takes around 2 to 3 hours, and for that we get 30 minutes of soldering. The TS1C portable soldering iron has a much better charge to use ratio, but the TS1C is over $100. I use my USB soldering iron connected to a 5V power source, typically a power bank or Pine64 Pine Station power supply. 

I’ve got one of these irons, and for quick fixes, small solder joints etc, it works really well. Pressing the button will cycle through three temperatures (350, 400, 450 degrees Celsius), but we rarely need to go over 350. The only time I needed to boost the temperature was when I tried to solder some speaker wires. I had to go to max temp and hold the iron for a long time. It worked, kind of.

The soldering iron tips can be replaced (when they are cold!) so you have a choice of fine tip, chisel, or bladed for your projects. The kit comes with a reel of lead-free solder, USB C lead (for charging) and a small stand. We cannot stress how helpful a soldering iron stand is!

This is a soldering iron for those learning to solder. It heats up fast, mere seconds, and cools down in a few minutes. The smaller pencil size means it is ideal for younger makers, just remember to supervise their learning and to solder in a well ventilated space. 

—Les Pounder

I've never plugged in this Lenovo Go Qi Charging Wireless Mouse to charge!

I have wireless charging pads at my desk and three other places around my apartment for keeping my phone and watch juiced up, and I take one with me when I travel. So when I saw Lenovo had a Go Wireless Multi-Device Mouse that charges wirelessly using the Qi standard, I was intrigued. And now that I've owned one for a year, it's my go-to travel rodent. In fact I think I ordered it during last year's Black Friday deals season. 

There's not much remarkable about this compact mouse in terms of its design. It houses a USB-C dongle under its magnetic top, and it also works over Bluetooth for pairing it with up to three devices. Lenovo claims 2-3 months of use if you use it a couple of hours a day, which is probably fairly accurate. I've never been able to tell because whenever I'm done using it, I just drop it on the Qi charging stand on my desk and it's fully charged whenever I pick it up again. Plugging things in is so 2019. However, it does have a USB-C port in the front if you want to pry off the rubber door and charge it the old-school way.

—Matt Safford

This HOTO NEX 01 Pro Screwdriver won't replace my  DeWalt impact driver, but it breezes through building PCs!

I build a lot of PCs and also do a fair bit of home improvement work around my apartment. So a cordless screwdriver is a nice thing to have. I also own a much slimmer Wowstick, but have found HOTO's NEX O1 Pro to be handier thanks to its extra (and variable) torque. It's great for loosening those factory-installed screws on PC cases that just don't want to let go, and also good for assembling small pieces of furniture. 

The HOTO won't replace my DeWalt impact driver or drill for bigger, tougher jobs, but for everyday tasks, it's powerful enough, easy to charge over USB-C, and even looks good on my workbench. I just wish it came with and stored more than 12 bits.

—Matt Safford

Get 40% off Logitech's colorful, cable-free G305 Lightspeed gaming mouse 

Whether you're after an affordable wireless gaming mouse this Cyber Monday, or you just want a second mouse that will stand out in a world of mostly black or white cursor controllers, Logitech's G305 Lightspeed is a great option at its current sale price of $29.99. It's been this cheap before, but we've never seen it for less. And it's available in five colors – mint, black, blue, lilac, and white. 

We mostly liked the G503 when we tested it back in 2020, praising its 12K optical sensor and fast, reliable wireless connection. And while the mouse isn't rechargeable, it runs off a single AA battery (Logitech estimates longevity at about 250 hours), so it's pretty easy to keep a spare cell handy. A red LED under the control wheel will let you know when the mouse needs a fresh battery.

The mouse has six programmable buttons, a standard 1,000 Hz polling rate, and its shape and compact size means it won't stand out even in a business environment – at least unless you want it to and you choose one of the more colorful options.

—Matt Safford

Grab the Xbox Series X games console at its lowest price with Diablo 4 for less than the price of a console without a game - madness 

Cyber Monday is great for picking up those last-minute tech gifts that have survived through the Black Friday weekend. But whatever the reason, it’s also a way of saving money on a future holiday gift such as a new gaming console for the family or a present to yourself. Although the competition has been high, this is the best deal I could find on a new Xbox Series X console in the sales. 

Microsoft is offering the Xbox Series X games console in a bundle with Blizzard's latest Diablo entry - Diablo 4 for $439, you can also get the console from Walmart for $439 (the lowest price I can find) but without a game, so this time around you are actually getting a premium AAA game for free. 

The Xbox Series X gaming console is Microsoft's most powerful current-generation gaming console and features some impressive specs for a computer under $450. As well as being designed for gaming, the Xbox Series X features a custom Zen 2 CPU with 8 Cores that run at 3.8GHz and a custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU that can put out 4K visuals at 120FPS on a variable refresh rate TV or monitor if the games are compatible of course. 

Microsoft’s latest-gen console comes packed with extra features like Dolby Vision and Atmos, HDMI 2.1, and plenty of USB 3.1 ports for connecting up your favorite gaming peripherals like a keyboard and mouse or gaming headset for chatting with your online pals.

So if you’re in the market for a gaming console and the Xbox Series X fits your needs then this really is a great deal to go for.

—Stewart Bendle

Find the best price on a wireless gaming controller for your PC

I love my PC for gaming. It’s a great way to unwind after a long day at work, speak to some friends online on Discord, or exchange some witty banter with my opponents in my favorite online game. One of the essential tools for this hobby, though, is a comfortable and responsive gaming controller. Owning consoles means I already have access to some of the best controllers available, but having to pair and unpair controllers is a hassle, so I like to have a separate one for the PC. 

If you prefer an Xbox controller, the cheapest deal I can find is on the Microsoft Xbox Store itself, where you can pick up the latest Xbox wireless controller for just $39 - and in a multitude of different colors for the same price. 

For the cheapest available PlayStation controller, it looks like Amazon is the place to go, by a mere 50 cents. You can find the DualSense on offer at Walmart, Best Buy, and direct from PlayStation for just a little more. Sony’s PlayStation DualSense wireless gaming controller is $49 from Amazon, on a Cyber Monday sale, down from its usual MSRP of $69.

Previously I’ve used both PlayStation and Xbox controllers over the years, choosing to connect over wireless or Bluetooth – or cable when the PC was choosing not to cooperate with me for some reason. With Steam recently adding official support for PlayStation DualShock and DualSense controllers, it’s even easier to use these popular controllers for gaming on the PC. 

—Stewart Bendle 

I love Lenovo's Qi-Charging Mouse, and it's currently 53% off, or $28

I have a wireless charging pad at my desk and in three other spots around my apartment. I use them mostly for keeping my phone, earbuds, and watch juiced up, and I take one with me when I travel. So when I saw Lenovo had a Go Wireless Multi-Device Mouse that charges wirelessly using the Qi standard, I was intrigued. And now that I've owned one for a year, it's my go-to travel rodent.

There's not much remarkable about this compact mouse in terms of its design. It houses a USB-C dongle under its magnetic top, and it also works over Bluetooth for pairing with up to three devices. There's a button up top, behind the scroll wheel, for cycling through pairing modes, and a single extra programmable "Utility" button on the left side.

Lenovo claims 2-3 months of use if you use it a couple of hours a day, which is probably fairly accurate. I've never been able to tell because whenever I'm done using it, I just drop it on the Qi charging stand on my desk and it's fully charged whenever I pick it up again. Plugging things in is so 2019. However, it does have a USB-C port in the front if you want to pry off the rubber door and charge it the old-school way.

The Nvidia RTX 4070 is arguably the best all-around GPU pick right now, and is on sale for $514

The best graphics card means different things to different people. Some want raw performance, price be damned, but I've always been partial to the more balanced approach. It's why the Nvidia RTX 4070 remains my overall pick for anyone looking to pick up a good all-around GPU that won't break the bank. You can check our GPU benchmarks hierarchy to see where it stands in the overall rankings, but it's basically an RTX 3080 10GB replacement with much improved efficiency plus some other extras.

More important than the GPU itself is the price. Launched at $599, the RTX 4070 was a good generational improvement. If you look at the previous generation RTX 3070 Ti that was also priced at $599, it's a decent jump in performance: 20–30 percent faster. You also get 50% more VRAM, and total power use dropped from ~275W on average (at 1440p) to just ~190W. And now, you can get all that for as little as $514 — 14% off the launch price.

It's the familiar tale of Nvidia GPUs versus the competition. Even without factoring DLSS support, the RTX 4070 offers significantly better ray tracing performance than similarly priced GPUs from AMD, while rasterization performance is less impressive. Compared to the similarly priced RX 7800 XT, at 1080p ultra the RTX 4070 was 30% faster in our ray tracing test suite, and 2% slower in our rasterization tests, for a net overall win of 9%. Things don't change too much at 1440p ultra either: The 4070 was 27% faster in DXR and 6% slower in rasterization, for a net 6% lead.

Again, this is all without factoring in DLSS enhancements. Newer games like Alan Wake 2 are effectively unplayable on AMD's RX 7800 XT with full path tracing, even with upscaling. At 1080p, even AMD's top RX 7900 XTX GPU managed just 33 fps, compared to 43 fps on the RTX 4070. And the 4070 also supports DLSS Ray Reconstruction, which looks superior to traditional denoising. The RX 6900 XT (which still generally outperforms the RX 7800 XT) puttered along with just 21 fps.

We're not saying we need path tracing to enjoy a game, but Nvidia now offers features and performance that make it viable, even on mainstream GPUs; AMD does not. And for just a bit over $500, the RTX 4070 provides a great upgrade for anyone currently sitting on a graphics card from two or three generations back. The Zotac card doesn't come with all the bells and whistles like RGB lighting, but for a sub-200W card, the dual fans and 2-slot cooler are generally sufficient.

—Jarred Walton

Asus AMD laptop is $100 off

If you're an AMD fan looking for a new ultraportable at a mid-range price, Asus has a deal for you. Over at Amazon, the Asus Zenbook 14 with a Ryzen 5 7535U is down to $699.99.

For that price, you'll also get 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a 1080p screen and a 67 WHr battery.

There is also a solid selection of ports, including a USB 4 Type-C port, two USB 3.2 ports (one Type-A, one Type-C), HDMI 2.1, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The 1080p webcam includes infrared support for facial recognition to log in with Windows Hello.

At just 0.62 inches thick and 3.09 pounds, this should slip into any bag — or stocking — with out you noticing too much.

One note on that CPU: While the 7000 series means this is technically AMD's latest series of processors, the "3" in 7535U stands for Zen 3, which means this chip is made on AMD's 6-nanometer Zen 3 process, rather than the latest Zen 4.

—Andrew E. Freedman

This MSI gaming laptop has an RTX 4050, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD for just $699, 22% off its previous price

Many people like the portability aspect of gaming laptops, even if the price jump compared to similar performance desktops can be quite large. But right now, you can get this MSI Thin GF63 with an RTX 4050 graphics card for only $699. That's $200 less than the normal price, a 22% discount, and it's the lowest price we're currently tracking for any laptop that includes an RTX 40-series GPU.

The RTX 4050 certainly isn't the fastest GPU on the mobile block, and we definitely wouldn't put too much weight on its DLSS 3 Frame Generation feature. You'll want higher base framerates before bothering with Frame Gen, though it can smooth out visuals in some cases. Still, in our testing of other laptops that use this GPU, we've found solid 1080p ultra gaming performance of 60 fps in moderately demanding games — as in: Don't fire up games with heavy ray tracing and expect that level of performance. But the 4050 will easily outpace any integrated solutions.

The 12450H CPU is now two generations old, but it's still totally fine for a budget laptop solution. You get four performance cores and four efficiency cores, or an 8-core/12-thread design, and the RTX 4050 will end up as the bottleneck in most games. Perhaps more critically, MSI doesn't skimp on the memory or storage size, giving you 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 1TB M.2 SSD.

The laptop also sports a 15.6-inch 1920x1080 IPS display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. There's no VRR support (variable refresh rate), and only 45% NTSC color gamut (or about 63% sRGB coverage). It's not an amazing display for content creation, in other words, but it will generally be fine for gaming. At this price, you have to expect to make a few compromises.

—Jarred Walton

Expand the Power of your Laptop, Dock Around the Clock

If you are looking for a way to connect to more devices to your laptop then you need a reliable docking station that’s compatible with your system. If have a MacBook Air, which is port-challenged, adding a dock can add a wide breadth of connectivity options, including USB-A ports, card readers, and even Ethernet. Throw in support for HDMI and DisplayPort on some docks, and you have all you need for a "one cable solution" for the ultimate docking station.

One of the most feature-filled docking stations on the market is the CalDigit TS4. As the successor to the Thunderbolt 3-based TS3 Plus, the TS4 adds support for Thunderbolt 4. The TS4 Plus features 18 ports, including DisplayPort 1.4, a 2.5 GbE port, a UHS-II card reader, audio ports, and a host of USB-A and USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports. It also can deliver 98 watts of power to charge a laptop via a single cable. 

It can support a single 8K monitor or two 6K monitors at a 60Hz refresh rate. Needless to say, the dock can handle just about anything you can throw at it and is compatible with both Windows and macOS devices.

The CalDigit TS4 has an MSRP of $449.95 but is currently priced at just $319.99, which is a 29 percent savings.

For those looking for a name-brand solution, look no further than the Anker 332. This 5-in-1 USB-C hub supports 5 Gbps data delivery and 85-watt Power Delivery to a laptop using an external power adapter. It features a 5 Gbps USB-C data port, two USB-A ports, and a 4K HDMI port. However, due to limited bandwidth, 4K support via HDMI is limited to just 30Hz, so keep that in mind.

The Anker 332 has an MSRP of $34.99, but exclusive Prime Day pricing takes it to just $17.99.

For a more affordable option, there's the Anker 575 USB-C docking station (10 Gbps). It can send 85 watts of power to your laptop for charging and includes two HDMI ports, three USB-A ports, two USB-C ports (one of which supports 18-watt Power Delivery), an Ethernet port, and an SD/microSD slot. It also has a 3.5mm aux port for hooking up speakers or a headset.

It should be noted that the Anker 575 supports up to three 1080p monitors at 60Hz, dual 1440p monitors at 60Hz, or a single 4K monitor at 60Hz.

The Anker 575 typically retails for $249.99 but is currently on sale for $139.

Dell XPS 13 falls to $599

Dell's famous ultraportable, the XPS 13, has fallen to $599 over at dell.com. For those who have been looking at all of the deals on MacBook Airs but want something running Windows, here's an alternative.

When we tested it, one of the chief benefits was over 13 hours of battery life on our test. That's not as good as a MacBook Air, but nothing to shake a stick at, either. You should be able to get a full day out of this thing. We also liked that its display hit 460 nits, which was nice and bright.

The XPS 13 is cheap for a reason. For starters, it's using a 12th Gen Intel Core CPU, not the latest 13th Gen. Then again, Dell never updated the XPS 13 to 13th Gen — that was reserved exclusively for the XPS 13 Plus. This configuration has the base 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage, so power users need not apply.

But if you're looking for a lightweight notebook, prioritize premium build quality,  and won't be doing any photo editing, video work, and only use a few tabs at a time, the XPS 13 at this price isn't bad.

For those who need more performance, $799 will get you a Core i7, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. You're getting closer to premium pricing here, but you're still getting decent savings off of the list price, and you're still getting a luxurious chassis.

—Andrew E. Freedman

Upgrade your Steam Deck storage — 1TB for $45 or 2TB for $152

The best Steam Deck SSD won't necessarily be the fastest drive on the planet. That's because the Steam Deck is limited by what it can accept, specifically: It needs an M.2 2230 SSD. We have an article digging into the details of upgrading the Steam Deck SSD, and with the Steam Deck 64GB on sale for $349, it's more a matter of finding a cost-effective upgrade solution.

M.2 2230 SSDs do tend to cost quite a bit more than their 2280 counterparts, especially for the 2TB models. But there are a couple of great deals happening right now on both 1TB and 2TB drives. It's the perfect upgrade for a Steam Deck that may otherwise be low on storage capacity.

Both of the above drives use QLC NAND. If you were planning on sticking one of these into a higher performance laptop, that might matter, but game downloads will still be limited by the Deck's wireless connection speed rather than SSD performance. That means even "slow" QLC NAND drives will work just fine, though large game updates might be a bit slower.

The Solidigm P41 Plus uses a Silicon Motion SM2269XTF controller paired with (formerly Intel) Solidigm 144-Layer QLC NAND. It's effectively the same hardware as the larger Solidigm P41 Plus 2280 drives we reviewed, just in a smaller package. Sustained write speeds dropped below 100 MB/s in our Windows testing, but we typically saw download speeds of around 30 MB/s on the Steam Deck, regardless of what SSD we installed.

It's a big step up for 2TB of storage, but the MP44S packs the same Phison E21T controller and 176-layer Micron QLC NAND as most other 2TB 2230 drives, and it costs about $20 less than the next-closest option. We tested the Teamgroup MP44S 1TB drive earlier this year, and found relatively mediocre performance under Windows use on our desktop system, but in the Steam Deck it was generally comparable to other drives.

Note that the Steam Deck is limited to PCIe 3.0 speeds, but it's forward compatible with PCIe 4.0 drives — they'll just have lower peak throughput on the Steam Deck than they might otherwise see. For Valve's gaming handheld, our experience is that the specific SSD model was far less of a factor than the storage capacity on tap, and 1TB lets you keep far more games installed than the SSD options Valve offers.

—Jarred Walton

You can find anything on Cyber Monday - like RGB soundbars.

Look, if you're anything like us, you've been looking at tech deals for at least a week. Ends up, you do that much digging, and you can find all sorts of stuff for sale.

Case in point: this RGB soundbar from Lenrue. I doubt this is the first one ever, but I sure haven't seen one before. I can't vouch for how it works or sounds, but for $15.99, if you know someone who bleeds red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and every color in between, I suppose it could brighten up their desk.

The speaker is USB powered, though there's also a Bluetooth mode meant for phones and other mobile devices. A knob on the right side adjusts the volume and serves as the power button.

There are three different RGB patterns: fixed colors, a "flowing" mode of many colors, and a breathing pattern. You can switch between the patterns by reaching out and touching the speaker. There doesn't appear to be any Lenrue software, so you'll be doing a bunch of tapping.

Amazon reviewers seem to suggest that the X11 Plus is OK for music (I mean, how great can it be for $16?), but not for voice calls. So if this is your go to for your next video call, maybe consider a dedicated headset instead.

—Andrew E. Freedman

An RTX 4060 gaming PC for just $849

While we love building our own PCs, sometimes a pre-built one comes along with good parts for the money. As far as Cyber Monday deals go, we think this CyberPower Gamer Master pre-built for $849.99 on Amazon offers a solid mix of components for the price.

The CyberPower PC features the latest-gen, AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU paired with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, making for a strong mid-range gaming PC. It also comes with 16GB of RAM and a 500GB PCIe NVMe SSD.

That SSD is the biggest weak point. 500GB is OK, but 1TB would be better considering the size of games these days. Check out the best Cyber Monday SSD deals for options to expand storage.

CyberPower's Onyxia II case has tempered glass, so you should be able to see all of the included RGB, if you're into that kind of thing. The case also features two USB Type-A ports, as well as dedicated microphone and headset jacks.

—Andrew E. Freedman

The $349, 64GB Steam Deck is still around

Not every holiday deal is explicitly tied to Cyber Monday. This is your public service announcement that the 64GB Valve Steam Deck is still on sale on Steam, the cheapest you can possibly get it. Once it runs out, Valve won't make any more, with the 256GB LCD Steam Deck taking its place in the lineup.

The 64GB mode (an LCD version, not the newer Steam Deck OLED)  was always a bit of an odd duck. While it had the same display and AMD APU as the regular Steam Deck, the 64GB of eMMC storage was both slower than the NVMe SSDs in the more expensive options and, of course, not enough to hold a ton of games.

But it's still a deal. $350 is very little for a gaming PC, and it should save a bit in your budget to open the Steam Deck up and replace the drive with a roomier, faster drive. Check out our list of the best SSDs for Steam Decks.

Luckily, our top SSD for the Steam Deck also happens to be on sale. The Corsair MP600 Mini 1TB is a speedy TLC drive that's reasonably priced, making today's discount even sweeter.

Additionally, you can consider expanding storage with an SD card, though that won't be quite as fast. We've been appreciating the Steam Deck OLED here at Tom's Hardware, but if you balked at the original Steam Deck's price originally, this 64GB option combined with a better SSD and a bit of elbow grease is definitely worth a look.

—Andrew E. Freedman 

AMD's RX 6800 16GB can be picked up for just $379

AMD's Radeon RX 6800 was a long-time member of the best graphics cards, combining good performance with an attractive price. Now, as a Cyber Monday deal, it's back to just $10 above its all-time low and 15% off its typical going rate. And you still get 16GB of VRAM, plenty for any game likely to come out in the next few years, with performance roughly on par with the newer RX 7700 XT — for less money, and with slightly lower power use.

The RX 6800 formerly traded blows with Nvidia's RTX 3070 Ti, with the usual combination of superior rasterization performance but slower ray tracing performance. The story hasn't changed much, but now it offers similar advantages and disadvantages compared to the newer RTX 4060 Ti.

Even three years after its debut, it remains a good mainstream pick for a 1440p gaming solution. Across our rasterization test suite, it averaged 87 fps. Ray tracing didn't do so hot (32 fps at 1440p, 49 fps at 1080p ultra), but AMD has never pushed ray tracing as a major focus.

The good news is that the RX 6800 is still a reasonably efficient card and it only needs around 230W of power. XFX also provides three large fans to keep this model running cool.

—Jarred Walton

Grab Logitech's G203 for 50% off

If you're looking for a fun, colorful, basic gaming mouse, Logitech's G203 is currently on sale in every color for 50% off, or $19, at Amazon right now (was $39). It's not the absolute cheapest we've seen the mouse go, but it's close — and still a solid deal.

The Logitech G203 is a wired gaming mouse with an 8,000 DPI sensor, six programmable buttons, and sharp, snappy clicks. It has a standard rubber cable (not braided or paracord-style) with the expected cable drag, but it's not bad for the price point. It has a nice, firmly-notched scroll wheel, two side buttons and a DPI switch, and 100% PTFE feet for glide. 

The G203 is a smaller, flatter mouse overall, measuring 4.59 x 2.45 x 1.5 inches (116.6 x 62.15 x 38.2mm), so it may not be ideal for those with larger hands (or who like higher humps). It weighs an acceptable 3 ounces (85g), which isn't quite lightweight but is still lighter than a tanky MMO mouse.

(Read our full G203 review here.) 

The G203 comes in four colors, all of which are on sale: white, black, blue, and lilac. The mouse has three RGB lighting zones (the left side, right side, and the Logitech G) with Logitech's "Color Blend," which provides a gradient effect across all three colors for a very pretty effect.

Is this the best gaming mouse ever? No, but it's colorful, compact, and clicky, and currently pretty cheap!

— Sarah
(I'm the kind of person who uses a mouse with my laptop on a plane.)

Get Assassin's Creed Syndicate for free until Dec. 6

The best Cyber Monday deals are free. And right now you can grab Assassin's Creed Syndicate over at Ubisoft for that incredible price of $0 (was $29). You'll need to sign up for (or sign into) a Ubisoft account and download Ubisoft Connect — which is not my favorite launcher, but it's a small price to pay for something that is, again, free.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (first launched in Nov. 2015) is the successor to Assassin's Creed Unity and takes place in 19th century London during the second industrial revolution. It features two playable characters, twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye, and also includes some segments set in World War 1.

And it's free from now until Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. UTC. What more is there to say?!

— Sarah
(It's just us assassins here, now.)

It's probably your last chance to grab the Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD at its lowest price ever

The Samsung 990 Pro 2TB is our current top pick for best overall SSD and it's the fastest SSD we've ever tested, with sequential read / write speeds of up to 7,450 / 6,900 MB/s and up to 1.4 / 1.5 million random read / write IOPS. It's been on sale (and getting cheaper) all year, but it finally hit its lowest price ever of $119 on Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

Unfortunately, it's sold out at most retailers (the coveted 4TB version sold out everywhere just yesterday), but you can still grab it at B&H Photo for the lowest-ever price of $119 — if you run.

There's no telling how much longer B&H Photo will have the 990 Pro 2TB SSD in stock, and this might be your last chance to get this fantastic drive at this price. In fact, it might be your last chance to get any SSD for a great price, as analysts have been predicting price increases for a while now.

— Sarah
(Might buy another one, just in case.)

Grab Sarah's favorite desk mat for $11

If you ever read any of my peripherals reviews, you've probably seen my pictures, in which I normally set the product against a dark blue faux leather background. This background is actually a faux leather desk pad I bought on Amazon over two years ago, and it's one of the best purchases I've ever made. And you can grab the same desk pad — in multiple colors — for just $11 at Amazon (was $13) right now.  

I've had the Aothia PU leather desk pad for over two years now (and I've got it in multiple colors, though I'm partial to my most frequently-used navy), and it's still going strong. It has a smooth, faux leather top and an anti-slip faux suede backing and is very easy to clean. It lays flat on my desktop with no problem; the sides are unfinished but I haven't had any issues with fraying or curling.

It also comes in other sizes: a smaller 23.6 x 13.7-inch version, which is currently on sale for $7.99 (was $9.99), a slightly larger 36 x 17-inch version, which is currently just $12.79 (was $22.99), and an XL 48 x 17-inch version, which costs $19.99 right now (was $24.99). The "medium" size I currently have is quite large, and offers plenty of room for both my keyboard and my mouse (and a notebook, and more — it's big), however. The desk pad comes in a number of colors, including my favorite dark blue, black, brown, dark pink, gray, lavender, light blue, light gray, off white, olive green, baby blue, fairy pink, foam green, orange, violet, rose red, vivid green, and turquoise (which I also have).

If you're sick of reading as I wax poetic about an $11 desk pad, how about a $5 mouse pad? SteelSeries' medium-sized QCK gaming mouse pad is currently just $5.99 at Amazon (was $9.99) for Cyber Monday. 

This soft, cloth mouse pad features SteelSeries' exclusive QCK micro woven cloth surface, which is "optimized for low and high DPI tracking movements." It has a non-slip rubber base and measures 12.6 x 10.8 inches (320 x 270mm), and while it's not our favorite QCK Heavy mouse pad, it's definitely a steal at just $5.

— Sarah
(Maybe I'll buy another one. What color backgrounds do we want for 2024?!)

It's not too late to stock up on some of the best gaming gear from HyperX's Cyber Monday sale

HyperX's Cyber Monday sale is still going strong, with solid discounts on some of the best gaming microphones, gaming mice, and gaming headsets — plus, you can still use the code HXFLASH to get an extra 15% off the sale prices.

Here are some of our favorites from the sale: 

The HyperX Alloy Origins 60 keyboard isn't on sale at HyperX's store, but it's down to its lowest price ever over at Amazon — just $59 (was $99). This compact, 60 percent gaming keyboard features HyperX's tactile Aqua switches. 

Remember to use the code HXFLASH to get the extra 15% off at HyperX!

— Sarah
(Only a few hours left until I can get back to playing Baldur's Gate 3...)

Cyber Monday sales still going strong

Cyber Monday is winding down, and while a lot of companies like to stretch their Cyber Monday sales an extra day (or two, or several), we can't guarantee these deals will stick around past midnight PST. Here's a quick list of the Cyber Monday sales that are still going on (and that you can still grab now if you've got FOMO from staunchly avoiding the Black Friday deals season thus far): 

• Up to 49% off gaming laptops with Nvidia GPUs at Amazon
• Up to 50% off Logitech G gaming peripherals at Amazon
• Up to 45% off Samsung gaming monitors at Amazon
• Up to 50% off gaming peripherals at SteelSeries
• Up to 50% off gaming peripherals at Turtle Beach
• Up to 40% off gaming laptops and peripherals at Razer
• Up to 75% off gaming keyboards and mice at Glorious
• Up to 50% off keyboards and audio at Drop
• Up to 45% off PCs, components, and peripherals at Corsair
• Up to 35% off streaming peripherals at Elgato
• Up to $800 off gaming PCs and laptops at Dell
• Up to 40% off monitors at Dell
• Up to 77% off PCs, laptops, and peripherals at Lenovo
• Up to $800 off Surface tablets and laptops at Microsoft
• Up to 84% off PCs, laptops, monitors, and more at HP
• Up to 40% off gaming furniture at Target
• Up to $100 off gaming chairs and desks at Secretlab

And some of our favorite deals that are still in stock (for now):

— Sarah

Cyber Monday is Dead. Long Live Post-Cyber Monday Deals!

If you look at the calendar today, no matter what time zone you're in, you'll notice that it's no longer Monday, the 27th of November. Therefore, we can say as I write this that Cyber Monday 2023 is over. But the holiday shopping season is not over. 

You may still need to buy some upgrades for yourself or gifts for your family. Fortunately, there are still plenty of Cyber Monday deals that are still in place. Some products have, unfortunately, gone off-sale and others are "on sale" but more expensive than they were just yesterday. 

To help you choose, we're maintaining this blog. Right now, here are some of the our favorite Cyber Monday deals that you can still get.

Save $200 on this prebuilt RTX 4070 gaming rig from NZXT 

Phew. The gargantuan Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales extravaganza is calming down, but I’m still looking around for any interesting hardware deals. One of those sales offers that has caught my eye is the $200 reduction on a high-end prebuilt gaming PC from NZXT, packed with some of the most powerful components currently available. This rig will run games on ultra settings at 1440p without a worry, and even competently handle some 4K gaming. 

Originally priced at $1,699, the Player PC 770 Edition from NZXT is now $1,499 with this $200 discount. The PC is housed in NZXT’s H7 Flow PC case, with a tempered glass side panel and airflow-oriented front and top mesh panels helping keep this mid-sized monster cool. Generating the gaming graphics are an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU, while Intel’s Core i7-13700KF processor makes sure you won’t be CPU-bound. 

For a prebuilt PC, you can usually expect to pay more than if you were to build it yourself – that’s the price you pay for someone else to select compatible parts, construct the PC, and offer a single warranty and service contact. But, if you’re not comfortable with building your own gaming computer, or you’re thinking of purchasing this as a gift for someone else, then this is probably the easiest way to go. 

If you are comfortable with playing PC Lego and fancy having a go at it yourself you can still browse around the NZXT website for deals on some of the company’s great cases and AIO coolers.

-- Stewart

The 4TB WD SN850X is still available at its lowest-ever price of $230 at WD's official Ebay store 

A lot of the best SSD deals of the Black Friday season have dried up. But if you are looking for a fast and roomy PCIe 4.0 drive, you can still grab the WD Black SN850X for $229.99, it's lowest price ever, from Western Digital's official Ebay store. But you'll probably want to act fast. This is likely the lowest price you'll see for a while (and possibly ever) on this drive, as it's shot back up to between $276 and $289 at most major retailers. Keep in mind it debuted at $699! 

As we noted in our review of the WD SN850X, it leverages an improved PCIe 4.0 SSD controller and newer flash that puts it easily ahead of most other PCIe 4.0 drives. It's one of our picks for the Best SSDs for PS5 and our list of Best SSDs for PCs. The WD drive dishes out an incredible 1.2 / 1.1 million random read/write IOPS, so it is plenty snappy and has a respectable five-year warranty. 

As one of the fastest drives in its class, it's normally quite a bit pricier than other options, so this deal is an excellent proposition. It's also super fast for gaming on a PC, which is important with DirectStorage games finally coming to market.

--Matt Safford and Paul Alcorn

Asus ROG Ally price drops at Best Buy

The Asus ROG Ally, one of the primary Windows competitors to the Steam Deck, is seeing a deal over at Best Buy for Black Friday. The AMD Z1 Extreme model that we reviewed has fallen $100 to $599.99, while the base Ryzen Z1 version has fallen $170 to $429.99.

Both of these gaming handhelds boast 512GB of storage, as well as the same, 7-inch, 1280 x 800 display.

The Z1 Extreme can pull off performance slightly better than the chip in the Steam Deck. We haven't had the opportunity to test the regular Z1, but it's unlikely to be able to use the 1080p screen to the fullest. Some testers have said that the regular Z1, with fewer AMD RDNA compute units, offers better battery life as a trade off. 

In our review of the Asus ROG Ally with Z1 Extreme, we appreciated how much lighter the Ally is than the Steam Deck, and we found that the display was bright and vivid. If you have a big collection of games across many launchers, you'll be able to play almost all of them, as the Ally runs Windows 11.

Unlike the Steam Deck, the Z1 processors offer better performance when plugged in to the wall, but you can still get solid performance on the go if you use the right settings.

-- Andrew E. Freedman 

Still on Sale: Intel's Overclockable Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9 13th Gen CPUs

Intel's overclockable 13th-Gen lineup is up to 18% off, including chips like the Core i5-13600K, 13600KF, i7-13700K, 13700KF, and i9-13900K. Intel's 13th-Gen chips might not be the new anymore, but they are still very fast and offer performance nearly identical to Intel's newest 14th-Gen models. 

When they came out a few weeks ago, we noted that the 14th gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" chips were basically the same as their immediate predecessors, but with slightly higher clock speeds and, in the case of the Core i9-14700K, a few more efficiency cores. Now that we're seeing the 13th gen models on sale, it's even harder to justify paying more for little-to-no added speed.

The Core i5-13600KF is arguably the best deal of the bunch, being 18% off at just $249.99. In our review of its twin brother, the 13600K, we found its performance to be excellent for a mid-range chip offering gaming performance close to AMD's Ryzen 5 5800X3D, Intel's i7-13700K, and even Intel's latest i5-14600K at a much lower price.

Alternatively, if you need a CPU with integrated graphics, Intel's Core i5-13600K is also 18% off, priced at $270.

For those looking for a bit more multi-core grunt, Intel's Core i7-13700K is also 18% off ($345). In our review of the 13700K, we found it excels as both a gaming and content-creation chip, offering gaming performance similar to its Core i9 counterpart. 

The 13700K is actually a more attractive buy for gaming than its 14th-Gen counterpart — we found in our Core i7-14700K review that the 13700K offers nearly identical gaming performance to the i7-14700K, but at a much lower price point. If you don't need integrated graphics, Intel offers its Core i7-13700KF for $10 less ($335).

If you're after a higher-end CPU, Intel's i9-13900KF is on sale for a 16% discount (now just $501). In testing with its twin brother, the 13900K, we found its performance to be basically identical to the much more expensive i9-14900K, both in gaming and content creation tasks. 

This is because both chips feature the same core configuration, with the only difference being a minute 200MHz higher turbo clock for the 14th-Gen parts. If you really need integrated graphics, Intel's Core i9-13900K is also on sale but is only discounted by 13% for $546. But, if you're spending $500+ on the CPU, chances are that you also have a discrete GPU. 

Overall, Intel's 14th-Gen chips might look cool with their shiny new model names, but they don't really perform any better than their 13th-Gen predecessors (with the exception of the 14700K and its four extra E-cores). As a result, if you are looking for a CPU upgrade or a new CPU for your shiny new gaming/productivity machine, Intel's 13th-Gen K-series CPUs are the better choice, offering killer bang-for-buck performance this holiday season.

—Aaron Klotz

Another HP Victus deal with an even better price

We saw a solid deal on an HP Victus 16 directly from HP earlier this week, but today, Walmart has an even cheaper option than we saw on Cyber Monday. Oh, and with an RTX 4060 to boot.

Walmart is selling an HP Victus 15 with a 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H, Nvidia RTX 4060, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage for $699. While we typically prefer the most recent processor, this is an incredible price for a laptop with that graphics chip in it.

We tested a version of this laptop back in 2022, (a redesigned 16-inch version came out in 2023), and found it offered strong entry-level gaming performance and was priced well. And that was before a sale knocked a few hundred dollars off of it.

One of our biggest issues was the webcam, so if you're looking to use this for conference calls, you may want to grab an external camera.

But if you just want to be able to play games on high settings for under $700 without many other frills, this is a deal to take seriously.

This wireless mechanical keyboard is all vibes

We're generally pretty pragmatic here at Tom's Hardware, but sometimes you just like to get something for the ⭐ aesthetic ⭐, you know?

That's why we couldn't help but notice when the Logitech Pop Keys wireless mechanical keyboard went on sale at Amazon for as low as $66, depending on which colorway you opt for.

The deepest deal is on the Blast Yellow pattern, a mix of yellow, black and gray. The Daydream Mint colorway, a combination of lavender, yellow, green and white is $69. Both the purple Cosmos and reddish Heartbreaker Rose are around $79.

When we tested the Pop Keys, we appreciated the promise of three years of battery life and its TTC Brown switches. That being said, the circular keycaps are definitely an acquired taste.

But if you're looking for a gift for someone who puts their style into their tech, they might appreciate this keyboard, even if it's not exactly enthusiast grade in every respect.

AMD's latest Ryzen 7000-series Zen 4 CPUs might be all the rage, but deals on AMD's previous-gen Ryzen 5000-series Zen 3 CPUs look fantastic this holiday season. AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X has been discounted by a whopping 49% on Amazon for Black Friday, bringing its price to just $289, and that deal is now carrying over into Cyber Monday. 

The Ryzen 9 5900X is a very compelling CPU for anyone looking for a fast and cheap high-core count CPU that can chew through productivity applications — and a great upgrade for AMD socket AM4 users on earlier processors.

The Ryzen 9 5900X was launched in 2020 and is among the most powerful offerings in the AMD Ryzen 5000-series lineup. The chip comes with twelve Zen 3 cores, 24 threads, a base clock of 3.7GHz, a boost clock of 4.8GHz, and 64MB of L3 cache. The chip supports PCIe 4.0 and DDR4 memory, with a maximum official speed of DDR4-3200, though you can achieve significantly higher speeds via overclocking.

Despite its age, we found in our testing that the Ryzen 9 5900X can still hold its ground against chips like the i7-12700K in benchmarks and applications that can take advantage of the chip's twelve cores. By modern standards, the 5900X's performance level matches closely with the Core i5-13600K, which costs nearly as much as the 5900X after its 49% discount.

For gaming, the 5900X isn't a particularly great recommendation, especially in light of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which can be had for $80 cheaper. But, if you are looking to do a mix of productivity and gaming, the 5900X can more than hold its own and can still provide a good gaming experience with the best graphics cards, especially mid-range offerings.

The 5900X particularly shines as a CPU upgrade for users still on an older AM4 system — even those dating back to 2017, provided they have robust enough power circuitry for this class of chip. AMD's decision to build five generations of Ryzen CPUs around the AM4 platform means that older systems sporting 300- and 400-series chipset motherboards can upgrade to the 5900X with a simple BIOS update, potentially saving hundreds of dollars that would otherwise have to be spent on a brand-new motherboard and memory combo.

At $289, the 5900X represents one of the best CPU deals we've seen to date. It offers competitive mid-range productivity performance with an upgrade path that can save users from spending money on a new motherboard and newer DDR5 memory. With how far the 5900X has been discounted, we'd be surprised if it gets any cheaper this holiday season.

Finding the best deals on tech can be laborious. You're on the lookout for a new piece of tech or an upgrade for your beloved PC, but how can we tell a good deal from a dud? Keep an eye on this deals hub for all the best tech deals from the most popular UK-based retailers. We regularly check this page to make sure we include the best deals and that the prices listed are as up-to-date as possible.

So if you're looking for a new pair of gaming headphones or more SSD storage for your PlayStation 5, we have you covered. We’ll be keeping our deals eye out for more of the best bargains and deals on tech. 

Here are some of our best deals picks so far, but hurry, because these prices don’t last forever. 

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This year's Black Friday found some of the best deals we've ever seen on high-performance NVMe SSDs, but now we're headed into Cyber Monday and expect the existing deals to get even better. That's because a severe SSD oversupply has made it the perfect time to upgrade to an SSD or simply add more storage to your rig.

Pricing for high-performance NVMe SSDs has now dipped to as low as 5 cents per GB, so we've found multiple 1TB SSDs for ~$60. That's unheard-of low pricing that matches or beats the price of SATA SSDs, which have long reigned as the value champions. Below we've rounded up the best Cyber Monday deals we've found on NVMe SSDs, and we'll update them as more deals arrive.

The great SSD sales this holiday season are spurred by a massive oversupply of NAND flash, the memory chips that comprise 85% of the total cost of any given SSD. These chips are piling up due to the sudden collapse of demand as economic turbulence roils the globe. As a result, flash makers have slammed the brakes on production to stabilize pricing, but that'll take a few months to filter down to retail. That means now is the best time to pick up an SSD before we see high pricing return.

Picking the right SSD deal can be tricky. There are several different performance and endurance tiers you can choose from, so you'll have to be careful to assess Cyber Monday SSD deals closely before pulling the trigger. Here are a few of the top examples we've found, but we have many more listed further below:

Best Cyber Monday SSD Values Overall

• Solidigm P41 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $59 at Newegg (was $89)
• Crucial P5 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $93 at Amazon (was $159)
• SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $119 at Amazon (was $149))
• Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $159 at Amazon (was $319)
• Crucial P3 4TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $259 at Amazon (was $350)
• Many more are listed below... 

Cheap, inexpensive SSDs are great for bulk data storage, but you'll want a speedier model if you plan on doing any type of gaming or productivity work. There are multiple types of performance to keep in mind for SSDs, but we can generally use the interface speed as a filter — PCIe 3.0 SSDs will be the slowest drives you can buy, so jumping on the cheapest deal isn't a good idea if you're interested in a high-performance SSD. Once you've picked the right interface, you should compare performance based on the sequential and random specifications.

You can also select drives with different types of flash, like TLC or QLC, that provide different levels of performance endurance. However, it's usually easier to compare performance, endurance, and warranty stats to decide which drive is the best pick. We've compiled all of these stats into the tables below for easier comparisons. 

There is an entire constellation of third-party SSD makers that produce reputable drives, but it's also pretty easy to stumble onto a garbage-tier SSD from a no-name brand, so be leery of deals that seem too good to be true. Some shoppers stick to purchasing a drive from one of the companies that produce NAND flash, like Crucial, Samsung, SK hynix, Solidigm, Intel, and Western Digital (WD)/Toshiba, as they tend to offer the most advanced software and bulletproof warranty support. Be sure to check our list of Best SSDs and the Best SSDs for the PS5 for further buying advice. In the meantime, here are the best deals we've seen on NVMe SSDs so far:  

Cyber Monday 1TB NVMe SSD Deals

• Solidigm P41 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $59 at Newegg (was $89)
• Crucial P3 1TB PCIe 3.0 SSD: now $62 at Amazon (was $89)
• Crucial P5 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $93 at Amazon (was $159)
• Samsung 980 (non-Pro) 1TB PCIe 3.0 SSD: now $79 at Amazon (was $139) 
• WD Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $109 at WD (was $179)
• Samsung 980 Pro SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $109 at Amazon (was $129)
• SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $119 at Amazon (was $149)

If you're looking for a 2TB or 4TB SSD, scroll down a bit further. If you're searching for the utmost performance from a 1TB SSD at an incredibly affordable price, the $119 SK hynix Platinum P41 is nearly impossible to beat, with 1.4/1.3 million random read/write IOPS and 7,000/6,500 MBps of read/write throughput. In addition, this drive comes with a 5-year warranty that covers 750TB of data writes, making it the winner in every category except price (review here). 

If you're looking for the best SSD for the PS5 that also makes a great SSD for a PC, the WD Black SN850X is your drive. The SN850X offers 7,300 / 6,300 MBps of read/write throughput, 800K / 1.1 million random read/write IOPS, a five-year warranty, and a respectable 600 TB endurance rating. 

We include a few lower-tier models in this tier, but be aware that these drives will be noticeably slower in many tasks, like copying files and doing backups, than other drives. The $59 Solidigm P41 Plus is the better of our two low-tier offerings, with conservative performance specs of 225K/520K random read/write IOPS and 4,125/2,950 MBPs of sequential read/write throughput. However, this drive has a lower 400 TB endurance rating than the more expensive drives (review here). 

You could also pick up the $62 Crucial P3 1TB (EDIT: This deal is expired), but this is the slowest drive in our roundup due to its PCIe 3.0 interface. The 3,500/3,000 MBps of sequential read/write throughput are sufficient for moving around bulk data, but you might not want to do too much of that — Crucial is a trusted name in SSDs, but despite the drive's 5-year warranty, it only supports 220TB of data writes. The drive also doesn't have an official spec for random read/write performance, meaning it will be slow in applications (review here).

Stepping up to a Samsung 980 (non-Pro, we have that model listed below) for $79 unlocks more performance, with up to 3,500 / 3,000 MBps of read/write throughput and 500K / 480K random read/write IOPS. This is a far superior drive than the P3 (review here).

If you're looking for a faster and more endurant drive from Crucial, look no further than the Crucial P5 Plus (Edit: This deal is expired). At $93, this drive delivers a great blend of performance, endurance, and warranty, making it a solid pick for the mid-range (review here). 

The Samsung 980 Pro is a solid deal at $109. This may be a last-gen model (the pricey new Samsung 990 just launched), but it serves up more than enough performance for the majority of demanding users with up to 7,000 / 5,000 MBps of sequential read/write performance and a healthy 1 million random read/write IOPS. Paired with a 5-year warranty that covers up to 600TB of write data, this is an attractive drive from an industry stalwart (review here). 

Cyber Monday 2TB NVMe SSD Deals

• Solidigm P41 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $109 at Newegg (was $169) — back ordered 
• Crucial P3 2TB PCIe 3.0 SSD: now $139 at Amazon (was $174)
• Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $159 at Amazon (was $319)
• SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $181 at Amazon (was $259)
• Samsung 980 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $189 (was $229)
• WD Black SN850X 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $179 at Western Digital (was $249)

If you're looking for one of the fastest 2TB NVMe SSDs on sale, the $181 SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB is your drive. With up to 7,000/6,500 MBps of read/write throughput and 1.4/1.3 million, this drive is exceptionally speedy. This comes paired with a 5-year warranty that covers 1,200 TB of data writes (review here). 

The $179 WD Black SN850X is also incredibly competitive with 7,300 / 6,600 MBps of throughput and 1.2 / 1.1 million read/write IOPS with a similar 5-year, 1,200 TB warrant (review here). This also happens to be our top pick as the best SSD for the PS5.

The $189 Samsung 980 Pro also slots into the high-speed category, but as with all Samsung drives, it carries a premium over competing drives with similar or better specs, making it more of an alternative high-performance pick for the 2TB category (review here).

The $109 Solidigm P41 Plus 2TB slots in as the value pick for this category, with 4,125 / 3,325 MBps of throughput, 390K / 540K random read/write IOPS, and a solid 5-year, 800 TB warranty making this a great pick if you aren't on the hunt for bleeding edge performance, but still want a good all-rounder (review here).

We don't expect the Solidigm P41 sale to last too long, so the $139 Crucial P3 steps in as the other value alternative. However, be aware that this drive has severe performance tradeoffs with a 3,500 / 3,000 MBps throughput rating and no official performance specs for random read/write performance — meaning this PCIe 3.0 drive is exceptionally slow compared to the competition. The drive does have a solid 5-year warranty from a trusted company, but it only covers 440TB of data, the lowest of the field of 2TB drives (review here). 

If you're looking for a faster drive from Crucial, the $159 Crucial P5 Plus is a solid drive with middling specs of 6,600 / 5,000 MBps of throughput and 720K / 700K of random read/write IOPS combined with a five-year, 1,200 TB warranty (review here).

Cyber Monday 4TB NVMe and SATA SSD Deals

• Crucial P3 4TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $259 at Amazon (was $350)
• Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe 4.0 SSD: now $350 at Amazon (was $399)
• Crucial MX500 4TB SATA SSD: now $269 at Amazon (was $359)
• Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA SSD: now $299 at Amazon (was $399)

The $350 Crucial P3 Plus 4TB isn't known for fast performance, but it does step in as a solid drive for bulk storage, particularly at the 4TB capacity that brings an 800 TB endurance rating over the five-year warranty period. However, even though this is a PCIe 4.0 drive, performance tops out at 4,800 / 4,100 MBps of read/write throughput. Additionally, this drive doesn't have an official random read/write IOPS specification, so it will be lackluster for use as a boot drive or with taxing applications. But again, if you're just looking for bulk data storage, this drive is a keeper (review here).

You can step back a bit further to the non-Plus model, the $259 Crucial P3 4TB (EDIT: This deal is expired), but you'll sacrifice even more performance with this PCIe 3.0 drive. This drive has peak speeds of 3,500 / 3,000 MBps of sequential read/write throughput, but also doesn't have an official spec for performance in random workloads — this means the drive wouldn't be suitable for a boot drive. You still get a 5-year warranty that covers 800TB of write data, which is the same warranty and endurance you get with the Pro model (review here). 

Unfortunately, most of the other 4TB NVMe SSD deals have expired, but we'll keep updating this post as more deals arrive. We have also listed two 4TB SATA SSDs, the $269 Crucial MX500 (review here), and the $299 Samsung 870 EVO (review here). Naturally, both of these drives will come with slower performance that peaks around the top speed of the SATA interface, but the 870 EVO is worth the small premium on the strength of its 2,400 TB endurance rating, which is more than six times more than the Crucial MX500. 

Update (11/29): Cyber Monday is over, but there are still many good deals on gaming laptops and desktops. Below, we list some of the best holiday gaming PC deals you can still get right now.

For continued, up-to-date coverage of the latest and greatest savings, check out our best gaming laptop deals and best Dell / Alienware deals pages.

Holiday Laptop Deals You Can Still Get

• Best Buy: Asus Zephyrus 14 Laptop with RTX 3060 now $899 (was $1399)
• Dell: Up to $700 on Alienware laptops and desktops
• Lenovo: Up to 33% on gaming PCs
• Newegg: Up to $1,150 off Desktops and Laptops
• Walmart: MSI GF63 Thin for $449 (was $599)

MSI GE66 Raider $200 Off at Newegg

• MSI GE66 Raider now $2,499 at Newegg (was $2,699)

The MSI GE66 Raider, a smaller variant of our favorite gaming laptop, the GE76 Raider, is on sale over at Newegg. You have to put it in your cart to see the price, but we'll tell you here: it's $2,499, cutting $200 off the regular price.

Newegg's sale configuration combines an 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11980HK with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, which is plenty of power for  high performance gameplay. It's also packing 32GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage.

Notably, the listing says it's running Windows 10 out of the box. That might be great for purists, though it should upgrade to Windows 1 no problem.

The 15.6-inch touchscreen doesn't have a resolution listed, so we presume its 1080p (a separate 4K option does specify) and goes up to 165 Hz.

Grab a Razer Blade 14 with RTX 3070 Ti for $1,999.99

• Razer Blade 14 is $1,799.99 at Best Buy (was $2,599.99)

Razer's AMD-based gaming laptop, the Blade 14, is on quite a sale at Best Buy, where an RTX 3070 Ti-powered configuration is just $1,799, reduced from $2,599. The model in question has a Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and 2560 x 1440, 165 Hz display.

Back in 2021, we reviewed a nearly-identical Razer Blade 14, but ours had the last-gen Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU instead of the current Ryzen 9 6900HX. However given how  the GPU is the real driving force behind gaming performance, the difference of one generation in the CPU should have a small, but positive effect on results.

We liked how thin and lightweight the laptop was, and the 1440p display was crisp and colorful. It also happens to charge over USB Type-C, though you'll want the proprietary connector for gaming.

On our tests, the Razer Blade 14 was a gaming beast, achieving a strong rate of 93 fps on Grand Theft Auto V at 1080p resolution and very high settings. That beat most of its competitors except those with more-powerful RTX 3080 or RX 6800M graphics.

This laptop weighs only 3.92 pounds, which is very light for any gaming laptop, particularly on with RTX 3070 Ti graphics.  The display on our review unit was also pretty bright, offering 332 nits of brightness, along with a solid 79 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut.

Asus's Lightweight RTX 3060-Powered Zephyrus 14 now $899

• ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 with RTX 3060: Was $1,399, now $899 (save $500)

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 is a slim 14-inch laptop that's great for gaming on the go. This 3.5-pound, 0.7-inch thick system comes armed with a Ryzen 7 5800HS processor under the hood, with eight cores and 16 threads that operate up to 4.4 GHz during intense work.

The CPU pushes the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, which in turn drives the LED-lit 144Hz 1080p display. By default, the laptop comes with 16GB of DDR4-3200 memory and a 512GB PCIe 3.0 SSD. The laptop also comes with a customizable LED panel that adorns the top of the lid. You can see this in action in our Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 Review, though it is noteworthy that the model we tested comes with a different CPU and GPU than this deal.  

Asus' 15-inch RTX 3060 laptop falls below $1,000

• Asus TUF Gaming F15: now $969 at B&H (was $1,319)

The Asus TUF Gaming F15 has fallen below $1,000 for Cyber Monday. B&H has the laptop for $969 with an 11th Gen Intel Core i7, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

This model is a slightly older version of the TUF Gaming F15 we reviewed this year, which had a 12th Gen processor.

This sale configuration also includes a 1080p, 144 Hz display, DTS speakers and an RGB keyboard (what gaming laptop would be seen without one?).

• G15 Gaming Laptop: was $1,099, now $899 at Dell (save $200)

This Dell deal finds the G15 laptop dropping below $1,000 and retailing for $899, a $200 price reduction. This laptop comes with the 12th-Gen Intel Core i5-12500H with 12 cores and 16 threads that boost up to 4.5 GHz. That's paired with 8GB of DDR5-4800 memory and a 512GB NVMe SSD. 

Most important for gamers, you also get an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti that pushes a 15.6-inch 1920x1080 panel that operates at 120Hz. You can see our review of this very model here.

Asus' All-AMD ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition Drops to $1,099 at Best Buy

• Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition: now $1099 at Best Buy (was $1549)
  

When we reviewed the Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition laptop earlier this year, we found it to be a solid option, delivering RTX 3070-class gaming performance at $1,549. Now that it's dropped to just $1,099 at Best Buy, this all-AMD laptop is an absolute steal. You get a Ryzen 9 5980X processor, Radeon RX 6800M graphics, a 1440p 165Hz screen, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM paired with a 512GB SSD. -- all in a price range more commonly occupied by lesser RTX 3060 laptops. 

In our testing, we saw gaming performance very close to Razer's RTX 3070-packing Blade Pro 17, while productivity performance was higher than that Core i7-10875H model overall.

Battery life was the Advantage Edition's real time to shine, though. In our testing, the AMD-powered laptop lasted a stunning 10 hours, while competing laptops lasted less than six. If you're after a laptop that delivers strong battery life for productivity and movie watching when unplugged, plus good gaming performance when you have your power brick handy, the Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition is tough to beat at this price.

Asus' 17-inch ASUS TUF Gaming A17 RTX 3060 Laptop Drops to $849 at Walmart

• ASUS TUF Gaming 17.3-inch RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop: now $849 at Walmart (was $1249)

We've seen quite a few RTX 360 gaming laptops dip below $1,000 this Cyber Monday / Black Friday deals season, but most have been smaller 15-inch models. But the Tuf Gaming A17 that's currently on sale at Walmart is a big-screen 17-incher. And that 1080p screen has a 144 Hz refresh that's a nice pairing with the RTX 3060 GPU.

Other specs include an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H CPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 512GB SSD. That's not a ton of storage for games, but there is an empty M.2 slot inside the laptop so you cand drop in one of the best SSDs down the road. Or, if you want to get a jump on your cramped boot drive, check out our current sale on the best Cyber Monday SSD deals. Either way, if you're after a big gaming laptop on a modest budget, this model from Asus is a sweet deal at $849, down from its previous price of $1,249.

Lenovo's 3050 Ti IdeaPad Gaming 3i Drops to Just $650

• Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i 15-inch Gaming Laptop: now $649 at Adorama (was $1059)
  

If you're after a gaming laptop but don't have a whole lot to spend, Lenovo's IdeaPad Gaming 3i with an i5-12500H, RTX 3050 Ti and a 120 Hz 1080p screen is pretty decently equipped for its $649 Cyber Monday sale price at Adorama. 

The claimed $1,059 regular price seems inflated, but we recently reviewed a very similar $709 model with the same CPU and GPU, but a 256GB SSD rather than the 512GB in the Adorama model currently on sale. And with AAA titles getting ever bigger, you're definitely going to want that extra storage space.  We'd love to see more than the system's 8GB of RAM, but that's a lot to expect in a $650 gaming laptop.

We liked the speakers and the shell of the version we tested back in October. But its single-channel RAM left it with lackluster performance. That's likely the case with this model as well, so you might want to plan an upgrade soon. That won't be too pricey though, as you can currently pick up two sticks of decently speedy DDR4 for $35.

This is no powerhouse gaming PC by any means, even with extra RAM. But if you want to play modern games and your budget is tight, Lenovo's IdeaPad 3i is well worth considering at $649 with an RTX 3050 Ti.

Gigabyte's 17-inch Ryzen/3060 Laptop Falls 11%

• Gigabyte A7 K1 is $879.99 at Newegg (was $999)

On Black Friday, the Gigabyte A5 K1 was on sale. Now, for Cyber Monday, it's time for the bigger A7 K1 to get its turn. The 17.3-inch gaming laptop is $879.99 on Newegg (via Antonline), which is 11% off its usual listed price of $999.

The A7 K1 pairs a last-gen AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Usually, to get a 3060, you have to go over $1,000, so you're getting solid graphics power for the price here.

The screen is a 1080p panel with a 144 Hz refresh rate. Ports include Three USB Type-A ports (one USB 2.0 and two USB 3.2) as well as Mini DisplayPort, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, an Ethernet jack and HDMI 2.0.

MSI Gaming Laptop Drops Under $450

• MSI GF63 Thin is $449 at Walmart (was $599)

It's rare to see gaming laptops fall under $500, but on Cyber Monday, it happens! The MSI GF63 has plunged to $449 at Walmart, taking $150 off of the usual price.

This configuration, which we recently tested, pairs an 11th Gen Intel Core i4 with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q. It's not the most powerful, but it should play most games if you turn the settings down a bit (and older games should have no issue at all).

It might not be a bad idea to take some of your savings and put them towards a deal on an SSD. This laptop comes with just 256GB of SSD storage, which isn't much when you start installing lots of games. The 8GB of RAM are upgradeable too, so you could build something pretty capable down the line.

An Asus Esports Laptop for $500 Off

• Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 is $1,699.99 at Newegg (was $2,199.99)

Playing some esports? The Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 with a 300 Hz display and an RTX 3080 to take advantage of it is $500 off, totaling $1,699.99 at Newegg.

The laptop also has a Ryzen 9 5900HX, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage space for lots of  games. It has an opti-mechanical keyboard with per-key RGB, because what gaming laptop doesn't have rainbow lights?

The Strix Scar 15 comes with 30 days of Xbox Game Pass for PC, just in case you're not sure what to play just yet.

Cyber Monday is Dead. Long live holiday deals season!

While all the hype around Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales has faded, there are plenty of gaming laptops and desktops that are still on sale and many more will be going on sale in the days and weeks ahead.  For example, you can still score an RTX 3060-powered, 3.5-pound Asus Zephyrus G14 for just $899 at Best Buy 

Dell still is offering major savings every day on gaming PCs, with savings up to 30% off list prices. You can even get an RTX 3080-powered Alienware m15 R7 with a 2K screen for $1,999 (down from around $2,600).

Update (11/29): Cyber Monday and Black Friday are over, but the holidays deals season continues. 

In the links section below, we're highlighting the very best Cyber Monday deals on gaming monitors you can still get as of today. We also have a more comprehensive and continuously updated lists of the best monitor deals, best gaming laptop deals and best tech deals overall.

Cyber Monday Gaming Monitor Deals You Can Still Get

• Best Buy: S3222DGM, 2K 165 Hz monitor now $249 (all-time low on our top pick)
• Dell: G3223Q 4K, 144 Hz monitor now $599 (all-time low)
• Newegg: Gigabyte M28U 28-inch, 4K, 144 Hz now $449 (was $649)
• Newegg: Asus VG278Q 27-inch, 1080p, 144 Hz now $159 (was $249)
• Dell: Save up to $450 on Monitors
• Lenovo: Save up to 40% on Monitors
• Newegg: Save up to $500 on Gaming Monitors

Samsung C24RG50 23.5-inch 144Hz Monitor Now $119

• Samsung C24RG50 23.5-inch 144Hz FreeSync Gaming Monitor now $119 @ B&H Photo (was $250)

If you’re on a tight budget and are looking for a fast monitor for your gaming needs, this deal from B&H Photo should be right up your alley. The retailer has the Samsung C24RG50 23.5-inch gaming monitor on sale for just $119.99, down from its MSRP of $249.99. 

That price gets you a Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, and a 1800R curvature for the display. Brightness tops out at 250 nits and the response time is 4ms, which is to be expected for a budget monitor. However, since the C24RG50 uses a VA panel, it boasts a contrast ratio of 3,000:1, along with AMD FreeSync support.

On the connectivity front, there are two HDMI 1.4 and one DisplayPort 1.2 port. There are no built-in speakers; however, we won't complain at this price point.

Acer's 27-inch, 240 Hz Monitor Just $189

• Acer Nitro ED270 Xbmiipx 27-inch, 240 Hz Monitor: now $189 at Newegg (was $299)

For some competitive gamers, even a 165 Hz display is too sluggish. Fortunately, this Cyber Monday, you don't have to spend even $200 to get a monitor that operates at up to 240 Hz. So, if you're playing a title like Call of Duty or League of Legends and want faster response rates so you can hit moving targets, you can grab Acer's Nitro ED270 XBmiipx 27-inch, 240 Hz display for just $189 at Newegg. 

The 1080p, curved monitor also features a 1ms VRB (visual response boost) feature that turns off the backlight or adds a blank image between frames when colors change so fast that you'd notice blur.  The monitor also promises 250 nits of brightness, narrow bezels and a 1500R curve.

HyperX Armada 27 Vibrant, QHD Gaming Monitor Now $399

• HyperX Armada 27 QHD Gaming Monitor: now $399 at HP (was $499)

The HyperX Armada 27 is a 27-inch QHD/IPS gaming monitor, and is one of the best QHD/165 Hz gaming monitors we've seen — and it's $100 off at HP right now, for an all-time low price of just $399.

The Armada 27 delivers a great picture, thanks to its wide and accurate color gamut, and offers flexible calibration and balanced performance. Instead of a traditional stand, the monitor ships with a high-quality mounting arm — unusual, but very convenient, and much more flexible than a regular desktop stand.

When we reviewed the HyperX Armada 27, we praised its vibrant, accurate color color, strong build quality and great video processing. On our colorimeter, the monitor delivered a strong 91.5 percent of the DCI-P3 gamut and 94.6 percent of the sRGB gamut.

Perhaps more importantly, it was one of the more accurate monitors we've tested with a gamut error of just 0.87. Lower is better here.

The Armada 27 has a max refresh rate of 165 Hz — so it's not quite as speedy as as 240 Hz monitor — but it is one of the faster, smoother 165 Hz monitors we've seen. It has lower input lag than other QHD/165 Hz monitors with 27ms total control latency — not far behind the 240 Hz crowd.

Overall, at $399, this monitor is a little more expensive than some 27-inch, 2K competitors, but it brings a lot of quality and color accuracy to the table and therefore it's worth the price.

Aorus's 48-inch, 4K OLED 120 Hz Now Just $779

• Aorus FO48U 48-inch, 4K OLED 120 Hz Monitor: now $779 (was $1,499)

If you've got the space for a truly massive screen for PC and console gaming, Gigabyte's Aorus FO48U OLED monitor has long been our pick for Best 4K 120 Hz gaming monitor, thanks to its top-tier contrast and accurate color. And at its current low price of $779 on Newegg, it's much cheaper than LG's 48-inch C1 OLED TV, which also sports a 120 Hz refresh rate. This price is also a stunning 49% less than what Aorus FO48U OLED was selling for when we reviewed it last summer. 

When we tested the Aorus FO48U, we found it to have pro-level accuracy out of the box, the ability to deliver over 100% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum, and even excellent audio thanks to a three-speaker, 50W soundbar.

While the FO48U's peak measured brightness of around 400 nits can't compete with high-end LCD, the black levels are literally too good to measure, matching Alienware's own big OLED display.

With two HDMI 2.1 ports (supporting VRR) and DisplayPort 1.4 with Display Stream Compression support, this monitor is ready for modern consoles and PCs. There's even built-in a built-in KVM so you can share your peripherals between devices that are plugged into the screen.

In case you are wondering whether your existing desk can handle this huge screen, the monitor measures 42 inches wide and 9.9 inches deep with its support feet. As someone who has used huge screens as monitors for years (I'm writing this on a 55-inch LG OLED) though, I'd strongly suggest wall mounting if at all possible. This both gets the monitor off your desk and (with the right mount) lets you move the screen a few important inches back from where you'll be sitting. Unless you like neck and back pain, you'll want your eyes to be at least 30 inches from a screen this big.

We can say from several years of personal experience (and over a year with my 55-inch OLED as a monitor), that once properly set up nothing matches the monitor experience of a huge OLED display. And at $769 for Aorus FO48U, you wont find anything better without spending several hundred more.

4K, 144 Hz Gaming for $449: Gigabyte M28U Hits New Low

• Gigabyte M28U Gaming Monitor is $449.99 at Newegg (was $649.99)

The Gigabyte M28U gaming monitor, with a 28-inch panel, 4K resolution, and a 144 Hz refresh rate is $449.99 at Newegg. That's the lowest we've seen it -- we last covered a deal on it when it was $599 on Memorial Day.

For console players, the M28U supports HDMI 2.1, so the PS5 and Xbox Series X can play at 120 Hz at 4K. This monitor also has KVM built-in, so you can easily switch between devices.

It's VESA compatible (with a 100 x 100 mm adapter), but also comes with an included stand. Ports include DisplayPort 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1 ports, 3x USB 3.0 ports and a USB Type-C Port.

Dell's 32-inch, 165 Hz S3222HG is Just $199 and It's a Good One

• Dell S3222HG 32-inch, 165 Hz Monitor: now $199 at Dell (was $299)

There are a ton of great deals on Dell monitors this Cyber Monday season, and the good news is that there are some really fantastic choices for you if $200 is the price rubicon you just won't cross. We've written previously about the 27-inch Dell S2722DGM which goes for $189 and has a 2K resolution.  But there's a bigger option that's only $10 more.

Right now, Dell has the 32-inch, S3222HG for just $199, reduced from $299. This monitor has a 1080p resolution, a 165 Hz refresh rate and promises 350 nits of brightness and 99 percent coverage of the sRGB color gamut.

We reviewed the Dell S3222HG and praised its excellent contrast, accurate color and great gaming performance. On our light meter, Dell's display delivered exactly what its spec sheet says, hitting 352.2 nits of brightness.

On our colorimeter caught the Dell S3222HG outputting 88.7 percent of the DCI-P3 gamut and a whopping 127.5 percent of the sRGB gamut.

Perhaps most impressively, the monitor produced a 3,591.3:1 contrast ration which is really impressive, even for a screen with a VA panel. This kind of contrast will make bright colors really seem to pop.

Normally, when you're spending less than $200 on a gaming monitor, you have to make some significant compromises. However, the only real compromise on the S3222HG is that it only has a 1080p resolution. That's not ideal but, depending on your gaming PC's graphics card,  you may not want to play games at above that resolution anyway.

Dell's 32-inch, 4K Gaming Behemoth Drops to $599

• Dell G3223Q 32-inch, 4K 144 Hz Monitor: now $599 (was $799)

Whether you're buying a monitor for gaming, productivity or a little bit of both, stepping up to 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution is a big boon. You get sharper, richer images and tons of room for text. But getting a decent gaming monitor that runs at 4K is often an expensive proposition.

However, as part of Dell's Cyber Monday sales, it is offering the Dell G3223Q 32-inch, 4K gaming monitor for just $599, reduced from $799. The 144-Hz G3223Q sits atop our list of the best 4K gaming monitors thanks to its colorful image output, strong build quality and low input lag.

We reviewed the Dell G3223Q and came away impressed with its performance. On our light meter, Dell's monitor managed a luminous 459 nits. That number rose to 607 nits with HDR enabled. 

The Dell G3223Q reproduced a solid 99 percent of the sRGB gamut and 92 percent of the DCI-P3 gamut. While those aren't the highest numbers in its competitive set, it's still very strong.

Color accuracy might actually be more important than gamut volume and here the G3223Q excels. It came from the factory with such incredible accuracy that calibrating it didn't improve the image quality.  Its average gamma deviation was just 0.45, lower (and better) than any of its competitors. 

But this is a gaming monitor, not a photo editing monitor necessarily. So it's really important to note that the G3223Q had an incredibly low absolute input lag of just 30 ms. 

Dell's Awesome 27-inch, 2K 165 Hz Monitor Now $189

• Dell S2722DGM 27-inch, 165 Hz 2K Monitor: now $189 at Dell (was $289)

Even with the best of sales, we almost never see a 2K (2560 x 1440) gaming monitor going for less than $200 and, if we do, it's likely not to be one of the best models.  But not today; Dell has the 27-inch, 2K Dell S2722DGM monitor for just $189, down from $289. That's a truly excellent monitor -- we gave it 4 stars -- at a price so cheap, you can give it as a gift to one or more relatives without breaking the bank. We just ordered one for my 10 year old son, for example.

When we reviewed the Dell S2722DGM in February, we praised the monitor for its strong color saturation and excellent contrast, along with its great build quality. On our light meter the S2722DGM returned a strong 350 nits of brightness, which is enough to not only provide vibrant images, but allow you to game if your computer is near a window on a sunny day.

Its contrast ratio was a strong 2536:1. That's at least, in part, thanks to its VA panel. IPS panels tend to top out at 1000:1.

According to our colorimeter, the Dell S2722DGM can reproduced up to 111.8 percent of the sRGB color gamut and a slightly less impressive 75 percent of DCI-P3. 

If you can spend more and want a larger screen, better color and contrast, consider the Dell S3222DGM, the S2722DGM's big sibling, which is 32 inches with the same 2K resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate. It's now on sale for an all-time low of $249 at Best Buy.

Dell S3222DGM, Our Top-Rated Gaming Monitor, Now $249

• Dell S3222DGM, 32-inches 2K / 165 Hz: now $249 at Best Buy (was $399)

Wow! We reported a few days ago that the Dell S3222DGM, which sits atop our list of the best gaming monitors, was being sold at Dell for $279, an all-time low. Now, we're happy to report that the monitor has dropped down to $249 at Best Buy, an all-time low for a display that normally costs around $399 when it's not on sale.

The Dell S3222DGM is a curved 2560 x 1440 display delivers incredible contrast, vibrant colors and smooth 165 Hz game play at what's always an affordable price. We reviewed the Dell S3222DGM and had a chance to run it through a our wide gamut of display tests, including those we use to test the color space, brightness and response time. Dell's monitor aced every test.

For example, the Dell S3222DGM had the best screen uniformity score of its competitors, which means a consistent picture no matter what part of the panel you look at.

According to our colorimeter, the Dell S3222DGM can reproduce a strong 122.6 percent of the sRGB color gamut and a solid 85.9 percent of the wider, DCI-P3 gamut. However, the number of colors doesn't tell the whole story.

Dell claims that the S3222DGM has a 3000:1 contrast ratio, which would be impressive on its own. However, on our tests, we found that it actually has a 4,209.8:1 contrast ratio. That blows the field away and means your colors will pop. 

If you like the idea of the Dell S3222DGM but want higher resolution, consider Dell's Dell G3223Q which is 4K with 144 Hz and is on sale for $599 (down from $799).  That display tops our list of best 4K gaming monitors.

50% off 24.5-inch 240Hz Gaming Monitor

• Dell 25 S2522HG Gaming Monitor: now $149 (was $299)

The Dell 25 S2522HG gaming monitor is on sale for $149 — 50% off its list price of $299 — at Dell's website. This 24.5-inch IPS FHD (1080p) monitor features a speedy 240 Hz refresh rate and a 1ms GtG response time. It has both Nvidia G-Sync compatible certification and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, and it also supports variable refresh rate (VRR) for gaming consoles.

For connectivity, the Dell S2522HG has 2x HDMI 2.0 and 1x DisplayPort 1.2, as well as 1x USB 3.2 (upstream), 4x USB 3.2 (downstream), and 1x headphone jack. It comes with an HDMI cable, DisplayPort cable, and a USB 3.2 5Gbps upstream cable, as well as a power cord. It also comes with a fully-adjustable stand that has 5.1 inches of height adjustment, and pivots, swivels, and tilts. 

Aorus's 48-inch, 4K OLED 120 Hz Now Just $779

• Aorus FO48U 48-inch, 4K OLED 120 Hz Monitor: now $749 at B&H (was $1,499)

If you've got the space for a truly massive screen for PC and console gaming, Gigabyte's Aorus FO48U OLED monitor has long been our pick for Best 4K 120 Hz gaming monitor, thanks to its top-tier contrast and accurate color. And at its current low price of $779 on Newegg(opens in new tab), it's much cheaper than LG's 48-inch C1 OLED TV, which also sports a 120 Hz refresh rate. This price is also a stunning 49% less than what Aorus FO48U OLED was selling for when we reviewed it last summer. 

When we tested the Aorus FO48U, we found it to have pro-level accuracy out of the box, the ability to deliver over 100% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum, and even excellent audio thanks to a three-speaker, 50W soundbar.

While the FO48U's peak measured brightness of around 400 nits can't compete with high-end LCD, the black levels are literally too good to measure, matching Alienware's own big OLED display.

With two HDMI 2.1 ports (supporting VRR) and DisplayPort 1.4 with Display Stream Compression support, this monitor is ready for modern consoles and PCs. There's even built-in a built-in KVM so you can share your peripherals between devices that are plugged into the screen. In case you are wondering whether your existing desk can handle this huge screen, the monitor measures 42 inches wide and 9.9 inches deep with its support feet. As someone who has used huge screens as monitors for years (I'm writing this on a 55-inch LG OLED) though, I'd strongly suggest wall mounting if at all possible. This both gets the monitor off your desk and (with the right mount) lets you move the screen a few important inches back from where you'll be sitting. Unless you like neck and back pain, you'll want your eyes to be at least 30 inches from a screen this big.

We can say from several years of personal experience (and over a year with my 55-inch OLED as a monitor), that once properly set up nothing matches the monitor experience of a huge OLED display. And at $769 for Aorus FO48U, you won't find anything better without spending several hundred more.

Curved Dell Gaming Monitor is Just $140

• Dell S2422HG Curved Gaming Monitor now $139.99 at Best Buy (was $199.99)

If you're looking for a curved monitor as a budget gift, you can get one for under $200 at Best Buy. The  Dell S2422HG is small at 23.6 inches, but the $140 price is hard to argue with.

This display has a 1960 x 1080 VA panel with a 165 Hz refresh rate and 1 millisecond response time. It also has AMD FreeSync on board to prevent screen tearing.

The screen has a 1500R curve. It's not the largest size or curve, but if you're buying for a kid or are on a budget, it's a nice way to get these features if you or the person you're buying for prefer a curved screen to a flat one.

The ports on the back include two HDMI 2.0 ports, a DisplayPort and a headphone jack.

27-inch Curved QHD MSI MPG Artymis Monitor 50% Off

• MSI MPG Artymis 273CQR 27-inch QHD: now $249 on Amazon (was $499)

The MSI MPG Artymis 273CQR is a 27-inch QHD VA panel monitor with AMD FreeSync Premium and a refresh rate of 165 Hz, and it's now on sale for $249 — 50% off of its listed price of $499, and an all-time low on Amazon. This is a curved monitor with a 100R curve radius — as extreme as it gets. Its curved LCD has a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 2560 x 1440 QHD resolution.

Although we haven't reviewed this exact model, we did review the larger MSI MPG Artymis 343CQR, which has similar specs (albeit, in an ultra-wide 34-inch package): wide color gamut, HDR support, 550 nit brightness, and 3,000:1 contrast ratio.

The 273CQR has 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 2.0b, 1x USB-C, 2x USB-A 2.0, 1x USB-B 2.0, and a headphone jack. It comes with a fully adjustable stand and weighs just under 15 pounds. 

49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 Curved Monitor - $749

• Samsung Odyssey G9 49-inch 240 Hz Monitor: now $749 at B&H (was $1,499)

You can't get much more immersive than an ultrawide 32:9 curved gaming monitor like the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 gaming monitor, which is currently on sale for just $749 at B&H — 50% off its listed price of $1,499.

The Samsung Odyssey G9 gaming monitor has a resolution of 5120 x 1440 with a max refresh rate of 240 Hz. It's a 49-inch screen with a 1000R curve — the most extreme curve available, for extreme immersion. It's both FreeSync and G-Sync compatible (certified by both AMD and Nvidia), and it has DisplayHDR 1000 with an edge-array backlight.

The Odyssey G9 DisplayHDR 1000 certification definitely shows, as this monitor delivers excellent HDR. This is in part due to its extreme brightness — over 1,300 nits — which helps with contrast (the backlight is completely shut off when the brightness signal is 0%, but our reviewer was able to turn on a small block of info text and pull a 0.0225-nit measurement for an impressive HDR contrast ratio of 58,881.7:1).

The Odyssey G9 has a very slim bezel — just 10mm along the top and sides and 17mm along the bottom — but it's hardly a small monitor. You'll need at least 4 feet of desk width to accommodate this monitor, but it'll be worth it for the VR-like immersion. 

• Dell S2721QS 4K, 27-inch monitor: now $249 at Dell (was $329)

We're in the waning hours of Cyber Monday, but there are still great deals to be had, like this Dell S2721QS that makes an appearance on our list of best budget 4K monitors. This 27-inch panel usually retails for $329 but is on sale for $249.

The S2721QS has a 350-nit brightness rating and boasts a 1300:1 contrast ratio. As you can see below, we measured 392 nits of brightness in our detailed benchmarks in our S2721QS review. 

We also measured 114.8 percent of the sRGB color gamut, showing that the panel delivers a solid mix of vibrancy given its price point. 

Cyber Monday is over. Long live holiday deals season.

The Cyber Monday monitor deals party is over, but the holiday monitor deals afterparty is in full force. Believe it or not, some of the best gaming monitors from Black Friday and Cyber Monday are still available at the same prices.

For example, the Dell S3222DGM, a 32-inch, 165 Hz monitor which sits at the top of our list of the best gaming monitors, is still just $249 at Best Buy, reduced from $399. Dell's G3223Q, which is the best 4K gaming monitor, is still just $599 at Dell, down from $799. If you want a colorful, 4K monitor that's really made for gaming, Dell has the U2720QM, which was off sale on Cyber Monday, on sale right now for $349 (down from $550 or so).

We won't be adding new deals to this live blog, but please check out our continuously-updated list of the best monitor deals for a comprehensive list of all the screen savings on both gaming and non-gaming displays.

Update (11/29): Cyber Monday has passed, but the holiday deals season continues and there are still lots of savings to be found on wireless, mechanical and gaming keyboards.

In the section below below, we're listing some holiday keyboard deals you can still get. For a continuously-updated list of keyboard deals, check our best PC hardware and tech deals overall page.

Cyber Monday Keyboard Deals You Can Still Get

• Best Buy: Logitech G15 Lightspeed Full-Size now $179 (was $249)
• Best Buy: Up to $40 off Corsair Keyboards
• Amazon: Up to 40% off HyperX Gaming Keyboards
• Amazon: Up to $80 off Razer Keyboards
• Amazon: Up to $70 off Logitech Keyboards
• Newegg: Up to $25 off Keyboards

Mini Gaming Keyboards on Sale

•  Corsair K65 Mini Gaming Keyboard: now $69 at Best Buy (was $109) 

A great gaming keyboard doesn’t need to be huge; in fact, some of the best gaming keyboards are tiny. Ultra-compact gaming keyboards can be pretty powerful — they have to be, to make a limited 60 or 65 percent layout viable for gaming — and they’re often pricier than they look.

But several are on sale this week, including the Corsair K65 RGB Mini Gaming Keyboard for just $69 (was $109) at both Best Buy and Amazon. Best Buy has the K65 in both black and white with Cherry MX Speed linear mechanical switches, while Amazon only has it in black (but with either Cherry MX Speed or Cherry MX Red switches).

The Corsair K65 RGB Mini is a wired (detachable, USB-C) 60 percent keyboard with a tiny footprint — 11.6 inches (294mm) long by 4.14 inches (105mm) deep, and 1.74 inches (44mm) thick. It weighs 1.3 pounds (590g) and has a polling rate of up to 8,000 Hz. Like other ultra-compact gaming keyboards, the K65 is highly customizable — almost all of its keys can be programmed with second-layer functionality, and the keyboard has 8MB of onboard storage (enough for 50+ profiles).

•  Razer Huntsman Mini: now $69 at Amazon (was $119) 

The Razer Huntsman Mini is also currently on sale at a number of retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg. You can pick up this keyboard in black or white colorways, with Razer’s Clicky Optical switches for $69 (was $119) or with Razer’s Linear Optical switches for $79 (was $129).  

The Huntsman Mini is a wired (detachable, USB-C) 60 percent keyboard with an aluminum top plate and double-shot PBT keycaps. It’s 11.6 inches (295mm) long, 4 inches (102mm) deep, and 1.3 inches (33mm) thick, and weighs 1.15 pounds (522g). It’s also highly customizable, with a fully-programmable second layer (Razer HyperShift), onboard memory (up to 5 profiles), and attractive, bleed-free, per-key RGB. 

• HyperX Alloy Origins 60: now $59 at Amazon (was $82)

One of the best 60 percent gaming keyboards on the market, the HyperX Alloy Origins takes up very little space while offer great build quality and smooth, linear switches.

We reviewed the HyperX Alloy Origins 60 back in 2021 and appreciated its compact dimensions and great looks. The keyboard weighs a mere 1.6 pounds and measures 11.5 x 4 x 1.5 inches. It's available with both HyperX red linear switches, which we tested with, or HyperX Aqua tactile switches.

Cooler Master SK620 White Mechanical Keyboard Falls to $44

• Cooler Master SK620 White Mechanical Keyboard: now $44 at Amazon (was $90)

This gaming keyboard from Cooler Master features white keys with RGB backlighting. It has a small, 60% form factor and features a brushed aluminum top plate. This is one of the best prices we've seen for this keyboard since it first released.

The offer applies to the edition with low-profile red switches. It's a wired keyboard that comes with a braided USB-C to USB-A cable. Users can program custom macros and as well as lighting effects. When we reviewed this keyboard, we appreciated its performance and customization options but the layout can be a bit strange to get used to if you aren't familiar with the form factor.

HyperX Keyboards on Sale for $52 to $69

• HyperX Alloy Origins 60 (Red): now $59 at Amazon (was $99) 
• HyperX Alloy Origins 60 (Aqua): now $69 (was $99)

Looking for a new keyboard? All three sizes of HyperX’s Alloy Origins mechanical gaming keyboards are currently on sale for just between $52 and $69 — that’s right, you can grab an ultra-compact 60 percent keyboard, a slightly-less compact TKL keyboard, or a full-size keyboard for that price.

• HyperX Alloy Origins Core TKL ABS (Red): now $59 at Amazon (was $89)
• HyperX Alloy Origins Core TKL PBT (Red): now $69 (was $99)
• HyperX Alloy Origins Core TKL ABS (Aqua): now $52 (was $89)
• HyperX Alloy Origins Core TKL PBT (Aqua): now $69 (was $99)
• HyperX Alloy Origins Core TKL PBT (Blue): now $69 (was $99)

The HyperX Alloy Origins line is solidly constructed: the keyboards feature plastic chassis with aluminum top plates, and detachable, braided USB-C cables. The HyperX Alloy Origins 60 comes with double-shot PBT keycaps, while the TKL and full-size keyboards come in both ABS and PBT models — both versions are currently on sale. T

The sale models feature HyperX's linear red mechanical switches, but you can also pick up versions with HyperX's tactile aqua or clicky blue switches for slightly more.

• HyperX Alloy Origins Full Size (Red): now $59 at Amazon (was $109)
• HyperX Alloy Origins Full Size (Blue): now $69 at HP (was $109)

Read our full review of the HyperX Alloy Origins 60 here and our full review of the HyperX Alloy Origins full-size keyboard here.

Roccat Vulcan II Mini 65% Keyboard - 20% Off

• Roccat Vulcan II Mini 65% Keyboard: now $119 at Amazon (was $149)

Roccat's Vulcan II Mini keyboard was just released in September, but it's already on sale for Cyber Monday. You can pick up this compact, 65 percent wired keyboard in either white or black for just $119 at Amazon and Best Buy — 20% off its listing price of $149.

The Vulcan II Mini features a 65 percent layout: it's small but it still has arrow keys and a handful of navigation keys, so it's not quite as much of a sacrifice as a 60 percent keyboard. It comes with Roccat's Titan II optical red (linear) switches, with bright per-key RGB and a handful of unique dual-LED switches. This keyboard is definitely all about the lighting, and it ships with thin, switch-exposing keycaps and Roccat's attractive "organic" Aimo lighting experience. It's wired, and it comes with a detachable braided USB-C cable.

While linear optical switches don't make for the most satisfying typing experience, the Vulcan II Mini offered a better typing experience than I expected. The keycaps are a bit too light and slippery, but the keyboard is compatible with third-party keycaps should you want to switch them out. This keyboard is for gaming, anyway, and it's an excellent keyboard for that — thanks to the speediness of optical switches and the two full layers of programmability. The only real drawback is Roccat's convoluted peripheral software, but with onboard memory for up to five profiles, let's hope you only have to work your way through that mess once or twice.

- Sarah

Logitech G Pro League of Legends Keyboard $59

• Logitech G Pro LoL Keyboard: now $59 at GameStop (was $129) 

The Logitech G Pro League of Legends wired mechanical gaming keyboard is also on sale for just $59 right now — 54% off of its listed price of $129. This TKL keyboard is the same slate blue as the League of Legends mouse, with gold detailing and “League of Legends” stamped across the top.

The regular G Pro keyboard is currently on sale at Amazon for $84, which is still a decent discount of 35% off the listed price. The lowest we’ve seen the regular version go recently is $78, so the League of Legends edition is still 24% cheaper.

The G Pro League of Legends wired mechanical gaming keyboard comes with Logitech GX Brown (tactile) switches and features a detachable micro USB cable for convenience. It has RGB backlighting and 12 programmable F-keys, which can be programmed using Logitech’s G HUB software.

These Discounted Keycaps Could Change the Way You Type

• Hyekit Custom SA, Doubleshot Keycaps: now $41 at Amazon (was $47)

When you're shopping for a keyboard, you probably think about the layout, the connectivity, the size and hopefully the switches. But keycaps can have a huge impact not only on how your keyboard looks but how it feels. 

To be fair, most keyboards use keycaps that are designed to be blingy rather than classy or functional. However, you can change your whole typing and gaming experience by upgrading with a new nice of aftermarket keycaps.

A few months ago, a couple of us bought Hyekit's doubleshot SA profile keycaps and we've been very happy with not only their sleek aesthetics, but also how they feel while we're typing all day. Now, Amazon has the Hyekit SA keycaps in your choice of five different colorways for just $41.

Hyekit's keycaps will work on any keyboard that uses Cherry MX-style switches (not necessarily Cherry branded), which is almost every mechanical keyboard on the market. 

They use the SA profile which reminds us of old-school terminal keyboards. The SA shape is taller than the standard OEM or Cherry-style caps that most keyboards come with and has a spherical indentation in the top of each key that makes it really pleasant to rest your fingers on and easy to feel one's way around the letters. 

The Hyekit keycaps are made from ABS and feature double-shot molding. They have very nice, all caps legends. Each kit comes with 170 caps, which include different spacebar and Enter key sizes, along with a slew of special key caps with custom legends such as a rocket ship and a robot arm.

You can get them in the Circus (pastels), Dusk (gray and yellow), Top Gun (blue and gray), Yellow Screen (black, gray and orange) and Godzilla (bluish green and teal) colorways. I love my Godzilla set as it not only makes my keyboard look so much more attractive, but it takes my entire computing experience to the next level. 

I love the tallness of the keys and the spherical shape of the tops and the way they make a pleasant thock sound when I hit them. I feel like an old-school hacker with these keycaps and I enjoy typing more than ever with them in place. When I have to go into the office and use a keyboard with different caps, I feel like I'm missing something. 

Highlights from Drop's Cyber Monday Sale

• Keydous NJ80 Wireless RGB Keyboard: now $159 (was $299) 
• Drop Expression Series Prism Keyboard: now $99 (was $149)
• Drop Artifact Bloom Keycap Set in Glow: now $35 (was $50)
• Drop Holy Panda X Mechanical Switches: now $19/35 (was $35/35)

Drop’s Cyber Monday sale includes everything from switches and artisan keycaps to fully-built keyboard kits — there’s something for everyone, no matter how invested you are in the keyboard enthusiast community.

The Drop exclusive Keydous NJ80 is an 80-key 75 percent wireless keyboard with both 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity, a rigid solid steel plate, hot-swappable switch sockets, and a macro control wheel. It comes with Drop’s Holy Panda X switches (also on sale) and Drop’s Artifact Bloom keycaps in ocean wave (also on sale).

You can pick up Drop’s colorful Prism keyboard, which features the aluminum body of the Drop ENTR keyboard, for just $99 right now. The Prism keyboard comes with Gateron Yellow switches and Drop’s Artifact Bloom keycaps in Rainbow. It has a white and silver body and white backlighting for extra glow.

For those who like pretty lights, the Glow keycap set is perfect — these keycaps have dark sides (with shine-through legends) and opaque tops, so you can see your keyboard’s per-key RGB. These keycaps are made of ABS material and have an OEM profile, and are compatible with Cherry MX switches and clones. The kit, which comes with 129 keycaps, is currently on sale for $35.

The second iteration of Drop’s Holy Panda switches, the Gateron-produced Holy Panda X’s are MX-compatible tactile switches with a spring weight of 60g. They come in both 3-pin and 5-pin options, and are currently on sale for $19 for 35. The Holy Panda X Clear switches are also on sale, for $29/35.

Cyber Monday is over, but not the keyboard deals

The bright lights of Cyber Monday and Black Friday deal promotions have faded, but many of the top keyboard sales remain. For example, the HyperX Alloy Origins 60, normally $99, is still just $59 at Amazon. And the Logitech G915 Lightspeed TKL wireless gaming keyboard is still on sale for $159 at Best Buy, down from $229.

We won't be updating this live blog, but we will be tracking all the keyboard deals on our best tech and PC hardware deals page, which we change daily.

AMD’s long-awaited Ryzen 5000 line of processors has finally launched, and like the RTX 3000 launch before it, the CPUs sold out almost instantly at launch. Unlike Nvidia with its RTX 3000 graphics cards, though, AMD quickly promised more stock to come soon. That's already come to fruition for lots of the Ryzen 5000 line, though the situation differs from chip to chip.

Also, different stores all have different approaches to selling AMD’s hottest new processors, including AMD's own store. Since we might see even more stock coming in the future, let’s run through America’s major component retailers to get you ready to buy AMD's new chips as soon as they become available again.  

 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: Where to Buy

US Ryzen 5 5600X retailers at a glance: AMD I Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy | Micro Center

US Ryzen 5 5600X resellers at a glance: eBay

The Ryzen 5 5600X is the most affordable of the Ryzen 5000 processors and has 6 cores/12 threads of power with base/boost speeds of 3.7/4.6 GHz and a 35MB cache. It’s also the only Ryzen 5000 CPU to come with an included Wraith Stealth cooler, as AMD no longer packs coolers with CPUs that draw over 65W in power. With a $299 MSRP, it was easy for bots to snatch up at launch without much of an overhead cost, but stock has since heavily recovered.

The Ryzen 5 5600X is currently in stock at most stores, including Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy, B&H and even AMD's own website. It's also on sale at some sites, with the cheapest price we could find being $272 at Amazon and Newegg.

Microcenter also has stock, but it's limited depending on location and can only be purchased in-store. You can check if your local store has stock here.

Be wary when checking stock on Amazon and Newegg, though. Among the official listings, there's also inflated prices from third party sellers.
 

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: Where to Buy

US Ryzen 7 5800X retailers at a glance: AMD I Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy | Micro Center

US Ryzen 7 5800X resellers at a glance: eBay

The Ryzen 7 5800X is, according to numbers from Scan UK, what might be the most popular Ryzen 5000 series chip (although that’s only one retailer). Its 8 core/ 16 thread core count and 3.8 / 4.7 GHz base / boost clock make it an appealing choice given its $449 MSRP, not to mention its 36MB cache.

Luckily, this CPU is currently in stock at most stores. It's also on sale at many stores, with its cheapest price right now being $394 at Amazon.

AMD also has stock if you want to buy directly, but you won't get any discounts.

Microcenter has limited availability in some stores, but you can only buy your processor in person.  You can check your local store for stock here.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Where to Buy

US Ryzen 9 5900X retailers at a glance: AMD I Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy | Micro Center

US Ryzen 9 5900X resellers at a glance: eBay

The Ryzen 9 5900X is where the Ryzen 5000 CPU series starts to get premium. It’s got 12 cores/ 24 threads and 3.7 / 4.8 GHz clock speeds all for $549. It’s also got a 70MB cache, as opposed to the 35 and 36MB caches on the 5600X and 5800X, respectively.

Among official retailers, the Ryzen 9 5900X is technically only in stock at AMD's own store right now. Antonline does have Amazon and Newegg third-party listings for it, though, but the Amazon listing is $10 more than the ones on Newegg or AMD's own site.

Microcenter is promising limited in-store availability depending on location. You can check your local store here.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: Where to Buy

US Ryzen 9 5950X retailers at a glance: AMD I Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy | Micro Center

US Ryzen 9 5950X resellers at a glance: eBay

Finally, the Ryzen 9 5950X is the most premium Ryzen 5000 CPU available. It’s got 16 cores / 32 threads and clock speeds of 3.4 / 4.9 GHz, plus a 72MB cache. All of that comes at a $799 MSRP.

All the usual official retailers currently have this chip in stock, aside from Amazon. They're also all selling it for $749, aside from AMD's own store, which is still keeping the $799 pricing.

Microcenter's stock depends on your location, which you can check here.

Even with the overall better stock situation, AMD is promising more Ryzen 5000 CPU stock to come in soon. Bots might eat that up first as well, but hopefully now you’re a little more prepared to strike as soon as new deals come in.  

The first four entries in AMD’s Big Navi line of graphics cards are finally out, meaning that there’s now a group of worthy contenders to Nvidia’s RTX throne. We spoke highly about both the now-released RX 6700 XT, RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT in our reviews for these cards, praising their price-to-power ratio and their attempt to snag the best GPU crown for Team Red. Our RX 6900 XT and RX 6600 XT review, though, were a bit more mixed. 

These cards are new powerhouses for AMD, packing ray tracing and hitting average frame rates of up to 93 fps at 4K across a 9-game average in our testing. But they also have another potential strength to wield against Nvidia- in an era where pretty much every new piece of fancy tech sells out almost instantly: They’re another option.

That doesn’t mean stock is easy to come by, because like the RTX cards before them, the RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT quickly sold out when they launched early November 18th, and the same happened when custom versions of the cards hit store shelves on November 25th and the RX 6900 XT launched on December 8th.

As with the Ryzen 5000 launch, AMD’s aiming to keep stock high and steady, but we’re not expecting these cards to be readily available for a while. But if you’re struggling to get your hands on a next-gen graphics card, here’s how to broaden your net a bit and maybe find a few active AMD listings for your trouble.

One trick that might sign up your chances of snagging a new high-end card: Break out your Raspberry Pi and use it to build your own bot to snag a card. Using a Pi and the open-source Python-based Inventory Hunter app and the shared code and instructions on Github you give it a shot. If it doesn't work, at least you've killed some time between now and that foggy future where Big Navi cards are actually readily available.
 

Radeon RX 6600 XT: Where to Buy

US Radeon RX 6600 XT retailers at a glance: AMD | Best Buy | Newegg | Amazon | B&H | Micro Center

US Radeon RX 6700 XT resellers at a glance: eBay 

The RX 6600 XT is the least powerful Big Navi card you can get, targeting 1080p performance for an MSRP of $379. It's got 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 32 CUs and 9.7 teraflops of power. That's a little lower than we'd like for the cost, as we stated in our review.

But even the MSRP is low compared to what aftermarket sales are likely to be. As with other major tech releases as of late, stock is low across the board.

AMD: The RX 6600 XT doesn't even show up on AMD's online store.

Best Buy: Best Buy’s got three sold out RX 6600 XT models on its site, ranging form $379 to $479 in price.

Newegg: Like most tech releases, Newegg's got the widest selection. But all of its cards are also sold out, so you're going to have to resort to the Newegg Shuffle to buy from here.

Amazon: The RX 6600 XT doesn't even show up in searches on Amazon right now, which instead take you to products with similar names.

B&H: There's one RX 6600 XT model on B&H's site, but it's sold out for now.

Micro Center:  Micro Center has four models with limited in-store availability. Prices range from $379 to $549, and stock differs from store to store. 

eBay: We could actually only find one eBay auction for the RX 6600 XT as of writing, and it costs more than double the MSRP. Yikes.

Radeon RX 6700 XT: Where to Buy

US Radeon RX 6700 XT retailers at a glance: AMD | Best Buy | Newegg | Amazon | B&H | Micro Center

US Radeon RX 6700 XT resellers at a glance: eBay 

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is, like we stated in our review, sort of the diet version of Big Navi. It's got 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 40 CUs and 12.4 teraflops of power, which lets it hit clock speeds of 2,424 MHz. All of that will cost you $479, which we thought was a touch too high for a card that's geared towards 1080p/1440p performance.

But it's still nothing compared to what you're likely to find right now. As with other major tech releases as of late, the only way you're probably going to be able to buy a Radeon RX 6700 XT at the moment is either going aftermarket or buying an expensive AIB model.

AMD: AMD has a store that lets you buy graphics cards directly through its website, but stock is sold out right now.

Best Buy: Best Buy’s amped up its 6700 XT model selection lately, including one $899 model that's actually available to buy online and one $999 model that's available at select stores.

Newegg: Newegg is where you'll find the widest selection of RX 6700 XT listings, from Asus to Gigabyte to MSI and more, but all the official listings are out of stock at the moment. Watch out for high prices from third-party sellers, though.

Amazon: Searching for an RX 6700 XT on Amazon just brings you to aftermarket sales, so maybe wait a bit before putting it in your search rotation.

B&H: Like Best Buy, B&H actually has 6700 XT models in stock. This includes a $949 model from XFX and a $999 model from MSI.

Micro Center:  Micro Center has several RX 6700 XT models listed on its site, all of which are only available for purchase in store and have limited stock depending on location.

eBay: eBay is an especially dangerous place to search for RX 6700 XT models right now, since anything under around $800 actually won't net you a product if you look at the fine print. Be on the lookout for scammers.

Radeon RX 6900 XT: Where to Buy

US Radeon RX 6800 retailers at a glance: AMD | Best Buy | Newegg | Amazon | B&H

US Radeon RX 6800 resellers at a glance: eBay 

The Radeon RX 6900 XT is AMD’s most recent Big Navi GPU, as well as its most powerful. It has a $999 starting price of and comes with 80 compute units and 23 teraflops of power, plus 16GB of VRAM. Clock speeds start at 1,825 MHz and can hit up to 2,250 MHz when boosted, and the average 4K fps on the RX 6900 XT across our 9 game suite was 85 out-of-the-box and 90.7 when overclocked. 

This card's other big feature is ray tracing, and while all of these numbers and capabilities come together to make an impressive suite, our review concluded that it's not too much more impressive than AMD's other Big Navi given the steep price increase. Hence, you're going to want to be extra conscientious when shopping.

AMD: Unlike Nvidia, AMD allows you to buy graphics cards directly through its website. Unfortunately, stock is sold out right now.

Best Buy: Best Buy has beefed up its RX 6900 XT selection, and currently has a $2,059 model from Gigabyte up for sale on its site.

Newegg: Newegg is normally where you'd find the largest selection of RX 6900 XT models, but the site doesn't seem to have any in stock right now, with listings simply pointing to other graphics cards and third-party sales. 

Amazon: Searching for an RX 6900 XT on Amazon mostly brings up third-party sellers, so don't expect to get an official card here quite yet.

B&H: Searching for the RX 6900 XT brings up listings from MSI, XFX and Asus. The XFX cards are actually in stock, starting at $1,799.

eBay: eBay markups for the RX 6900 XT are especially ridiculous, with most reasonable-seeming listings turning out to just be pictures. When you start to look for people selling the actual card, their listings start at $2,000.

Radeon RX 6800: Where to Buy 

US Radeon RX 6800 retailers at a glance: AMD | Best Buy | Newegg | Amazon | B&H

US Radeon RX 6800 resellers at a glance: eBay | stockX 

The Radeon RX 6800 is AMD’s base-level Big Navi GPU, coming in at a starting price of $579 and packing 60 compute units with 16.2 teraflops of power and 16GB of VRAM. Clock speeds start at 1,815 MHz and can hit up to 2,105 MHz when boosted, and the average 4K fps on the RX 6800 across our 9 game suite was 80. Throw in ray tracing, and that’s a pretty impressive suite, coming in just below the RTX 3080 and the RX 6800 XT while only costing $80 more than an RTX 3070. That also means this card is in high demand though, so you’ll want to keep a diligent watch on the following stores.

AMD: While AMD does sell graphics cards directly through its website, stock on all Big Navi cards is sold out right now.

Best Buy: Best Buy’s RX 6800 selection is slim, with the store only stocking the MSI and XFX models, plus a few from Gigabyte. Most are sold out right now, although one model from Gigabyte and one model from XFX have limited in-store availability depending on location.

Newegg: Newegg currently has the largest selection of RX 6800 models, with cards from Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Asrock, PowerColor and Sapphire. All of these cards are sold out right now, but you can add them to a wishlist to get email notifications for when they restock.

Amazon: Amazon is currently sold out of Radeon RX 6800 cards as well, and searching for them right now simply brings up pages from third-party sellers.

B&H: B&H now has Asus, XFX and MSI RX 6800 cards listed, but none are available.

eBay: As usual, aftermarket sellers have more availability, but the markup here is steep. RX 6800 cards are starting at $700 on eBay and going all the way into the thousands. Value is a key reason to buy this card, making these listings much less appealing.

stockX: This is another gray market site, and it currently has one RX 6800 listing up for a starting price of $1,220. That’s a more than 100% markup.

Radeon RX 6800 XT: Where to Buy 

US Radeon RX 6800 XT retailers at a glance: AMD | Best Buy | Newegg | Amazon | B&H

US Radeon RX 6800 XT resellers at a glance: eBay | stockX 

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is AMD’s big new competitor for the RTX 3080, with our review placing it at a 92 fps average on 4K ultra settings across 9 games. That’s just 4 fps below the 3080’s average, despite the RX 6800 XT costing just $50 less. Assuming you can find it, that’s a great deal, so keep an eye out for this 20.7 teraflops, 72 CU card with clock speeds of 2,015/2,250 MHz and 16GB of VRAM at the stores below.

AMD: Like the RX 6800 and the 6900 XT, you can also buy 6800 XT stock direct from AMD, assuming you can find it. Unfortunately, AMD’s store is sold out right now.

Best Buy: Best Buy only has six RX 6800 XT units listed right now, with thee from XFX, two from Gigabyte and one from MSI. They're all sold out, except for one XFX model with limited in-store availability depending on location. 

Newegg: Newegg has the widest selection of RX 6800 XT listings, with cards from Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Asrock, XFX, PowerColor and Sapphire. Each of these listings is sold out right now, but you can add them to a wishlist to get email notifications for when they restock.

Amazon: Amazon is currently sold out of Radeon RX 6800 XT cards as well, with searches for them simply redirecting to third-party sellers.

B&H: B&H currently has five RX 6800 XT cards listed on its site. You can't buy any of them as of yet.

eBay: If you don’t mind a markup, you can turn to the gray market to get a Radeon RX 6800 XT, but prices on eBay currently start at over $1000, seriously mitigating the value this card offers.

stockX: B&H currently has four RX 6800 XT cards listed on its site, with two from XFX, one from MSI and one from Asus. You can't buy any of them as of e cost of buying new.

If you’re looking for a good competitive gaming monitor on a budget, Gigabyte’s 27-inch screen with 1440p resolution and a high 170Hz refresh rate is the option for you, thanks to this deep discount.

For a limited time at Newegg, use the code AFMW622A and grab the Gigabyte M27Q for just $309.99 — down from $359.99.

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As you can read in our Gigabyte M27Q review, we are big fans of this very capable, very vivid 27-inch gaming monitor. The color gamut is huge, rated at 140% sRGB, which pairs well with the extra contrast afforded by HDR for a picture with incredible depth.

For good gaming performance, the smooth 170Hz means Gigabyte has achieved that ideal balance between high resolution and high refresh rate, along with low input lag and a KVM switch for ultimate convenience.

On the face of it, the initial deal is also available at Best Buy, but you can cut an extra 10 bucks off with a discount code only at Newegg. It may not be the best gaming monitor, but it provides incredible bang for your buck with a 1440p resolution and buttery smooth refresh rate at just over $300.

Dell’s XPS 13 laptops have always had a place among the best ultrabooks and left fans hungrily awaiting deals on these devices. The XPS 13 9310, the first XPS 13 to use a Tiger Lake chip, is no exception, and its recent release means that previous models like the XPS 13 9300 will probably be going on sale soon. That’s why, with in our Best Tech and PC Hardware deals, we’re listing all the best sales we can find on these laptops in their various configurations.

Amazingly, if you're willing to go for the older of these models, you can score a Dell XPS 13 for as little as $649, the cheapest we've ever seen this computer. Granted, the base model has only a Core i3 and 8GB of RAM so we recommend at least the $837 configuration which comes with a Core i5 and 16GB.

Also be sure to check out our ThinkPad X1 Carbon deals page if you’re more of a Lenovo person, or our Best Laptop Deals hub if neither of these options pique your interest. 

 Best Dell XPS 13 (9310) Deals 

The Dell XPS 13 9310 is the first XPS 13 laptop to use an 11th gen Intel chip, which means it’s also the first XPS 13 laptop to have Intel Iris Xe graphics and Thunderbolt 4 compatibility. That extra power does mean it loses about an hour and a half of battery life compared to its 10th gen predecessor, but that still leaves with about 11 hours of usability. This is a recent machine, so deals are likely to be difficult to come by, but we’ll post any we find below.
 

The Cheapest Older XPS 13 Model Deals

If you don’t need to have a top-of-the-line machine, older Dell XPS 13s are still plenty easy to recommend. XPS 13 9300s have the same 1920 x 1200 touchscreen option (or a 4K option) as the 9310, and many older XPS 13s have older 10th gen Intel chips that are still likely to be relevant for a few more years. The 9300 also beats its Tiger Lake successor on battery life by about an hour and a half, landing at 12:39 hours of life on our benchmarks. And because these machines have now been outclassed by the 9310, they’re more likely to have cheaper deals, which we’ll post below. 

If you've got or are planning to build an AMD Ryzen desktop with a B550 or X570 motherboard, you can take advantage of the speed of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs. These Gen 4 SSDs can read and write thousands of MBps faster than even the fastest PCIe 3.0 SSD, but normally they come at a high premium. For example, Samsung's 980 PRO costs a whopping $229 for 1TB.

However, today, you can get one of our favorite PCIe 4.0 SSDs, the Sabrent Rocket Q4 for just $149 for 1TB. That's a $65 discount, its lowest price ever and one of the best Cyber Monday SSD deals around. The Sabrent Rocket is rated for an impressive 5,000 MBps sequential reads and 4,400 MBps sequential writes.

Plus, it's joined by several other Sabrent sales today.

We published a review of the Sabrent Rocket SSD a few months ago and gave it our Editor's Choice award for its speedy performance and power efficiency. Though we tested the 2TB capacity, it's rated for the same speeds as the 1TB capacity so they should perform similarly.

In our tests, the Sabrent rocket copied 100GB of files faster than any of its direct competitors and read a 15GB movie quicker than them also. It had the lowest latency on PC Mark 10 of any drive but the super-expensive Intel Optane SSD 905.

We were also really impressed by the software package that comes with the Sabrent Rocket. You get a free copy of Acronis True Image for cloning and backup, along with Sabrent's Control Panel application and Size Converter (for changing sector sizes). The drive has a strong 1800 TBW endurance too.

For more savings, check our list of best Cyber Monday deals overall, best Cyber Monday monitor deals, best Cyber Monday SSD deals, best Cyber Monday CPU deals, best Cyber Monday graphics card deals, best Cyber Monday laptop deals, best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals and best Cyber Monday Raspberry Pi deals.

Intel's Core i9-10850K offers the same gaming experience as its more expensive flagship Core i9-10900K counterpart, and today you can score this chip from B&H Photo for $389, which is a new all-time low price for the chip by $30. 

Our recent review summed it up quite nicely: If all you care about is gaming, the Core i9-10850K will give you the same solid experience as the Core i9-10900K, but at a significant discount. Now that discount is larger.

The 10850K has ten cores and 20 threads that operate at a 3.7 / 5.2 GHz base/boost frequency, which is more than snappy enough to provide the same gaming performance as its full-fledged 10900K counterpart, which operates at a 3.7/5.3 GHz base/boost. 

Yeah, that's right - a mere 100 MHz separates the two chips on the headline frequency specs, but the 10850K has a lower 95W TDP, which means it doesn't boost as aggressively on all cores as the 125W TDP 10900K. So, while the chips are identical at gaming, the 10900K will take a slight lead in heavily-threaded applications. 

That doesn't matter one bit to overclockers, though. Just like its more expensive counterpart, the Core i9-10850K is fully unlocked, meaning you can overclock it to the hilt. In our experience, and according to most of what we've seen online from actual users, the 10850K nearly always overclocks into the same effective range as the 10900K (typically a 5.1 GHz all-core max). At that point, performance is identical in everything. 

You'll need a solid Z490 motherboard to pair with this new chip, and if you choose to upgrade in the future, Intel's Rocket Lake takes off early next year, and you'll be able to drop those chips into the same platform. 

Overall, we were super impressed with the 10850K's blend of price and performance, and that was when it was available at its MSRP. This deal shaves off quite a bit of that pricing, making it even more attractive. Sure, there are faster chips, like AMD's Ryzen 5000, but those chips are nearly impossible to find this holiday season, and we expect that trend to continue until early next year. Also, you'll need a super high-end GPU and monitor to notice the difference at this point, though a bit of extra GPU horsepower might help out if you plan on future GPU upgrades. At this price point, it's pretty hard to pass up on the 10850K, especially if you need to build a system now. 

For more savings, check our list of best Cyber Monday deals overall, best Cyber Monday monitor deals, best Cyber Monday SSD deals, best Cyber Monday CPU deals, best Cyber Monday graphics card deals, best Cyber Monday laptop deals, best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals and best Cyber Monday Raspberry Pi deals.   

Finding stock on current-gen tech feels like looking for a needle in a haystack right now. But if you don’t need the latest tech for your build, there are great savings to be had on last-gen parts. For example, one of the best Cyber Monday CPU deals right now is on the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 XT, which is selling for its cheapest price ever: $454.99.

In our Ryzen 9 3900XT review, we praised the chip’s boost in single-threaded performance over its predecessor. With PCIe 4.0 support and good mid-threaded performance too, the savings make this Ryzen chip an even sweeter deal.

Admittedly, this isn’t the best CPU on the market -- and wasn’t when it came out in July either. You’ll also have to invest in a cooler, as AMD isn’t including one for free. But with 12 CPU cores, 12 threads, a base clock speed of 3.8 GHz and a boost speed of 4.7 GHz, you’re getting solid specs on discount. 

For more savings, check our list of best Cyber Monday deals overall, best Cyber Monday monitor deals, best Cyber Monday SSD deals, best Cyber Monday CPU deals, best Cyber Monday graphics card deals, best Cyber Monday laptop deals, best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals and best Cyber Monday Raspberry Pi deals.

We're seeing great sales on Intel processors today, such as the Intel Core i9-10850K hitting all-time low prices. Among the best Cyber Monday CPU deals: Intel's Core i7-10700KF has dropped down to $289, a new all-time low price and far below its regular price of $361.

The Intel Core i7-10700KF is nearly-identical to the Core i7-10700K, with one tiny difference: it has no integrated GPU. However, if you're buying a high-end processor like this, you almost certainly have or were planning to get one of the best graphics cards.

This 125W CPU has 8 cores, 16 threads and a rated boost clock of 5.1 GHz. When we published our Intel Core i7-10700K review, we noted that it pretty much matched Intel's top-of-the-line Core i9-10900K for gaming when running at that 5.1 GHz speed. In other words, this is Intel's best value and it's now at its best price ever.

When we tested the Intel Core i7-10700K (identical to the KF), on various tests in different games we found it tied, nearly-tied, or beat the Core i9-10900K, which costs $539, in gaming when both were clocked at 5.1 GHz. That's the same performance for almost half the price.

As you can see, Core i7-10700K actually had a higher frame rate on Warhammer 40K.  It also pulled ahead on Final Fantasy XV.

Of course, the Core i9-10900K has more cores so it's going to do better with multi-threaded apps. However, with 8 cores and 16 threads, the Core i7-10700KF is also a strong performer.

For more savings, check our list of best Cyber Monday deals overall, best Cyber Monday monitor deals, best Cyber Monday SSD deals, best Cyber Monday CPU deals, best Cyber Monday graphics card deals, best Cyber Monday laptop deals, best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals and best Cyber Monday Raspberry Pi deals.

If you're wondering where and how to buy an RTX 3080 or RTX 3070 card, your chances of succeeding in what's left of 2020 seem slim. Most stores are constantly sold out of the GPUs and barring extremely good luck, you may be waiting until sometime in Q1 of next year to get your card. But what if you are willing to buy rather than build your RTX 3000-series powered desktop?

If you order the Alienware Aurora R10 or R11 desktop PC, you could be playing Cyberpunk 2077 in 4K with ray-tracing on (see Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements) when the year's most-anticipated game launches in early December. 

And believe it or not, Dell has the Aurora configurations with RTX 3080 and 3070 on significant Cyber Monday sales. So, not only are you getting the card, but you're also getting a discount of as much as $237 off the list price when you use the coupon code WEEKEND10 at checkout.

The cheapest RTX 3080-enabled Alienware desktop is the Aurora R11 for $1772. However, at that bare minimum price, you only get 8GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive to go with the Core i7-10700F CPU. A more-realistic minimum config involves the same CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD for $1931. The WEEKEND10 coupon seems to only work on custom configurations and some, but not all ready-made configs.

Alienware makes two models of Aurora with the new RTX cards inside. The Aurora R10 uses AMD Ryzen 3000-series processors while the R11 has 10th Gen Intel CPUs. Otherwise, the two are pretty much identical. 

The prices listed below are starting prices, but all the models are configurable with higher-end processors, more RAM and more storage. When I checked my zip code, the estimated shipping dates ranged from December 8th to December 17th, depending on whether I wanted to pay extra to a little extra ($25) expedite. 

Alienware Aurora R11 with RTX 3070, 3080

The base specs of the Alienware Aurora R11 with RTX 3070 and 3080 aren't bad. The Core i7-10700KF can turbo up to 5.1 GHz and it has 8 cores. However, if you're spending more than $2,000 on a computer, you should probably have more than 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

We recommend spending $196 to step up to the Core i9-10900F, $196 to double the RAM and $147 to get a 1TB SSD with a 1TB hard drive as well. Or again, you could upgrade with your own parts after buying and save some money.

Alienware Aurora R10 with RTX 3070, 3080

While the Aurora R10 isn't available with the new Ryzen 5000 series CPUs yet, it has a selection of Ryzen 3000 chips available.  The base configuration has a Ryzen 7 3700X CPU that has 8 cores and a boost clock of 4.4 GHz. 

However, you can configure with a more powerful processor, going all the way up to the Ryzen 9 3950X for an extra $784. We recommend splurging an extra $147 for the Ryzen 7 3800X (8-cores, 4.5 GHz boost) or Ryzen 7 3800XT (8-cores, 4.7 GHZ boost).

We'd also pay $196 extra to move up to 32GB of RAM and $147 to get a 1TB SSD with a 1TB hard drive for data. Or you could just add more storage or RAM on your own after buying.

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If you've been wondering where and how to buy an RTX 3070 card,  the best answer is: in a prebuilt gaming PC. As we've documented, Alienware has some Aurora R10 and R11 desktops with RTX 3070 inside, but these start at close to $1,800 with just 8GB of RAM and a hard drive inside (getting a good config is closer to $2,000).

Right now, Newegg has the ABS Gladiator Gaming PC with RTX 3070 inside and a host of other goodies, including a 1TB SSD, 16GB of RAM and a Core i7-9700F CPU, for just $1449. That's $50 off its regular price of $1499, but what really makes it one of the best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals, is that you can get a fully-loaded RTX 3070 computer for less than $1500. 

ABS's attractive-chassis is loaded with both cooling and RGB. It has two front case fans, an RGB rear case fan and an RGB cooler. It also has RGB lighting on the front panel. A 650W power supply provides more than enough juice.

With RTX 3070 inside, you should be able to game at 2K at high settings or even 4K at modest settings. And you'll have great support for ray tracing while you far exceed the Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements. 

While it's true that the Core i7-9700F CPU is a last-gen, Coffee Lake part, it's plenty fast with a base clock speed of 3 GHz and a boost speed of 4.7 GHz. It has 8 cores and 8 threads for strong multitasking. 

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If you've been shopping for a high-quality webcam lately, you might think you'd have an easier time finding an RTX 3080 card or a Ryzen 5000 CPU. For most people, "high-quality" means a Logitech C920 series camera, the big Kahuna of webcams. Unfortunately, in this new work-from-home world, everyone is thinking the same thing and the C920 and its variants (C920e, C920x) are either out-of-stock or available only at jacked-up prices most of the time.

The good news is that there are a lot of excellent Logitech C920 alternatives, which we've tested and ranked on our best webcams to buy now page. One of our favorites, the Aukey PC-LM1E, also known as the Aukey FHD webcam, is now on sale for just $29, reduced from $59. That's one of the best Cyber Monday deals you'll see today.

Below, you can see a couple of sample shots we took with the Aukey FHD webcam. While its colors are a little warm, its image quality was very strong and nearly o par with the Logitech C920 and more-expensive competitors like the Ausdom AF640 (on sale today for $71). 

As you can see, the red in the Tom's Hardware logo on the hat is a really vibrant red and images in the foreground, particularly the skin on the face and hands look smooth and sharp. We shot these near a window so one side of the face is better lit than the other, but your mileage will vary based on your environment.

The Aukey FHD webcam also has a couple of features that even the C920 doesn't. Its base rotates a full 3060 degrees and it tilts up and down further than Logitech's camera.

The camera records at up to 1080p, 30fps and it has an excellent built-in microphone. If anything, we found the mic occasionally too sensitive as it picked up some background noise. For $29, this is a steal.

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It's tough to find a Ryzen 5000 CPU in stock these days. But they're some of the best CPUs around thanks to a big jump in instructions per clock, as well as other improvements brought by Zen 3. And whether you're after a Ryzen 9 5950X or a more mainstream Ryzen 5600X, they're well worth waiting for. So if you know you'll be snatching up one of AMD's newest slices of silicon as soon as you can, why not get things ready for your new bundle of joy by picking up a board for it whenever it arrives? 

Asus' ROG Strix B550-E is currently $60 off after a $50 rebate, taking this normally $279 board down to a more palatable $219. Your CPUs new home will come complete with a 14+2 power stage so it can perform at its overclocked best, two heatsink-cooled M.2 slots (one with PCIe 4.0 support), a fast USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C port, and lots of RGB to give your processor's new home that fuzzy warm glow. There's even a SupremeFX S1220A codec so you can play it lullabies (or, you know, AAA titles) in the highest of high-fidelity audio.

This ATX board also has three PCIe x16 slots, an x1 slot, and Wi-Fi 6, and even a Thunderbolt header. Whether you want your new CPU to grow up to be a famous game streamer, a more traditional creative professional, or a Jake or Jane of all silicon skills, the Asus ROG Strix B550-E should give your Zen 3 baby all it needs to do its best and make you proud -- whenever you manage to find it in stock.

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Gigabyte's and its Aorus gaming brand only got into the monitor business a couple of years ago, but the company is no amateur when it comes to making great displays. Case in point: the Aorus CV27Q, a 27-inch curved, 165 Hz screen that is one of the best gaming monitors you can buy and a favorite for 2K gaming.

This week, Best Buy has one of the best Cyber Monday monitor deals: the Aorus CV27Q reduced to $369 from its regular price of $459. For that sum, you get a panel that has a 1500mm curve and supports HDR10 and DisplayHDR 400. The 165 Hz panel works with both FreeSync and G-Sync.

We published a review of the Aorus CV27Q when it came out a year ago and found that with that the monitor delivers maximum brightness of 472 nits, more than its spec sheet says. Its VA panel delivers a stunning 7165:1 contrast ratio, exceeding its 3000:1 spec and the 1000:1 you get from most IPS panels.

The Aorus CV27Q comes with a height-adjustable stand with 5.3 inches of play and 21 degrees of forward tilt. The monitor itself has LED lights in the back you can control via Gigabyte's RGB Fusion software. 

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Whether you're using a MacBook Pro or another laptop with Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C connectivity, you need a good docking station that can both charge your computer and pump data out to multiple monitors over a single wire. Plugable's new TBT3-UDZ dock is likely your best choice and it's now available for just $225 at Amazon for Prime members, which is $75 off the list price and $25 off the $249 it had been for a while.

When I tested the Plugable TBT3-UDZ, I noted that this docking station easily outputs to dual 4K monitors at 60 Hz over your choice of either HDMI or DisplayPort (it has two of each port, but can only use two at a time) and that it also provides 96W of charging for your laptop, the most you can possibly get and a match for the MacBook Pro's own power adapter. I tested with my ThinkPad X1 Carbon and got great connectivity to both my 4K monitors at once, the ability to connect a slew of peripherals and plenty of juice. 

The TBT3-UDZ works with laptops that have Thunderbolt 3 or just USB-C, in which case it will send video using USB's alternative mode. It has 7 different USB 3 ports, two of which can output at 10 Gbps. It also features both SD card and microSD card readers, gigabit Ethernet and audio out.

What I like most about the Plugable TBT3-UDZ is its design and build quality. It has a really sleek, matte aluminum chassis that comes with a stand so you have the choice of either using it vertically or horizontally. 

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If you're looking for Cyber Monday deals involving lots of memory, Newegg and G.Skill have a 64GB kit of DDR4-3600 RAM for just $225. To put that in perspective, that's $56 per 16GB, which is already a great starting price when you look at our best DDR4 memory guide. This just gives you lots more memory to work with. It's probably more than most of us really need. But then again, there are high-end 32GB kits that cost this much.

This is an older DDR4 kit with CL18 timings, but it should still work in modern AMD and Intel boards. That includes sockets AM4, LGA1151, and LGA1200, as well as HEDT platforms (if you buy two kits and run 128GB of RAM). Not every CPU and platform will be able to run at DDR4-3600, but most will do so. You may need to manually tweak the RAM voltage and/or timings to get things stable, but we've had good luck with other Ripjaws V kits.

If you're doing heavy lifting like photo or video editing, 3D rendering, software development, or other professional workloads, having lots of memory is a great way to improve system responsiveness. Or you can use virtualization on your workstation and run multiple operating systems concurrently. Whatever floats your boat. To think only ten years back, a 64GB SSD had a similar price. That's progress.

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