Black Friday Deals For 2016: PC Upgrades, New Builds & Gaming

It’s that time of year when people go a little bit crazy as retailers flog off whatever they can in a mad dash to guarantee delivery before the often hectic festive season begins. Black Friday, where people line up in the streets at 5am for a chance to buy waffle irons at steep discounts, and useful items at… not so steep discounts.

Occasionally though, real offers do crop up, and we’ve been keeping an eye on a few cool products to help out that tech lover in the family. Solid state drives, graphics cards, monitors and other components are usually what we’re interested in, but the occasional TV or console game are likely to crop up too.

With the obligatory intro sorted, I hope you have the cash to splash, as we delve into the dark depths of Black Friday deals. As a disclaimer, the links are affiliated, and as such we get a small kickback which helps run the site, so thank you in advance if you purchase anything. Most deals will be for the US only.

Top Deals

While scouring the net, we did come across a number of deals that caught our attention. The one that’s stood out the most so far is a massive discount on an EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB video card being sold for $169.99. To put that into perspective, these cards are normally $230+, even among the cheaper 3GB 1060 cards, this is a cracking deal.

Samsung has a number of deals going on its own site and through retails where you can pick up its older generation 850 and 950 series SSDs at a fair discount. People looking for deals on a new build, check out some listed below, as most parts are on offer for a mid-range to budget system (CPUs are reduced, but are not exactly jaw dropping discounts).

PC Components

• Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 – $34.99
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB SC GAMING – $169.99
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED – $19.99
• Corsair Carbide 200R Chassis – $44.99
• Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 – $99.99
• CORSAIR CX series CX600 600W PSU – $49.99 ($29.99 after rebate)
• SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 – $169.99
• Rosewill Stallion RD500-2SB 500 Watt PSU – $44.99 ($14.99 after rebate)
• HyperX Fury 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4 2400 – $44.99
• G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400 – $74.99
• 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD – $129.99
• 256GB Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD – $169.99

Displays

• ASUS VN248H-P 23.8″ LED IPS Monitor – $119.99 ($99.99 after rebate)

The 24-port gigabit switch is a good deal if you’re in the need of some network infrastructure upgrades, with a smart switch (semi-managed) being available too. The Elgato capture unit will be helpful if you want to record console games or stream, but it’s only the cheaper version on offer which doesn’t have pass-through unfortunately.

Network & Accessories

• NETGEAR Nighthawk X10 – AD7200 – $374.99
• TP-Link 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Rackmount Switch – $69.99
• Elgato Game Capture HD60 – $109.99
• Amazon Fire TV Stick – $29.99

Logitech and Corsair have a wide range of peripherals on offer right now, with Logitech having a full CHERRY MX Red board going for $60, and Kingston’s Cloud II headset going cheap too (reviewed and a most excellent headset).

Peripherals

• Logitech G610 Orion Red Backlit Mechanical (Cherry RED Switches) – $59.99
• Logitech G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse – $39.99
• HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset – $64.99
• Corsair Keyboards with up to 30% off
• Blue Yeti Microphone Blackout – $89.99

Storage

• SanDisk Ultra 128GB microSDXC UHS-I – $29.99
• SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick 64GB – $29.99

Gaming

• PS4 Slim 500GB + Uncharted 4 Bundle – $249.00
• Xbox One S 1TB Battlefield 1 Bundle – $299.99

Camera Gear

• Nikon D3400 with 18-55mm + 70-300mm lens kit – $496.95
• Canon EOS Rebel T6 with 18-55 + 75-300mm lens kit – $449.00

This list will be updated throughout the day, so keep checking back every couple of hours as new items are listed.