Black Friday gaming PC deals 2021: the best prebuilt systems on sale today

OMEN 30L | Intel Core i7 10700K | Nvidia RTX 3080 | 16GB RAM | 512GB WD Black NVMe SSD | $2,319.99 $2,219.99 at HP (Save $100)
For a machine with an RTX 3080 inside, this is already a good price without the discount. When configured with slightly more storage and RAM than the base model (which would have been just 256GB and 8GB respectively), it’s a little more to the average PC enthusiast’s taste. And that’s a WD Black NVMe SSD in there, one of our favourites.

iBuyPower RDY SLMBG205 | Core i7 11700KF | RTX 3070 | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | $2,199 $1,899 at iBuyPower (save $300)
It’s all about speed with the RDY systems, and that 2-day rush service means you can get hold of your brand new gaming system within days. But then the actual rig is all about speed too, with an eight-core CPU and RTX 3070 GPU doing the gaming good stuff, and a 1TB PCIe SSD making Windows 11 feel super slick.

iBuyPower Gaming RDY SLHRG208 |AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |Nvidia RTX 3070 | $2,249 $1,999 at iBuypower (save $250)
This iBuypower gaming PC manages to strike a great balance between performance and value. Packing an RTX 3070 and a Ryzen 7 5800X for under $2,000 is no easy feat, but iBuypower has managed it without cutting any corners. Windows 11, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB NVMe SSD are all present and correct. This is a great deal. 

CyberPower Gamer Supreme | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X| AMD RX 6700 XT | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD | $2,289.99 $2,099.99 at Microsoft (Save $190.00)
Here’s a juicy, all AMD gaming PC with a decent chunk of money off. It’s not the greatest deal, as that graphics card isn’t quite up to par with others at this price range, but certainly worth a look if you’re wanting to get the full AMD experience and a high core count CPU. Plus, that’s a nice chunk of storage to keep you going.

Dell XPS Desktop Special Edition | Intel Core i7 11700 | Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti | 32GB | 1TB SSD | $2,099.99 $1,469 at Dell (save $630)
It’s not often you find an RTX 3060 Ti in a system these days, and that’s a shame because it’s one of our favourite graphics cards this generation. This PC is surprisingly a good deal, too. It has a great GPU, CPU, and comes with a generous 32GB of RAM and 1TB of speedy SSD storage. It doesn’t look particularly ‘gamer’, but we can live with that.

Alienware Aurora R12 | Intel Core i7 11700F | Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti | 16GB RAM | 512GB | $1,999.99 $1,371.99 at Dell (Save $628)
The RTX 3060 Ti is a little monster of a GPU that can even pump out frames at 4K, and coupled with a top-end 11th Gen Intel processor, you cant go wrong. This one comes with a good amount of RAM and enough speedy NVMe storage to see you through.

ABS Master | Intel Core i5 11400F | Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | $1,699.99 $1499.99 at Newegg (save $200)
This isn’t quite as good a deal as the above Dell systems, but it does come with three free games from Intel and Nvidia. Plus it looks the part and comes with out of the box components, so some might prefer that to the more pre-built Dell systems above. Worth considering then, with a decent discount. 

CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme | Intel Core i5 11600KF | RTX 3060 | 16GB RAM | 1TB NVMe SSD | $1,469.99 $1,229.99 at B&H Photo (save $240)
This is a tasty deal on a gaming PC that will gobble up your games and spit out a smooth frame rate at 1080p. The RTX 3080 is core to this deal, although the six-core, 12-thread Core i5 11600KF is worth highlighting too. The rest of the spec is on point, with a healthy amount of RAM and storage, and it’s all contained in a vibrant, blinged-out chassis. You even get a keyboard and mouse while saving $240 off the normal price.

Dell XPS Desktop | Intel Core i5 11700 | Nvidia RTX 3060 | 32GB RAM | 512GB SSD | $1,799.99 $1,322.99 at Dell (save $477)
The understated styling of the XPS will appeal if you’re not interested in lighting up your room while playing games maxed out at 1080p and pushing 1440p at high refresh. This system has plenty of surprises, too. The 32GB of RAM and great 11th Gen Core i7 processor make it a serious all-rounder for gaming and more. 

HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop | Ryzen 3 5300G | RTX 3060 | $969.99 $919.99 at HP (save $50)
Set the graphics card to an RTX 3060 in the configuration screen, and you can get a 30-series gaming PC for  $919.99—saving $50 on the normal price. You’d ideally want to up the CPU to a Ryzen 5 5600G, RAM to 16GB, and SSD to a 512GB model too, but you’ll soon find yourself way over $1,000 if you do. 

CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme | Intel Core i5 11600KF | Nvidia RTX 3060 | 16GB RAM | 500GB SSD | $1,592 at Amazon
This is a good PC for this price. With the fantastic RTX 3060 and a powerful 11th Gen Intel CPU, it really is an awesome price. That said, it comes with one caveat, it won’t ship until January, so it’s not much of a holiday buy. Still, if you can survive until then, this is going awfully cheap by today’s standards for the specs. To find the cheapest price on this one, make sure to head to the other retailers selling this product, as it’s Amazon’s direct listing that’s the cheapest, though it doesn’t show up by default.

ABS Legend | Intel core i7 10700KF | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | $3,399.99 $2,699.99 at Newegg (save $700)
What ridiculousness is this? A gaming PC with an RTX 3080 Ti and 10th Gen Intel chip combo, with a good amount of storage and RAM… and it comes with two great peripherals, to boot. You just need to top it off with one of the best gaming monitors and you’re sorted with a full, high-end setup.

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 | Nvidia RTX 3060 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800 | 512TB SSD | 16GB DDR4 | $1,709.99 $1,322.99 at Dell (save $387)
Here we have the Ryzen edition Aurora R10, and while it isn’t the absolute tip-top of gaming hardware, it’s still a very capable machine. With an Nvidia RTX 3060 and Ryzen 7 5800 combo, you can expect to run plenty of games at the highest settings on a 1080p monitor quite happily.

iBuyPower gaming desktop | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | Intel Core i7 11700KF | 1TB SSD | 16GB DDR4 | $3449.99 $2,699.99 at Newegg (save $750)
It’s not an easy task, buying an RTX 3080 Ti graphics card. That’s why a prebuilt gaming PC is one of the best ways to go, providing you need the rest of the PC parts, too. This is still a high-end build with a high-end price tag, but sadly it’s likely cheaper than building it yourself out of parts. Or at least quicker.

XPS Desktop | Nvidia RTX 3060 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800 | 512GB SSD | 32GB DDR4 | $1,799.99 $1,322.99 at Dell (save $477)
For a machine with a pretty tasty CPU, and a middling current-gen GPU, this XPS desktop is not the worst config. Of course, you’ll likely want to upgrade the SSD as 512GB doesn’t stretch too far nowadays, but it still means you’ll have a nippy boot drive. And that’s topped with 32GB of RAM, so can’t complain.

HP AiO PC | Core i7 10510U | 24-inch | $949.99 $799.99 at HP (save $150)
Offices have embraced the all-in-one PC design far more than we could have imagined, but it means you get a neat PC that has everything you need in a tidy package. The core specs here are healthy, with a 10th-Gen Core i7 being backed up by 16GB of RAM, and the classic combo of 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD. The 24-inch 1080p screen is bright and supports touch too.

ASUS Zen AiO | Ryzen 5 5500U | 24-inch | $829.99 $699.99 at Amazon (save $130)
Coming with a wireless keyboard and mouse, this is a nice, no faff, all-in-one option. Sure they wont be top-tier peripherals, but it’s a start. AMD’s 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 5500U is a nippy little mobile processor, and you get 8GB RAM, along with 512GB SSD as well.

Dell OptiPlex 3080 Micro | Intel Core i5 10500T | $1,112.86 $669 at Dell (save $443.86)
A nippy last generation CPU here for not a whole load of money, and it comes in a super compact form-factor. Dell has also jammed in a decent amount of RAM for productivity, and although there’s a little less storage capacity with 128GB, at least it’s an NVMe SSD: lighter and faster than a PC with an HDD would have been.