Best Buy is offering a great deal on a powerful gaming laptop ahead of Black Friday. For this week only, you can pick up the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop for just $1,499.99 with free delivery after a $400 instant discount. This is a well-equipped laptop, boasting a gorgeous 16" 240Hz OLED display and a high-end Intel Core Ultra 9 HX series processor. The RTX 5070 Ti is a powerful mobile GPU that can run any game you throw at it.
The Acer Predator Helios Neo is a mid to high-end laptop featuring powerful components at a no-nonsense price. Build quality and materials are good with a solid aluminum top lid and a plastic composite bottom chassis. This particular configuration is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Both the RAM and SSD are user-upgradeable. The gorgeous 16" OLED display features a 2.5K 189ppi resolution, 0.2ms response time, 240Hz refresh rate, HDR 500 True Black certification, and 100% DCI-P3 color space. Connectivity options include both Thunderbolt 4 and HDMI 2.1 ports and an ethernet port.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor has 24 cores and a max turbo frequency of 5.4GHz. This is the second most powerful Intel mobile CPU currently available (the Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher clock speed) and goes toe to toe with AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX processor. This is an excellent CPU to pair with a powerful GPU like the 5070 Ti.
The RTX 5070 Ti mobile GPU is comparable in performance to the previous generation's RTX 4080 and pulls ahead of it in games that support DLSS 4. It should be able to handle even the newest and most demanding games like Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, and Borderlands 4 on the native 2560x1600 resolution.
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If you're seeking the absolute best of the best in PC gaming performance, look no further. Just for Black Friday, Dell has kicked off the best deal I've seen on a top-shelf Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 equipped gaming PC. Right now you can get a very well-equipped configuration for $4,299.99 after a massive $1,200 off instant discount. Complementing the uber powerful RTX 5090 GPU is a liquid cooled Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and a generous amount of RAM and SSD storage.
This system is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor with upgraded 360mm liquid cooling, 32GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 2TB SSD. The 1,500W 80Plus Platinum power supply is generously rated to take on even the most power hungry of gaming PCs, and that's important in this case because a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has a minimum recommended rating of 1,000W. A 1,500W power supply will leave you plenty of room for upgrades down the road.
Dell unveiled the new Alienware Area-51 gaming PC at CES 2025. The chassis is a super-sized upgrade to the 2024 R16 system with aesthetic and cooling redesigns and updated components. The I/O panel is positioned at the top of the case instead of the front, and the tempered glass window now spans the entire side panel instead of just a smaller cutout. As a result, the side panel vents are gone, and instead air intakes are located at the bottom as well as the front of the case. Alienware is now pushing a positive airflow design (more intake than exhaust airflow), which means a less dusty interior. The internal components have been refreshed with a new motherboard, faster RAM, and bigger power supply to accommodate the new generation of CPUs and GPUs.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has emerged as the most powerful consumer GPU on the market. Although with this generation Nvidia has prioritized software updates, AI features, and DLSS 4 technology to improve gameplay performance, the 5090 still boasts an impressive 25%-30% uplift over the RTX 4090 in hardware-based raster performance. If you want the absolute best performance for your gaming PC, there is literally no other option from any other brand.
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Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
Apple products are always some of the most sought after items every Black Friday. Pretty much every major retailer tries to jump in on the Apple train and compete to offer the best possible deal. With both the Amazon Black Friday sale and Best Buy Black Friday sale already live for 2025, the race for who has the best discounts has officially begun. There are plenty of price drops on AirPods, MacBooks, and iPads readily available pretty much everywhere now—except for the Apple Store.
Apple did announce its Black Friday plans alongside all of the new sales this week, but they were exactly what you'd expect from Apple. Starting on November 28, you'll be able to earn different quantities of Apple gift cards when you purchase select products directly from the Apple Store. As exciting as that promotion sounds, you can find better Apple deals at Amazon much earlier than that. Right now in fact.
The most notable Apple deal we've seen so far at Amazon is the latest Apple AirPods Pro 3 dropping a new low price. These new earbuds were announced back in September during Apple's iPhone 17 event, so its pretty surprising to see them already getting such a substantial discount. The older AirPods 4 are also getting a pretty substantial price cut down to just $79.99, which is also the lowest we've seen them go since they first came out.
Outside of the AirPods deals, there's also a pretty good deal available on the 2025 MacBook Air with the M4 chip included. We reviewed the latest MacBook Air refresh back in the spring when it first came out and called it "a gorgeous laptop that’ll get you through all of your daily tasks without breaking a sweat or even needing to be plugged in for long periods of time." This Black Friday discount drops $250 off its usual, which matches the lowest price we've ever seen on it.
As for tablet deals, the 2025 11-inch Apple iPad has dropped back down to its lowest price of the year. This is a discount that has been available off and on pretty much sense they came out back in March, so it's not as exciting as some of the other deals here. Still, if you're in the market for a new iPad during Black Friday this year, this deal is still worth considering.
Although both Amazon and Best Buy have already launched their official Black Friday sales, it's still pretty early. Both Target and Walmart Black Friday sales are set to kick off early next week and will potentially feature Apple discounts that we haven't seen yet. It's also possible that Amazon could potentially drop prices even further on actual Black Friday, which is something we've seen the retailer do in the past. So if you want the best possible prices, you may want to wait until next week before you buy.
If you've been waiting for the right time to bulk up your gaming library, now's your chance. While we're still waiting on Nintendo's deals, Xbox and Amazon launched Black Friday sales earlier this week. Now PlayStation has entered the fray with a spread of discounts on games, accessories, and even PS5 consoles.
While it's worth checking your wishlist and doing some scrolling, as a starting point, we're seeing great discounts for anyone looking to start or fill in the gaps on a Final Fantasy collection.
Overall, you’ve got options. The PlayStation Store offers the best discounts on the FF7 Remakes, but Amazon is actually offering physical copies. It really comes down to how much you care about having those games lined up on your shelf vs. sitting in your digital library. If you’re on the PC side, Steam is also running a PlayStation publisher sale that includes roughly the same discounts.
The Final Fantasy Pixel Collection is pretty unreal bang for your buck. It includes the pixel remasters of the first six Final Fantasy games for just $30 total with the current price drop, making it a great choice for something you can really dig into over the holidays. The discount also applies to the Nintendo Switch version.
While we wait for news on the third and final part of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, you can pick up the first two games at a discount. Remake Intergrade (Intergrade just meaning the PS5 version) has dropped to $19.99 for physical and $14.99 for digital.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, released just last year, has dropped to $39.99 for the physical copy on Amazon and $34.99 through PlayStation. Michael Higham's 9/10 review of Rebirth for IGN describes how it "impressively builds off of what Remake set in motion as both a best-in-class action-RPG full of exciting challenge and depth, and as an awe-inspiring recreation of a world that has meant so much to so many for so long."
The most recent mainline release, Final Fantasy XVI, has dropped to its lowest ever price on Amazon, which happens to be $5 cheaper than you can find it on the PlayStation Store. While outside of Black Friday deals themselves, Amazon does have a teensy tiny 5% discount on the most recent spin-off release, Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles.
PlayStation has knocked $100 off both its PS5 and PS5 Pro consoles, the only real console deals we’ve so far this Black Friday. There’s also PlayStation Plus discounts and a spread of DualSense controllers on sale, including my personal favorite, the limited edition Ghost of Yotei version.
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A very different morning today than it was yesterday. Cool, overcast, but the clouds are high and bright, so don’t worry, no chance of interruptions at least in the short term.
There are grey skies around Perth Stadium as we close in on the start of day two but play is expected to begin on time in 10 minutes or so. Nathan Lyon and Brendan Doggett will seek to carry Australia closer to England’s first innings total of 172, while the tourists lead by 49 runs and need one wicket to bat again.
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