If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC for Black Friday, Alienware (which is owned by Dell) is one of best gaming brands we'd recommend. The Alienware Black Friday Sale is mostly still live with some great deals on Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktops, m-series and x-series gaming laptops, and several gaming monitors. Check out all of the deals below, and I'll keep adding to the list as I find more. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Alienware is at the top of our buying list for gaming laptops and PCs.
I expect most if not all of these Black Friday deals to continue through the Black Friday weekend all the way up to Cyber Monday (which lands on December 2). Dell will probably release some new – and potentially better – deals for Cyber Monday and bring back some of the more popular systems that are currently out of stock.
Black Friday Alienware Gaming PC Deals
Black Friday Alienware Gaming Laptop Deals
Black Friday Gaming Monitors
You can quickly browse through all of the listed products on sale above. See below for our favorite picks.
The 2024 Alienware "R16" desktop chassis is a major improvement.
The R16 is Alienware's current 2024 desktop PC design and one of our picks for best gaming PC. It's 40% smaller in volume compared to previous iterations. It features a simple yet proven airflow pattern; air is drawn in through the side intake vents over the GPU area and a 120mm fan at the front of the case, and exhausts by way of a 120mm rear fan and two 120mm top fans. A 240mm radiator for the all-in-one liquid cooling system is mounted to these top fans. Some configurations don't actually include the liquid cooling system, but we rarely include them in this roundup. That's because Alienware's liquid cooling solution is far superior to their stock air cooling and is easily worth the price premium.
Alienware Aurora R16 i9 RTX 4070 Ti Super Gaming PC
This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC boasts a multi-tasking friendly Intel Core i9-14900F CPU and the excellent RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU for $1,499.99 after a $600 instant discount. The RTX 4070 Ti Super is a second gen RTX 40 series GPU; it's about 10% more powerful than the RTX 4070 Ti and 15-25% faster than the RTX 4070 Super. This is a great card for both 1440p and 4K gaming. The VRAM count is upped to 16GB compared the the RTX 4070 Ti's 12GB, which means it has the same amount of VRAM as the RTX 4080 Super.
Alienware Aurora R16 i7 RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC
The Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC features a Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, RTX 4060 Ti GPU, 16GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The RTX 4060 Ti video card is a very good option for 1080p gaming at high frame rates. It's also the minimum NVIDIA GPU we'd recommend for 1440p gaming.
Alienware m16 R2 16" RTX 4060/4070 Gaming Laptops
Dell is offering an Alienware m16 R2 16" RTX 4060 gaming laptop for $1,199.99 after a $300 instant discount. You'll need a decent amount of GPU power to be able to run games smoothly on the display's bumped-up QHD+ resolution. The RTX 4060 sits between the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3070 Ti, so it's definitely no slouch in terms of gaming performance. Alternatively, you can upgrade to an RTX 4070 for $200 more. The RTX 4070 mobile is on par with the RTX 3080 but with newer features like DLSS 3.0.
Alienware m18 R2 18" i9 RTX 4070 Gaming Laptop
The Alienware m18 is the biggest Alienware laptop you can buy with an imposing 18" 2560×1600 display and top-of-the-line components. There are two models that are on sale today. The higher end model includes an Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU and RTX 4090 GPU for $2899.99. The RTX 4090 is still the most powerful mobile GPU on the market, and by a very substantial margin. It's roughly equivalent to a desktop RTX 3090 GPU. If that's beyond your budget, there's also a model equipped with an Intel Core i7-14700HX CPU and RTX 4070 GPU for $1899.99.
Alienware x16 R2 16" Intel Core Ultra 7 RTX 4060 Gaming Laptop
The Alienware x16 gaming laptop is a slimmer and lighter redesign of the traditional m-series laptop. It's the thinnest 16" Alienware laptop ever and compares in build quality and performance to other high-end ultra-thin laptops like the Razer Blade. This Alienware x16 R2 laptop is built with premium materials, like a magnesium alloy chassis and palm rest, anodized aluminum lid, stainless steel keyboard tray, and Micro LED RGB accent lighting. It's only 0.73" thin and weighs in at 6 pounds. That's impressive considering the fact that this laptop can be equipped with the most power NVIDIA GPU.
Dell G15 15" AMD Ryzen 7 RTX 4060 Gaming Laptop
Dell has dropped the prices on both this Dell G15 RTX 4060 gaming laptop to an incredibly low price of $799.99. Dells G-series laptops are great options for budget gamers. They offer excellent gaming performance equal to a comparably equipped Alienware laptop but at a much lower price point. They also have better build quality than Dell's Inspiron lineup, with nicer materials that include anodized aluminum, and an aggressive cooling design borrowed from Alienware laptops.
Not all laptop GPUs are the same, even if they share the same name.
There are two important tidbits that deserve mention concerning graphics cards found in laptops. First, mobile GPU variants are not as powerful as their desktop counterparts. For example, a mobile RTX 4060 doesn't perform as well as a desktop RTX 4060. The mobile versions are generally about one to two tiers lower in performance. Using the same example, the mobile RTX 4060 performs more similarly to a desktop RTX 4050.
Second, not all laptops feature the same performance out of the same GPU. For example, the RTX 4060 found in the Alienware m16 will be more powerful than the RTX 4060 found in the Alienware x14. In order to roughly tell how good a GPU will be, you can look at the TGP rating. That's basically the amount of power supplied to the GPU. A higher TGP rating means more power will be delivered, equating to stronger performance, however the wattage consumption and heat generated will be higher. Here are the maximum TGP rates for the RTX 40 series graphics cards:
- Mobile RTX 4050: 115W
- Mobile RTX 4060: 115W
- Mobile RTX 4070: 115W
- Mobile RTX 4080: 150W
- Mobile RTX 4090: 150W
32" Alienware AW3225QF 4K OLED Gaming Monitor
Alienware just sweetened the deal on its best gaming monitor for Black Friday Sale. Right now, the 32" Alienware AW3225QF 32" 4K QD OLED gaming monitor is down to $899.99. That's the lowest price I've seen all year long. However for Black Friday only, Alienware just tossed in a bonus $100 Dell promotional e-gift card with your purchase. The Alienware AW3225QF was released earlier this year and is actually Dell's one and only monitor that combines a 4K resolution with an OLED panel. If you're looking for the best 4K gaming monitor, this should definitely be on your short list. This is the monitor I personally use.
27" Dell G2724D Gaming Monitor
The Dell G2724D gaming monitor offers all the gaming features you'd want in a 27" gaming monitor at an incredibly affordable price. This monitor features a 2560×1440 resolution (109 ppi), which is a nice upgrade from the 1080p resolution you normally see at this price point. This is a great gaming monitor thanks to the fast 1ms response time and up to 165Hz refresh rate over DisplayPort (144Hz over HDMI). The IPS panel produces great color accuracy and wide viewing angles so it also makes for a great general purpose monitor.
Black Friday Playstation Consoles
Sony's Black Friday PlayStation deals all went live on Friday, November 21. Dell is one of Sony's major authorized resellers and the massive price drops I've seen on PS5 Slim console bundles, DualSense controllers, PS VR2 headset, and video games are all available on their site.
Will the Deals Change for Cyber Monday?
In my experience, many of the same deals we saw on Black Friday will return for Cyber Monday 2024, including deals that were sold out or expired. Retailers usually release their hottest selling items in batches so that every sale event has at least some inventory reserved. That said, I also expect plenty of new, never before seen deals. Traditionally, Black Friday was known as the "retail holiday," where the best deals were found in-store, and Cyber Monday was known as the "online holiday," where the best deals were online only. Although today the lines have blurred, it is still true that many online only retailers still consider Cyber Monday the sale event of the year instead of Black Friday. Expect some amazing sales to come out of online-only sites like Amazon, Newegg, Dell, HP, Lenovo and several online-only deals from traditional retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. In fact, Amazon has taken the preemptive and already switched over to Cyber Monday.
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.
