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9to5Toys Battlestation Weekly: Back to School PC deals, RTX 50-series gaming laptops, OLED monitors, and more

Karthik Iyer | Aug 15 2026 - 6:00 am PT

PC Gaming/Weekly

Welcome to 9to5Toys Battlestation Weekly – your go-to spot for the notable deals and latest releases in PC gaming at a glance every Saturday morning. Back to School deals are still going strong this week, with some particularly notable offers landing on gaming laptops, Copilot+ PCs, monitors, and more. We’re tracking a $601 discount on GIGABYTE’s RTX 5070 Gaming A16, which you can pair with Samsung’s 360Hz OLED display down to $500. Best Buy also has a bunch of other Back to School offers worth checking out, while Woot has more laptop deals waiting in its ongoing Windows sale. You’ll also find plenty of smaller battlestation upgrades in the mix, including chargers, power banks, and more from Anker, all waiting for you below in this week’s Battlestation Weekly.

Back to School highlights

Anker’s 2026 Back to School sale drops chargers, power banks, and Qi2.2 gear back to Prime Day lows from just $10 (46% off)

Best Buy’s August back-to-school PC sale gets serious with new deals: Up to $1,125 off Copilot+ PCs and gaming machines

Massive Windows sale at Woot takes up to $1,300 off Copilot+ PCs and gaming laptops from $185 just in time for Back to School

Best Buy’s Back to School monitor sale is now live with deals from just $90 (Up to $700 off)

This week’s PC deals and news

***All prices subject to change at any time…get’em while they are hot!

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PC Gaming

Best Buy knocks up to $120 off the Xbox ROG Ally with open-box units from $480

A 165Hz gaming monitor for just $59? Don’t miss this Amazon 24-inch display while it’s 46% off today

Huge $601 discount makes this RTX 5070 GIGABYTE gaming laptop a serious value at $1,249

Give your battlestation a serious upgrade with Samsung’s 360Hz OLED gaming monitor down to $500 (All-time low)

Walmart has one of the best RTX 5070 PC deals right now with this liquid-cooled CyberPowerPC prebuilt at nearly $500 off

Samsung’s 27-inch 5K dual-mode Odyssey G8 gaming monitor drops to its best price yet at $700 (Save $250)

PC

One of the best Back to School touchscreen 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC deals strikes this HP OmniBook X Flip laptop at $700

Huge $500 discount drops Acer’s Ryzen AI 9 Swift Go Copilot+ PC with 32GB RAM to $1,000 (All-time low)

This $500 Lenovo Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC might be the Back to School laptop deal to beat (2026 low)

Huge $625 Back to School discount drops Lenovo’s new Snapdragon X2 Plus Yoga Slim 7x Copilot+ PC down to $875 (All-time low)

Best Buy drops Samsung’s latest Galaxy Book 6/Pro Copilot+ PCs to as low as $800 for Back to School ($650 off)

Computer Accessories

Ditch the stand with HUANUO’s FlowLift Pro monitor arm down at $25.50 (Reg. $50)

This travel-ready power strip delivers 65W USB-C for $25 (Save 31%)

Belkin’s tiny new 100W USB-C MacBook GaN charger with 5-foot cable is down to just $25

Power everything on your desk for just $60 with this SABRENT 252W 8-port charging station (All-time low)

Baseus’ 20,000mAh 100W laptop power bank with dual built-in cables just plunged to $33 (58% off)

Acer’s braided USB/Thunderbolt 4 Type-C cable with 240W charging, 8K, more hits $16

Anker’s 140W 4-port MacBook charger with smart display is down to just $56 today

Give your compact keyboard a proper numpad with Keychron’s sleek K0 Max at $49 low

Keep PCs, desks, car seating, furniture, and much more clear with the GOOLOO F3 air duster down at $30

This 240W braided USB-C cable with a touch display lets you see exactly how fast your device is charging, and it’s just $17 today

Satechi launches more powerful 240W display-equipped ChargeView desktop charger

UGREEN’s display-equipped 160W Nexode Pro can power five devices at once, now down to just $60

UGREEN’s 65W Nexode Air is one of the smallest chargers we’ve seen, now just $21.50 at nearly 50% off

Gaming Accessories

Microsoft’s brand-new Gears of War: E-Day Xbox controller looks like it survived Emergence Day – now up for pre-order

8BitDo’s NES-style mechanical keyboard with giant Super Buttons is down to just $70 today

This new Forza Horizon 6 Xbox controller is way more fun than the standard one – now at $75 all-time low

PNY’s 256GB Express microSD card doubles your Switch 2 storage for just $50 today, more from just $25

Razer’s BlackWidow V4 Pro OLED gaming keyboard just dropped $100 to its best price yet at $200

First deal knocks Razer’s latest Huntsman V3 TKL 8KHz keyboard down to $108

My personal tech arsenal

Having a finger on the pulse of the best PC gaming deals and gear helps me stay on top of all the new gear and the freshest deals. Here’s what I’ve managed to pick up over time for my personal arsenal: