9to5Toys Battlestation Weekly – Up to $800 off with huge gaming sale event, Samsung 990 EVO Plus all-time low, more

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. Firstly we’ll dive into Best Buy’s weekend gaming event, which is still live with up to $800 in savings. After that, we’ll dive into some fresh lows on gaming monitors, gamepads, PC components, and more. We also got some new gear courtesy of Razer, 8Bitdo, and Amazon this week, so be sure to check them out before you get into the Halloween spirit by tricking out your house with Halloween lighting and grabbing candies and chocolates for the trick-or-treaters. Let’s go!

Some of my favorite gear

Anker’s 9-in-1 charging station with 100W USB-C

This week’s best PC gaming gear deals

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

Best Buy weekend gaming event now live with up to $800 off gaming laptops, desktops, monitors, and more

Best Buy has now kicked off another one of its weekend sales and this time it’s all about gaming. This Best Buy weekend event will be live until Sunday and it’ll offer huge discounts alongside its Daily Deals on a range of products. This week we’re looking at gaming gear, ranging from up to $500 in savings on gaming laptops and desktops, along with price matches on many gaming monitor deals we’ve highlighted over the last few weeks. You can also snag gaming peripherals like keyboards, mice, gamepads, and more starting from as low as $8.

• Alienware’s popular 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is down to its lowest price at $612
• Score Samsung’s brand new 1TB 7,250MB/s 990 EVO Plus Gen 4 SSD down at $90 low
• Land SK hynix’s half TB flash drive-sized 1Gb/s portable SSD at $45 low (43% off)
• SteelSeries’ originally $60 Stratus Duo Wireless controller for Android now just $15
• NZXT’s 2024 RGB H5 airflow PC case is down to its lowest price today at $100
• Acer’s 2024 Chromebook Plus 516 GE Cloud Gaming Laptop falls to new low at $499
• HP OMEN – Transcend 14 OLED laptop w/ Ultra 7/16GB/1TB/4060 $1,200 (Reg. $1,700)
• ROG Zephyrus G14 OLED laptop w/ 8945HS/32GB/1TB/4070b $1,650 (Reg. $2,000)
• Acer Nitro V laptop w/ Core i7/16GB/512GB/4060 $800 (Reg. $1,100)
• Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SC) monitor $1,080 (Reg. $1,800)
• Corsair medium gaming mousepad $10 (Reg. $17)
• Acer Nitro 60 desktop w/ 7900/32GB/1TB/4070 $1,700 (Reg. $1,850)

This week’s best tech deals

Dell’s brand new XPS 13 with Intel’s Lunar Lake Ultra 7 chip is down to its lowest price at $1,000 ($400 off)

We just spotted an unmissable deal that drops Dell’s XPS 13 Copilot+ PC with Intel’s Lunar Lake in Graphite down to $999.99 shipped at Best Buy. This is a brand new laptop that hit the scene last month carrying Intel’s new Core Ultra 7 Series 2 Lunar Lake processor and a $1,400 price tag. Today’s deal lands as its first deal and it shaves a solid $400 off its listed price. This is the lowest price we’ve tracked for this unit which is hot off the press and is less than two months old. This XPS 13 model with Lunar Lake chip, in case you’re wondering, is fetching $500 less than its Snapdragon X Elite counterpart.

• LG’s $500 34-inch UltraWide QHD IPS HDR 10 monitor is now over 50% off at $237.50
• New low strikes HP’s brand-new Snapdragon X Plus OmniBook Copilot+ PC at $600
• Anker’s compact 45W USB-C GaN charger for iPhone 16 just hit the $16 Amazon low
• GoPro’s brand-new HERO13 Black action camera sees first discount down to $350
• Achieve dual-screen setup anywhere with ASUS’ portable USB-C monitor at $99
• LISEN undercuts the competition with its collapsible 3-in-1 15W MagSafe charger at $23

New gear releases

• Check out 8Bitdo’s new Hall Effect Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller for Android
• Razer just unleashed Barracuda X Chroma wireless headset with RGB flair and detachable mic
• Amazon’s new eero Outdoor 7 extends Wi-Fi to your backyard with IP66 rating and up to 15,000 sq. ft. coverage

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:

• Sony PlayStation 5 console
• Viture Pro AR/XR glasses
• Gravastar M1 Pro
• Steam Deck OLED 512GB
• My gaming rig:
  • Case: ASUS Prime AP201 mATX white
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D desktop gaming CPU
  • GPU: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Super GPU with 12GB VRAM
  • Memory: 32GB TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-6400
  • SSD: WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 NVMe drive