Black Friday/cyber Monday - what would count as worth buying?

[MyBrainz]

That should be good for a game or 2

The 980 PRO is my OS drive now but i only play 2 games, DayZ and GTA V but they're on my 980 PCIe 3.0 M.2 which is on an NVMe adapter in my second PCIe x16 slot.

Will deffo get something with more capacity when i switch to AM5 though.

 

[Firegod]

Managed to snag just 2 items during black friday, and they're not even for me! But I was happy with the pricing as I'd been watching for awhile. 990 Pro 1Tb = £58. And 990 Pro 2Tb = £119.

 

[Marmota]

There was a shaver I was going to buy on Amazon - looked today and it says "60% off Black Friday deal" but the price is actually £10 more than last week & it's the same seller

Noticed the same thing with ssd - exactly 10 pounds more than 2 or 3 days ago.

 

[Apex]

Been watching prices everywhere, it's an absolute scam.

 

[randomdziad]

There were few decent deals on other components (like the 7800x3d one) but GPUs were extremely disappointing across all shops. Funny how the just released 7800xt actually had best discounts .
Nvidia basically had 0 deals I guess people will buy their overpriced stuff anyway so they don't even have to care.

 

[Toxile]

Do you think any extra deals will be released for "Cyber Monday" either for OC or any other online tech store or the deals we have now is it??

 

[mahius]

Do you think any extra deals will be released for "Cyber Monday" either for OC or any other online tech store or the deals we have now is it??

Considering how overall bad even the BF deals have been, with drops still higher than weeks before or fake deals (no real price drops), I'm feeling doubtful.
OCUK may bring back some popular deals for Monday though, so keep an eye out for anything missed.
E.g. they've run out of stock on the Asus B650E-E, but is still available for pre-order at the discounted price, for when they get more stock.

Would be nice if the case I'm looking to buy comes back down to the all-time low from the week before BF, but I'm not holding my breath.
At this point, my extreme patience is allowing me to sit on this pile of PC parts and wait, till this case comes into decent pricing again, to buy the last bit.

 

[PaulM]

Still hoping for a RX 6600 at around the £160 price point but doesn't look like it's going to happen

 

[Azrael1]

Happy with my 7800x3d deal from ocuk and half price clothes in the black Friday sale. Don't spend too much these days but I think its been a great sale

 

[Needmorevram]

Almost bought an LG c3 65 and some M.2 drives but decided againt it. I will wait until early next year for a tv and i dont really need the drives. Bought 10kg of protein powder. Excited.

 

[w00dy85]

I managed to get the 7800x3d deal and also bought a Pico 4 for £259 with 3 games.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Almost bought an LG c3 65 and some M.2 drives but decided againt it. I will wait until early next year for a tv and i dont really need the drives. Bought 10kg of protein powder. Excited.

NAND prices are going to rise as production is being reduced.

 

[FredFlint]

This was the first time I did not buy anything on black Friday.

 

[Purgatory]

This was the first time I did not buy anything on black Friday.

Same.. I did buy 2 items while browsing the Black Friday deals but they were not on the sales, just items I needed at the time..

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales I grabbed a pair of ssds from Samsung (worked out cheaper than BF and Cyber Monday deals) as they currently have cashback offers on many things and OCUK is one of the qualifying stores the cashback works on too.

https://samsungoffers.claims/winterdeals/samsungcashback/en-GB#

To take part in this promotion, you'll need to purchase a qualifying new Samsung product from a participating retailer listed on this page between 29th November - 21st December 2023 to be eligible to claim a festive cashback.
Claims must be submitted within 30 days of purchase.
Claims are limited to 4 per household and 10 per business.

 

[Man-Meat]

I bought a 4080. Need to commit myself to the nearest loony bin.

 

[InHuman]

I was hoping for a deal on the 5800x3d but was dreaming i guess!

 

[Freddie1980]

I was hoping for a deal on the 5800x3d but was dreaming i guess!

It's a very popular upgrade for AM4 users who don't want the expense of switching to AM5 and DDR5 still deals are few are far between. Your best bet is going for a 2nd hand one if you're want one at a reasonable price.

 

[gEd]

I was hoping for a deal on the 5800x3d but was dreaming i guess!

At £270 new, it's £40 less than I paid in March. It's still a fantastic CPU for AM4 users who game so they're not going to go for peanuts. People appear to have been paying more that this on fleebay.

 

[InHuman]

I was going to say i see people selling these second hand for 300+.. I'm still not sure if i would see much improvement over my 3600x running at 4k.

 

[rumple9]

I was hoping for a deal on the 5800x3d but was dreaming i guess!

The current £270 price is a great deal compared to spending £700+ on a whole new AM5 system. I paid £360 last black friday for my 5800x3d from OCUK so thats a £90 price drop in 12 months