Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026. Before you buy, it is worth checking whether the price on the page is really lower than usual. This snapshot uses two independent UK price trackers, SpecPrice and ramprices.uk, which record prices over time instead of relying on a shop's "was" price.
Forge PC has not tracked these prices ourselves over the month. Every figure here is approximate, comes from the trackers' pages on the morning of 13 November 2026, and will have changed by the time you read this. Click through to the retailer and check the final basket price before you buy.
The short version
Graphics cards: SpecPrice tracks 18 GPU models on its Black Friday page. It rates none of them a real deal right now: 13 are at their usual price and 5 have gone up before the sale.
CPUs: this is where the genuine discounts are. SpecPrice counts 59 real deals among 422 tracked CPUs, including the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Core Ultra 5 245KF.
RAM: the ramprices.uk median for DDR5 is £18.47 per GB, up 195% in a year. A few kits are discounted, but from a very high base.
SSDs: of 258 SSDs tracked, SpecPrice rates 16 as real deals and 39 as having gone up.
SpecPrice only started recording prices on 16 October 2026, and it says it will not give a verdict until it has seven days of history for a product. That is a short baseline, so treat "same as usual" as "same as the last month", not "same as a normal year".
Graphics cards: no sign of Black Friday yet
These are the cheapest new listings SpecPrice found for each model, checked between 10:50 and 10:53 GMT on 13 November 2026. The low column is the low price SpecPrice shows for that model.
GPU | Cheapest now | Shop | SpecPrice low | vs 30-day average |
|---|
Arc B570 10GB | £330.95 | AWD-IT | £273.64 | 4% above |
RTX 5050 8GB | £359.99 | Scan | £242.41 | 5% above |
RTX 5060 8GB | £424.95 | AWD-IT | £384.98 | 5% above |
RX 9060 XT 8GB | £449.99 | Scan | £449.99 | 1% below |
RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | £479.99 | Scan | £467.99 | 2% above |
RX 9060 XT 16GB | £579.98 | Scan | £499.99 | 7% above |
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | £659.99 | Scan | £639.98 | 1% above |
RX 9070 16GB | £731.99 | AWD-IT | £647.99 | 2% above |
RTX 5070 12GB | £779.99 | Scan | £596.74 | at average |
RX 9070 XT 16GB | £819.98 | Scan | £799.99 | 2% above |
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | £1,215.00 | AWD-IT | £1,079.99 | 6% above |
RTX 5080 16GB | £1,499.99 | Scan | £1,359.98 | 4% above |
The RX 9060 XT 8GB is the only card on the list at its lowest recorded price. The RTX 5070 shows how quickly the cheapest listing can move: SpecPrice shows a low of £596.74, but the cheapest stock it could find on 13 November was £779.99. If you are targeting a specific card, set an alert at a price you are happy with rather than assuming the Black Friday price will beat today's.
We explain why memory shortages are pushing graphics card prices up in why RAM and GPUs are so expensive in 2026. Our best graphics card and best budget graphics card guides cover which models to shortlist.
CPUs: the real discounts
SpecPrice's CPU listings were checked at 10:54 GMT on 13 November 2026. Several popular gaming chips are below their 30-day average at major UK retailers:
CPU | Price | Shop | vs 30-day average |
|---|
Core Ultra 5 245KF | £157.95 | AWD-IT | 27% below |
Ryzen 5 9600X | £164.99 | AWD-IT | 14% below |
Ryzen 7 7800X3D | £262.99 | Scan | 19% below |
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | £279.98 | Scan | 7% below |
Ryzen 7 9800X3D | £349.98 | Scan | 9% below |
Ryzen 7 9850X3D | £369.98 | Scan | 6% below |
Ryzen 9 9950X3D | £514.99 | Scan | 8% below |
On its Black Friday page, SpecPrice lists the 245KF at £157.95 against a 30-day median of £229.99, a 31% saving. Note that this listing is a tray processor, so check the warranty terms and whether a cooler is included before you buy. It lists the Ryzen 7 7800X3D at £262.99 against a £338.99 median, a 22% saving.
If you are choosing between AMD's two newest X3D chips, see Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs 9850X3D. Platform advice is in AM5 vs LGA 1851 and our best CPU guide.
RAM: discounts from a very high base
ramprices.uk tracks memory listings on Amazon.co.uk. Its figures, updated at 06:41 GMT on 13 November 2026, were:
Generation | Median £/GB | Change in a year | Change in 90 days |
|---|
DDR5 | £18.47 | +195% | +20% |
DDR4 | £8.22 | +87% | +14% |
SpecPrice tracks 422 RAM kits and rates only 9 as real deals, while 31 have risen in price before the sale. One example is Corsair's 32GB (2x16GB) Vengeance DDR5-6400 CL32 kit, which it lists at £479.99 against a £584.48 30-day median. That is a genuine 18% drop, but it is still a lot of money for 32GB. How much you actually need is covered in how much RAM for gaming in 2026 and DDR5 vs DDR4 for gaming.
How to shop the next two weeks
Use price history, not "was" prices. Both trackers above compare against their own recorded prices.
Check the exact listing. Tray CPUs, open-box items and marketplace sellers can look like the boxed retail product.
Add postage. SpecPrice shows delivered prices for many listings, and that can change which shop is cheapest.
Do not wait for a GPU miracle. On SpecPrice's data, graphics card prices are flat to rising. If you need a card now and today's price is already close to SpecPrice's low, there may be little to gain by waiting.
Our full Black Friday 2026 guide to UK PC parts explains how to judge a deal. For wider market context, see our November 2026 UK PC hardware market report.
Our verdict
Two weeks out, UK Black Friday pricing looks like a CPU sale more than a graphics card sale. SpecPrice shows real discounts on chips like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Core Ultra 5 245KF, while every GPU it tracks is at or above its usual price and DDR5 remains close to three times last year's cost per gigabyte. If a processor you want is already below its 30-day average, there is little reason to wait. For graphics cards and memory, set price alerts, compare against the trackers' lows, and only buy if the number fits your budget. All prices are approximate and were checked on 13 November 2026.
