Black Friday is officially Friday 27 November 2026, but several UK system builders are already discounting complete PCs. PCSpecialist's sale runs from 9 to 29 November. CyberPowerPC UK has a set of "Black Friday" configurations on its deals page. Scan's own Black Friday hub, checked on 13 November 2026, still says the sale is "coming soon."
Forge PC has not bought or benchmarked any of these systems. This is a reading of the builders' own listings, checked on 13 November 2026, set against SpecPrice's cheapest component prices from the same day. Prices are approximate, include VAT as shown by the retailers, and will move.
How to judge a pre-built deal this year
A large "save £X" banner is not enough. As we said in our best pre-built gaming PC guide, you want a balanced spec, a sensible warranty, and a price that still makes sense once you have subtracted the graphics card. That last check matters more than usual: current-generation GPUs and DDR5 are expensive, which can make a complete PC look better value than a pile of parts, or hide a weak processor and a small SSD behind a decent GPU.
Check these before you order:
The graphics card, in full. An RX 9060 and an RX 9060 XT are not the same card, and 8GB versus 16GB of VRAM is a real difference. See our how much VRAM guide.
Memory capacity and type. 16GB is tight for a 2026 gaming PC, and DDR4 is cheaper than DDR5 only because it belongs on older platforms. See how much RAM you need.
The platform. A new AM5 or LGA 1851 system can take a later CPU. An A520 AM4 board cannot.
Storage. 1TB fills up quickly once games and a Windows install share the drive.
When it actually ships. A discounted PC that leaves the factory after Black Friday is still a sale PC, but it is not a next-day gift.
The warranty. A single warranty covering the whole machine is one of the better arguments for buying a pre-built rather than building it yourself.
Our Black Friday parts guide remains the place to look if you would rather buy a graphics card or a processor and fit it yourself.
PCSpecialist: live from 9 to 29 November
PCSpecialist's Black Friday page lists complete, hand-built UK systems with the company's standard three-year warranty. The FAQ says the core components on the main offers cannot be customised, though you can add accessories, and that selected systems carry a next-day delivery badge. When we checked on 13 November, the page said to order by 17:00 for delivery on Sunday 15 November, where that option applies.
Three desktop headlines were clearly priced:
System | Key spec | Price on 13 Nov 2026 | Stated saving |
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Fusion | Ryzen 7 5700X, 16GB DDR4-3200, RX 9060 XT 16GB, 1TB SSD, A520, Windows 11 Home | £1,149 | Not stated |
Ignite | Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, 32GB DDR5-5600 CL46, RTX 5070 12GB, 2TB SSD, B860, Windows 11 Home | £1,999 | £424 |
Vortex | Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5-6000 CL38, RTX 5070 Ti 16GB, 2TB SSD, B850, Windows 11 Home | £2,499 | £352 |
The Fusion is the interesting one on paper, and also the one with the most caveats. SpecPrice's cheapest RX 9060 XT 16GB on 13 November was about £580, so you are paying roughly £570 for the rest of the PC, Windows and the three-year warranty. That is a lot of machine around a mid-range 16GB card. The catch is the platform: a Ryzen 7 5700X on a Gigabyte A520 board, with only 16GB of DDR4. It will play games, but you cannot move to a Ryzen 9000 CPU later, and 16GB is no longer a comfortable amount of memory. Treat it as a complete AM4 box, not as a foundation for upgrades.
The Ignite and Vortex are current-generation systems with 32GB of DDR5 and 2TB drives, which is a much better starting point. The graphics cards, though, are the expensive NVIDIA half of the mid-range. A cheapest RTX 5070 was about £780 and a cheapest RTX 5070 Ti about £1,268 on the same day, while an RX 9070 was about £732 and an RX 9070 XT about £820. If you care more about current-generation features from NVIDIA than about the cheaper Radeon alternatives, these bundles are at least in the right neighbourhood. If you do not, a Radeon-based build, or a pre-built that uses one, is the more efficient way to spend the same money. Our complete PCs under £1,200 and under £1,500 guides spell out that trade-off for DIY builds.
CyberPowerPC: discounted, but not next-day
CyberPowerPC UK's deals page lists several Black Friday desktops, each with a previous price struck through. Every one we checked carried an estimated dispatch date of Monday 30 November 2026, which is after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The company's FAQ says discounted PCs keep the standard warranty: five years of labour, two years of parts, 12 months of collect-and-return, and lifetime technical support, plus free UK mainland delivery.
System | Key spec | Sale price | Previous price shown |
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XE2 (BF2601) | Ryzen 5 5500F, 16GB DDR4-3200, Arc B570 10GB, 1TB SSD, A520, Windows 11 Home | £899 | £999 |
RXD4 (BF2602) | Ryzen 5 5500F, 16GB DDR4-3200, RX 9060 8GB, 1TB SSD, A520, Windows 11 Home | £999 | £1,149 |
RTX bundle (BF2603) | Ryzen 5 5500F, 16GB DDR4-3200, RTX 5060 8GB, 1TB SSD, A520, Windows 11 Home | £1,099 | £1,299 |
MNML (BF2605) | Ryzen 5 7500F, 16GB DDR5-6000, RTX 5060 8GB, 1TB SSD, A620, Windows 11 Home | £1,399 | £1,599 |
RXGRE (BF2604) | Ryzen 5 7500F, 16GB DDR5-4800, RX 9070 GRE 12GB, 1TB SSD, A620, Windows 11 Home | £1,499 | £1,699 |
VIVID (BF2606) | Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5-5200, RX 9070 XT 16GB, 1TB SSD, B850, Windows 11 Home | £2,399 | £2,699 |
The entry-level boxes are all AM4 systems with 16GB of DDR4 and 8GB or 10GB graphics cards, except the XE2's 10GB Arc B570. A cheapest Arc B570 was about £331 and a cheapest RTX 5060 about £425 on 13 November. These are 1080p-oriented PCs, not bargains that secretly match a 16GB mid-range card.
The VIVID is the clearer higher-end offer: a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and an RX 9070 XT 16GB, which is the combination we would rather see than a 5070 Ti at this sort of budget. SpecPrice's cheapest 9800X3D was about £350 and the cheapest 9070 XT about £820, so you are paying roughly £1,230 for the rest of the PC, Windows and the warranty. The compromise is a 1TB drive and a 5200MT/s DDR5 kit rather than a tighter CL30 6000 kit. If you can wait until the end of the month for dispatch, it is one of the more coherent complete systems in this round.
What about Scan and Overclockers?
Scan's Black Friday page on 13 November 2026 still said "Coming Soon." Its FAQ said an early sale would start in November and that 3XS custom PCs would be included once it is live, so it is worth checking back rather than assuming Scan has no offers.
Overclockers UK started a broader Black Friday sale on 2 November, according to KitGuru, with discounts on cases, coolers, OLED monitors and daily RAM flash deals. We have not treated that report as a substitute for a checked pre-built price list, so we have not quoted Overclockers system prices here. If you are shopping there, use the same checklist: the exact GPU name and VRAM, memory capacity, platform, storage, ship date and warranty.
Our verdict
The useful Black Friday pre-built deals already on sale in the UK are a mixed bag, and the savings banners are less important than the specification. PCSpecialist's Fusion at about £1,149 puts a 16GB RX 9060 XT in a complete PC for not much more than the card alone, but it is an AM4 system with 16GB of DDR4. CyberPowerPC's VIVID at about £2,399 is the more future-proof box, pairing a 9800X3D with an RX 9070 XT, though it ships after Black Friday and includes only 1TB of storage. Ignore 8GB-card entry systems unless you are genuinely buying for 1080p esports, and do not assume Scan's sale is live until the company says it is. We have not tested these PCs; this is a reading of the builders' listings and SpecPrice's 13 November 2026 prices.
