In what has become standard for retailers, it seems that Dell has eschewed the traditional Black Friday start date of the 25th and already released a lot of excellent deals. We won’t fault them too much for it, though, since it helps avoid the mad rush Black Friday and Cyber Monday tends to create, and so that you can pick up some excellent gear for a reasonable price without the stress. As such, we’ve rounded up some of the best Dell Black Friday deals on monitors, laptops, and even gaming PCs for you to pick from. Also, be sure to check out our other Black Friday deals roundups while you’re here.
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- Dell 24 Monitor — $80, was $150
- Dell 27 Monitor — $180, was $240
- Inspiron 15 Laptop – $230, was $330
- XPS 13 Laptop — $749, was $999
- G15 Gaming Laptop — $900, was $1,100
- New XPS 13 2-in-1 — $1,099, was $1,249
- Alienware 38 Curved Gaming Monitor — $1,100, $1,350
- XPS 15 Laptop — $1,399, was $1,899
- Alienware R14 Aurora Ryzen Edition — $2,100, $2780
Dell 24 Monitor — $80, was $150
Finding a good monitor on a budget can be difficult, but this 24-inch offering from Dell perfectly balances cost with quality. At 23.8 inches, the 1080p resolution monitor can run up to 75Hz if you connect it using an HDMI cable. Pair that with the included AMD Freesync, and you get a nice little budget monitor for gaming if you want it; plus, it works well enough for watching shows or movies. The panel type is VA, which gets you a faster refresh rate and great viewing angles, as well as a gray-to-gray response time of 5ms on extreme mode. Overall, it’s an excellent budget monitor deal, given you can grab it for less than $100.
Dell 27 Monitor — $180, was $240
While there are a lot of great Black Friday TV deals floating around, if you want something a bit more versatile, this 27-inch monitor from Dell packs quite a punch with its QHD resolution. It can also run at 75Hz, which is impressive for the resolution and price point, and it even has a peak brightness of 350 nits so that you can use it in a relatively well-lit room. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have AMD Freesync, but it does have an excellent gray-to-gray response time of 4ms on extreme mode, so if you pair it with a great GPU deal, you can still get a lot out of it.
Inspiron 15 Laptop – $230, was $330
The Inspiron 15 is one of the best Dell laptops on the market and a bit of an industry standard for non-gaming laptops. This version comes with an Intel Pentium Silver N5030, a budget CPU that can still handle a good amount of productivity work. Its integrated graphics will let you get away with some casual gaming, although we aren’t very impressed with the 4GB of RAM since we consider 8GB to be the minimum these days. Nonetheless, the Inspiron 15 is more than usable, and with the 128GB of storage, you still have some room for your files while supplementing it with a cloud storage service. Its screen is 15.6 inches and HD with relatively small bezels, and to be honest, at this price range, it is an excellent buy if you need the basics.
XPS 13 Laptop — $749, was $999
On the other hand, the Dell XPS 13 is a beast of a laptop for being so small and a real contender for the Macbook Air. It comes with a 12th-generation Intel core i5-1230U, a powerful midrange CPU that will easily handle most productivity and editing apps without a hitch. Not only that, but you get 8 GB DDR5, 5200 MHz RAM, which is the fastest currently available on the market, and if that wasn’t enough, Dell also throws in a 512GB solid-state drive (SSD). As for the screen, it’s a gorgeous 13.4-inch FHD version with a whopping 500 nits of brightness, meaning you can use it in broad daylight without any issues. So if you’re considering picking up a Macbook Air, we encourage you to check out our breakdown of the Dell XPS 13 and Apple MacBook Air M2 to grab the best laptop for your needs.
G15 Gaming Laptop — $900, was $1,100
If you’re looking for one of the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals, the Dell G15 is probably it, given that it’s another industry standard for gaming laptops, even though it’s not the most powerful. It comes with an RTX 3050 Ti, just on the border of low-to-mid-range GPUs but still more than enough for the 15.6-inch FHD monitor. It also shouldn’t have any issues hitting the 120Hz refresh rate, especially if you aren’t playing the latest AAA games on high settings; plus, the G15 is a great option for the big free-to-play games like League of Legends or CS:GO. It has 8GB of DDR5 RAM, although we encourage upgrading that with another 8GB stick to get the better dual-channel performance bump. Overall, construction and design are solid, and there’s little to no bend on the keyboard, although you should be aware that battery life isn’t great, which is common with gaming laptops, so expect to carry the charger everywhere.
New XPS 13 2-in-1 — $1,099, was $1,249
It’s not always easy to find powerful 2-in-1s, but Dell does an excellent job with the XPS 13 2-in-1, which looks gorgeous and also packs a punch. It has a lot of similarities with the regular XPS 13, for example, having the same 12th-gen Intel core i5-1230U that gives you excellent productivity performance. It has a bit more memory at 16GB but uses the older DDR4 standard, which still isn’t bad, and we’d probably pick the larger capacity over the speed at this point. The screen is also impressive with a 3K resolution and an eye-watering 500-nit brightness, all enclosed in Gorilla Glass to keep it safe. The only downsides here are that the folio only has limited angles and the keyboard lies flat, which might make it a bit awkward to type on for long stretches of time. But even with those downsides, it’s still one of the best 2-in-1 laptop deals you’ll find.
Alienware 38 Curved Gaming Monitor — $1,100, $1,350
Gaming on high-resolutions can be expensive, and while this awesome 38-inch curved gaming monitor is still quite expensive, you can grab it for a little bit cheaper. With a whopping 3840 x 1600 resolution, it’s pretty close to 4K, and with a 144Hz refresh rate, it’s an impressive beast of a gaming monitor. On top of that, it comes with HDR 600, which isn’t the best on the market, but it’s close enough. Response time from gray to gray is a truly impressive 1ms, and the 450 nits of brightness mean you don’t have to compete with bright lighting in the room; this monitor is the bright lighting. It also has an excellent 130.6% sRGB color gamut range, and the IPS panel will reproduce those colors relatively well. Overall, this is probably one of the best Dell gaming monitor deals you’ll find this Black Friday.
XPS 15 Laptop — $1,399, was $1,899
If you’re looking for one of the best Black Friday laptop deals, then the XPS 15 is probably it since it’s not only thin at 0.73 inches but it also has some impressive specs. For starters, it packs the 12th-gen Intel i7-12700H inside the chassis, a high-tier CPU that can handle even more complex editing tasks and stream online. Also, Dell has somehow managed to fit an RTX 3050 under the hood, so you can get some great gaming out of it, although don’t expect AAA-level performance. That said, the RTX 3050 can easily handle the 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1200 resolution screen, especially since the max refresh rate is 60Hz, so you can get some nice graphics quality out of it. You also get 500 nits of brightness if you want to use it in direct sunlight. Beyond that, you get 16GB of RAM in a dual-channel configuration for better performance, a 512GB SSD, and Wi-Fi 6, making this one of the best laptops on the market.
Alienware R14 Aurora Ryzen Edition — $2,100, $2780
If you don’t know how to build a PC from scratch, then pre-builts are a great option, and while Alienware gaming PCs are a bit pricey, we especially like the R14. Given its price tag, you’ll be happy to know that it comes with one of the most powerful GPUs on the market, the RTX 3080Ti, which will easily handle 2K at 144Hz, even with the latest games and highest settings. It can also do 4K, and although there will be compromises, it’s one of the few cards that can handle it besides the RTX 3090 and the RTX 40 series. You also get a powerful AMD Ryzen 7 5800, which helps keep the price down while still providing you with a ton of processing power for strategy and simulation games or heavy editing apps like Ableton. It has 16GB of DDR4 RAM, which is more than enough for most folks, although we would have liked to see double that at this price range. As for storage, you get a 1TB SSD, so there’s more than enough room for your games. Overall, the Alienware R14 is probably one of the best Black Friday gaming PC deals you’ll find, especially one that looks so cool.
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