The only way you can beat the value, customizability, and power of a desktop is by dropping that price tag with a big old discount just in time for the holiday shopping season.

This early Black Friday deal is a great chance to upgrade your portable PC gaming setup.

Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I've tracked them for Mashable since 2019.) And with retailers taking full advantage of the holiday's abnormally late timing this year, running sales that span most of November, steep discounts are expected to be plentiful all month long.