The best deals and stock updates for Wednesday, September 27 include the new Meta Quest 3 up for preorder (and it even includes the new Asgard's Wrath 2 game), a massive 85" 2023 Sony 4K TV, the latest Apple iPad Pro 12.9" M2 tablet, a 1TB Nintendo Switch memory card, 2023 Hallmark video game themed Christmas ornaments, Ecoflow LFP battery power stations for offgrid living, and more.
Preorder the Meta Quest 3 128GB VR Headset for $499
Get Asgard's Wrath 2 for Free
Details for the new Meta Quest 3 VR headset were revealed today during Meta Connect. The Quest 3 starts at $499 ($200 more than the current price for the Quest 2), but in return you get a brand new VR headset that sports a 40% smaller profile, higher resolution 4K optics with improved pancake lens, a new Snapdragon processor that's twice as powerful as its predecessor, and revamped color passthrough functionality for mixed reality and AR applications. As a bonus, you get Asgard's Wrath 2, a $59.99 value, when it releases sometime around winter of this year.
85" 2023 Sony X90L 4K TV for $1999.99
4K@120Hz over HDMI
Amazon is offering this massive 85" 2023 Sony Bravia XR X90L 4K TV for $1999.99, a 39% price drop from its original $3300 MSRP. It replaces the X90K from last year and is an excellent TV for watching 4K movies in HDR or playing 4K games at 120fps on the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles. The X90L is easily the best 85" TV under $2K that you can get from Sony. The only 80+" TVs that are higher on the list are the OLEDs, with the cheapest A80L OLED costing $5K, and the Mini-LEDs, with the cheapest X93L Mini-LED costing $4K. Most people would never consider paying that much for a TV.
32" LG Ultragear 32GN600 QHD Gaming Monitor for $209
The LG Ultragear 32GN600 monitor offers a lot of gaming features at an excellent price. For starters, this is a spacious 32" display with a 2560x1440 resolution. It sports a VA panel with 1ms response time, up to 160Hz refresh rate, and supports HDR10 with an sRGB 95% color gamut. It's AMD FreeSync Premium certified but it's also proven to be G-SYNC compatible. Other small gaming centric features include a Black Stabilizer function that brightens dark areas so you can spot those campers hiding in the shadows, and a fixed crosshair option for trick no-scope sniper shots and hip-fire.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9" M2 128GB (6th Gen) for $999
The Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro is the most powerful iPad you can get. This is the most recent model that was released in October of 2022. The biggest upgrade over the previous gen model is the Apple M2 chip. It's roughly 10%-15% more powerful in standard productivity apps but about 20%-30% faster in games. That's because the M2 has 10 GPU cores vs the 8 GPU cores in the M1. The new iPad Pro carries over the best-in-class 12.9" Mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion, Tru Tone, and P3 wide color. Charging is done through the USB Type-C connector.
Preorder the 2023 Hallmark Gaming Themed Christmas Ornaments
The new video game themed Christmas ornament are now up for preorder. These are a mix of ornaments that model past iconic consoles and characters, like the Sega Dreamcast or NES, Link from The Legend of Zelda, Mickey from Kingdom Hearts, Donkey Kong from Mario Kart, and more. These ornaments are usually snapped up really quickly and go up in price shortly thereafter. Grab your favorites now before it's too late.
SanDisk Ultra 1TB Micro SDXC Card for $84.98
Amazon is offering this SanDisk Ultra 1TB Micro SDXC card for only $84.98. This card is perfect for the Nintendo Switch. If you've started compiling a collection of digital games, you probably already know just how limited the Switch's base storage capacity is. The Switch and Switch OLED have 32GB and 64GB of internal storage, respectively. Some of that is reserved for the OS. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom takes up over 18GB of storage all by itself. Other must-have titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Pokemon Sword or Shield tap out at 13.5GB each.
Expiring Today: Secretlab Early Black Friday Sale Deals
Black Friday is still months away, but Secretlab has decided to host an Early Black Friday Sale for those of you who can't wait that long for a new gaming chair upgrade. Save up to $150 in discounts on their most popular gaming chairs and gaming desks. The breakdown is as follows:
- Up to $100 Off Secretlab TITAN Evo gaming chairs
- Up to $150 Off Secretlab Classics gaming chairs
- Up to $100 Off Secretlab MAGNUS Pro gaming desk
- Up to $70 Off Secretlab MAGNUS gaming desk
- Up to $40 Off NeueChair task chair
It's no secret that we love our Secretlab gaming chairs. We've consistently rated them as the best high-end gaming chair on the market, as well as the best gaming chair for "big and tall" gamers. Of all the gaming chairs we covered in our "Budget to Best" roundup video earlier this year, Akeem considered the Secretlab Titan Evo to be the most comfortable. No good chair comes cheap, and Secretlab chairs definitely cost a premium, but we think the craftsmanship, materials, customer service, and customizability are worth it.
65" 2023 TCL QM8 4K Mini LED QLED TV for $1099.99
4K @ 120Hz for PS5 and Xbox Series X
If you're in the market for an excellent, future proofed gaming TV that's affordable, then take a look at the brand new 2023 TCL QM8 Mini-LED TV. Both the 65" and 75" models are on sale today from Amazon. This TV came out in May of 2023 and features all the technology you'd want in a current generation gaming TV including a gorgeous Mini-LED QLED panel and 4K@120Hz support for PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles.
As a side note, I have this TV and it's currently connected to my PS5 console in my game room. This TV is easily one of the best displays I've owned. I still prefer my LG Evo C2 OLED TV in the living room where I have full light control. However, my game room has very poor light control, with a lot of sunlight that filters in during the day. The TCL QM8 is much brighter than my OLED and, in my experience, this TV is better there.
Alienware Aurora R15 RTX 4080 PC for $2299.99
Dell is currently offering this Alienware Aurora R15 RTX 4080 gaming PC for only $2299.99 after a $400 instant discount. This is a solid deal for an Alienware equipped with NVIDIA's second most powerful GPU right now, and one of the very few cards that can run very comfortably run any game you want in glorious 4K. The RTX 4080 is the second most powerful card on the market. On the AMD front, only the Radeon RX 7900 XTX can keep up (and that's if you ignore DLSS and ray tracing). It's much more powerful than previous generation cards, performing about 50% faster than an RTX 3080 Ti. It also supports DLSS 3.0 (DLSS 2.0 + frame generation), something the RTX 30 series lacks, and that increases the performance gap for games that support it. If you're not convinced, check out our RTX 4080 review.
Alienware m16 16" RTX 4090 Gaming Laptop for $2449.99
Starting today, Dell is offering an incredible deal on an Alienware m16 RTX 4090 gaming laptop. You can get it for only $2449.99 after following these directions:
- Click Here
- Select Video Card: RTX 4090
- Proceed to shopping cart
- At cart, apply $350 off code: "SAVE350"
- Price should drop to $2449.99
The AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU is currently the fastest CPU around. It's performance approaches that of the desktop Ryzen 9 7950X. Likewise the GeForce RTX 4090 is still far and away the most powerful mobile GPU, and by a pretty huge margin. It's roughly equivalent to a desktop RTX 3090 / RTX 4070 Ti GPU. In real world terms, this GPU is more than capable enough of handling any game at the display's native QHD+ resolution. It should be able to push 60+ fps even with all settings turned up and ray tracing enabled.
Baseus 10,000mAh USB Type-C Power Bank for $12.99
Right now Amazon is offering a Baseus 10,000mAh USB Type-C power bank with USB Power Delivery for only $12.99 after you clip a 35% off coupon on the product page. The 10,000mAH power bank is, I think, the perfect compromise between battery capacity and size. This Baseus model measures about 6" long and 2.7" wide, about the same size as an iPhone 14 Pro. It will charge a Nintendo Switch over two times, an iPhone 15 Pro over three times, and a full-sized iPad Pro 12.9" almost one full time. There are three ports. The USB Type-C port is both output and input, which means you can charge the power bank OR charge your devices from that same port. The USB Type-A port is output only and the Micro USB port is input only. The USB Type-C port supports Power Delivery with up to 20W of power. That's enough to fully max out the charging speed on a Nintendo Switch.
Ecoflow Delta Pro 7.2kWh Lifepo4 Power Station for $3629
Amazon is offering an Ecoflow Delta Pro 7.2kWh Lifepo4 Portable Power Station Bundle, which includes a Delta Pro 3.6kWh power station and a Delta Pro 3.6kWh extra battery, for "only" $3629.10 after you clip a $1500 coupon and a second 10% off coupon on the product page. Yes it's not cheap, but this is still an excellent price for a high-capacity Ecoflow power station equipped with LFP batteries. Like the Delta 2, the Delta Pro uses the newer and superior LFP (Lifepo4) battery cells.
A note on the federal tax credit. The 30% federal tax credit can be applied to battery storage purchases that total over 3kWh for 2023. That would make this purchase eligible. It would be smart to check your local policies, but you can head over to the energy.gov website for more details.
Alienware Aurora RTX 4090 Gaming PC for $2849.99
Dell is currently offering an Alienware Aurora R15 gaming PC equipped with the top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 4090 GPU for only $2849.99 after a $950 instant discount. This is currently the lowest price you'll find on Dell for an Alienware RTX 4090 gaming PC. Yes, it's very expensive, but this is the GPU to get if you want to play any game (including Starfield) in 4K with ray tracing and every setting turned up to the max without carrying about performance hiccups whatsoever.
Buy 57" Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Monitor, Get $500 Samsung Credit
Samsung recently announced it's massive 57" Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor for a tune of $2499.99, but if you preorder it right now you can get $500 worth of Samsung credit. The 57" Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 is the first Dual 4K UHD monitor. That's right, this monitor boasts a 7680x2160 resolution, or the equivalent of two 4K UHD monitors stacked next to each other. The Samsung "Neo G9" monitors are equipped with a Mini LED backlight combined with a quantum dot (QLED) panel. This is a high-end panel that you'll only find in top-shelf 4K TVs, or the most expensive 12.9" iPad Pro. It offers a much brighter image than OLED panels and offer better black levels and contrast ratios than LED LCD TVs.
