5 Best Weekend Tech Deals: May The Savings Be With You

Whatever your plans are for Star Wars Day, Free Comic Book Day, or Cinco de Mayo are this weekend, you can still make some time to score some unbeatable tech deals. Every Friday, we pull out five offers from the week’s deal roundups that cut prices to “can’t miss” levels. This time, we’ve got some incredible deals, including one of the most responsive gaming mice on the market for over half off and a solid 1080p gaming PC for just $650, as well as two PCMag “Editors’ Choice” award winners.

Amazon has a bunch of Samsung monitors on sale right now, but the Odyssey G6 hits the sweet spot between price and performance, especially at a ridiculous 41% off. Featuring a 1000R curvature that mimics the arc of the human eyeball, this fast-refreshing monitor caps out at 240Hz for maximum immersion, and is compatible with AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. DisplayHDR 600 lets the 4K panel deliver deep blacks and bright colors, and it even includes an ultrawide mode that letterboxes the display for a more cinematic feel.

If you’re still using your grubby little fingers to interact with your iPad, now’s the best time to upgrade to an Apple Pencil and see what that tablet can really do. With tilt and pressure sensitivity, you can use creative apps with new levels of expressiveness, and with just 9ms of latency you’ll feel like you’re working on paper. In our review, we said that the 2nd generation Apple Pencil was “the only iPad stylus worth considering” and gave it an Editors’ Choice award and the super rare “Exemplary” rating.

A good mouse is as much a part of a PC gamer’s body as their right hand, so making sure your tools are sharp is vital. This is an unbelievable 56% discount on one of the best consumer-grade wired mice on the market, with tons of attractive features and great feel. The G502 Hero is a heavy-feeling mouse that still moves across surfaces smoothly, with solid build quality and features like a metal scroll wheel. Eleven customizable buttons let you bind keys and combinations for simple clicking, and the 25,600 max dpi sensor lets you refine movement response perfectly.

For more excellent accessories, read our Ultimate Gear Guide for Gamers.

Sure, there are cheaper external drives out there, but if you really need to keep data safe and secure in less than ideal conditions, it’s hard to beat the Samsung T9. In our review, we said that it was “in a league of its own as an external SSD,” with lightning-quick read and write speeds across our benchmarking tests. The casing is ridiculously durable, and 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption keeps your sensitive files protected from prying eyes. All of the adds up to an “Outstanding” rating and right now Amazon has it on sale for 42% off.

If you’re looking to set up a 1080p gaming battlestation and money is tight, this is a deal that you should pay attention to. The Lenovo LOQ Tower is a solid if unspectacular desktop unit that runs cool and quiet, has a solid number of ports and the case has room for expansion. In our review, we said that it “provides just enough performance for 1080p and light 1440p play,” so if that’s your target grab one now. This configuration comes with an Intel Core i5-13400Fprocessor, 16GB of DDR4 memory, a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 GPU and a 512GB SSD.

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