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Editor's Note: We've taken an updated look at 1080p webcams for your PC, reflecting current pricing trends, in this article. Keep reading for reviews of older webcams, including the venerable but well-respected Logitech family.A good webcam is essential if you plan to spend a lot of time video chatting with family, friends, and co-workers. While these devices have come a long way from the cheap plastic and grainy images of yore, just a handful of standalone webcams exists these days. Models that deliver on their promises of impressive resolutions, durable designs, and the ability to record high-definition video are even rarer.To read this article in full, please click here

Our editors have been hard at work sifting through the Black Friday deals at all the major online retailers in order to curate a list of those that offer the best value. We'll be updating our recommendations throughout the weekend, so bookmark this page and check back regularly. Not sure what to expect for this year, given the pandemic? Check out our Black Friday FAQ and our advice on when to buy PC components. Best Black Friday shopping tips Deals can expire before their slated end time if quantities run out, so don’t wait too long if something appeals to you.  To qualify for Amazon’s Prime deals, you can sign up for a 30-day Prime membership if you haven’t already done so in the past. Newegg has a new policy for Black Friday 2020: Select items qualify for an automatic refund if the price drops further between now and the end of the month. Some retailers offer free 2-day shipping through ShopRunner, which many credit cards offer as a free perk. You can also sign up for a 1-year trial through PayPal. Using PayPal for online purchases? Sign up for the company’s free return program, which foots the bill for return shipping on up to 12 purchases. TVs, soundbars, and media streamers Amazon See our complete list of the best Black Friday deals on TVs, soundbars, media streamers, and more.To read this article in full, please click here

With Thunderbolt ports becoming more common in laptops, a Thunderbolt dock can be an important accessory. Think of it as a more powerful version of a USB-C hub, adding I/O expansion to your laptop, in the form of extra ports for mice, keyboards, external drives, SD cards, and, most importantly, displays.Indeed, one important way that a Thunderbolt dock differs from its USB-C cousin is bandwidth. While a USB-C hub can support a single 4K display, often at an eye-wearying 30Hz refresh rate. Thunderbolt hubs can support up to two 4K displays, and at a comfortable 60Hz. If your laptop includes a Thunderbolt port, chances are it supports the Thunderbolt 3 standard, which provides 40Gbps. That’s enough to drive those displays and shuttle data back and forth between peripherals without causing your display to flicker or your video stream to stutter. Of course, you can expect Thunderbolt docks to also carry a price premium (typically $140 to $300, compared to a USB-C dock’s $20 to $70 range.)To read this article in full, please click here

Given the ups and downs of 2020, Black Friday’s muted vibe comes as no surprise. While you can find good deals, they’re not nearly as plentiful or tantalizing as last year, due to demand and a flood of recent product launches. On average, expect to spend about 10 percent more compared to 2019.Still, with some digging around, we’re unearthing solid discounts on items that we particularly care about at PCWorld: CPUs, GPUs, monitors, and more. Keep an eye on these lists, as we’ll expand them as sales ramp up between now and Black Friday.To see everything else on sale right now, check out our round-up of the best early Black Friday 2020 deals. Best early Black Friday PC component deals Cases Corsair Carbide SPEC-05 ATX Mid TowerRemove non-product link, $33 on Newegg (52% off)(Must file mail-in rebate by 12/21/2020) Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid-TowerRemove non-product link, $45 on Newegg (25% off)(Must file $15 mail-in rebate by 12/27/2020) Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Compact Mid-TowerRemove non-product link, $60 on Newegg (29% off) Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower - White, $65 on Newegg (19% off)(Must file $10 mail-in rebate by 12/21/2020) Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid-Tower - Black, $65 on Best Buy (19% off) Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower - Black, $70 on Newegg (30% off)(Must file $20 mail-in rebate by 12/18/2020) CPU Intel Core i3-10100Remove non-product link, $100 on Amazon ($20 off) Intel Core i7-9700KRemove non-product link, $200 at Micro Center ($100 off)(In-store purchases only) Intel Core i9-9900KRemove non-product link, $320 on Amazon ($80 off) Intel Core i9-9900KRemove non-product link + Crysis Remastered, $320 on Newegg ($80 off) CPU coolers Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240mm AIO coolerRemove non-product link, $37 on Newegg (33% off)(Use code 23BKFCYM37 at check out. Must also file $15 mail-in rebate by 12/30/2020.) Corsair H60 120mm AIO cooler, $45 on Newegg (44% off)(Must file $20 mail-in rebate by 12/18/2020) Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 AM4Remove non-product link, $70 on Newegg (22% off)(Use code EMCGGFG26 at check out) Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro TR4Remove non-product link, $70 on Newegg (22% off)(Use code EMCGGFG27 at check out) Noctua NH-D15, $90 on Newegg (10% off) Be Quiet Pure Loop 280mm AlORemove non-product link + $5 Newegg Gift Card, $95 on Newegg (10% off)(Use code EMCGGFG32 at check out) Corsair H100i RGB 240mm AIORemove non-product link, $100 at Best Buy (38% off) Corsair iCUE H115i RGB 280mm AIO cooler, $100 on Newegg (29% off)(Must file $20 mail-in rebate by 12/18/2020) Corsair iCUE H150i RGB 360mm AIO cooler, $140 on Newegg (12% off)(Use code BFRDAY24 at check out) Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L RGB 120mm AIO cooler, $40 on Newegg (43% off)(Use code 9BFSTART3 at check out. Must also file $10 mail-in rebate by 12/15/20) Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R ARGB 120mm AIO Cooler, $96 (44% off)(Use code 2BFSTNW25A at check out.) Fans Lepa Chopper Advance 120mm LED Fan (Green)Remove non-product link, $0 on Newegg (FREE)(Must file $10 mail-in rebate by 12/30/2020.) Graphics cards MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT + Godfall and WoW Shadowlands, $350 on Newegg ($45 off)(Use code 2BFSTNW326 at checkout and file mail-in rebate within 21 days of purchase.) Internal storage drives Hard Disk Drives WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDDRemove non-product linkRemove non-product link, $40 on Amazon (20% off) WD Blue 6TB 5400RPM HDDRemove non-product link, $98 on Newegg (37% off) WD Red Pro 6TB 7200 RPM HDDRemove non-product link, $136 on Newegg (38% off) WD Red Plus 8TB 5400 RPM HDDRemove non-product link, $150 on Amazon (26% off) WD Red Plus 10TB 5400 RPM HDDRemove non-product linkRemove non-product link, $189 on Amazon (39% off) SSDs SK Hynix S31 500GB 2.5" SATA SSD Remove non-product link, $46 on Amazon (20% off) SK Hynix S31 1TB 2.5" SATA SSDRemove non-product link, $89 on Amazon (18% off) Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5” SATA SSDRemove non-product link, $100 on Amazon (27% off) WD Blue 4TB 2.5" SATA SSDRemove non-product link, $371 on Newegg (30% off) Samsung 870 QVO 8TB 2.5" SATA SSDRemove non-product link, $750 on Amazon (17% off) WD Blue 2TB M.2 SATA SSDRemove non-product link, $176 on Amazon (12% off) Crucial P2 500GB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $51 on Amazon (15% off) Crucial P1 2TB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $180 on Amazon (20% off) Intel 665p M.2 NVMe 1TB SSDRemove non-product link, $83 on Newegg (25% off) SK Hynix P31 500GB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $60 on Amazon (24% off) SK Hynix P31 1TB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $108 on Amazon (23% off) Samsung 970 EVO 500GB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $60 on Amazon, B&H, and Newegg (40% off) Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $130 on Amazon, B&H, and Newegg (28% off) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $143 on Amazon (21% off) WD Black SN750 2TB NVMe SSDRemove non-product link, $266 on Newegg (24% off) Monitors Deals on high refresh rate gaming monitors are far more common this year, so check over the specs carefully on the displays. Similar models tend to still favor one or two aspects (price, response time, etc) in comparison to the others.To read this article in full, please click here

Last week the $650 Radeon RX 6800 XT hit the streets and immediately put Nvidia’s $700 GeForce RTX 3080 on notice. For the first time in a long time, AMD’s graphics cards can hang tough with Nvidia’s most powerful offerings. The first wave of Radeon RX 6800-series graphics cards stuck to AMD’s (vastly improved) reference design, but customized versions of the Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT hit the streets Wednesday to show us what “Big Navi” is capable of with even more elaborate engineering backing it up.To read this article in full, please click here

The best holiday stocking stuffer for 2020 is—believe it or not—a 1080p webcam. Earlier this year they were nearly impossible to find, as millions of people gearing up to work or study from home tried to improve upon the 720p models most laptops have. Now 1080p models are plentiful again, making it a perfect time to pick up a few for yourself or for loved ones.There are literally so many 1080p webcams available that Amazon is throwing deals at you: coupons, daily discounts, the works. Need it soon? Amazon should be able to ship something to you as quickly as tomorrow. There's even premium models with high refresh rates and integrated ring lights for a few dollars more.To read this article in full, please click here

If the HomePod Mini were $50 rather than $99, we’d really have something.

Ring’s new sensor gives you a heads-up when the mail arrives, but its limited range won’t work for everyone.

This completely wireless camera makes it easy to monitor what's happening inside or outside your home.

This isn’t the typical collection of holiday-themed movies, these are simply films to be thankful for.

The future of gaming laptops, it seems, is largely focused around managing the limited thermal budgets between the two hottest components: The CPU and GPU. AMD has SmartShift and Intel has Dynamic Power Share, but both technologies are designed to work exclusively with their own hardware. Now Nvidia’s joined the party with its own Dynamic Boost, which aims to leverage the “unused” thermal budget in a laptop.For example, if a laptop has a thermal budget of 115 watts with 35 watts for the CPU, and 80 watts for GPU—why not take any additional power the CPU isn’t using to increase performance when gaming?That’s the idea behind Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s SmartShift and Intel’s Dynamic Power Share. How it works the company isn’t detailing, but it is limited to DirectX gaming right now. We’d guess Nvidia has created algorithms to dynamically jack up the GPU’s power usage under certain loads, and dynamically gate the CPU’s performance to the point where it doesn’t injure the frame rate performance.To read this article in full, please click here

The best laptops of 2020 are part of a pitched battle between AMD and Intel: Ryzen 4000’s cores vs. Core’s clock speeds.Most recently, Intel launched its Tiger Lake CPUs for thin-and-light laptops, promising yet again that thanks to flexible clock speeds, and its potent new Iris Xe discrete graphics, it would hammer Ryzen 4000. Or so Intel says. The normally diplomatic company even went so far as to say Ryzen 4000 stinks on battery. Maybe Intel is sore that AMD’s laptop share is increasing.To read this article in full, please click here

“What graphics card within my budget gives me the best bang for my buck?”That simple question cuts to the core of what people hunting for a new graphics card look for: the most oomph they can afford. Sure, the technological leaps behind each new GPU can be interesting on their own, but most everyone just wants to crank up the detail settings on Battlefield and get right to playing.To save money on your holiday shopping, check out our roundup of the best Black Friday deals on CPUs, GPUs, monitors, routers, and more. Gaming GPU cheat sheet Our quick-hit recommendations:To read this article in full, please click here

Intel called out its rival this morning, claiming that AMD’s Ryzen 4000 mobile CPUs suffer major performance penalties when running on battery.The company said its testing found that multiple Ryzen laptops experienced as much as a 48 percent performance drop when running on battery as opposed to being plugged into the wall. Unsurprisingly, laptops using Intel’s own 11th-gen Tiger Lake showed far less of a hit, the company said.The Big Mac is better than the Whopper, really While you’re likely extremely skeptical of Intel’s claims—which are akin to McDonald’s dumping on Burger King or Ford dissing Chevrolet—Intel said it has homework to back up its assertions. PCWorld, in the meantime, is in the process of trying to replicate these results.To read this article in full, please click here

The Frame TV brings fine decor and art to your wall. It's excellent in that role, though it doesn't deliver Samsung's very best motion video technology.

If you still think of wireless mice as laggy, battery-sucking substitutes for a real mouse, we’ve got good news for you. Mouse manufacturers have largely solved the latency, connectivity, and power-efficiency problems that once blighted these devices. The best of today’s wireless mice rival their wired counterparts in performance, battery life, features, and design.There are two rather obvious benefits of a wireless mouse. It eliminates the tether to your computer, giving you greater range—essential if you are constrained by your work area or playing PC games on your TV—and removes a source of friction that often interferes with speed and accuracy. It also makes an essential device more travel friendly. No one objects to one less cord in their gear bag. You’ll probably pay a bit more for a wireless mouse than a wired one, but if you value this kind of convenience it’s worth it.To read this article in full, please click here

Dell’s XPS 13 2-in-1 9310 is mostly an evolutionary update to the XPS 13 7390 2-in-1 we reviewed last year, but with one key change. Thanks to Intel’s 11th gen Core i7-1165G7 chip, gaming is actually conceivable on this sub-three-pound laptop.Most other things didn’t change, and we have our beefs about the design. But that game-ready performance boost alone makes the XPS 13 2-in-1 special.  This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best laptops. Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. To read this article in full, please click here

Apple isn’t supplying a power adapter with new iPhones anymore, so we’ve rounded up a list of our favorite ones.

We’ve come a long way from Intel’s original Next Unit of Computing modular computer that brought tiny computing to the mainstream. We’ve come so far, in fact, we’re not sure what’s actually “NUC-y” about Intel’s new NUC M15 laptop, which is intended as a “whitebook” design that other notebook makers can utilize for their own products.Intel unveiled its in-house-designed laptop yesterday with a list of specs that is simultaneously welcome and somewhat confusing. The NUC M15 comes with either an 11th gen Core i5-1135G7 or Core i7-1165G7 processor, paired with either 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM. For ports, you get two USB-A and two Thunderbolt 4, plus a full-size HDMI port, lock port, and headset jack.To read this article in full, please click here

Intel’s latest power play isn’t about toppling AMD, but about energy efficiency. The company's new ATX12VO power supply standard is designed to help desktop PCs meet increasingly stringent government standards on idle power consumption. Update: If you prefer video, we've since embedded our full interview with Intel's Stephen  Eastman above. He literally wrote the spec for Intel's new ATX12VO. Watch it above, or here if you prefer YouTube. ATX12VO does require a sacrifice. Newer power supplies will jettison support for old-school 3.3-volt and 5-volt rails, and concentrate solely on producing 12-volt power. But after kicking the tires on a pair of ATX12VO motherboards as well as an actual ATX12VO PSU, we can say that the future of desktop PC power looks brighter—and your old-friend legacy parts aren’t moving too far away.To read this article in full, please click here