Prime Day has knocked $50 off the Corsair gaming chair I rate as the best on a budget even at full price, now just $200

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The Corsair TC100 Relaxed doesn't cost a lot of money compared to many of today's best gaming chairs. We tend to assume that quality seating is a luxury only afforded to those with plenty of moolah, and yet the TC100 is comfortable, refined, and usually only $250.

That's why I picked the TC100 as the best budget gaming chair—it's not often you find a chair with so much going for it, for (relatively) so little.

You don't need to spend so much to claw a little comfort back into your PC gaming setup, however. The Corsair TC100 Relaxed is currently $200 over at Newegg—$50 off with coupon code FTT224DX7248.

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TC100 Fabric - Black - $200 at Newegg (with code)
TC100 Leatherette - Black - $200 at Newegg (with code)

I'd also expected to see a couple other colors, though only the gray/black is available and it's $220—that doesn't feel worth it to me, but hey, maybe you value marginally more gray chairs for a $20 premium.

You can also score the TC100 Relaxed over at Best Buy for $220. That's a decent deal but with Newegg offering free shipping it's a bit of a no-brainer to save the 20 bucks.

I wouldn't bother with Amazon—$20 more expensive and a 1-2 month wait for shipping. Lame.

Considering this chair wins my approval at full price, and is arguably unmatched by any chair of a similar price, a $50 discount is absolutely a win. Though I will just note that we did see this chair drop another $10 during last year's Black Friday. It's a bit of a punt to wait around to see if it drops another $10 during the Black Friday festivities this year, but you could, and it might.

Here are a few words from our Corsair TC100 Relaxed review from one Katie Wickens. Here's what she had to say:

"At $70/£100 less than the T3 you expect some kind of compromise from the TC100, but I have yet to discern how Corsair has managed to drop the price so much and for essentially more chair."

Though Katie does point out a couple flaws. First and foremost, the 2D armrests are a cost-cutting measure and no match for 4D armrests on more premium chairs. Then there are the screws, which took a bit of push and pull to get into place. Even so, Katie had this chair assembled in a prompt 40 minutes. So a reasonably decent PC pitstop nonetheless.

Jacob earned his first byline writing for his own tech blog. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things as hardware writer at PCGamesN, and would go on to run the team as hardware editor. He joined PC Gamer's top staff as senior hardware editor before becoming managing editor of the hardware team, and you'll now find him reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industries and testing the newest PC components.