Best October Prime Day Deals Live — The best PC gaming hardware deals still live
We're ploughing on through the Big Deal Days sales, and there are still impressive discounts on GPUs, gaming laptops, PCs, SSDs, and monitors.
I've been covering Prime Day since it was a single day, once a year, and Black Friday while we were still marking discounts on stone tablets. And my team and I are hard at it once more this October Prime Day, whether that's for the Amazon Big Deal Days deals, or the host of gaming laptop, PC, graphics cards, gaming monitors, SSDs, or gaming peripherals on sale at the likes of Newegg, Best Buy, Walmart, B&H Photo, and the rest.
The PC Gamer hardware team is packed full of hardware experts, with decades of tech testing experience, and we spend all year putting the latest hardware through its paces so we can recommend the best and the best value kit you should be spending your money on.
I'll be updating continuing to update this live deals blog with a rolling feed throughout the week to help you find the perfect products to upgrade your PC gaming setup without having to break the bank.
Quick links
- Amazon - All the Big Deal Days deals are here
💻Shop all Amazon gaming laptop deals
📺Find all Amazon's gaming monitor deals
🕹️Check out all Amazon's GPU deals - Dell - Discounts on Alienware PCs, laptops, and 240 Hz gaming monitors
- Newegg - Frames. Performance. Savings sale now on
- Walmart - Money off gaming laptops and PCs
- B&H Photo - Save on full systems and big discounts on storage
- Best Buy - Save on gaming PCs, laptops, peripherals, and more
Our experts' gaming PC picks:
- RTX 5050 - Zotac Mek | $800 @ Newegg
- ️RTX 5060 - ABS Cyclone Aqua | $840 @ Newegg
- ️RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB - Yeyian Yumi | $1,000 @ Newegg
- RTX 5070 - iBuyPower Slate | $1,099 @ Walmart
- RTX 5070 Ti - CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme | $1,899 @ Walmart
- RTX 5080 - Acer Nitro 60 | $1,999 @ Walmart
- RTX 5090 - HP Omen 45L | $3,900 @ B&H Photo
- RX 9060 XT 8 GB - Cobratype Canebrake Elite | $850 @ Newegg
- RX 9060 XT 16 GB - AVGPC Mini-X | $1,000 @ Newegg
- RX 9070 - Skytech Shadow | $1,537 @ Newegg
- RX 9070 XT - Cobratype Pilot | $1,710 @ Newegg
Our experts' gaming laptop picks:
💻 RTX 5060 - Lenovo LOQ 15 | $810 @ Lenovo
💻 RTX 4070 - Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 | $1,200 @ Amazon
💻 RTX 5070 - Gigabyte Aero X16 | $1,200 @ Amazon
💻 RTX 5070 Ti - HP Omen Max 16 | $1,500 @ HP
💻 RTX 5080 - MSI Vector 16 HX AI | $2,000 @ Newegg
Our experts' graphics card picks:
🕹️ RTX 5090: $2,400 @ Best Buy
🕹️ RTX 5080: $999 @ Walmart
🕹️ RTX 5070 Ti: $750 @ B&H Photo
🕹️ RTX 5070: $520 @ Newegg
🕹️ RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB: $420 @ Amazon
🕹️ RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB: $350 @ Newegg
🕹️ RTX 5060: $299 @ Amazon
🕹️ RTX 5050: $240 @ Newegg
🕹️ RX 9070 XT: $640 @ Newegg
🕹️ RX 9070: $550 @ Newegg
🕹️ RX 9060 XT 16 GB: $350 @ Newegg
🕹️ RX 9060 XT 8 GB: $270 @ Amazon
🕹️ Arc B580: $250 @ B&H Photo
🕹️ Arc B570: $210 @ Amazon
The hottest Prime Day deals right now:
Live
Welcome! I'll be here updating you with the best deals that cross our path throughout the Big Deal Days week, but you can also go ahead and check out our full lists of the best tech discounts we've already found in our packed deals hubs:
My favorite deal so far...
As far as budget gaming laptops go, this is an excellent machine when it's down at this price. For just $810 at Lenovo the LOQ 15 is one of the fastest RTX 5060-powered notebooks we've tested.
I may not agree with Lenovo's egregious decision to use single channel memory, and that 512 GB SSD is tiny, but those are things you can deal with at this price, and can easily and cheaply upgrade down the line, too.
You always need more space
It's as true if you have a gaming laptop with just a 512 GB SSD or a big rig with a couple terabytes already installed; you always need more storage space. Games aren't getting any smaller, after all!
And this might just be your best opportunity to grab some affordable storage right now, because the rise and rise of AI data centers is potentially going to create a "pricing apocalypse". So that means, if you want to get in on SSDs worth just 5₵ per GB now might be the time to act.
Everyone's got a bottom...
...but not everyone can afford a Secretlab Titan Evo.
This is where the best budget gaming chair comes into its own. The Corsair TC100 Relaxed has been our favorite budget seat for so long you'd think our review chair would be a pile of ripped cloth and a few castors by now. Not so, the chair still looks as good today as it did when we first put it together in the office.
And now that it's getting close to its cheapest ever price, at just $160 at Newegg, it's a whole lot of gaming chair for not a lot of cash. Especially when you consider the Secretlab will set you back near $600.
If you thought Hall effect keyboards were expensive...
Allow me to dissuade you from that particular misapprehension, because those magnetic switches don't automatically have to mean a gaming keyboard that stretches into triple figures.
In fact, this one won't even cost more than $50. I've used the Gamakay NS68 a bunch in the office and though it could do with some extra damping in there to give you a more satisfying thock it's an impressive wee board for the little more you'll spend on it.
Don't spend more on a mic unless you have to
I've been hilariously forcing Andy to use a bunch of cheap rubbish I find on Amazon and AliExpress recently, and you know what, sometimes that has meant we find the odd diamond in the rough.
The Amazon Basics USB Condenser mic is one such sparkling gemstone, because it offers a sound and build quality you would not expect from a piece of tech which costs less that $27.
Unless you really need to sound like a late night DJ all the time, and just want a simple desktop microphone for meetings and Discord, then this is all you ever need spend on a PC mic.
PC Gamer's favorites
If you wanted to know what our most favorite PC gaming hardware is, then allow me to elucidate. We test tons of tech during our working days, and then play with it late into the night, and so we know good gear when we use it. And our buying guides are replete with recommendations for the best tech you can buy.
I've listed below just a selection of our key product recommendations:
- Best gaming laptop: Razer Blade 16 | $3,000
- Best gaming monitor: MSI MPG 321URX | $900
- Best gaming chair: Secretlab Titan Evo | $579
- Best graphics card: Radeon RX 9070 | $550
- Best wireless gaming headset: HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless | $143
- Best gaming headset: HyperX Cloud Alpha | $79
- Best gaming mouse: Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro | $170
- Best gaming keyboard: Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 | $159
- Best PC controller: GameSir G7 Pro | $80
- Best SSD: WD Black SN7100 | $70
👉Check out the full gamut of all our category recommendations👈
The cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop we've ever seen
The RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU is only just shy of the RTX 5080 notebook chip when it comes to straightline gaming performance, which makes this $1,500 HP Omen Max 16 machine a bit of a bargain.
It's certainly the cheapest we've seen this level of gaming laptop going for.
Oof, $1000 discount on this gaming PC
This is the most affordable RTX 5080-based gaming PC we've seen, and it comes with a massive $1,000 discount on the initial listing price. Which, at $3,000 was maybe a little too much anyways.
What I will say, however, is that it's not necessarily about hefty compromises on the other component choices. Sure, it's a last-gen AMD Ryzen CPU, but it's still a proper AM5 chip in the 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 7900. You're also getting 64 GB DDR5 memory and a 2 TB SSD, which means you're getting a seriously capable PC alongside that headline-grabbing Nvidia GPU.
AMD vs. Nvidia. FIGHT!
Two cards, two different amounts of VRAM, two different upscalers, and two rival manufacturers. But there will be one happy GPU punter whichever one of these graphics cards you pick.
Whether you couldn't give a stuff about frame generation, or want something that will give you a leg-up in terms of content creation alongside your gaming habit, these two cards will deliver.
Just don't get too into the weeds about how $500 used to be top-end GPU pricing and not the cost of mid-range cards, and you'll be fine.
- Zotac GeForce RTX 5070: $520 @ Newegg
- ASRock Radeon RX 9070: $550 @ Newegg
Didn't expect this, tbh
I will say, I've not been the biggest fan of MSI gaming laptops for the past few generations, so it was with a little trepidation that I pulled the Vector 16 HX AI ('cos obviously there had to be some sort of AI-ness to it) out of its box.
It's a rather chunky, slightly anachronistic machine, all big vents and rather plasticky surrounds. But, oh my, it does a job. In fact it does its job so well that I reckon it's one of the best value mid-range gaming laptops around. Sure, it gets loud at full chat, but don't they all? The good thing, however, is that because of that chunky chassis you can run it on Balanced rather than Super Mega Extreme Gaming mode and it'll perform at the same level as pretty much any other RTX 5080 gaming laptop running in their top modes.
And it looks pretty special with the shroud off, too. Like a wee cyberpunk city.
And it's even better value now, with a tasty $200 discount for Prime Day. Or Prime Day week as it's from Newegg.
🚨Sweet spot RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC🚨
This is one of those sweet spot moments in PC gaming, where a system crops up with just about the perfect spec at a great price. Everything's in balance here with this CyberPower PC from Walmart: there's the Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, with its gamer-centric 3D V-Cache, the RTX 5070 Ti, a full 32 GB DDR5-6000, and two terabytes of storage.
All now with a healthy $400+ discount. Win.
Oh, it's ON
October's Prime Day has now begun, so if you want to get in on the sweet, sweet Prime member only deals exclusive at Amazon then you'll want to get yourself an account. Thankfully there are ways to get a free trial for a month... though it's worth deciding now if you want to take that option now or wait for Black Friday next month. Maybe wait and see if there is something you really want over the next couple days before pulling the trigger on the free trial.
How do I become a Prime member for Amazon Prime Day?
You can become a Prime member via Amazon's Prime membership page, with the first 30 days being free. You'll have to create an Amazon account and provide payment card details, however. So, if you only want the benefits for Prime Day itself and not as a recurring subscription after, you'll need to cancel your membership before the 30-day period ends.
Big boi on deck, save $1,000
Nick suggested the Alienware 18 Area-51 laptop was almost the best gaming laptop the company had ever produced, and he was looking at the ludicrously priced RTX 5090 version. Now, with the Prime Day-aping Dell sales, the RTX 5080 version is on sale for a far more reasonable $2,550 at Dell.
You're getting the same Core Ultra 9 275HX chip (and Intel's mobile chips have remained super-competitive in the laptop space despite what's going on in desktop-land) and a healthy 32 GB of dual channel DDR5-6400 memory. You may only be getting a 1 TB SSD in this configuration, but you also get two spare M.2 slots in the back of this sizeable machine.
If you're after a big-screen gaming laptop, the Alienware 18 is absolutely one to consider, in fact it's our pick for the best 18-inch gaming laptop around today.
What GPU do I want in my gaming laptop?
You don't have to worry about any Nvidia vs. AMD wars when it comes to gaming laptop graphics cards because AMD has effectively exited that particular conflict this generation. All except when it comes to integrated graphics, but that's effectively a solo battle, too.
Otherwise it's a pricing thing when it comes to which GPU you should be aiming to base your gaming laptop purchase around. The only caveat to the following listing, however, is that we are seeing some of the best gaming laptop deals on RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptops. You're getting performance not far off the top RTX 5080 machines, but often for significantly less. Check out the impressive HP Omen Max 16 deal right now, for just $1,500 @ HP.
Best overall
The RTX 5080 mobile is a seriously capable graphics chip, available in a wide range of laptops, often in some very high-powered configurations. You'll only find it in some of the pricier machines, mind, but it's got the sort of firepower that's had us all kinds of impressed.
Best budget
The RTX 5060 might not be the gruntiest of Nvidia's current stable, but it's available in some very affordable machines and capable of great 1080p and 1440p performance, particularly when you take advantage of DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation.
Best mid-range
The RTX 5070 isn't exactly a quantum leap ahead of the mobile RTX 4070 of old, but it's still where you want to be if you're looking for the pricing sweet spot. It too benefits from a spot of MFG, but it's a very capable performer in some brilliant mid-range machines.
Best high-end
The RTX 5090 is a whole lot of GPU to cram into a mobile frame, and as a result you'll only find it in the priciest of gaming laptops. It's an expensive option, and the RTX 5080 is still more suited to a mobile form factor—but if you must have the very fastest, here it potentially is. In the right config, that is.
Under $100 Prime Day deals
It's nice to see a $1,000 discount on some product, but if that's still over $2,500 then it's still waaaaay out of reach of most folk. So, I've been having a look around for just what gaming gear you can pick up for under $100 today, and I think this is a seriously healthy list of PC gaming goodies that will make a tangible difference to your setup, whichever one you pick from.
1. Silicon Power UD90 | 2 TB | $100 (save $32)
2. Gamakay NaughShark NS68 | Hall effect keyboard | $34 (save $9)
3. Asus VY249HGR | 1080p 120 Hz monitor | $85 (save $35)
4. V-Color Manta | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | $88 (save $10)
5. Turtle Beach Burst II Air | Wireless mouse | $65 (save $35)
It may be Prime Day, but not necessarily for GPUs
Amazon isn't really your friend if you're after the best graphics card deals, even if it is a specific sales event. The absolute best GPU deals are either at Newegg, Best Buy, or even Walmart. BUT Amazon does have four specific cards where they can boast of some decent deals, and one of them in particular—the $420 RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB—is a genuinely good deal.
- Sparkle Arc B570: $210 @ Amazon
- PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB: $270 @ Amazon
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060: $299 @ Amazon
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB: $420 @ Amazon
The only way is Walmart?
You might think that Amazon would have the exclusive on great gaming PC deals over Big Deals Day, but that is not how it rolls. Newegg has the highest volume of discounted machines, but Walmart is actually the one rocking the actual rigs we'd want to spend our own money on today.
- iBuyPower Slate | RTX 5070 | $1,099 (save $401)
- Acer Nitro 60 | RTX 5070 Ti | $1,750 (save $550)
- CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme | RTX 5070 Ti | $1,899 (save $401)
- Acer Nitro 60| RTX 5080 | $1,999 (save $1,001)
When you absolutely, positively HAVE to take something apart
Sometimes, you just want to dismantle something. I get it, I've torn apart so much tech in my time I can barely grip a jeweller's screwdriver anymore. Thankfully I don't need to when electric screwdriver kits can be had for just $40!
Wait, what... a Hall effect controller for less than $11?!
What with the Gamakay NaughShark Hall effect keyboard costing just $34 today and now the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controller a frankly ludicrous $11, it should finally be clear that magnetic switch products aren't the preserve of premium-priced gear.
Do you really need 240 Hz?
When you can bag a 165 Hz 4K OLED for its lowest ever price, do you really want to spend another $150+ on a version of the same panel with a 240 Hz refresh rate? Especially as you're going to need something with the graphical grunt of an RTX 5090 to be able to run at that level consistently.
Waiting on The Witcher 4?
Well, here's something to do to while away some of the time in between now and the eventual release of The Witcher 4. Or maybe even while you wait for Liam's first appearance in Season 4 of the Netflix adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's stories.
It's the latest book in The Witcher series, which was only just released with an English translation from its native Polish at the end of September and is already on sale today. Bargain.
It's a prequel story, set before Geralt got his 'of Rivia' suffix, but doesn't really fit as a starting point if you want to get in on the stories. Check out the reading list here if you want a pointer. And you can even get the full suite of books on discount today, too. Happy reading.
Well, they're not happy stories per se, but good stories.
She's going to need more power, cap'n
Well, we all need more power, right? And with most phones no longer coming with their own chargers, and many of us having multiple devices requiring juice for their batteries—from laptops, to handhelds, and even powered screwdrivers—a good high-wattage charger is a worthy purchase this Prime Day.
- Ugreen Nexode 65 W: $22 @ Amazon
- Anker Prime 100 W: $46 @ Amazon
- Ugreen Nexode 200 W: $70 @ Amazon
Still sharp...
The Razer Blade 14 is never a value-proposition, but with $800 off the listing price of the RTX 5070 version of the diminutive notebook, this is still a pretty tempting deal. I personally love the Blade 14, it's the laptop I use daily and a fantastic gaming device, too.
But even at this discounted price it's not cheap; there are many RTX 5070 Ti laptops out there with higher performance for less money. But none are as svelte and just damned gorgeous.
I told you I love it...
Don't judge me...
Look, keyboards get grubby. PCs get dusty. Laptops get unknowable grint stuffed into their various ports. Don't look at me like I'm some kind of monster. We all generate a level of filth, and sometimes we just need to give the goods on our desktops a thorough clean.
That's a chance the Prime Day deals offer, with some tantalizing discounts on those cleaning products you know you should stick in your shopping basket. I'll go first...
- Powered compressed air duster | $30 (save $20)
- 10-in-1 keyboard/laptop cleaning set | $14 (save $3)
- Colorcoral cleaning gel | $6 (save $6)
It's the final deals day... but not really
Morning! And welcome to what is ostensibly the final day of October's Prime Day sales. But I'm here to remind you that's not really how it's going to play out.
You may well see a lot of headlines and deals 'content' trying to build up some false sense of urgency by suggesting you only have mere hours before all the discounts will disappear and you'll have missed your chance at a special deal.
But it's only Amazon's specific Prime Member only deals which will have some sort of genuine expiry time, with the likes of Newegg and Best Buy and Walmart likely to keep their own sales running throughout the rest of the week.
There's also the looming presence of Black Friday, well, Black November next month, and you can be sure there will be more opportunities to save 💰 on tech.
There is maybe one caveat to this, which might genuinely mean it's worth taking the deals available now, and that's in both SSD storage and memory deals. AI data centers are sucking up all the spare NAND and DRAM memory manufacturers are making right now, and that is predicted to lead to some impending scarcity and price rises.
That means the SSD and memory deals of today might be as good as they get for the next few months, or potentially even years.
Give and take
The deals giveth and the deals taketh away. Prices and discounts are always fluid, and sadly that means the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controllers are no longer available for just $11. Still, you can buy the green option for under $20, which still isn't bad for a Hall effect wireless controller that we really liked.
But the Razer Basilisk actually dropped in price by $10 so that still means you can get an entirely new gaming peripheral setup for under $120 in the Prime Day deals today.
Keyboard | Gamakay NaughShark | $34 @ Amazon (save $9)
Mouse | Razer Basilisk V3 | $30 @ Amazon (save $40)
Controller | 8BitDo Ultimate 2C | $20 @ Amazon (save $10)
Headset | Razer BlackShark V2 X | $33 @ Best Buy (save $27)
If it's me...
I would love to be able to afford to spend $2,000+ on a new graphics card, and slap the RTX 5090 into my own gaming PC, but I have to be realistic. I am not independently wealthy, I have dependents, and I can't just eat ramen noodles every meal for the next 20 years and live in a cupboard under the stairs with my expensive gaming PC.
So, if I'm buying a new graphics card today, it would be this one. The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is probably the most expensive GPU I could reasonably buy without feeling endlessly guilty about for the rest of my days.
The RX 9060 XT 16 GB is $350 at Newegg right now, and that makes it the same price as the 8GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti. They both deliver similar gaming performance, and there is the option of Multi Frame Gen with the Nvidia GPU, but there is always the sneaky feeling that 8 GB of VRAM is going to get hobbling at 1440p in modern games.
We tested an XFX Swift version for our RX 9060 XT 16 GB review, and came away very impressed with its performance especially compared with the weaker RTX 5060 and similarly performing, but more expensive 16 GB RTX 5060 Ti.
🚨1.2₵ per GB alert🚨
Now, it's worth stating up front that we're talking hard drive storage here, and external hard drive storage at that, but if you want a genuinely huge amount of long-term storage for your movies, games, pictures, whatever, then this 14 TB external drive from WD is a winner. In fact this 14 TB WD Elements drive is $170 today, which is the same price as the 8 TB version.
You're not going to be running your entire Steam library of games directly from the external drive (it's not going to be fast enough for that) but for backing up your system, or putting games into long-term storage to save space on your main rig without having to re-download them again in the future, it's a great option.
All AMD for the win
AMD's 3D V-Cache technology gives a real healthy performance boost to its gaming chips and, if I'm being honest, that would be the tech I'd want in a new gaming PC I was buying. This iBuyPower machine here features the last-gen version, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but that is still a fantastic gaming chip, and when paired with the mighty RX 9070 XT you are getting an immensely powerful gaming PC for just $1,520.
The fastest cheapest 4 TB SSD
A $128 saving on one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs around, and one that also packs in 4 TB of speedy Samsung storage space, makes this arguably the best Prime Day SSD deal you will find today.
The other 4 TB drives we recommended earlier in the week are now slowly rising in price, making this both the best value and the quickest big boi drive you can buy today.
The force is strong with this one...
Of course, what we all really want is the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon UCS, all 7,500+ pieces of it. But we've got expensive graphics cards to buy, and spending $844 at Amazon on an admittedly gorgeous Lego model is too rich for most of our blood.
But there is another.
Maybe I'm getting a little obsessed...
...with maxing out on the price per GB metrics, but I think I've found a winner. For less than 1₵ per GB you can grab a 3.5-inch Seagate Barracuda 24 TB hard drive for $240 at Newegg.
I know we all love an SSD or three in our PCs, but I will admit to still having a pair of old spinning platter hard drives inside my home rig, for picture and video storage. I could easily replace the 3 TB and 1.5 TB drives I currently use with this mahooooosive 24 TB model. Think of all that lovely storage space...
Thinking about that Xbox handheld?
The upcoming ROG Xbox Ally is Microsoft's attempt to create a genuine Windows-based gaming handheld, palling up with Asus to give its device a grippy body kit and a new UI. But do you really want to pay $1,000 for the privilege when you can already get the same level of gaming performance (minus the fancy Windows UI) for around $400 less?
The Legion Go is maybe a slightly strange handheld in that it's rather chunky and comes with detachable controllers somewhat akin to the new Switch 2 with its odd mouse mode, but it's got a big bright screen, decent battery life, and solid gaming performance, too. And it's $150 off today for the 1 TB version, at $600 from Best Buy.
Two great 1440p monitors enter the ring...
...only one will leave. In your shopping basket. Honestly, these are two ace gaming monitor deals from Newegg, both high refresh rate screens (at 180 Hz), and both at the sweet spot for gaming resolutions of 1440p. But one uses an IPS panel and one uses a VA.
Now, I don't want to get into the weeds of panel technology right here, but the VA panel is the $10 cheaper option and generally you will get better black levels/contrast with a VA over an IPS, but maybe weaker color vibrancy or accuracy. IPS can also be a little slower in terms of response times.
BUT, crucially, for me at least, the IPS panel is brighter, with a DisplayHDR 400 rating, meaning it can deliver at least 400 nits in terms of fullscreen brightness (at least in a short term flash test). And it's also flat, and I prefer that against a small curved screen.
I won't judge, though, because either of these are great 1440p screens for so little cash.
Introducing the PC the Prime Day deals built
Well, that's not technically true, these are the parts picked out by our Jacob scouting around to see if he could beat the best Prime Day gaming PC deals with a build made entirely out of discounted goodies. And he's done a bang-up job, creating an RTX 5070 Ti machine, with an X3D CPU and a load of storage and memory to boot.
- Chassis: Corsair Frame 4000D | $95 @ Amazon
- GPU: PNY RTX 5070 Ti | $750 @ B&H
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | $399 @ Newegg
- Cooler: MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 360 | Free with CPU @ Newegg
- Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi | $190 @ Amazon
- RAM: 32 GB V-Color Manta XSky DDR5-6000 | $88 @ Newegg
- SSD: 2 TB Crucial P510 PCIe 5.0 | $132 @ Amazon
- PSU: Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W | $108 @ Newegg
A good-looking chassis that I've reviewed personally. You could take advantage of Corsair's iCUE Link system here, though I've done so in the past and, well, I prefer the regular option. That's what I've gone for here: three RS120 fans are pre-fitted to the front of this case and that's where they'll stay. I don't think we'll need a dedicated exhaust fan as we'll use the large liquid cooler to push the hot air out the system.
This is the sort of high-end GPU I can get on-board with. It's close to an RTX 5080 without the prohibitive price tag, has plenty of VRAM for demanding games, and it's actually pretty good on power considering the performance. It's well-balanced, and importantly, actually at MSRP. PNY do offer generally a little cheaper construction that some but this card has three fans and a chunky heatsink to keep things chill.
This is the best gaming chip from the previous generation of Ryzen chips, the 7000-series. It's since been replaced by the 9800X3D, though you'll have to spend another $50 or more to get that. The thing is here, you don't merely get a CPU, you also get a liquid cooler chucked in for free.
Well, sorta free. You can buy this processor on Amazon for $60 less right now, but it doesn't include the free cooler. Since the cooler is a good one, MSI's MAG CoreLiquid A13, and my go-to budget pick is currently over $85, this Newegg deal comes out as the best value.
As far as freebies go, this is a good'un. A large 360 mm liquid cooler with some decent fans and even RGB lighting. We've not reviewed this model, but I've checked out the CoreLiquid P13 recently and had qualms with the screen, not the cooler, and Antony checked out the CoreLiquid A15 earlier in the year and liked that a lot.
The Corsair Frame 4000D has room for this cooler via its Infinirail system in the top of the case. This also means you can leave it in the set-up it arrives in (exhaust, push) and be ready to go without much fuss.
This B850 motherboard has plenty to offer by way of connectivity, with a heap of Type-C ports and WiFi 7 support. There's only a single PCIe 5.0 slot, but that's okay, and it is lacking USB4 unlike more expensive X870 boards. Though there are heatsinks across the remaining NVMe slots and it has a 5G LAN port. Importantly, it's great value for money at $190. That's lower than it has been over the past few months, at around $210.
Woah, V-Color saves the day here with a really affordable and surprisingly decent-looking kit. I've used some white V-Color sticks for a long time, and they're a trusty set. This is the cheapest RAM kit I can find right now that's both 6000 MT/s and CL30. That's a lower latency than some popular kits around, which are often around the CL36 mark. They're also AMD EXPO friendly.
This SSD is single-handedly bringing PCIe 5.0 prices down to what we'd expect to buy a PCIe 4.0 drive for. So, why not make use of the available slots on the motherboard and get a faster boot drive for it? You could save some cash on a 1 TB model for $80, but I'd personally go all-in on 2 TB and not have to worry about buying any more storage for at least a month. That's a joke—uninstall your old games, sheeple!
I use this power supply for a lot of my PC builds here at PC Gamer. It's trust, dependable, the cables are a good length, and it's fully modular. For this build in particular it's handy for the inclusion of a 16-pin power connector for the graphics card, bypassing the need for any ugly adapters. You could grab the newer 1000 W model for a little more headroom for upgrades down the line, but honestly 850 W should be just fine for a while yet.
Peripherals at play
Our James has been on the hunt for the best Prime Day peripherals deals, and has picked out a selection of offers for gaming keyboards, mice, controllers, headsets, and microphones.
Gaming headsets
- Razer BlackShark V2 X | $31 (save $29)
- HyperX Cloud Alpha | $66 (save $34)
- SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless | $140 (save $140)
Gaming keyboards
- Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 | $34 (save $9)
- 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard | $78 (save $42)
- Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 | $151 (save $59)
Gaming mice
- Logitech G305 Lightspeed | $27 (save $23)
- Turtle Beach Burst II Air | $65 (save $35)
- Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro | $95 (save $55)
PC controllers
- 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless | $50 (save $10)
- Microsoft Xbox Wireless | $52 (save $13)
- Scuf Envision Pro Wireless (V1) | $75 (save $105)
Microphones
- Amazon Basics USB Condenser Microphone | $27
- HyperX SoloCast | $40 (save $20)
- NZXT Capsule Elite | $60 (save $30)
Be discreet
If you're not into having big cups swallowing up your ear-holes, and would rather have some discreet wee buds jammed in there instead, I get you. When I'm out and about, or even just pottering around at home, cooking or doing the washing up, or whatever, I'm always using a set of wireless earbuds to listen to music or podcasts.
And there are some simply stellar Prime Day deals on them right now; here are three of our favorites at three different price points.
Your PC's new clothes
What's the point in buying a new graphics card, CPU, and motherboard, or basically any piece of PC hardware paraphernalia, if your PC itself looks shabby? You need to clothe your tech in the best PC chassis designs, and we've picked out three of our favorites in the Prime Day PC chassis deals this week.
My personal favorite is the Hyte Y70. I have the Touch version which also adds in an entirely needless LCD panel in the front, but otherwise it's a great chonker of a chassis. Though I'm also rather taken by the aesthetic of the other two as well. I mean, look at that Fractal Design case, it's kinda beautiful in that executive chic kinda way.
- Asus ProArt | $119 @ Newegg
- Hyte Y70 | $190 @ Amazon
- Fractal Design North XL | $160 @ Newegg
Pretty wee thing
The Razer Blade 14 is a lovely thing, but you know what, I was left super impressed with the HP Omen Transcend 14 when I first checked it out last year. It's a truly tiny little gaming 14-inch gaming laptop, with a lovely OLED display, and you can pick up the RTX 5070 version for a little under $1,550 at Best Buy right now.
My only real issue with the original was that, to cope with the svelte chassis, HP had severely restricted the wattage of the RTX 4060 GPU in the version I tested. This 2025 version, however, has seen the manufacturer up the wattage of the RTX 5070 to a decent 75 W TGP. Now, that's still short of the 115 W RTX 5070 in the Blade 14, but is better than last year's 45 W TGP by a long way.
The style of the laptop, however, is genuinely lovely, and if you want a truly portable little machine for the road then this should absolutely be a contender.
#2 and #9 are serious gaming laptop deals...
It would be tempting to think that as Prime Day draws to a close that the deals would start to dry up. Not a bit; this is the prelude, the dress rehearsal, if you will, to Black November née Black Friday, next month. There will be deals going long after Bezos is abed tonight, and so here are the best sub-$1,500 Prime Day gaming laptop deals still live right now.
- Acer Nitro V 16 AI | RTX 5050 | $699 (save $200)
- Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen 10 | RTX 5060 | $810 (save $490)
- Gigabyte Gaming A16 | RTX 5060 | $1080 (save $220)
- Lenovo Legion 5 | RTX 5060 | $1,100 (save $90)
- Gigabyte Aero X16 | RTX 5070 | $1,200 (save $450)
- Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 | RTX 4070 | $1,200
- Asus TUF A16 | RTX 5070 | $1,350 (save $350)
- Lenovo Legion 5i | RTX 5070 | $1,450 (save $475)
- HP Omen Max 16 | RTX 5070 Ti | $1,500 (save $600)
- MSI Vector 16 HX AI | RTX 5070 Ti | $1,500 (save $300)
You can never have enough buttons, right?
We've only just crowned the new Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE the best MMO gaming mouse and yet here it is already with a mighty $60 haircut, and a surprisingly affordable price tag for such a stellar wireless rodent.
Still live...
There are still a host of great Prime Day gaming PC deals live even as we enter the last few hours of the Amazon-fronted sales event. We've been chasing down PC deals all week, and have found 11 that are still worth your investment, and all for under $1,500.
- Yawyore MX240 | Ryzen 5 5600GT | $420 (save $400)
- Zotac Mek | RTX 5050 | $800
- ABS Cyclone Aqua | Arc B580 | $800 (save $100)
- ABS Cyclone Aqua | RTX 5060 | $840 (save$260)
- Cobratype Canebrake Elite | RX 9060 XT 8 GB | $850 (save $250)
- MSI Codex R2C | RTX 5060 | $889 (save $110)
- AVGPC Mini-X SFF | RX 9060 XT 8 GB | $899
- AVGPC Mini-X | RX 9060 XT 16 GB | $1,000 (save $300)
- Yeyian Yumi | RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB | $1,000 (save $198)
- iBuyPower Slate | RTX 5070 | $1,099 (save $401)
- AVGPC Hellfire | RTX 5070 | $1,350 (save $149)
