The sun is finally shining, and that can mean only one thing: No, not a day on the beach, but the Amazon Big Spring Sale is here, so it's a great time to pick up a superb deal on some PC Gaming gear. We're partway through now, but Amazon's event runs until March 31, meaning there's still plenty of time left to pick up a bargain.
What, you didn't think we were going to go outside, did you? Nope, I'm going to be right here collecting the best deals not just from Amazon, but from competing retailers, too. Every time Amazon holds one of its big sales, retailers like Newegg, Best Buy and more drop their prices to compete, so it's an excellent time to treat yourself with that brilliant bit of hardware you've been waiting to drop in price.
We're in the middle of a big GPU switchover from the RTX 40-series to the RTX 50-series, which means it's been tough to find good deals on graphics cards, but I've still found a smattering of excellent contenders to choose from. Similarly, while RTX 40-series gaming laptops might be dwindling in stock now in anticipation of the new models, I've still found some genuinely brilliant machines for bargain basement prices.
So come with me, dear gamers, as I rifle through our deal pages and come out clutching deals of pure gold. I'll be hunting for last-minute deals as well and posting them here, so there's always the possibility of a surprise or two on the way. Just call me your own personal treasure goblin, scouring the landscape for excellent PC gaming hardware deals and laying them at your anointed feet.
Nerd/Treasure Goblin
Nerd/Treasure Goblin
Andy Edser
Like everyone on the PC Gamer hardware team, Andy spends a substantial amount of time each week hunting for the very best PC gaming deals. He's been building PCs since the tender age of 12, and although his hair is now a lot longer (and his beard, increasingly grey) he's tested, reviewed, and occasionally blown up more hardware than most people have had hot dinners. That means he's perfectly placed to tell you which hardware deals to lay your hard-earned cash down on, and which to avoid with extreme prejudice.
1. ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless | Tri-Mode connection | switch dampening pads | $179.99 $149.99 at Amazon (save $30) This is a great price for what is our best overall gaming keyboard. The sound dampening is excellent, and the pre-lubed switches may sound cursed, but they're actually life-changing if you want your keys to bounce back smoothly (see our review).
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2. MSI MAG 321UPX | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $799.99 at Newegg (save $100) With its special launch price of $949, the MSI MAG 321UPX was already by far the cheapest of the new generation of gorgeous high-pixel density 4K gaming OLEDs. But you can now buy it for a much more attractive sum, and it makes most 27-inch 1440p OLEDs look painfully overpriced. It may be out of stock when you click through, but it's worth checking back for this great deal.
3. AVGPC Max | Ryzen 7 5700X | RTX 4060 Ti | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB SSD | $1,199 $1,019.99 at Newegg (save $179.01) If you're looking for the best bang for your buck around the $1,000 mark, this might be it. The 5700X might be a little on the older side, but it's still plenty capable of carrying along the RTX 4060 Ti at the heart of this build, this being a GPU that should be capable of mainstream 1440p gaming in most games on high settings, provided you're alright enabling DLSS and occasionally frame gen.
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4. Lenovo Legion 5i | RTX 4070 | Core i9 14900HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 32 GB DDR5 5600 | 1 TB SSD | $1,849.99 $1,449.99 at B&H Photo (save $400) Lenovo Legion gaming laptops have been excellent performers for a while now, and this one has specs to impress at a very reasonable price. The CPU is a 24-core (8 P-cores/16 E-cores) powerhouse, plus you get a proper 32 GB of RAM to play with. Match that with a 140 W RTX 4070 and a 240 Hz screen and this laptop is virtually flawless for the money. 2 TB of storage would be nice if I was being picky, but 1 TB will do you fine.
5. Yeyian Phoenix | Core Ultra 7 265KF | RTX 5070 Ti | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 2 TB SSD |$2,499.99 $2,299.99 at Newegg (save $200) This is a stellar all-round RTX 50-series build. It might not have an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 but the RTX 5070 Ti at the heart of this Yeyian Phoenix PC is a great overclocker, plus you get all the latest Multi Frame Gen magic. Combined with fast DDR5 RAM and 2 TB of storage, plus a 20-core CPU, this is a mighty current-gen build.
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6. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | 16 cores | 32 threads | Zen 5 | 5.7 GHz boost | AM5 socket | $649 $528.99 at Amazon (save $120.01) A truly titanic CPU, and up until very recently the most powerful AMD chip you could buy. It might not have 3D V-Cache like the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, but it'll still storm through your games (and any other demanding task you can think of) with absolute aplomb. Plus, at this price it's around $170 cheaper than the X3D version. A monstrous chip for the money.
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7. Acer Nitro EDA343CUR V3bmiippx | 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 180Hz | VA | $319.99 $279.99 at Amazon (save $40) Yes, this is the Acer Nitro EDA343CUR V3bmiippx, not the Acer Nitro EDA343CUR Hbmiippx. Totally ridiculous naming, but the V3bmiippx as opposed to Hbmiippx indicates 180 Hz as opposed to 100 Hz. And that's a lot of Hz on a 34-inch ultrawide for well under $300.
8. AVGPC Blizzard | Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 2 TB SSD |$2,299 $1,999.99 at Newegg (save $299.01) This high-end all-AMD build is about as good as you'll get for value for a current-gen gaming PC right now. We're talking the latest and greatest AMD GPU alongside an X3D chip (with tons of cache), fast DDR5 RAM and the ideal amount of storage. And all in a lovely white chassis.
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9. Nextorage NEM-PAB | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,900 MB/s write | $249.99 $129.99 at Amazon (save $120) You can expect top performance out of this drive, which is impressive for the price. This version without a DRAM cache makes it a little less responsive than the DRAM-equipped NEM-PA model, despite having a slight advantage in stated straight-line performance. Unfortunately, this drive's price is volatile, but it's still one of the better-value 2 TB drives with a heatsink right now.
10. Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro | Wireless | USB-C charging | 90 hr battery life | 30,000 DPI | Right-handed | 63 g |$149.99 $85.98 at GameStop (save $64.01) The V3 Pro might be a couple of years old now but it still represents the top-end of Razer's DeathAdder line-up. It's light, fast, accurate, and of course has that comfortably curvy shape best suited to palm or claw grip gamers. And this is as cheap as we've ever seen it.
Hello! I'll be your deal-sing co-pilot today, and I'm sure you're very excited. So come fly with me, and I'll try not to steer this liveblog directly into the ground. So far, so good!
Let's kick things off with a bang. This RTX 4070 gaming laptop is an astonishingly good deal for a mere $900. We've seen it at an even lower price over the winter sales, but it's still a silly-low amount of money to pay for an excellent gaming machine with that particularly brilliant mobile GPU.
This is the deal that makes it hard to recommend RTX 4060 gaming laptops right now. I'm still seeing RTX 4060-touting machines for well north of $1,000, and they make no sense at all while this Lenovo LOQ model exists for such a low price.
Yeah yeah, the SSD is small, and the screen is only 1080p. So what. You can upgrade the storage with ease, and 1080p gaming on a 15.6-inch display will still look great, especially when it's firing plenty of frames at that 144 Hz panel thanks to a properly powerful GPU.
If I was buying a gaming laptop on a budget today? This one. All day long.
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Price watch: ➖ Lenovo LOQ 15ARP9 | RTX 4070 | Ryzen 7 7435HS | 1080p | 144 Hz | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $899.99 at Walmart The price may have fluctuated a little recently, but this is still just about the cheapest RTX 4070 gaming laptop you'll find, and a deal that seems to be sticking around. There's a decent AMD gaming CPU, a reasonable amount of dual-channel memory, a speedy screen, and that all important GPU to play with. The 512 GB SSD is small, however, but you can easily upgrade it with the spare NVMe slot inside.
It might be a little tough right now to find a latest-generation GPU (okay, more than a little tough) but if you're in the market for a stonkingly good pre-built machine, you can absolutely get hold of one—surrounded by truly excellent components.
Trust me: The 7800X3D is still mega-fast in 2025, and will be for quite some time to come. Here it's paired with 32 GB of DDR5 6000, a generous 2 TB Gen 4 SSD, and crucially, an RX 9070 XT.
We've been mightily impressed with AMD's new cards, and the RX 9070 XT is the jewel in its current two-pronged crown. It can trade blows with the RTX 5070 Ti, and that's a genuine achievement. Sure, you don't get DLSS 4 to play with, but FSR 4 is starting to roll out now, and AMD's regular ol' frame generation works pretty darn well.
This machine is $2,000, and that's a lot of money. But in a GPU-starved market where we're seeing RX 9070-series cards edge towards the $900-$1,000 mark, this ferociously-fast gaming PC actually represents a good value proposition.
Tempting, isn't she?
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Price watch: ➖ AVGPC Blizzard | Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 2 TB SSD |$2,299 $1,999.99 at Newegg (save $299.01) This high-end all-AMD build is about as good as you'll get for value for a current-gen gaming PC right now. We're talking the latest and greatest AMD GPU alongside an X3D chip (with tons of cache), fast DDR5 RAM and the ideal amount of storage. And all in a lovely white chassis.
Is anyone else struggling to remember the name "Amazon Big Spring Sale"?
I've got a terrible short term memory (a hell of a thing for a tech writer) but I keep mixing it up with Big Deal Days and the Amazon Super Mega Deal Day. Okay, I made one of those up.
Newegg opted for "Super Spring Sale", bless it, whereas Best Buy seems to have not bothered with a naming scheme at all. It's still one of the best places to shop for gaming laptop deals right now, though. Just saying, y'all.
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I don't actually need help. I just found this banner in our image search and wanted an excuse to use it. Carry on with your deal hunting.
Fancy an ultrawide gaming monitor but keep being put off by the price? How about this Acer Nitro EDA343CUR V3bmiippx for a mere $280?
No, I didn't make the name up, Acer did. It's got quite possibly the worst nomenclature we've seen on a gaming monitor (among many, many candidates) but it's also one of the best ultrawide deals we've found to date.
It's a 34-inch 3,440 x 1440 resolution display, which is the perfect size for an ultrawide if you ask me, and uses a 180 Hz VA panel which means it's remarkably speedy. I'm not big on Acer's naming schemes, but I'm often impressed with how cheap you can find its genuinely desirable and very well-specced gaming monitors.
If you want to go wide for less, you're looking at your new gaming monitor right here, I reckon.
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Price watch: ➖ Acer Nitro EDA343CUR V3bmiippx | 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 180Hz | VA | $319.99 $279.99 at Amazon (save $40) Yes, this is the Acer Nitro EDA343CUR V3bmiippx, not the Acer Nitro EDA343CUR Hbmiippx. Totally ridiculous naming, but the V3bmiippx as opposed to Hbmiippx indicates 180 Hz as opposed to 100 Hz. And that's a lot of Hz on a 34-inch ultrawide for well under $300.
SSD prices have been jumping up and down like space hoppers over the past year, but I've found two Gen 4 beauties that are very well-priced in such a volatile market.
First up is the 2 TB Nextorage NEM-PAB, and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't recognise the manufacturer. Nextorage is a relatively new name on the market (originally sired by Sony to create SSDs for the PS5), but the components are tried and trusted at this point. In fact, this 2 TB drive uses one of Phison's best controllers—the E18.
It's super-speedy, reliable, and runs cool. Everything you want in a 2 TB drive, for a very good price.
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Price watch: ➖ Nextorage NEM-PAB | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,900 MB/s write | $249.99 $129.99 at Amazon (save $120) You can expect top performance out of this drive, which is impressive for the price. This version without a DRAM cache makes it a little less responsive than the DRAM-equipped NEM-PA model, despite having a slight advantage in stated straight-line performance. Unfortunately, this drive's price is volatile, but it's still one of the better-value 2 TB drives with a heatsink right now.
And second, if you want all the storage (well, somewhere near it for practical purposes, anyway), how about this 4 TB Team Group MP44? I keep eyeing up this drive for my personal machine and at this price, it's pretty darn tempting.
After all, nothing feels better than having many, many brilliant games installed all at once with room to spare. It's still $240, which is a lot to pay for a single NVMe drive, but you won't find a faster 4 TB SSD for less right now.
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Price watch: ➖ Team Group MP44 | 4 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,900 MB/s write | $299.99 $239.99 at Newegg (save $60) This Team Group boasts some mighty specs for the money, though it's actually the same hardware as in the Lexar NM790. The sequential read/write speeds are extremely high but it can only sustain them over short bursts. At this price, it's well worth putting up with that limitation. Read our full review of this SSD for more info.
If you like your laptops on the larger side (a 17-inch laptop screen is a lovely thing to behold, after all) then you'd do well to check out this Gigabyte Aorus 17 for $1,399. It might not be the easiest machine to squeeze in your bag, but it's got some very impressive components thrown into the bargain.
An Intel Core i7 13700H, for a start. It's a 14-core (six Performance, eight Efficient) 5 GHz stalwart of a mobile CPU, and unlike some of its more multi-cored brethren it shouldn't push the fans too hard while still delivering excellent gaming performance. I mean, it's still a gaming laptop, so it won't be quiet, but have you heard a Core i9 14900HX laptop at full chat? It's not pleasant.
That excellent CPU would matter for naught if the GPU was no cop, but here you get a proper 140 W RTX 4070 to play with. That's a good match for the 1440p display, although you'll still need a dose of Frame Generation to take advantage of all those Hz in demanding games.
Oh, didn't I mention? It's got a 240 Hz panel. That's about as speedy as you'll find in a modern laptop at the moment, which in combination with those specs and a 17-inch panel size should mean your games look great in all their high-speed glory.
Again, it's a bit on the large side overall, but I think this laptop is actually rather handsome. Horses for courses and all that, but I reckon it's a decent price on such a well-heeled machine.
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Price watch: ➖ Gigabyte Aorus 17 | RTX 4070 | Core i7 13700H | 17-inch | 1440p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD | $1,399 at Amazon While this deal doesn't technically show a discount, it's still the cheapest price we've seen on this particular model for quite some time, as stocks of this 2023 model seem to be running low. It's a lot of laptop for the cash, what with a 17-inch 240 Hz panel, a powerful Core i7 CPU, and a 140 W RTX 4070 handling the graphics duties. A serious performer, although it's big enough that you might want to think twice before chucking it in your backpack and taking it to work.
🚨MEGA CPU ALERT!🚨
Awooga, awooga. That's the sound of my mega CPU alarm, and it's going off because of the astonishingly fast AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, which is down to $529 at Amazon as we speak.
16 cores, 32 threads, 5.7 GHz boost clock. Zen 5. I mean, this live update pretty much writes itself, doesn't it? The Ryzen 9 9950X is behemoth of a CPU, not just for gaming but for any task you can throw at it. Our Nick came away seriously impressed with its performance, and up until recently it was the most powerful AMD CPU you could buy.
Until the 3D V-Cache-equipped Ryzen 9 9950X3D came along, anyway. However, don't make the mistake of thinking this model is bad for gaming, as it'll still trounce almost all other CPUs pound for pound in that particular arena. Plus, it's now a much more reasonable price, at least for a processor of this calibre.
One more time for good measure: Awooga. That is all.
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Price watch: ➖ AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | 16 cores | 32 threads | Zen 5 | 5.7 GHz boost | AM5 socket | $649 $528.99 at Amazon (save $120.01) A truly titanic CPU, and up until very recently the most powerful AMD chip you could buy. It might not have 3D V-Cache like the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, but it'll still storm through your games (and any other demanding task you can think of) with absolute aplomb. Plus, at this price it's around $170 cheaper than the X3D model. A monstrous chip for the money.
The awful part about hunting for deals all the time is that my own PC looks at me, mournfully, begging for upgrades it doesn't technically need. With money I don't really have. Sigh.
I'm going to spend more cash than I meant to this year, aren't I? Screw it, at least I'll have a good time.
It's not just the big stuff I'm hunting for during this year's Amazon Spring Sale. Should you be looking for a little treat, or perhaps a small gift for a loved one, how about The Anchor™ under-desk headphone holder?
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Holy moly that's a huge image, but I'm rolling with it. Yeah, it's a headphone hook. A very cool-looking headphone hook, for a mere $12. As I look in front of me right now I see three pairs of headphones, sitting hook-less on my desk.
Should I get three? No, no, that's excessive. Two perhaps. I could fashion them into earrings.
Yes, the deal hunting is gradually taking its toll. We still out here, though, folks. We still out here.
I reckon I can recommend this set with one bite of the cherry: 300 hour battery life. That's unprecedented, and as someone that regularly maintains several sets of wireless headphones (what, I'm an audio nerd, okay?) let me tell you that this one provides cable-free bliss for much longer than literally all the others.
It also sounds great. I mean, it feels weird throwing that in there as an "also", but it really does. It's supremely comfortable, it's got DTS:X Spatial Audio support for multiplayer footstep positioning, and it's quite a handsome fella, too.
The only drawback is the mic, which is fine rather than spectacular. That's not much of a downside compared to all the obvious advantages, which means this superb set of cans currently sits as the best overall wireless headset in our guide. Doesn't get much better than that, does it?
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Price watch: ➖ HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless | 50 mm drivers | 15-21,000 Hz | Closed-back | Wireless |$199.99 $143.38 at Amazon (save $56.61) The HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless is one of our all-time favourite gaming headsets for many reasons, but there's a big headline feature to talk about here: 300-hour battery life. No, we didn't make a typo. 300 hours of gaming goodness on a single charge, excellent DTS:X Spatial Audio, and premium comfort features make this headset an absolute stunner of a buy at this price. In fact, when we reviewed it the only major negative we could find was a slightly uninspiring microphone. Absolutely worth a serious look this one, at any level of discount.
We have two Jacobs on our team, Jacob Ridley and Jacob Fox. And neither of them will stop talking about what a good gaming mouse the Logitech G Pro X Superlight is, so with due diligence I'm reproducing that here:
"Hi, I'm Jacob Ridley and I think this mouse is great"
"Hi, I'm Jacob Fox and I'm once again talking about how good this mouse is, Andy you should totally stick it on your liveblog dude"
"Good point Jacob Fox, Andy, this is Jacob Ridley and I really think you should highlight this mouse"
Fine. In fairness, it's a brilliant gaming mouse, and I've been using Logitech squeakers for years with very little issue. I won't tell them that, though. It'll only make it worse.
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Price watch: 🔼 Logitech G Pro X Superlight | Wireless | 25,600 DPI | 5 buttons | 70-hour battery | Right-handed | $159.99 $93.04 at Amazon (save $66.95) Ignore the fact that this model has been around for a while because it's still a great lightweight, wireless gaming mouse. It's been my daily driver for ages, and I wouldn't swap it for anything.
Sometimes you see a product in the flesh and it makes your heart leap a little bit. For me, it was the Gigabyte CO49DQ 49-inch OLED ultrawide gaming monitor. I stood in front of this particular monster at Computex 2024, and for a moment, all of my cynicism dropped away.
It's a truly phenomenal looking thing. And while it still 'aint cheap, I reckon for $950 at Best Buy it's still a pretty good price on what is an actually-jaw-dropping OLED display.
I didn't get to review it, though. That honour fell to Nick Ross, and a very good job of it he did, too. He highlighted its excellent color reproduction and HDR, it's superb feature list and ergonomics, and the fact you can find it for relatively reasonably money, given that it's a mahoosive OLED ultrawide that makes hardware writers stop in their tracks.
Ever since, I've wanted one. Today, I could live vicariously through you. If you're in the market for a monitor that dominates even the largest of desks, of course. Don't let me force you.
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Price watch: NEW DEAL! Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ | 49-inch | 5120 x 1440 | 144Hz | QD-OLED | Curved | $1,099.99 $949.99 at Best Buy (save $150) The Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ is a lot of monitor for the money as we found in our review. Those rocking the RTX 4090 might be better off with the higher refresh rate of the Samsung Odyssey G9 G93SC, but the rest of us can take advantage of this very wide, very pretty-looking panel for a bit less.
One last deal for the road folks, before I clock off for the evening. It's a good 'un, though, because its the monitor I keep convincing myself not to buy because I'm saving for a house.
You, however, may have more funds available than me. In which case, may I present to you the MSI MAG 321UPX, a 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor that haunts my dreams at night. It's $800 at Newegg right now, and I wants it. I wants it bad.
We're big fans of MSI's OLED displays, mainly because they use the same brilliant panels as some of the best OLEDs on the market, but you can often find them cheaper. The MAG 321UPX is a great case in point, as you won't find a better 32-inch OLED than this for less cash at this very moment.
With stunning high-pixel density, a 4K resolution and a 165 Hz refresh rate, it's pretty much a shopping list of the features I desire in my next monitor purchase. And while $800 is no small sum, compared to the rest of the OLED market it's downright cheap.
If you want a 240 Hz refresh rate, there's always our best gaming monitor overall, the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. I've found it for $900 at Amazon, but I'd be sorely tempted to save $100 and put up with a lower, but still very fast refresh rate from the panel below.
So here it is, my last highlighted deal of the day. A truly stunning monitor, for a price you might actually be able to justify. It's been a pleasure serving with you, folks.
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Price watch: ➖ MSI MAG 321UPX | 32-inch | 4K | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $799.99 at Newegg (save $100) With its special launch price of $949, the MSI MAG 321UPX was already by far the cheapest of the new generation of gorgeous high-pixel density 4K gaming OLEDs. But you can now buy it for a much more attractive sum, and it makes most 27-inch 1440p OLEDs look painfully overpriced. It may be out of stock when you click through, but it's worth checking back for this great deal.
And with that, dear PC gamers, I bid you farewell. It's time for me to go the pub and celebrate a day of deal hunting with an overpriced pint of delicious nectar. By which I mean, beer. Possibly many.
I'd still check out the deals above and below though, as they're still going strong as I head out the door. Also give our Best Spring Prime Day PC gaming deals page a look, as it'll continue to be updated for some time to come.
Right, pub. Let's go. Catch ya later all, and happy shopping. Andy out.
