When does Prime Day end? Plus, our favorite deals still available

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The 2024 Amazon Prime Day sales event started on July 17 and ends Wednesday, July 18 at 11:59 pm Pacific. That's Thursday at 2:59 am Eastern, and 7:59 am in the UK. (Find your time zone here.)

The end of Prime Day will mean you can no longer claim a special selection of free games—which includes Chivalry 2, one of my favorites—and will see the conclusion of any special "Prime Day" labeled deals on Amazon.

Other retailers feed off of the deal-seeking environment created by Prime Day and run their own competing sales events, and they aren't necessarily going to flip the prices back to MSRP just because Amazon's event is over. Even Amazon itself will still host plenty of discounts after Prime Day officially ends, so don't feel too much pressure to act now (❗❗) on a sale you're half-heartedly into.

We're curating all the best Prime Day PC gaming deals right here.

At any time of year, the hard thing is finding deals that are actually deals. We use price trackers like CamelCamelCamel to make sure that "discounts" are genuinely discounts, since nothing except brand new products actually sell as MSRP. You'll also find things like big price cuts on old laptops that aren't actually worth it, because you can get newer hardware—like a more recent GPU, for example—for comparable prices.

In our main Amazon Prime Day hub, we've collected all the best deals we've found from Amazon and elsewhere. Jacob has also built a gaming PC for around $1,000 using Prime Day deals.

Here are some of this year's top deals:

6. Gigabyte RTX 4070 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 5,888 shaders | 2,565 MHz boost | $559.99 $499.99 at Newegg (save $60 with promo code FANDUA5762)
The RTX 4070 is a popular card and can be difficult to find at a discount, but it's important to remember that this price is cheaper than it was at launch. You're getting nearly RTX 3080 performance but with all those nice RTX 40 features. This Gigabyte model uses the traditional 8-pin PCIe power connector, rather than the new 12VHPWR one, which makes it far easier to install as an upgrade. Use promo code FANDUA5762 for the full discount.

RTX 4070 price check: Best Buy $554.99 | Walmart $534.99 | Amazon $529.97

3. Yeyian Yumi | Core i5 12400F | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB SSD | $1,199 $779 at Newegg (save $420)
The Yumi is a bit of a classic when it comes to gaming PC deals, as it's always there or thereabouts. At the moment this is the cheapest RTX 4060-based PC we've found, and comes with a supporting spec that is absolutely solid, even if it's not the latest and greatest. The combo of Alder Lake Core i5 and DDR4 memory means you still get the capacity, and a healthy core count, but without the expense of the very latest hybrid Intel chips or pricier DDR5 memory. And gaming performance will vary very little.

Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call "boomer shooters" now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that's right: he had Bleem!). Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.