Best October Prime Day Deals Live — The best PC gaming hardware deals still live
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
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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 the LOQ 15 is one of the fastest RTX 5060-powered notebooks .
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.
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Yup, that's nearly a $500 saving on a machine we were already pretty impressed with in terms of pricing. That makes it an easy recommendation though there are a couple caveats I ought to note here so you get the full picture. Our favorite thing about this machine is the excellent 1080p gaming performance you get, but what you don't get is a good memory/SSD config. At3 16 GB DDR5 it's not bad on the capacity front, but it's single channel. You're also only getting a 512 GB SSD for the money, which is pretty miserly. But at this price, with that performance, I can confidently say it's not an issue.
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 "". So that means, if you want to get in on SSDs worth just 5₵ per GB now might be the time to act.
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A little slow and a little toasty, this 1 TB drive simple can't be beat on price. A decent place to store your OS, plus a few not too huge games from your Steam library.
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Even without DRAM, this remains a pretty speedy Gen 4.0 drive. Sure, the write speed will only reach up to 6500 MB/s, which is a few steps behind the advertised read speed of up to 7400 MB/s, but that's far from the slowest SSD you could pick up for the money.
You might not know Silicon Power from Samsung, but this SSD is well-received by our friends at . It offers plenty of speed for a Steam library expansion but with a meager cost per gigabyte of just four cents. It's not the fastest SSD out there, though.
Our pick for the best PCIe 5.0 SSD on a budget. We hadn't even considered a budget PCIe 5.0 drive until the P510 arrived, as they're usually too expensive to even bother with. But the P510 strikes a wonderful balance between top performance and actual affordability.
When you're hitting the $0.04 per GB mark you know you're onto a good thing in storage land, and even more so when you're also hitting the sort of top-end PCIe 4.0 speeds the best drives achieve. Speed and capacity, what a lovely combo.
...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.
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Featuring full-body ergonomic support, your spine will rest easy. Now boasting an additional discount on top of an already very affordable price point, your wallet will thank you, too. Use code "FTTE367" at checkout to get the full discount.
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.
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This is our absolute right now, and even when it's not on sale it's still a great value pick. It might be dinky, but it packs Hall effect switches under some nice PBT keycaps, so you can make use of all the rapid trigger your heart desires.
Key specs: Wired | 8 KHz | Hall effect | Hot swappable
Don't spend more on a mic unless you have to
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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 , 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.
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What, no discount? True, but what did you expect when this little microphone is around the cost of takeout for one to begin with? The good news is, this ultra-cheap desktop condenser mic actually sounds perfectly decent, is well-built, and has made other budget microphones look a bit silly as a result, as we found in . An absolute bargain, even at full price.
If you wanted to know what 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:
Best gaming monitor:
Best gaming chair:
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Best wireless gaming headset:
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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 machine a bit of a bargain.
It's certainly the cheapest we've seen this level of gaming laptop going for.
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If you did a double take, you're in good company. This HP machine is the first RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop I've seen drop below the $1,500 mark, even if it's only by a single cent. That's a remarkably powerful GPU combined with a chonky eight-core AMD chip and a pleasingly well-weighted 1200p display, which means it should have no issue spitting out plenty of frames to make the most of its 165 Hz refresh rate. The RAM is a little meagre at 16 GB, and the SSD is very small, but both can be upgraded with relative ease—and compromises have to be made somewhere at this price.
Key specs: RTX 5070 Ti | Ryzen AI 7 H 350 | 16-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 16 GB RAM | 512 GB SSD |
Oof, $1000 discount on this gaming PC
This [[link]] 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.
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$1000 off. That headline writes itself. But hey, it's also a powerful RTX 5080-powered gaming PC with a proficient 12-core CPU and heaps of RAM. The only downside is that neither Acer nor Walmart really note what the parts in this build actually are, which I presume means they're fairly flexible. So long as they're good enough and the memory is dual-channel, I'm good.
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:
ASRock Radeon RX 9070:
RTX 5070 MSRP: $549
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Although the is a good deal faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4070, it's less of an upgrade compared to the RTX 4070 Super. DLSS 4 just about tips the balance in favor of the newer model, though, and this particular deal is nicely under MSRP. Use promo code FTTE682 to get the full discount.
The RX 9070 is one of AMD's better GPUs for many years and is not that much slower than the XT version. It's been so popular that it's taken months for the price to drop to AMD's MSRP. Now at a similar price as the RTX 5070, Nvidia has proper competition in this segment.
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 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.
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I know, I know, it's a lot of cash. But the truth is, it's difficult to find many RTX 50-series laptops for anything less than silly money right now, and this one's got the big boi RTX 5080 for a just about reasonable sum. Our Dave has and likes the value proposition you get when you take into account that mega GPU, although it is a bit of a hairdryer on full whack. Still, stick it in Balanced mode and the noise is much more reasonable, and it still performs about as well as the other RTX 5080 machines we've tested. Which is to say, very well indeed.
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.
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You might be able to get an RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for cheaper, but you likely won't find one with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D like this CyberPowerPC build. This is the best CPU for gaming of this generation, and combined with the RTX 5070 Ti and 32 GB of fast DDR5 RAM, you should be set for gaming at high or ultra settings in any game at 1440p and even 4K.
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?
, 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
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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 .
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 around today.
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This generation, Alienware has turned it around on both the desktop and in laptop form, too. The Area-51 PC is a monster, and the gaming laptops have also delivered the goods. This Alienware 18 is maybe a little lacking in the screen department if you were hoping for a big OLED panel, but you are getting a 300 Hz refresh and a peak of 500 nits, which is plenty bright enough for you, young fella. This deal will get you the 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32 GB of memory and a 1 TB SSD, but with plenty of space for more storage upgrades down the line.
You don't have to worry about any Nvidia vs. AMD wars when it comes to 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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
The gaming performance of Strix Point APUs with their RDNA 3.5 iGPU is pretty damned impressive. We were already into the 780M and its 1080p gaming chops, but the 890M of the Ryzen AI 9 HX APUs is another level beyond that.
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. Gamakay NaughShark NS68 |
3. Asus VY249HGR |
4. V-Color Manta |
5. Turtle Beach Burst II Air |
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You might not know Silicon Power from Samsung, but this SSD is well-received by our friends at . It offers plenty of speed for a Steam library expansion but with a meager cost per gigabyte of just four cents. It's not the fastest SSD out there, though.
This is our absolute right now, and even when it's not on sale it's still a great value pick. Luckily, it also happens to be at its lowest ever price. It might be dinky, but it packs Hall effect switches under some nice PBT keycaps, so you can make use of all the rapid trigger your heart desires.
Key specs: Wired | 8 KHz | Hall effect | Hot swappable
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This Asus monitor is pretty much the lowest you will want to go for any gaming rig right now, but it's awfully cheap, making it a perfect secondary monitor or primary screen for a budget setup. This 120 Hz Full HD monitor comes with a 1 ms response time, so it should be plenty snappy for games too.
Key specs: 23.8-inch | 1080p | 120 Hz | 1 ms
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DDR5 RAM prices have been trending upwards for a while, so deals like this one are a rare treat. Although it's designed for AMD EXPO settings in the motherboard BIOS, it will run perfectly fine at full speed in an Intel board.
Key specs: 32 GB (2x16) | 6,000 MT/s | CL30
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The Turtle Beach Burst II Air may look a tad plain thanks to the lack of RGB, but it's lightweight, with a great battery life, and it's a joy to use. If you want a no-nonsense gaming mouse (and don't mind wiping off fingerprints every now and then), it's an excellent choice at 30% off.
Key specs: Wired, Wireless, and Bluetooth | 47 g | Owl-Eye 26K optical sensor | 26,000 DPI | Up to 120 hours of battery life | Up to 1,000 Hz polling rate
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 —is a genuinely good deal.
Sparkle Arc B570:
PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB:
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060:
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB:
B570 MSRP: $220
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This Battlemage-powered card is only a fraction slower than the last-gen A770, the most powerful Alchemist model, but it's worth noting that some games still don't like Intel's GPU architecture. For those that do, you're getting , but there's not much point when you can just spend a bit more and get the faster B580. This deal is for Amazon Prime Members only.
AMD's little RX 9060 XT doesn't have upscaling and frame generation as good as the RTX 5060, but it beats it on raw GPU power. You might be better off saving more money and buying a 16 GB version, though. It doesn't have more shaders or higher clock speeds, but the extra VRAM will come in handy in the future.
The isn't massively faster than its predecessor, the RTX 4060, but having full support for DLSS 4 is certainly a plus. Stocks are decent, so you should have no problem picking one up at the MSRP, but at this price, the 8 GB versions of the RX 9060 XT or RTX 5060 Ti make more sense.
While the specs suggest it should only be a little faster than the 4060 Ti, the use of super-speedy GDDR7 gives the a surprisingly big boost. It's not worth buying if you already have an RTX 40-series card, but it's a decent upgrade if you have an older GPU, and all that VRAM is [[link]] kinda nice to have. This deal is for Amazon Prime Members only.
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 |
Acer Nitro 60 | RTX 5070 Ti |
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme | RTX 5070 Ti |
Acer Nitro 60| RTX 5080 |
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This is as cheap as I've ever seen an RTX 5070 gaming PC. Admittedly you'll want to upgrade RAM kit ASAP as it's only single-channel—just the one DIMM. But once that's sorted you have a mighty capable current-gen mid-range RIG for a budget price.
I'm not sure what magic Acer has up its sleeve right now to make all these builds so cheap, but here we are—perhaps it's a backlog of 14th Gen Intel CPUs they need to clear through, who knows? Whatever the case, for just shy of $1,500 this is a proper high-end rig. It's not quite as powerful as an RTX 5080 or RTX 4080 Super build, but it's approaching that, and it comes with that Multi Frame Gen magic.
You might be able to get an RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC for cheaper, but you likely won't find one with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D like this CyberPowerPC build. This is the best CPU for gaming of this generation, and combined with the RTX 5070 Ti and 32 GB of fast DDR5 RAM, you should be set for gaming at high or ultra settings in any game at 1440p and even 4K.
$1000 off. That headline writes itself. But hey, it's also a powerful RTX 5080-powered gaming PC with a proficient 12-core CPU and heaps of RAM. The only downside is that neither Acer nor Walmart really note what the parts in this build actually are, which I presume means they're fairly flexible. Ideally they'll be quality parts and the memory dual-channel, but you'll have to roll the dice on this one.
When you absolutely, positively HAVE to take something apart
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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!
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Offering a lot for not very much, the best part about this rechargeable electric screwdriver is that it all tucks neatly away into a stylish storage case. The light weight, small size, and varied 12 metal bits makes this an ideal bit of kit for a variety of hardware projects.
Cordless | Rechargeable 1500mAh Battery | 3 torque settings | 12 S2 Metal Bits | LED Light
Wait, what... a Hall effect controller for less than $11?!
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What with the Gamakay NaughShark Hall effect keyboard costing and now the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C controller a , it should finally be clear that magnetic switch products aren't the preserve of premium-priced gear.
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The Switch Pro-style design here is perhaps better suited to smaller palms, but you're unlikely to find another Hall Effect controller anywhere near as cheap. If pink and gold really isn't for you, though, the entire suite of also affordably priced alternate colourways is worth a second look.
Key specs: Hall Effect joysticks and triggers | USB-C | 2.4 GHz wireless dongle | Remappable extra bumpers | 1,000 Hz Polling rate
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.
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Ah, what a beauty. This 32-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is the sort of thing dreams are made of, thanks to its excellent color reproduction, superb contrast, and sheer size. A good 32-inch display is a wonderful thing to game on, and this is certainly one of those. Plus, being a 165 Hz refresh rate model, it's a lot cheaper than the 240 Hz equivalent. In fact, this is the cheapest we've found this screen for to date, making it a mega deal worth some serious consideration.
A rare but worthwhile discount on the Meta Quest 3S. With a modern processor equalling the Quest 3 but the visual components ripped off a Quest 2, the Quest 3S blends affordability with wearability. It offers some important quality of life features such as full-color passthrough and excellent inside-out tracking.
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 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.
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The first Witcher book in over a decade from writer Andrzej Sapkowski, Crossroads of Ravens, has felt like a work that has been a long time coming. Luckily, if you've been waiting for that English translation, you don't have to wait any more (excluding delivery windows, of course).
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:
Anker Prime 100 W:
Ugreen Nexode 200 W:
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Need something small and portable, but still sturdy when plugged in? This Ugreen GaN charger is just the ticket, and thanks to its 65 W total power output, it supports genuine fast charging over USB Type-C. This deal is for Amazon Prime Members only.
Key specs: 65 W | GaN charger | 2x USB Type-C | 1x USB Type-A
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If you need more oomph from your wall charger to power laptops or handheld gaming PCs, but also still need portability, then Anker's got you covered. There are only three outputs, but its 100 W total power output more than makes up for this. This deal is for Amazon Prime Members only.
Key specs: 100 W | GaN charger | 2x USB Type-C | 1x USB Type-A
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When all that matters are power and ports, then Ugreen's mighty charging station is the perfect pick. It's obviously not very portable, but the upright style does make it more discreet than other blocky chargers. This deal is for Amazon Prime Members only.
Key specs: 200 W | GaN charger | 6x USB Type-C | 2x USB Type-A
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...
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The snazzy aluminum chassis doesn't just pack in the RTX 5070 GPU, or 32 GB of RAM, but also—somehow—and OLED screen. For a gaming laptop you can easily slip in a bag without worrying about the toll it's going to take on your back, that's just a little magical.
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 |
10-in-1 keyboard/laptop cleaning set |
Colorcoral cleaning gel |
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 . 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
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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 |
Mouse | Razer Basilisk V3 |
Controller | 8BitDo Ultimate 2C |
Headset | Razer BlackShark V2 X |
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This is our absolute right now, and even when it's not on sale it's still a great value pick. Luckily, it also happens to be at its lowest ever price. It might be dinky, but it packs Hall effect switches under some nice PBT keycaps, so you can make use of all the rapid trigger your heart desires.
Key specs: Wired | 8 KHz | Hall effect | Hot swappable
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This might not be quite as alluring as the Pro version, but with the regular Basilisk V3 you're getting that lovely comfy shape, hyperscroll wheel, and RGB lighting. The RGB on this particular mouse is gorgeous, too—a nice underglow.
The Switch Pro-style design here is perhaps better suited to smaller palms, but you're unlikely to find another Hall Effect controller anywhere near as cheap. If mint green really isn't for you, though, the entire suite of affordably-priced colourways is worth a second look.
Key specs: Hall Effect joysticks and triggers | USB-C | 2.4 GHz wireless dongle | Remappable extra bumpers | 1,000 Hz Polling rate
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A stone cold classic at this point, the Razer BlackShark V2 X delivers a huge whack of everything you might want in a wired gaming headset for a very reasonable price. For a mere $33, you're getting 50 mm titanium drivers, a good microphone, comfy memory foam earpads, and a green cable. Yes, a green cable. Worth the price alone, if you ask 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 right now, and that makes it the same price as the . 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.
RX 9060 XT 16 GB MSRP: $349
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The 16 GB version of the isn't quite as fast as the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB card when ray tracing is involved, but outside of that, it's generally on par. You don't get as good an upscaling and frame generation system as with the Nvidia GPU, though. On the plus side, it is much cheaper, and that counts for a lot these days.
We tested an XFX Swift version for our , 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 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.
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At just 1.2₵ per GB, this external hard drive gives you a huge amount of data storage for your money. It may not be quick, running a spinning platter over USB 3.0, but this thing is all about capacity at a bargain price.
Key specs: USB 2.0 / 3.0 | 3.5-inch drive form factor | 2.67 lbs | 5.31 x 1.89 x 6.53 inches
All AMD for the win
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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 , but that is still a fantastic gaming chip, and when paired with the mighty you are getting .
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This is the cheapest we've seen an RX 9070 XT gaming PC in a while, which means it's the cheapest we've seen a top-end AMD PC for a while. And this is all-AMD, too, as it's also rocking an X3D chip. Admittedly that's the previous-gen Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but it's not too long ago that this was the best CPU for gaming, and even now it's not too far behind.
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.
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The only thing that's normally wrong with Samsung's EVO Plus SSDs is that the price tag is way too high. But thanks to Prime Day, you get to save nearly $130 on this really solid 4 TB drive. That's not just a big discount, it's one of the best value for money SSDs I've seen in the sales.
Key specs: 4 TB | PCIe 5.0 x2 / PCIe 4.0 x4 | Up to 7250 MB/s read | Up to 6300 MB/s write
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 on an admittedly gorgeous Lego model is too rich for most of our blood.
But there is another.
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If you can't stretch to the massive price of the Lego Millennium Falcon Ultimate Edition (and let's face it, it's wildly expensive), this kit is the next best thing. The model itself is shelf-sized, and treads the line between being simple enough to build, yet detailed enough to feel like a proper representation of everyone's favourite hunk of junk. It comes with a display stand, and demands to be removed from it on occasion to be whooshed around the room. Ask me how I know.
Key specs: 921 pieces| Ages 18+
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 .
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...
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I know, I know. Hard drives are painfully slow when you've become used to the raw speed of modern solid state drives. But not all of our storage needs are about sequential read speeds, or even 4K randoms. Sometimes you just need a ton of capacity and you're not worried about being able to read and write in a matter of seconds. For backups and long-term storage, a big boi drive like this 24 TB option might just be all the space you need. For now.
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 .
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If you want a great big screen you can enjoy at a distance—thanks to detachable controllers—the original Legion Go has your peepers covered. A real indie machine if ever I saw one.
...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.
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If you want to shave a few extra dollars off your bill at checkout, this gaming monitor from ASRock is a good way to go about it. It's a VA panel, which is good for contrasts but loses out to an IPS in a few ways, but it's around $10 cheaper than . It's also rated to 180 Hz, which is pretty good going.
If a 1440p IPS panel is what you desire (and still with a 180 Hz refresh rate and many of the same features), this alternative ASRock model may well be for you. It's significantly brighter than the model above, too, with a DisplayHDR 400 rating, and doesn't have a curve. It's $10 more, though. Decisions decisions, ey?
Well, that's not technically true, these are the scouting around to see if he could beat the 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.
A good-looking chassis that . 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, , 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 recently and had qualms with the screen, not the cooler, and Antony checked out the 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 [[link]] motherboard and get a faster boot drive for it? You could save some cash on a 1 TB model for , 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 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 , and has picked out a selection of offers for gaming keyboards, mice, controllers, headsets, and microphones.
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Gaming headsets
Razer BlackShark V2 X |
HyperX Cloud Alpha |
SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless |
Gaming keyboards
Gamakay x NaughShark NS68 |
8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard |
Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 |
Gaming mice
Logitech G305 Lightspeed |
Turtle Beach Burst II Air |
Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro |
PC controllers
8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless |
Microsoft Xbox Wireless |
Scuf Envision Pro Wireless (V1) |
Microphones
Amazon Basics USB Condenser Microphone |
HyperX SoloCast |
NZXT Capsule Elite |
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.
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If you're looking for a cheap pair of earbuds with some premium specs, the EarFun Air Pro 4 are much better than the name might suggest. They sound great and have excellent battery life, though the lack of a 2.4 GHz mode is a slight disappointment. Bluetooth with Game Mode is good enough, though. This deal is for Prime Members only.
Key specs: Bluetooth 5.4 | 52-hour battery life (11 from earbuds, 41 in case) | 20 Hz - 22 kHz frequency response
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These buds are simply the best we've tested, full stop. That's because they offer a 2.4 GHz, dongle-based wireless connection alongside traditional Bluetooth support, which means you get super-fast gaming response times as well as the convenience of a set of earbuds to tuck in your pocket, ready to face the world wherever you go. They're water resistant and offer up to 40-hour battery life, too, which is grand.
Key specs:6 mm neodymium drivers| 40-hour battery life
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Look, I'm not going to tell you these are the perfect earbuds for gaming, because they're not. Thanks to a Bluetooth-only connection, there's a bit of lag that rules this set out as a pure gaming device. What the Sennheiser buds deliver, though, is the best audio I've ever heard from earbud drivers, wrapped up in a convenient, hard-wearing case that's made them my constant companions for well over a year. Yes, there are caveats. But these buds? Bloomin' brilliant.
Key specs:7 mm TrueResponse dynamic drivers| 30-hour battery life
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 |
Hyte Y70 |
Fractal Design North XL |
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This case wasn't particularly expensive anyways, so this deal makes it that much better value. Though it's a bit tight on space, it looks absolutely fantastic. If you're looking for something compact with some style, this is a great way to go.
Key specs: ATX | Tempered glass side panel | 3x fans included
Price check:
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Our Dave has his PC built into a Y70, and I've snapped about 20 pictures of it in various colors at events over the years. And yes, this deal does apply to the purple, pink and blue options, but you're buying from Adorama not Amazon.
Key specs: ATX | Tempered glass side panel | No fans included
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The 'XL' in the name here is no joke. This is a big case. But if you want the room for upgrades and cooling, you'll find plenty inside the North XL. Plus, this is the PC case of choice of our own Nick, who really rates this particular model.
Key specs: Tempered glass side panel | 3x fans included
Pretty wee thing
The Razer Blade 14 is a lovely thing, but you know what, I was left super impressed with the 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 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.
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This isn't the cheapest RTX 5070 laptop you'll find, but it's a stunning and portable little powerhouse. Apart from its fantastic 14-inch form factor and great trackpad and keys, you're getting a 120 Hz OLED panel, which means gorgeously vibrant gameplay.
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 |
Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen 10 | RTX 5060 |
Gigabyte Gaming A16 | RTX 5060 |
Lenovo Legion 5 | RTX 5060 |
Gigabyte Aero X16 | RTX 5070 |
Acer Predator Helios Neo 14 | RTX 4070 |
Asus TUF A16 | RTX 5070 |
Lenovo Legion 5i | RTX 5070 |
HP Omen Max 16 | RTX 5070 Ti |
MSI Vector 16 HX AI | RTX 5070 Ti |
You can never have enough buttons, right?
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We've only just crowned the new the and yet here it is already with a mighty $60 haircut, and a surprisingly affordable price tag for such a stellar wireless rodent.
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This is the ideal mouse for anyone looking to bash more buttons than many might consider reasonable. That primarily means MMO and MOBA gamers, but also some productivity users. It's a tad heavy, but you get a movable side-button panel and even Stream Deck function compatibility.
Key specs: Wireless | 16 programmable buttons (12 on the side) | 33K DPI | 1,000 Hz polling | 161 g
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 |
Zotac Mek | RTX 5050 |
ABS Cyclone Aqua | Arc B580 |
ABS Cyclone Aqua | RTX 5060 |
Cobratype Canebrake Elite | RX 9060 XT 8 GB |
MSI Codex R2C | RTX 5060 |
AVGPC Mini-X SFF | RX 9060 XT 8 GB |
AVGPC Mini-X | RX 9060 XT 16 GB |
Yeyian Yumi | RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB |
iBuyPower Slate | RTX 5070 |
AVGPC Hellfire | RTX 5070 |
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