The 8 Prime Day deals so good they make it hard to recommend anything else

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Don't stress about the thousands of items on sale today. Just look at these eight.

Prime Day's 8 Top Deals October 2024

Our hub for the best Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals is big, because we know everyone's after something a little different when deals season rolls around. Maybe it's a cutting edge PCIe Gen 5 SSD, or instead the cheapest, biggest drive you can get. Maybe you're not after PC deals at all and you just want to see how much money you can save on cat food. Fair! But when it comes to the deals we really want to make sure you're clued in on, the list for this month's Prime Day is short. It's not even a top 10.

There are eight deals that clearly stand out above the hundreds that we've looked at this week. If you're overwhelmed by how much stuff is on sale, then forget the full list and just pay attention to these standouts. 

The 8 top deals from this Amazon Prime Day sale

1. Asus TUF A16 | Ryzen 7 7735HS | Radeon RX 7700S | 16-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $400)

1. Asus TUF A16 | Ryzen 7 7735HS | Radeon RX 7700S | 16-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $699.99 at Best Buy (save $400)
The 512 GB SSD is the main drawback to this budget gaming laptop. At just $700 it's a great price for a machine that will generally outperform an RTX 4060-based laptop. And there's a second M.2 slot inside for you to add an SSD! The Ryzen CPU is an eight-core, 16-thread job, and the Radeon chip will run games effectively as long as you're not after ray tracing.

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2. Dell G15 | Ryzen 7 7840HS | RTX 4060 | 15-inch | 165 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $849.99 at Dell (save $250)

2. Dell G15 | Ryzen 7 7840HS | RTX 4060 | 15-inch | 165 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5-4800 | 512 GB SSD | $1,099.99 $849.99 at Dell (save $250)
The cheapest decent RTX 4060 gaming laptop from this sale. Again there's the drawback of a 512GB SSD, but otherwise the spec makes for an excellent budget gaming laptop that will absolutely deliver on the 165 Hz 1080p screen it comes with.

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3. Lexar NM790 | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write | $99.99 $74.99 at Amazon (save $25)

3. Lexar NM790 | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write | $99.99 $74.99 at Amazon (save $25)
For anyone looking for a cheap, spacious drive offering serious performance, here you're getting a genuinely brilliant SSD for the money, and you can see this for yourself with our review of the 4 TB version.

Price check: Newegg $90.75

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4. ASRock Phantom PG27Q15R2A | 27-inch | 165Hz | 1440p | VA | FreeSync Premium |$239.99 $156.77 at Newegg (save $83.22)

4. ASRock Phantom PG27Q15R2A | 27-inch | 165Hz | 1440p | VA | FreeSync Premium | $239.99 $156.77 at Newegg (save $83.22)
ASRock's gaming monitors are always so darned cheap—we love them for that. This 1440p panel offers resolution and a rapid refresh rate for a potent PC gaming combo, though the built-in Wi-Fi antenna is unique. That's hardly essential, but could come in use for some.

Price check: Amazon $229

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5. MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $774.12 at Amazon (save $55.87) X

5. MSI MAG 321UP | 32-inch | 165 Hz | QD-OLED | $829.99 $774.12 at Amazon (save $55.87)
The difference between this MAG 321UP and the MAG321UPX is the this one has a 165 Hz refresh instead of 240 Hz. That's the only difference between this and a more expensive OLED. It's still 4K, high refresh, and freakin' OLED. This is where the smart money is spent.

Price check: Newegg $759.99

6. Corsair TC 100 Relaxed gaming chair | Fabric | Black | Lumbar pillow | 2D armrests | $249.99 $199.99 at Newegg (save $50 with code FTT224DX7248)

6. Corsair TC 100 Relaxed gaming chair | Fabric | Black | Lumbar pillow | 2D armrests | $249.99 $199.99 at Newegg (save $50 with code FTT224DX7248)
The best budget gaming chair. It's a comfortable throne on which to snap headshots in Valorant or romance Gale in Baldur's Gate 3. It's pretty easy to put together and surprisingly plush for the money. It's also available in a black leatherette.

Price check: Amazon $219.99 | Corsair $219.99

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7. Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 | Ryzen 7 7700 | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD | $1,599.99 at Newegg

7. Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 | Ryzen 7 7700 | RTX 4070 Ti Super | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD | $1,599.99 at Newegg
We're seeing some fantastic prices for RTX 4070 Ti rigs at the moment. Compared to some comparable systems on sale, this one wins out with 32 GB of RAM and a 7700X, making for a balanced but still affordable system that will be as good at everyday productivity as gaming. Assuming you could pull yourself away from the kinds of frames that 4070 Ti Super will be spitting out, anyway.

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8. Yeyian Yumi  | Ryzen 5 5600X | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB SSD |$1,199 $799.99 at Newegg (save $399.01)

8. Yeyian Yumi  | Ryzen 5 5600X | Nvidia RTX 4060 | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 1 TB SSD | $1,199 $799.99 at Newegg (save $399.01)
The Yumi is a bit of a classic when it comes to gaming PC deals. 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. DDR4 RAM and a previous-gen Ryzen 5 might not be top-end, but this machine will still deliver great performance for under a grand.

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Wes Fenlon
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Wes has been covering games and hardware for more than 10 years, first at tech sites like The Wirecutter and Tested before joining the PC Gamer team in 2014. Wes plays a little bit of everything, but he'll always jump at the chance to cover emulation and Japanese games.

When he's not obsessively optimizing and re-optimizing a tangle of conveyor belts in Satisfactory (it's really becoming a problem), he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike. With a focus on writing and editing features, he seeks out personal stories and in-depth histories from the corners of PC gaming and its niche communities. 50% pizza by volume (deep dish, to be specific).

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