Amazon Prime Day is fast approaching but if you cannot wait for the main deals to start, there are some discounts worth considering available now. We’ve spotted some enticing deals on PC gaming hardware, including graphics cards, processors, and monitors. You’ll find only the best pre-Prime Day deals right here for creating your dream gaming battle station.
Best early Prime Day PC gaming deals
Prime Day is a great time to save big on PC hardware, especially components built for gaming. We’ll be keeping tabs on all the best deals for building your dream gaming PC and kitting out your battle station with the best peripherals. Prepare to lose yourself in your favorite games with our curated discounts.
Samsung 990 EVO (2TB)
$130 $240 Save $110
This 2TB Samsung 990 EVO is on sale at its lowest price we’ve seen. For $130, you’ll pay around $0.07 per GB for storing an OS, games, media, and everything else with speeds up to 5,000 MB/s.
Storage can be rather expensive, especially when shopping around for an NVMe SSD. Samsung’s 990 EVO series of drives strikes a good balance between performance and price (now that it costs less than the MSRP). This 2TB version costs $130, which works out to around $0.07 per GB. That’s considerably more than a mechanical drive, but you’re getting transfer speeds of up to 5,000 MB/s. This is more than enough for loading an OS, software, and in-game content. I may have given it a scathing review, but that was primarily due to the high launch MSRP.
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MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi
$280 $380 Save $100
Do you need a new motherboard for a 12th, 13th, or 14th-gen Intel PC? Look no further than this MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi, available for just $280. It has some advanced features at a reasonable price, making this a great foundation for a powerful gaming PC.
The MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi is an excellent motherboard for 12th-14th-gen Intel CPUs. I’m talking about an LGA 1700 socket, support for DDR5 RAM, PCIe 5.0 for GPUs and SSDs, 2.5Gb LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, and Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 for wirelessly hooking up hardware. It’s not the cheapest LGA 1700 motherboard around at $280, but it’s worth it should you be planning to build a capable gaming PC with pricey storage, graphics, and processing power.
GIGABYTE B650 AORUS Elite AX
$159 $230 Save $71
Going with an AMD processor lets you take advantage of this killer AM5 motherboard deal for $159, a full $71 off the MSRP. It has a stable VRM setup for CPU power delivery, DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support, WiFi 6E, and 2.5Gb networking.
This GIGABYTE B650 AORUS Elite AX is a great deal for an AMD-powered gaming system. It has everything you’ll need to install high-end gaming components, including support for up to the AMD Ryzen 9000 series, PCIe 5.0 for the GPU and SSD, and 2.5Gb or WiFi 6E networking. Pair this motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and you’ll have a monster of a setup for even the most demanding games.
PowerColor Hellhound Sakura AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
$489 $600 Save $111
Not only does this discounted AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT look unique, it has the same performance you’d expect from this GPU. Prepare yourself for butter-smooth 1440p gaming experiences.
Speaking of graphics cards! Here’s an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, a solid 1440p workhorse available for less than $500. It’s not only a good deal for a mid-range gaming PC, but this PowerColor Hellhound Sakura AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT looks the part with its all-white finish and Japanese design elements. This GPU would look good in just about any PC build, even one primarily rocking a dark/black theme.
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
$160 $359 Save $199
Here’s a solid deal on a previous-gen AMD processor. It’s an AM4 chip, requiring an AM4 motherboard and DDR4 RAM, but at just $160 this is one deal that’s difficult to pass up on.
AMD’s Ryzen 5 5700G is an older processor but it’s still worth considering for low-power system builds or instances where you’d want to use integrated graphics. Unlike the substandard GPUs included with chips that are present for video output, you can play games on the Ryzen 5 5700G. The results won’t be anywhere near discrete GPUs, but it’s impressive nonetheless. Should you eventually grab a GPU, this part can be swapped out for a more powerful AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPU. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is also on sale for $174.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
$174 $449 Save $275
The Ryzen 7 5800X from AMD was one of the best value processors from the 5000 series. It has enough cores and threads to handle more demanding software and games, and it’s at a good price of $174.
FAQ
What makes a good Prime Day deal?
We’d recommend using price tracker tools and websites such as CamelCamelCamel as these will show the price history of the product in question. We’ve seen in the past vendors artificially inflating the price before Prime Day, only to reduce it back to a normal level and call it a “deal” when it’s actually anything but. You can rest assured we only cover actual deals here on XDA.
Do you need to be a Prime member to save on Prime Day?
Prime Day discounts require you to have an active Amazon Prime subscription. Without a Prime membership, you may still come across generic deals on Amazon, but these come and go all year round. There are also exclusive deals you get access to ahead of the big event, although there aren’t any for Apple products right now. You can also try out Prime though, with a 30-day free trial parallel with Big Deals Day.
Amazon Prime
Looking to save on Apple products during Amazon’s Prime Day event? A Prime membership can give you access to some exclusive deals, along with other perks, like free shipping.