Jul 15, 2024 - 17:59
By pcgamer.com

Here are our top 10 pre-Prime Day PC gaming deals, with big discounts on gaming PCs, chairs, GPUs—the whole shebang

Is it Prime Day yet? Well, it certainly feels like it. We might still be a day—heck, a few hours—out, but the deals and discounts are rolling in. Manufacturers don't seem to care for official deadlines, and neither do we when the pickings are good.

We've been combing through all the early bird deals and this is what we've come up with: the top ten PC gaming deals we can spot right now. From RTX 4070 gaming laptops to snappy 2TB NVMe SSDs and throne-like gaming chairs, here are our top picks for Prime Day before, y'know, Prime Day.

1. HP Victus 16 | RTX 4070 | Core i7 13700H | 16-inch | 1080p | 144 Hz | 16 GB DDR5-5200 | 1 TB SSD | $1,199 at Walmart
The Victus range isn't the HP brand that comes to mind when you think gaming laptop, but it's the affordable side of the business which is still able to pack a decent punch for the price. This RTX 4070-powered machine is the cheapest we've found toting Nvidia's third-tier mobile GPU, but it is a 120 W version, not the full 140 W monty. That will still deliver at the 1080p res of this screen and will work comfortably under this relatively slim 16-inch chassis. The rest of the spec—16 GB DDR5 and 1 TB SSD—are exactly what you'd hope for at this end of the market, too. A really good price for a seriously solid machine.

2. 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.