Best Amazon Prime Day 2023 PC gaming deals - Day 2
Savings on SSDs, peripherals, CPUs, graphics cards and more
Amazon Prime Day 2023 has arrived, as it was always going to, and I’ve been tasked with assembling all the best Prime Day PC gaming deals, as I was always go to be. Whereas our Anti-Prime Day deals guide rounds up select cash-saving opportunities from non-Amazon retailers, this one is occupied by PC hardware sales as the Prime Day architects intended – perhaps even better, as nowadays there are deep discounts on actually good SSDs, keyboards, gaming monitors and so on. Not just a load of half-price cable ties and surplus mouse mats, like those first few Prime Days were all about.
Prime Day 2023 is also, as per usual, not a day, and runs across both July 11th and 12th. This gives you a bit more time to weigh up any potential purchases, but remember that for all the very best deals, you’ll need an Amazon Prime membership. If you’re currently Prime-less, you can sign up for the 30-day free trial, shop yourself silly across Prime Day, then cancel before the trial turns into a paid membership.
 | Get Amazon Prime free with a 30-day trialAmazon Prime Membership gets you free next-day delivery, occasional free PC games via Prime Gaming, and access to all Prime Day deals. If you sign up now, the free trial period will cover Prime Day on July 11th and 12th; if you allow the subscription to continue after those 30 days, it's £9/$15 per month or £95/$139 annually. |
Either way, this right here is our (almost) all-in one main hub for Prime Day deals on PC gaming kit. Besides the Anti-Prime Day deals guide lined above, we’re also running more dedicated guides to Prime Day graphics card deals and Prime Day deals on Steam Deck accessories; to stick with a desktop focus, read on.
The best Prime Day 2023 PC gaming deals so far
 | Crucial P3 1TB - £35 (was £83) |
 | WD Black SN850X 1TB - £60 (was £158) |
 | HyperX Pulsefire Haste - £25 (was £50) |
 | Logitech G502 Hero - £29 (was £80) |
 | Logitech G432 - £35 (was £80) |
 | Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC Edition - £875 (was £1020) |
 | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - £205 (was £330) |
 | Razer Blade 14 - £2046 (was £3600)14in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RTX 3080 Ti, 1TB SSD |
The full list is below; click these here links to jump to the hardware section you want.
- Best SSD deals
- Best gaming monitor deals
- Best gaming mouse deals
- Best gaming keyboard deals
- Best gaming headset deals
- Best graphics card deals
- Best CPU deals
- Best RAM deals
- Best gaming laptop deals
Best SSD deals
Loads of our favourite SSDs are on sale this year, including the WD Black SN850X: arguably the best gaming SSD of the lot. It's not just premium PCIe 4.0 drives either, as more affordable PCIe 3.0 and SATA models have also had their prices snipped, including the apparently timeless Samsung 870 Evo. I've thrown in a few quality external SSDs, too.
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Best gaming monitor deals
Worthwhile monitor deals apparently aren't as forthcoming as discounted SSDs, but there's some good screens here, including Samsung's dependable Odyssey G5. 4K gaming monitors are well-represented too.
UK deals:
 | LG UltraGear 24GQ50F-B - £100 (was £180)24in, 1920x1080, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium |
 | Lenovo G27q-30 - £170 (was £250)27in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium |
 | Samsung Odyssey G5 - £279 (was £350)32in, 2560x1440, 144Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium |
 | Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q - £299 (was £359)28in, 3840x2160, 60Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync |
 | LG UltraGear 38GN950P - £1000 (was £1300)38in, 3840x1600, 160Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Premium Pro |
US deals:
 | Acer KC242Y Abi - $90 (was $120)24in, 1920x1080, 100Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync |
| LG UltraGear 27GQ50F-B - $170 (was $200)24in, 1920x1080, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium |
 | LG UltraGear 32GN650-B - $250 (was $350)32in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync |
| Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q - $269 (was $310)28in, 3840x1440, 60Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync |
 | Samsung Odyssey G5 (ultrawide) - $400 (was $550)34in, 3440x1440, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium |
 | Sony Inzone M9 - $798 (was $900)27in, 33840x2160, 144Hz, IPS panel, Nvidia G-Sync |
Best gaming mouse deals
The Logtech G502 Hero just can't pass up a sale, bless it. While it's likely that the bulk of Prime Day mouse deals are being saved for Prime Day itself, especially in the US, the G502 and a few others from our best gaming mouse rankings are going cheap right now.
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 | Cooler Master MM711 - $26 (was $45) |
| Logitech G502 Hero - $35 (was $80) |
 | Corsair Harpoon RGB Wireless - $45 (was $60) |
 | SteelSeries Aerox 5 Wireless - $90 (was $140) |
Best gaming keyboard deals
Prime Day is typically one of the best times to upgrade your keyboard, second only to Black Friday. There's been a good range of different key switch types and form factors on sale, with full-size and tenkeyless 'boards seeing the most savings.
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Best gaming headset deals
You can count some of the absolute best gaming headsets among these Prime Day deals. The UK alone gets sales on the the Corsair HS65 Surround, which is blessed with one of the finest mics I've ever mumbled into, and the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless, a warm-sounding headset that lasts for months between battery recharges.
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US deals:
 | HyperX Cloud Stinger - $47 (was $50) |
 | Logitech G733 - $124 (was $150) |
 | HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless - $150 (was $200) |
Best graphics card deals
I'm honestly quite surprised to see GPUs like the RTX 4070 Ti on sale so soon after release; this is the best graphics cards for playing games at high resolutions, especially those that support DLSS 3, but cheap they ain't. All the more reason to be happy, I suppose, that Prime Day is bringing the savings. Some still-powerful cards from previous generations are on sale too, and could nicely suit a tight PC build budget.
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Best CPU deals
Most Prime Day gaming CPU deals I've seen cover somewhat over-the-hill chips, like Intel's 10th gen, and with all due respect to 'em: no ta. Luckily, there are also a few modest offers on speedy CPUs from the past two Intel Core and AMD Ryzen generations. Just keep in mind that you'll probably need a new, compatible motherbord for these as well: look for boards with the LGA 1700 socket for Intel 12th and 13th gen processors, or the AM5 socket for Ryzen 7000 chips.
UK deals:
 | Intel Core i5-12400 - £159 (was £170) |
 | Intel Core i9-13900KF - £514 (was £530) |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - £205 (was £330) |
 | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - £365 (was £600) |
US deals:
 | Intel Core i7-12700K - $253 (was $269) |
 | Intel Core i9-12900KS - $369 (was $410) |
 | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - $640 (was $699) |
Best RAM deals
Good heavens. Reasonably priced DDR5 RAM? At least in the UK, it's finally possible to pick up some latest-gen memory for similar money (or even less) than a good DDR4 kit. That's particularly good timing if you're also using Prime Day to upgrade to an AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU, as these - unlike their Intel equivalents - will only work with DDR5.
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Best gaming laptop deals
If the Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally don't sound like they've got enough portable power on hand, gaming laptops remain a viable alternative. Prime Day sales are making budget laptops even more attainable, as well as knocking hundreds off more high-flying models.
UK deals:
 | Acer Nitro 5 - £730 (was £786)15.6in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, RTX 3060, 512GB SSD |
 | MSI Katana 15 - £1140 (was £1499)15.6in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-12650H, RTX 4070 1TB SSD |
 | Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 - £1500 (was £1800)14in, 2560x1600, 120Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS, Radeon RX 6800S, 1TB SSD |
 | Asus ROG Strix G16 - £1800 (was £2100)16in, 1920x1200, 165Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i9-13980HX, RTX 4070, 1TB SSD |
 | Razer Blade 15 - £1828 (was £2099)15.6in, 1920x1080, 360Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti, 1TB SSD |
| Razer Blade 14 - £2046 (was £3600)14in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RTX 3080 Ti, 1TB SSD |
| Asus ROG Strix G16 - £2070 (was £2250)16in, 1920x1200, 165Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-13650H, RTX 4080, 1TB SSD |
US deals:
 | Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 - $600 (was $900)15.6in, 1920x1080, 120Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 5 6600H, RTX 3050, 256GB SSD |
 | Dell G15 5520 - $999 (was $1200)15.6in, 1920x1080, 120Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX 3060, 512GB SSD |
| Asus ROG Strix G16 - $1210 (was $1400)16in, 1920x1200, 165Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-13650HX, RTX 4060, 512GB SSD |
 | Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 - $1500 (was $2050)15.6in, 2560x1440, 240Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i9-12900H, RTX 3070 Ti, 1TB SSD |
Amazon Prime Day 2023 FAQ
What is Prime Day?
Prime Day is Amazon’s biggest sale event for Amazon Prime members. Once a slightly sad display of discounted bric-a-brac, the kind of junk you’d suspect was just taking up space in Amazon’s warehouses, Prime Day has since become a genuinely significant day in the PC hardware enthusiast’s calendar. It now tends to encompass thousands of offers on gaming mice and keyboards, internal components like SSDs and graphics cards, and more than a few Steam Deck-ready microSD cards.
Also, I use "day" very loosely, because that's what Amazon do. In recent years, Prime Day has in fact lasted for 48 hours, complete with single-day-only deals and flash sales. In many cases, top quality hardware can reach its lowest-ever price over the course of those 48 hours, so hopefully history will repeat with this year's two-day event.
Do I need to be a Prime member to get Prime Day deals?
For the best ones, yeah. Amazon prices are usually elastic enough that non-Prime members would surely find some discounted wares during Prime Day 2023, but these won’t be Prime Day deals per se – and the products that do have true, Prime-members-only savings will invariably enjoy bigger reductions.
There’s no way around this membership requirement, except maybe burglarising an Amazon sorting centre, and ReedPop’s lawyers would like me to make it clear that we don’t endorse that. However, if you just want access to Prime Day discounts without the commitment of a rolling membership, what you can do is sign up for Prime’s free trial (UK / US). This grants you all the benefits of full Prime membership and lasts 30 days, so as long as you don’t sign up too far in advance, you can just use the trial to do some Prime Day shopping and then cancel the subscription before those 30 days are up. Cunning!
If, though, you decide to stick with Prime membership, it costs £9 / $15 per month or £95 / $139 annually.
When is Prime Day this year?
As I'd been hearing on the tech hack grapevine since June, Amazon have confirmed that Prime Day 2023 will run from Tuesday the 11th to Wednesday the 12th of July.
That's no surprise: outside of the pandemic-disrupted 2020 and 2021 renditions, every Prime Day since the first 2015 event has landed in the middle of July. They’ve also always began on either a Monday or a Tuesday, just like this year's Prime Day. Which should really just be called Prime Days at this point, but hey ho.
Any Prime Day tips to share?
Several! The first and most nakedly self-serving is to watch out for, and use, our Prime Day deals guides and recommendations. Unlike some sites, we only highlight offers on hardware we honestly believe is good; saving money is one thing but you shouldn’t buy tat just because it’s cheap. Especially when Prime Day, in its more recent form, is usually brimming with great stuff at significantly lowered prices.
If you’d prefer to do your own browsing, you can still protect yourself against dodgy deals. Sadly, yes, some Amazon vendors can fiddle the numbers to make it seem like Prime Day has brought prices crashing down – when in reality, they were recently and quietly raised, specifically so that the sale price could list a fatter discount.
Once again, then, I am recommending that you install the Keepa extension for your preferred browser. This adds a price-tracking graph to every Amazon listing, showing how the cost has fluctuated over time. This will let you catch when a deal is not what it seems, and vice-versa, when it’s the genuine article. Here, for example, is the Keepa graph for a Crucial P3 Plus SSD, which confirms that its current sale price really is an all time low.
Another trick, one that might save you some time on Prime Day, is to decide what you want to buy and add it to your cart in advance. Then, when you log in during Prime Day proper, you just need to hop back into the cart to see if your desired goods have had price cuts. Any that haven’t, you can just delete, before instantly heading to checkout. For goods that are liable to selling out quickly, like graphics cards, this could save you some disappointment.
Above all else, though, my advice is to only buy what you absolutely, definitely want (or need). I know there’s a certain thrill to piling your cart high with PC hardware but if you’re only purchasing something because it’s cheaper than it was last week, even if you weren’t previously thinking of getting it, then you’re ultimately not going to be saving money at all. Which, this being a sale, is rather the point.
What if I don’t like Amazon?
Many don’t. This year, we’ll be bringing back our anti-Prime Day deals guide, highlighting the best of the rest from UK and US retailers that have nothing to do with Amazon and Prime Day (outside of them running sales at the same time as the latter. A coincidence, I’m sure).
I can’t guarantee that their prices will be lower than the equivalent Amazon deal, if there is one, but sometimes they can be. And if last year was any indication, these non-Amazon sales will cover a competitively wide variety of savings on peripherals and components that we’d happily recommend.
