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This year’s Amazon Prime Day sale has no shortage of PC gaming deals. We’ve listed every good deal we could find on off-the-shelf gaming PCs from well-known brands like ASUS, MSI, CyberPowerPC, Skytech, IBUYPOWER and more. For most PC gamers, buying off-the-shelf gaming gear is much more appealing than it used to be. Years ago, it was undeniably cheaper to build your own gaming PC than it was to buy a boutique gaming system. This is no longer the case. The gaming PCs listed here are already built and packaged and will ship quickly. They use off-the-shelf components, so it should be easier to replace and upgrade components compared to buying from an OEM like Dell or HP.

TL;DR Best Day One PC Gaming Deals

The best 4K gaming PC day one deal

This Alienware gaming PC combines the RTX 4080 GPU with a liquid-cooled AMD Ryzen 9 processor, 32 GB of RAM and 3 TB of total storage. The RTX 4080 is one of the most powerful GPUs on the market, and with it you’ll be able to comfortably run any game at 4K, even with ray tracing enabled. Check out our RTX 4080 review for more details, but this is the cheapest RTX 4080 gaming PC for Prime Day.

The best 1440p/4K gaming PC day one deal

MSI Aegis R Intel Core i7 RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming PC

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The RTX 4070 SUPER is a big performance improvement over the RTX 4060 Ti. It’s the ideal card for 1440p gaming, where it’s around 10%-15% faster than the RTX 4070 it replaces. The RTX 4070 SUPER is also equipped with 12GB of VRAM, so it handles 4K games quite well without breaking the bank. Check out our RTX 4070 SUPER review for more details.

The best 1080p/1440p gaming PC day one deal

MSI Codex R2 Intel Core i5 RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC

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The RTX 4060 Ti 8GB graphics card is an even better card for 1080p gaming and is powerful enough to handle 1440p gaming as well. You’ll get a pretty significant performance boost over the RTX 4060, especially at higher resolutions.

The best 1080p gaming PC deal on day one

IBUYPOWER SlateMesh AMD Ryzen 5 7600 RTX 4060 Gaming PC

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The RTX 4060 is significantly more powerful than the previous generation RTX 3060 and almost matches the RTX 3060 Ti. This will be the best current-gen GPU you’ll find capable of smooth 1080p gaming in a system that costs (well) under $1,000. The RTX 4060 GPU also supports DLSS 3.0, giving you a nice performance boost without sacrificing much visual quality.

Should you buy now or wait for Black Friday?

Prime Day is one of the absolute best times to buy a gaming PC every year. Not only is Amazon slashing prices on its off-the-shelf PCs, but we’re also seeing equally good discounts from manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo, and HP.

As for whether you should buy now or wait for Black Friday, it really just depends on what kind of GPU you want in your PC. In general, Prime Day is a great time to find a deal on budget gaming PCs, but if you’re hoping for a sale on a pre-built rig full of RTX 4090s, you might want to wait. If the new RTX 5080 GPUs are revealed in the fall, then Black Friday could bring even lower prices.

Looking for more Prime Day deals? Take a look our megapost with hundreds of our favorite picks.