Amazon’s Prime Day is officially kicking off on October 13 this year, and the two-day event is now less than 24 hours away, but there are already some Prime Day deals and other offers to be had. We’ll be digging through what’s on offer to bring you the best bargains on everything from gaming laptops to PC peripherals.
Historically, Prime Day has been a summertime sale reserved specifically for members of its subscription-based Amazon Prime service. So yeah, you will need an Amazon Prime membership to get the most out of the event.
In a normal year Prime Day kicks off in July with savings on a host of different kit, and yes, sometimes even PC gaming gear too. But this is no normal year, and so Bezos and Co. have delayed the two-day event until now.
Amazon’s official dates for the sales event are Tuesday October 13 and Wednesday October 14, this year those are the magic Prime Days. But it’s not all about Amazon though, as no-one likes to be left out of the deals fun, so expect a whole load of offers from other retailers around the same time.
Indeed, some are already live right now, such as the Microsoft store deals.
October was about the last time Amazon could realistically hold its own event ahead of Black Friday 2020 and the great Black November consumergasm.
Amazon product deals
Amazon has kicked off Prime Day already, a couple of deals have started appearing on Amazon’s own brand products.
Amazon has also previewed which of its products will be in for a good ol’ fashioned discount over the next couple of days too.
- Echo Dot (3rd Gen) will be just $18.99, so wait until tomorrow…
- Fire TV Edition Smart TVs start at just $79.99.
- Insignia 32-inch Smart HD Fire TV Edition TV for $109.99
- Toshiba 43-inch Smart 4K UHD Fire TV Edition TV for $209.99
- Get the Fire HD 10 for $79.99 and Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet for $59.99
- Ring Video Doorbell (2nd Gen) for $69.99
- Kindle Paperwhite, just $79.99
Best Amazon Prime Day deals
MSI Trident X Plus | $2,499.99 $1,699
New GPUs mean old cards are getting cheaper all the time, and the RTX 2080 Super was once around the top of the pile, but that makes this MSI PC way cheaper. With a 9900K, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and a 2TB HDD, it’s a whole lot of PC. View Deal
HP Omen 30L | $1,579.99 $1,379.99
This 12-core/24-thread gaming PC, also sports an RX 5700 XT for quality 1440p gaming. It’s soon-to-be last gen, but that means it’s not a bad price. Though we’d add another 8GB RAM in the config.View Deal
Best Amazon Prime Day gaming laptop deals
Lenovo Legion 5 | $1,149 $899
For a little more than the IdeaPad you can pick up the GTX 1650 Ti, which has faster GDDR6 memory. The Legion5 also comes with a 6-core/12-thread CPU and a 512GB SSD.View Deal
HP Laptop 17t | $849 $679
Configured with an Nvidia MX 330 GPU, 256GB SSD, and a 17-inch 1080p IPS screen, this cheap laptop will happily give you lower-spec gaming on the go.View Deal
Evoo Ultra Thin | $239 $199
Okay, so it’s not strictly a gaming laptop, but this chuck-in-the-bag machine will mean you don’t have to lug your 15-inch RTX-powered beast into school or the office.View Deal
Best Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
HP Omen 30L | $1,579.99 $1,379.99
This 12-core/24-thread gaming PC, also sports an RX 5700 XT for quality 1440p gaming. It’s soon-to-be last gen, but that means it’s not a bad price. Though we’d add another 8GB RAM in the config.View Deal
MSI Trident X Plus | $2,499 $1,699
New GPUs mean old cards are getting cheaper all the time, and the RTX 2080 Super was once around the top of the pile, but that makes this MSI PC way cheaper. With a 9900K, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and a 2TB HDD, it’s a whole lot of PC. View Deal
Amazon Prime Day deals to make us happy
Gaems Guardian Pro XP | $699.99 $579.99
I couldn’t resist. I mean, look at it. Turn your console into a gaming laptop, with a built-in 1440p IPS screen and webcam. It’s ridiculous, and absolutely unnecessary, but I’m so happy it exists.View Deal
Should I wait for Black Friday 2020 instead?
Thankfully, Amazon Prime Day 2020 won’t take up the entire of October and will just be a two-day event, but will you be better off waiting for Black Friday, or will Prime Day offer better deals on the products you want?
As an exclusive Prime Members-only sale you can expect that Amazon’s own tech will be on offer with a heap of deals on Echo and Kindle hardware, but historically Prime Day has also seen a huge number of special offers on laptops too.
There will likely be a lot of discounts on things like TVs and peripherals too. We don’t expect there to be any big discounts on other PC goodies, though with new graphics cards and processors arriving at the tail end of this year, it is possible that last-gen PC components might see some price cuts.
You will need an Amazon Prime membership to take advantage of some of the best deals on Prime Day 2020, which isn’t necessarily the case around Black Friday, but it’s often possible to sign up for an Amazon Prime membership with a 30-day free trial at any point.
We’ll be keeping an eye on what’s going on around Prime Day, whenever Jeff does decide to unleash the really big deals, so be sure that if there are any Prime Day PC deals worth shouting about, we’ll be doing it.