PC gaming UK deals to expect on Amazon Prime Day 2021
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5. TV deals
6. Storage deals
7. Component deals
8. Peripherals deals
Amazon Prime day is happening a lot earlier than last year, settling back down to its traditional June spot as opposed to the Black Friday aperitif it was in 2020. It's still running across two days though, with Monday June 21 and Tuesday June 22 being this year's Amazon Prime Days.
As usual, we'll been running the rule over what's worth your time and money when it comes to Amazon Prime Day PC deals, but it's not just going to be Bezos's besties shipping the bargains. There will be a host of other retailers looking to cash in on the Prime-focused sales event.
But if you are after the specific Amazon deals then you are going to need to get yourself Prime membership to fully take advantage of the deep discounts we're expecting this year.
So what is going to get its pricing slashed in the June event? With a worldwide component shortage you'd be forgiven for thinking that Amazon Prime Day will represent slim pickings for PC gamers, but while there will definitely not be any graphics cards on offer this year (are there ever?), we're still expecting some great offers to surface.
And there are already a few early deals on Amazon devices and services out there to whet our appetites, and you can expect Amazon's own devices to get some serious discounts over the days leading up to Prime Day.
Early Amazon Prime Day deals
Trust GXT 256 Exxo microphone | USB | Shock-mount | £119.99 £79.99 at Amazon (save (£40)
We reviewed the GXT 259 mic recently, and it's a quality device. This version sits slightly lower down the stack, but is still a impressively priced microphone designed purely for voice recording. The included stand and shock-mount will make it a good, affordable choice for your streaming setup.
Trust GXT Imperius gaming desk | 140 x 66cm | £219.99 £153.99 at Amazon (save £66)
Trust has a bunch of different PC gaming peripherals up for sale, and this gaming desk, with almost a third knocked off the sticker price, looks like a decent deal. It's now only £4 more expensive than the smaller Dominus desk, features cable cut-outs, a headphone hook, and drinks holder. And it looks like it'll even hold mugs of tea.
ToLuLu 1080p webcam | Wide-angle | 5MP | £29.99 £9.91 at Amazon (save £20.08)
Yeah, we don't know the brand either, but hell it's a 1080p webcam, with decent Amazon reviews, that costs less than a tenner. So long as you're not expecting something to record your Oscar-winning opus on (it's 5MP after all) then this will be a handy backup webcam for your home working setup.
Echo Buds (2nd Gen) | Active noise cancelling | Wireless charging case | £119.99 £49.99 with Prime at Amazon (save £70)
These 2nd Gen wireless ear buds are tuned for wireless operation with the Alexa phone app and deliver active noise cancelling for a genuinely affordable price... especially with this chunky early Prime Day discount.
Echo Dot (4th Gen) | 6 months Amazon Music Unlimited | £97.93 £49.99 at Amazon (save £47.94)
If you're in the market for a wee single room smart speaker at a low price, the 4th Gen Echo Dot is a decent device. You also get a free six month subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited. It's worth noting, however, that the Echo Dot is a classic Prime Day product and we'd be surprised if there weren't better deals on the actual Prime Days.
Audible | 3 months for 99p | 99p at Amazon (auto renew at £7.99 per month after 3 months)
Get your Dan Carlin and true-crime audio fix with a bargain price on Audible Premium Plus. That gets you an audiobook of your very own each month as well as a host of other content that's freely available with a subscription.
Amazon Prime Day gaming laptop deals
With a bunch of new laptops coming from AMD and Intel in the coming months, and with the current generation only really hitting the shops now, there will be a lot of laptops around that are ripe for a good discount.
Amazon will be a good place to keep an eye out for gaming laptop deals from the usual suspects, such as Asus and Acer, but it will also be worth making sure to track what Razer and Alienware are doing on their own stores.
With the component shortage being what it is, your best chance of getting the latest GPU and CPU hardware in a gaming rig might just come from a new gaming laptop. They seem to be more readily available than even some pre-built PCs today, so there's a good chance of getting one shipped relatively quickly.
Asus ROG Strix G15 | Ryzen 5 5600H | RTX 3050 Ti | £999 £899 at Currys PC World
Quality gaming laptops don't have to cost a fortune, as this 15.6-inch laptop proves. Showcasing the latest 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 5600H alongside an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti (yup, it supports RTX raytracing and DLSS), this capable system is paired brilliantly with a speedy 144Hz 1080p screen. You also get a 512GB SSD for your money, which is decent. The only downside is you only have 8GB of RAM, but that's something you can upgrade later on.
Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 | Intel Core i5 | GTX 1650 Ti | £699 £599 at Currys PC World
This is a surprisingly capable gaming laptop for a shade under £600. The GTX 1650 may be getting a bit long in the tooth now, but it'll still handle modern gaming on this 120Hz 1080p panel with some settings tweaked. Paired with the 4-core, 8-thread Core i5 10300H, it's no slouch in terms of straight number crunching either. You only get 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, but that's hardly surprising at this price point.
Asus VivoBook X513EA | Intel Core i5 | £599 £479 at Currys PC World
This 15.6-inch laptop isn't really designed for triple-A gaming, but the fact it's packing an 11th-gen Core i5 Tiger Lake chip and boasts semi-reasonable Iris Xe graphics makes it too good a deal to ignore at under £500. It'll handle older titles and retro games well and won't sound like a leaf blower when pushed either. As you'd expect at this price you're only getting 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, but it's still a lot of laptop for the money.
Lenovo Legion 5 | Ryzen 7 5800H | RTX 3060 | £999 at Currys PC World
While not discounted, this 15.6-inch laptop stands out as a great deal on the very latest hardware. The RTX 3060 is a quality GPU that will handle the latest games with ease and has a good chance of making the most of this 120Hz 1080p screen. Here it's paired with the awesome Ryzen 7 5800H, an 8-core, 16-thread powerhouse of a chip. The 512GB SSD is roomy enough for your games too. You only get 8GB of RAM, but you can upgrade that later down the line.
Amazon Prime Day gaming PC deals
If you want a new graphics card, and a beefy desktop one, not a weaker mobile version, then you're going to need to grab yourself a pre-built gaming PC. System builders have a direct line to the much sought after GPU commodity, and that makes them a better source for new cards than the likes of Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg.
There's a chance that Amazon may still have some pre-built systems on offer this year, but realistically you're likely to get a better deal on going straight to builders' sites themselves. Alienware regularly runs deals on its Aurora machines during big sales events, and iBuyPower might well have some of its ready-built systems on sale and available to ship at the drop of a hat.
Amazon Prime Day Gaming Monitor deals
Gaming monitors is another space we expect to see filled with new deals on existing screens. There are new HDMI 2.1 monitors on the way later this year, but for us PC gamers we're all about DisplayPort and so the current generation of panels are pretty darned good. And if we can get a high refresh rate gaming monitor for a good price we're going to be happy.
Prices for 4K panels, and even ultrawides, have dropped in recent times, and we expect to see some shiny 120Hz or 144Hz gaming monitors getting the discount treatment around the web this Prime Day, whether that's at Amazon direct or as a result of the sales event elsewhere.
Amazon Prime Day TV deals
Prime Day always seems to mean TV deals, and with HDMI 2.1 already filtering into the specs list of existing TVs that means we're getting a whole load more gaming capable big screen panels. Historically the issue was that a 4K TV was often limited to 60Hz over HDMI, but the latest screens have taken the shackles off and you will often find a 120Hz 4K TV for a great price.
And a good, high refresh rate TV can be your cheapest ticket to big-screen PC gaming, and we're confident there will be deals about to tempt us away from gaming monitors this year.
Amazon Prime Day storage deals
Storage is another traditional Prime Day deals hot spot. The biggest discounts will often be on eternal drives, but you'll also likely see some decent deals on internal components too. Whether that's an NVMe SSD to speed up boot times and game loads, or a SATA SSD for big data storage, Amazon Prime Days PC deals are likely to throw up some solid state storage bargains.
There's also a good chance you'll see unfeasibly large hard drives on offer too, with healthy discounts on some 10TB spinning platter for you archivists out there.
Amazon Prime Day Component deals
Components are potentially where we'll see some weakness when it comes to actual deals. As we said at the start, there aren't going to be any GPU deals as there simply aren't any graphics to buy at MSRP, but there is a chance you might find some discounts on processors.
The CPU wars between Intel and AMD have lead to some excellent budget chips, and if stock allows there might be some deep discounts to heat things up. But, as ever when it comes to PC components in 2021, it really is all about stock levels.
System memory is another place where we might see some components deals hitting these pages, so if you're in the need for a couple new sticks of RAM keep us bookmarked.
Amazon Prime Day Peripherals deals
I can almost guarantee that headsets, keyboards, and mice are going to offer up some of the best Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals this year. And are likely to be the most affordable too.
If the price is right you could kit yourself out with a whole new gaming setup, even if you can't spend big and get a whole new gaming PC.
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