We used Prime Day PC deals to build a rig for under $999
Although the focus of Amazon's Prime Day PC deals so far has been on the prebuilt units, the world's largest online retailer is offering some very competitive rates on stellar components, too. With so many parts having their prices slashed across the board, we've compiled a prebuilt machine of our own coming in at under $999 while running premium gear to game in 1440p without breaking the bank.
We've opted for an all-in AMD machine, as the current-generation Ryzen 7 CPU, armed with 8-cores (16 threads) and the Radeon RX 6600 GPU are a good combo for keeping up with today's titles in 1440p for less. Generally speaking, prebuilt rigs at this price will opt for the weaker alliance of the Ryzen 5 processor, usually the still stellar 5600X, and the RX 6500 XT; the latter falling short of what the graphics card in our build can do here.
What's more, we're ensuring that this machine flies off the line by taking advantage of a superfast 1TB Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD at a price point where ready-made rig rigs are usually running a traditional SATA or previous generation model at half the capacity. If you're interested in more savings on portable gaming hardware, then we're also frequently updating our Prime Day gaming laptop deals hub with fresh savings, too.
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | $299 $249 at Amazon (opens in new tab) Save $50; lowest ever price - We've never seen this current-generation Ryzen 7 CPU sell anywhere near this cheap before. This listing beats the previous lowest price by a full $30. This is a great chance to get the 8-core (16 threads) processor for the historic lowest ever price.
PowerColor Fighter RX 6600 | $370 $254.99 at Amazon (opens in new tab)Save $115 - This is not only the lowest price we're able to verify on the
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