Save the Big Bucks on a New Desktop PC During Amazon Prime Day

If you haven’t noticed, we’re smack-dab in the middle of Amazon Prime Day. This year’s event spans four whole days, from July 8 to July 11, and sees tens of thousands of discounts on all kinds of products. Desktop PCs are definitely commitment purchases, so if you’ve been holding off on a new tower or all-in-one PC, the time is right to strike. Here’s a selection of discounted prebuilts that are fast, cheap, and ready to go (with more to come as Prime Day rolls on).

Lenovo Desktop Deals

All-in-one computers are one of the easiest ways to set up a desktop on a budget, as you don’t have to worry about monitors or peripherals. The Lenovo 24 is a solid contender, and while it’s not a speed demon, it’ll be more than enough for most casual family uses, like updating calendars, streaming video, and sending emails. The crisp, clear anti-glare FHD screen has 250 nits of brightness, it supports Wi-Fi 6 out of the box, and plenty of ports let you hook up extra monitors, Ethernet cables and more. See how it compares on our list of the best all-in-one PCs.

Dell Desktop Deals

Dell is known for its no-frills desktops that can be found in homes and offices around the world, using economies of scale to deliver reliable midrange quality in completely unobtrusive cases. The OptiPlex 7020 is one in its nearly endless line of business towers, and this one has a surprisingly adroit loadout in terms of components. 32GB of RAM is way more than you’d expect in a desktop at this price, so if you do music production or other memory-intensive creative work it might hit the sweet spot. The Intel i5 processor is only 6 cores, but it’s capable. One note: this unit doesn’t have an internal Wi-Fi antenna, but it comes with a USB dongle for Internet access.

Apple Mac Mini Deal

If you’re an Apple aficionado, we gave an Editors’ Choice award to the 2024 Mac Mini in our review. Deploying the latest M4 processor, it’s an absolute speed demon in a pint-sized package, with tons of RAM for high-end creative programs, robust cooling and perfectly-placed USB-C ports. The biggest downside to this unit is the skimpy onboard storage, but it’s simple to either hook up an external drive or just keep all your files in your iCloud account. We feel that this is far and away the best mini desktop on the market, and Amazon has a pre-Prime Day discount of 9% to make it even cuter.

Get Exclusive Savings!

Amazon Prime Day Returns July 8- 11

Sign up now for the Tech Deals newsletter to unlock our top editor-curated deals for Amazon’s huge shopping event.

Sign up now for the Tech Deals newsletter to unlock our top editor-curated deals for Amazon’s huge shopping event.

By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Thanks for signing up!

Your subscription has been confirmed. Keep an eye on your inbox!

Mini Desktop Deals

If you like the Mac mini form factor but prefer working in Windows, this low-priced mini PC is the way to go. We gave the Geekom A3 Mini an Editors’ Choice award in our review, proclaiming it the best budget mini desktop thanks to its massive port loadout in a super-compact frame, along with impressive performance and cooling. With a juicy 32GB of system memory, it’ll tackle high-powered creative apps from Adobe and the like with ease, and support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity is included. It can run a bit loud when you’re pushing it hard, but that’s a minor quibble at this price.

Gaming Desktop Deals

The MSI Codex Z2 is a great way to get into gaming with the visual power of Nvidia’s new 50-series graphics cards. The 5070 is a potent midrange unit that is specially tuned to enable onboard AI processing as well, and snagging a 27% discount on a solid system built around it feels pretty good. The Ryzen 7 processor is speedy and stable, and the RAM loadout and storage meet expectations. The MSI case is well-built, with a tempered glass side panel, mesh front and multiple RGB fans that keep the whole thing running frosty. A custom hardware button lets you cycle through LED programs with ease.

We gave an Editors’ Choice award to the Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop in our review, noting that it featured a new, subtler visual design that complements the potent internals with great cooling and stylish LED illumination. One of our biggest strong points was the whisper-quiet fans, which keep the components frosty no matter how hard you’re pushing that new 50-series Nvidia GPU with the new AI-optimized Blackwell architecture. While the 1TB internal drive is a little skimpy, saving $500 during Prime Day gives you plenty of extra cash to buy a beefy external SSD for your Steam library.

Want more savings during Prime Day? Our deals page is overflowing with offers.

About K. Thor Jensen

Contributing Writer

K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.

Read K. Thor’s full bio

Read the latest from K. Thor Jensen