It's not quite time for the big sale on October 6, but we're already tracking down the discounts on powerful PCs for all your gaming needs.

Walmart has a better deal than Amazon on a prebuilt PC that excels at 1440p gaming. The Skytech Harpy gaming PC with AMD Ryzen X3D CPU and GeForce RTX 5070 GPU has dropped to $1,799 with free shipping after a $500 off discount. This is a well-equipped prebuilt that pairs a capable CPU and GPU with healthy dose of RAM and storage.

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Maingear said back when it first announced these PCs that it would supply each PC with Kingsoton FURY brand DDR5 memory “when available.” Maingear also has a BYO RAM program where you can get some money off your PC if you ship them your own memory sticks they can shove into the tower—making sure to test that everything’s ship-shape before sending.

Walmart is offering the best deal right now on an affordable 1080p-capable gaming PC. For a limited time, you can pick up an MSI Codex Z2C RTX 5060 Ti gaming PC for just $999 with free shipping. That's actually the first time I've seen a 5060 Ti equipped prebuilt price under $1,000 since early summer.

Virtual reality headset maker Pimax has announced a new console-like compact gaming PC with powerful internal hardware. Looking like a mashup of an Xbox Series X and a Steam Machine, the Pimax Spation will come with an AMD Ryzen 9800X3D and RX 9070 XT,

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Amazon’s Prime Day has this CyberPowerPC gaming desktop for its lowest price in over a year. Grab it while it lasts.

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