Best Amazon Prime Early Access Sale PC gaming deals - day 2 Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Best Amazon Prime Early Access Sale PC gaming deals - day 2 All of the best UK and US hardware deals in the Prime-exclusive sale Feature by James Archer Hardware Editor Updated on Oct. 12, 2022 2 comments Welcome, prospective hardware acquirers, to the second and final day of the Amazon Prime Early Access Sale. Like Prime Day, this sale requires a Prime membership to access all the best deals, but so far those have included some tempting savings on some quality PC gaming kit. It therefore marks a good chance to replace any worn-out peripherals or make a component upgrade, especially if it can't wait until Black Friday 2022. I've rounded up a few dozen of the choicest deals, from Amazon UK and Amazon US, below. If you don't have an Amazon Prime membership, you can also sneak in by signing up for Prime's 30-day free trial - but be quick, as the Early Access Sale ends at midnight tonight. There's more on this workaround and everything else you need to know in our Prime Early Access Sale FAQ, and if you'd like some tips on how to get the best Prime Early Access deals, there's some o' those further down as well. Of course, that's what this list of deals is for: filtering out the rubbish and highlighting only the genuinely good-value offers on PC gaming hardware that doesn't suck. Since this is a new shindig for Amazon and therefore not yet as big a deal as Prime Day, don't expect any directly competing sales from rival retailers, but if you're fine to stick with Amazon then there are some very decent deals up for grabs. Such as… Today s best early Prime Early Access Sale PC deals WD Blue SN570 1TB - £ 65 was £ 93 SanDisk Ultra 1TB microSD - £ 95 was £ 218 LG 32GP750-B - $300 was $500 32in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Premium Razer DeathAdder V2 - £ 34 was £ 70 Razer Naga Trinity - $52 was $100 Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless TKL - £ 107 was £ 220 Logitech G432 - £ 29 was £ 80 SteelSeries Arctis 7 - £ 100 was £ 150 Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC - $400 was $530 Razer Blade 14 - £ 1649 was £ 2200 14in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, RTX 3070, 1TB SSD If you already have a Prime account, you don't need to do anything else; any Prime-exclusive deals will be automatically available to you. Anyone else, you can browse the the Prime Early Access Sale, but a membership is required to actually get the discounts. Luckily, a free trial membershipp will do the trick, and you can sign up here: Amazon Prime 30 day free trial - free from Amazon UK and Amazon US You can always cancel this once you're checked out and your goods are on their way, though you could also keep all the full benefits of a Prime membership for that 30 day period. Once that's complete, it will cost £9 / $15 per month to continue with Prime. For the full list of all the best Prime Early Access PC deals, scroll on, or use these links to jump to the section you want. Best SSD and storage deals Best gaming monitor deals Best gaming mouse deals Best gaming keyboard deals Best gaming headset deals Best graphics card deals Best RAM deals Best gaming laptop deals Best SSD and storage deals Some of the best SSDs for gaming are going cheap in this sale, as are a few of the best microSD cards for the Steam Deck. The WD Blue SN570 remains a stalwart low-budget option, while PCIe 4.0 drives like the WD Black SN850 drastically ramp up the read and write speeds. If you're adding capacity to your rig rather than replacing an existing drive, make sure you've got room for it, either in a spare M.2 slot or though empty SATA ports and 2.5in drive mounts. UK deals WD Blue SN570 1TB - £ 65 was £ 93 WD Blue SN570 2TB - £ 128 was £ 190 WD Black SN850 500GB - £ 59 was £ 130 WD Black SN850x 1TB - £ 103 was £ 158 Crucial P5 Plus 1TB - £ 82 was £ 127 Crucial BX500 1TB - £ 54 was £ 71 Crucial BX500 2TB - £ 111 was £ 184 Samsung Pro Plus 256GB microSD - £ 24 was £ 47 SanDisk Ultra 256GB microSD - £ 17 was £ 49 SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSD - £ 40 was £ 77 SanDisk Ultra 1TB microSD - £ 95 was £ 218 US deals WD Black SN770 1TB - $80 was $130 WD Black SN850x 1TB - $110 was $160 WD Black SN850x 2TB - $200 was $290 Samsung 870 Evo 500GB - $47 was $95 Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - $85 was $150 SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSD - $32 was $70 SanDisk Ultra 512GB microSD - $44 was $100 Best gaming monitor deals The Asus ROG Swift PG259QN deal from yesterday has gone to Ecommerce Heaven, so stepping in are a few quality Samsung Odyssey monitors and the unexpectedly capable MateView monitors from Huawei.I haven't seen as many of the absolute best gaming monitors as I did on Prime Day, but there are plenty of good displays here. UK deals Acer Nitro XV270P - £ 160 was £ 260 27in, 1920x1080, 165Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync BenQ Mobiuz EX2710Q - £ 290 was £ 420 27in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Premium Huawei MateView GT 27 - £ 190 was £ 350 27in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium Huawei MateView GT 34 - £ 399 was £ 500 34in, 3440x1440, 165Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium Samung Odyssey G7 - £ 420 was £ 550 32in, 2560x1440, 240Hz, QLED panel, AMD Freesync Premium Pro Samung Odyssey G9 - £ 969 was £ 1149 32in, 5120x1440, 240Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium Pro US deals LG 27GL83A-B - $237 was $300 27in, 2560x1440, 144Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Samsung Odyssey G5 - $248 was $320 27in, 2560x1440, 144Hz, VA panel, AMD Freesync Premium LG 32GP750-B - $300 was $500 32in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS panel, AMD Freesync Premium Best gaming mouse deals Other than some nicely cheap Logitech deals in the UK, this Prime Early Access Sale is something of a Razer-fest. Over in the US, that includes the Basilisk V3 - a brilliant all-rounder - and the Naga Trinity, one of the best gaming mice for MMOs. UK deals Logitech G203 Lightsync - £ 14 was £ 40 Logitech G Pro Wireless - £ 55 was £ 120 Razer DeathAdder V2 - £ 34 was £ 70 Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed - £ 35 was £ 60 US deals Razer Basilisk V3 - $47 was $70 Razer Naga Trinity - $52 was $100 Razer DeathAdder V2 - $28 was $70 Razer DeathAdder V2 Pro - $60 was $130 Best gaming keyboard deals A few months on from its Prime Day appearance, the excellent Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless TKL keyboard is back down to a far more affordable £107. If you still can't stretch to that one, there are a couple of quality membrane keyboards on discounts, including the comfy and spill-resistant SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL. UK deals Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless TKL - £ 107 was £ 220 Logitech G213 Prodigy - £ 25 was £ 60 SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL - £ 35 was £ 50 Corsair K70 RGB MK 2 - £ 105 was £ 150 US deals Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless TKL - $150 was £ 230 Roccat Vulcan 121 - $80 was $160 Logitech G213 Prodigy - $40 was $70 SteelSeries Apex 3 - $35 was $50 Razer Cynosa V2 - $34 was $60 Best gaming headset deals The Logitech G432 has been our overall best gaming headset choice for ages, and it's dropped to an even more appealing £29 in the Prime Early Access Sale. There's also the HyperX Cloud II Wireless, an oldie but a goodie, and the ever-reliable SteelSeries Arctis 7. UK deals Logitech G432 - £ 29 was £ 80 Logitech G335 - £ 30 was £ 60 HyperX Cloud II Wireless - £ 110 was £ 150 SteelSeries Arctis 7 - £ 100 was £ 150 US deals Corsair HS55 Stereo - $48 was $60 Corsair HS65 Surround - $65 was $80 Razer Kraken Ultimate - $57 was $130 Razer BlackShark V2 Pro - $114 was $180 Best graphics card deals Even with the Nvidia RTX 40 series and AMD RDNA 3 GPUs approaching, most of today's best graphics cards are still RTX 30 series models, and some of the higher-end models are seeing decent discounts in Amazon's sale. I've also found a cheap RTX 2060, which might suit you if you don't need the latest and greatest 1440p/4K performance but do want affordable access to DLSS and ray tracing. UK deals EVGA Geforce RTX 3090 XC3 Ultra Gaming - £ 1150 was £ 1922 Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC - £ 659 was £ 725 EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SC Gaming - £ 212 was £ 440 US deals Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity OC - $870 was $1184 Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Trinity OC - $578 was $700 Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Twin Edge OC - $400 was $530 Best RAM deals Truth be told, I was hoping for a more diverse spread of memory deals in this sale. But it's not a bust either: if you don't mind going without a fancy looking heat spreader, Crucial's simply-branded DDR5 memory could be an ideal pick for Intel 12th Gen or Ryzen 7000 PC builds. Especially the latter AMD CPUs, which are only compatible with DDR5, not DDR4. UK deals Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 16GB 2x8GB - £ 70 was £ 107 Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 32GB 2x16GB - £ 117 was £ 134 Crucial DDR5 16GB - £ 64 was £ 87 US deals Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 32GB 2x16GB - $108 was $127 Best gaming laptop deals There are a few entry-level gaming laptops on sale right now, some costing less than a single mid-range graphics card, and you have some choices available if you'd prefer something faster too. The Razer Blade 14, for instance, is a particularly well-realised combo of power and portability, and the MSI Raider GE66 - with its RTX 3070 Ti - is £100 less than it was on the first day of the sale. UK deals Dell G15 5510 - £ 549 was £ 749 15.6in, 1920x1080, 120Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i5-10200H, GTX 1650, 256GB SSD Asus TUF Gaming FA506IC - £ 650 was £ 800 15.6in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, RTX 3050, 512GB SSD MSI Raider GE66 - £ 1599 was £ 2000 15.6in, 1920x1080, 360Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti, 1TB SSD Razer Blade 14 - £ 1649 was £ 2200 14in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, RTX 3070, 1TB SSD US deals Asus TUF Gaming F15 - $590 was $650 15.6in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i5-10300H, GTX 1650, 512GB SSD Acer Nitro 5 - $940 was $1050 17.3in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-11800H, RTX 3050 Ti, 1TB SSD MSI Pulse GL66 - $1310 was $1600 15.6in, 1920x1080, 144Hz, IPS display, Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX 3070, 512GB SSD Razer Blade 14 - $1900 was $2800 14in, 2560x1440, 165Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, RTX 3080, 1TB SSD Alienware m15 R7 - $2167 was $2550 15.6in, 2560x1440, 240Hz, IPS display, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RTX 3070 Ti, 1TB SSD Prime Early Access Sale FAQ What is the Prime Early Access Sale Mini Prime Day, basically. Amazon is running money-off deals on thousands of products, including some tasty PC gaming hardware, but the only way to get these lower prices is with a Prime membership. How long does the Prime Early Access Sale last Amazon is advertising the Prime Early Access Sale as a 48-hour event across October 11th and 12th, and technically that's accurate, though when precisely the event begins and ends will vary by timezone. In the UK, then, the sale kicked off at 12am BST on the 11th, whereas in the States, it began at 12am PDT – eight hours later. That means wherever you are, the Prime Early Access Sale will end at 11:59pm on October 12th. Well, maybe not wherever, as it's only taking place in 15 countries: the UK, US, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. Do I really need a Prime account for this sale Yep, no way around it unfortunately. There will almost definitely be other discounts available on PC gaming hardware during the course of the Prime Early Access Sale, but these will be the ho-hum offers that hover around Amazon normally. Just as with Prime Day, the deepest price cuts will be for Prime members only. Now you cooooould be cheeky and sign up for Prime's 30-day free trial; this will temporarily net you all the benefits of a full membership, including access to the Prime Early Access Sale. And there's no real catch to cancelling after you've had your fill – provided you do so before those 30 free days are up. If you end up wanting to stick with your membership, it will then cost £9 / $15 per month. Something I want is on sale Should I buy now or wait for Black Friday Good question - Black Friday will involve far more retailers, so in theory, you'll have a better chance of finding what you want at an even lower price than during the Prime Early Access Sale. Then again, you're still taking a chance that a specific item will be on sale during Black Friday at all, never mind it being cheaper. Do you play it safe and buy it now instead? I say: it depends on the size of the discount. If you want a £100 headset that's only £5 off during Prime Early Access, then yeah, it's probably better to wait and try your luck on Black Friday. But if it's, say, £50 off right now, the strength of that deal arguably outweighs the risk that it might get slightly cheaper again in November. Prime Early Access Sale how to get the best deals Keep checking this guide You've already made a good start by consulting this guide; only the finest deals around here, mmm, yes. I'll also be updating it across both days of the sale, so if there's nothing you like the look of right now, there could well be something more to your tastes appearing later. All without you needing to go trawling through pages of Amazon listings yourself. Keep track of prices I know I've recommended this three sales events in a row but honestly, the Keepa browser extension is excellent at saving you from potential rip-offs on Amazon. Some sellers will raise their prices before a big sale, then drop them back down to create the illusion of a good saving; Keepa lets you avoid this trap by adding a price tracking graph to every single Amazon listing you read. This will tell you if the sale price is the real deal, or if it's only returning to 'normal' pricing after a little induced inflation. Here, Keepa shows the product was cheaper for a while, but is back up to its normal pricing. Set a budget Remember that these kinds of sales are ideally just opportunities to save money of stuff you'd want to buy anyway – don't get carried away blowing cash on hardware you won't make the most of. Always keep in mind what you need, and how much you're willing to spend. 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