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Best tech deals for Prime Day 2024: Great sales chosen by experts

There are lots of tech deals to be found across a number of popular categories, from storage drives to laptops and tablets to USB-C docks and more.
Katherine Stevenson
By Katherine Stevenson
Managing Editor, PCWorld Jul 17, 2024 3:00 am PDT
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Amazon’s Prime Day sales event has arrived, offering many great tech deals throughout its two-day run (July 16 and 17).

Luckily for tech enthusiasts, discounts are available across a range of popular categories, from laptop and desktop PCs, to power banks and phones chargers, to both internal and external storage devices, and much, much more.

The list below has been curated by PCWorld’s tech experts, who collectively have been testing PC hardware for decades and have a razor-sharp sense of what products are worth buying and what deals offer the greatest value. We’ve checked Amazon pricing histories to ensure all these deals are in fact offered at significant price reductions.

Read on for all of the best tech deals, and be sure to check out our Prime Day 2024 deals hub for more great tech discounts.

First published on July 12, 2024. Last updated on July 17, 2024.

Top deals on mainstream laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets

  • HP Envy x360, includes an Intel Core Ultra 5 125U CPU and a 2-in-1 form factor, $649.99 ($350 off at Amazon)
  • Acer Aspire 5, includes Thunderbolt 4 support and an Intel Core i7-1355U CPU, $569.99 ($230 off at Amazon)
  • Asus VivoBook S 16 OLED, includes an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU and a 3200×2000 OLED display, $949.99 ($150 off at Amazon)
  • Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) with 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display, 10-hour battery, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, Wi-Fi 6. $360 ($140 off on Amazon)
  • Apple iPad Air (M2) with 13-inch Liquid Retina display, 10-hour battery, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, Wi-Fi 6E. $729 ($70 off on Amazon)
  • Amazon Fire Max 11 (2023) with 11-inch display, 14-hour battery, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage, Wi-Fi 6. Without lockscreen ads. $159 ($120 off on Amazon)
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 with 11-inch AMOLED display, 8-hour battery, 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, Wi-Fi 7. Includes S Pen. $619 ($300 off on Amazon)

Top deals on gaming laptops

  • Asus TUF Gaming A15, includes an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU, $1049.99 ($350 off at Amazon)
  • Razer Blade 16, includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU and 1TB of SSD storage, $2,799.99 ($1,000 off at Amazon)
  • Acer Nitro 5, includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU and a 1080p 144Hz refresh rate display, $1,129 ($171 off at Amazon)
  • Alienware M18 R2, includes an Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU, $2,379.99 ($420 off at Amazon)
  • Gigabyte Aorus 15, includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU and a 360Hz refresh rate display, $939 ($160 off at Amazon)

Top deals on gaming desktops

  • Asus ROG G16CH, Core i7/RTX 4060Ti/32GB RAM/1TB SSD, $1,199 (20% off on Amazon)
  • MSI Aegis Z, Ryzen 7/RTX 4070 Super/16GB RAM/1TB SSD, $1,399 (10% off on Amazon)

Top deals on mainstream desktops and all-in-one PCs

Top deals on monitors

Top deals on SSDs and USB flash drives

Top deals on USB-C hubs and Thunderbolt docks

Top deals on keyboards

Top deals on chargers and power banks

More great Prime Day 2024 tech sales

PCWorld’s editors have curated tons of great deals across other tech categories. Check’em out!

Amazon Prime Day deals FAQ

1.

Do I need to be a Prime member to get Amazon Prime Day deals?

Yes, you need an Amazon Prime subscription to take advantage of designated Amazon Prime Day deals. You can still purchase the items without that subscription, but you won’t get the best deal pricing.

After all, Amazon Prime Day is to a large extent a means for Amazon to sell more subscriptions, which cost $14.99 per month or $139 per year. Besides deal pricing and faster shipping, a membership confers access to Prime Video streaming content and special deals when you shop at Whole Foods. If you’re on the fence about committing to a subscription, you can always sign up for a free Amazon Prime trial to get the deals.

2.

When does Amazon Prime Day begin and end?

This summer’s Prime Day begins at midnight PST on July 16 and ends on July 17. Typically Prime Day sales go for precisely 48 hours, so expect the deals to expire at midnight, PST.

3.

How can I tell whether a Prime Day deal is worth it?

A good way to judge the merits of a deal is to check its price history using a site like Camel Camel Camel. But beyond a great price, you want to feel confident in the quality of the product itself. User reviews, a brand’s reputation, and the recommendations of product experts, such as PCWorld, can all provide added assurance that a deal is worth it.

4.

Do other retailers run sales during Prime Day?

Despite Prime Day being an Amazon sales event, there’s nothing stopping other retailers, like Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and so on, from running their own deals during this time.

The upshot is that you could find similar prices at a competing retailer without the need to pay for a Prime subscription. See our category-specific deals roundups linked above for the best deals across all retailers.

, Managing Editor, PCWorld

Katherine has been covering consumer technology as a product reviewer, writer, and editor for more than 20 years, starting her career at MaximumPC magazine. She's been with PCWorld since 2015, and diligently works behind the scenes assigning, editing, and curating much of the site's content.