Best Prime Day PC gaming deals: My 45+ picks for top deals live now

We're on day 2 of Prime Day, and you can find discounts on everything from gaming laptops and desktops to monitors, SSDs, and even processors and graphics cards.

Amazon's annual Prime Day event heading into its second day. Which means you can find hundreds of steep discounts on everything from graphics cards and monitors to pre-built desktops and high-end laptops. And if you're looking to compare Amazon deals, retailers like Best Buy and Newegg, and brands like Lenovo and Dell, are running competing sales on premium gaming laptops and desktops, monitor bundles, and accessories.

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To help you find the best deals on the best gaming brands, I put together a list of the steepest markdowns ...