We put together a great 1440p gaming PC completely built with parts on sale at Amazon's Prime Day sale

While scouring Amazon for the best PC component deals during the Prime Big Deal Days can be fun, finding all the best deals, compatible parts, and doing all the legwork is a lot. So we've taken all the guesswork (and the hard work) out of building a PC, and put together a venerable 1440p gaming beast using parts that are only on sale during the Amazon event. Note that's "during", and not "at" the Prime event, because as is often the case, Amazon is being upstaged in a couple of markets by rivals like Newegg, where you'll be much better served buying GPUs and other components. We've cooked up a Radeon RX 9070 or RTX 5070-powered build that won't ruin you financially and should play most titles at 1440p.

• Check out all the deals in Amazon's Prime Day Sale

It's impossible to please everyone with a PC build, but hopefully this can help serve as a great guide if you're venturing out on your own PC building journey. We've picked the excellent Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, but you could, in theory, pick an Intel processor instead; just remember to change your motherboard and RAM accordingly. You can also dial up specs for more RAM, a beefier SSD, or an all-in-one liquid cooler if you wish, but this will drive the price up and over that magic $1,600 marker.

$1,600 Prime Day gaming PC: Quick list

• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU: was $449 now $338 at Amazon
• Thermalright PS120SE CPU Air Cooler: $35 at Amazon
• Asus TUF Gaming X870-PLUS: was $299 now $229 at Amazon
• ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 16GB: was $699 now $549 at Newegg
• MSI Ventus 3X OC RTX 5070 12GB: was $619 now $549 at Newegg
• Silicon Power DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) Zenith 6000MT/s (PC5-48000): $105 at Amazon
• Samsung 990 Pro SSD 2TB: was $199 now $133 at Amazon
• Corsair Frame 4000D: was $104 now $85 at Amazon
• Montech Century II 850W fully modular PSU: was $89 now $85 at Amazon

$1,600 Prime Day gaming PC

If you really want an RTX card from Nvidia though, try this:

This build is a great "sweet-spot" PC that will deliver really great 1440p performance without breaking the bank. As mentioned, you can always boost storage and RAM, or even a more potent GPU to spec things up as you wish. Just remember, you'll be looking for a decent monitor and some peripherals to tie it all together.

We are working hard to find the best computer hardware deals for you this Amazon Prime Day. If you're looking for more savings, check out our Amazon Prime Day deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.