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It's Presidents' Day weekend, but don't let that put you off... | Presidents' Day PC gaming deals 2024: the best bargains available today | 1. Lexar NM790| 1TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400MB/s read | 6,500MB/s write | $69.99 at Amazon Created for ignoble.experiment@arconati.us |  Web Version February 18, 2024 CONNECT WITH PC GAMER       SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE First up It's Presidents' Day weekend, but don't let that put you off... (Future) It's the first major holiday weekend of the year, and that inevitably means an opportunity for retailers to start brandishing their big ol' discounts stick in an attempt to beat some cash out of you. Let's be honest, though, right after the longest gap between pay days, from before Christmas to the end of January, chances are you're not feeling too flush anyways. But there is still the opportunity to bag a great deal on a product you've had your heart set on, so we are, as ever, on hand to help guide you as to where those opportunities lie. You can be confident anything we recommend is because we genuinely think it's a good price, because we certainly won't be supporting retailers just itching to shift old stock it wants rid of. The most important thing to remember, however, is that it's only ever a good deal if you were actually looking to make that kind of purchase in the first place. The Big Story (MSI | HP | Razer) Presidents' Day PC gaming deals 2024: the best bargains available today The Presidents' Day PC gaming deals are already rolling in as we come up to the Presidents' Day weekend, offering us our first chance to bag some potential bargains as we start to shake off those winter blues. With different retailers offering a bunch of discounts across the breadth of PC gaming, we're here to give a little friendly guidance on what's worth your money and what is simply a bit of early year box-shifting on the retailers' behalf. Don't expect Black Friday style savings on the latest PC gaming hardware, though. Presidents' Day might be a chance for retailers to bang on about savings, but there is still a lot of last-gen kit out there being sold with big relative discounts but still-too-high price tags. It's also worth noting that laptop and SSD pricing has taken a bit of an upturn since the pre-Christmas sales, too.    While there may not be any of the sort of head-turning deals you can't resist over Presidents' Day, if you're in the market for some new PC gaming hardware then cast your eyes over the deals we've picked out so far and you could save yourself some cash. Check out all the deals Pretty big deals 1. Lexar NM790| 1TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400MB/s read | 6,500MB/s write | $69.99 at Amazon (Lexar) One of our absolute favorite SSDs this, and while it might not technically be on discount it's still a fantastic price for everything you're getting here. Check out our review of the 4TB model for more, but the cliff notes are that its fast, efficient, and pretty much everything you could want from a good Gen 4 NVMe drive, for less. 2. Lexar NM790 | 2TB | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400MB/s read | 6,500MB/s write | $129.99 at Amazon (Lexar) Ok, we know, not at a discount. But this SSD is still a good deal, as Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790 and SSD prices are likely to only go up from this point forward. Thanks to high layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read our Lexar NM790 (4TB) review for more. 3. MSI Ventus RTX 4060 Ti | 8GB GDDR6 | 4352 shaders | 2,535MHz boost | $374.99 at Newegg (save $15) (MSI) The RTX 4060 Ti might have had a bit of a rocky reception with that 8GB of VRAM, but we found it performed very well in our review and it makes a very solid mid-range performer, particularly with the ability to take advantage of DLSS 3 and Frame Generation. This is a small twin-fan model that should still run cool and quiet, and delivers a lot of gaming performance in super-efficient fashion. 4. Acer Nitro XV320QU | 31.5-inch | 1440p | 165Hz | IPS | FreeSync Premium | $239.99 at Newegg (save $110) (Acer) If you're chasing high frame rates and still want some degree of high fidelity, this 1440p panel is for you. It's rocking a 165Hz refresh rate with AMD's FreeSync supported to keep everything silky smooth. It's big, too, though 31.5-inch is pushing the 1440p resolution on pixel-per-inch. 5. ABS Eurus Ruby | Ryzen 7 7700X | RTX 4080 Super | 32GB DDR5-6000 | 1TB SSD | $2,099 at Newegg (save $300) (ABS) Well well, what do we have here? The super quick Ryzen 7 7700X in combination with 32GB of DDR5 6000, a 1TB SSD, and the brand spanking new and truly mighty RTX 4080 Super? Yep, those are specs that bring most machines to their knees, and near the magic $2,000 marker to boot. This is a huge amount of gaming performance for the money, and a tough one to beat. 6. Asus ROG Ally | AMD Z1 Extreme | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | 7-inch 1080p | 120Hz | $599.99 at Best Buy (save $100) (Asus) The most powerful version of once of the best PC gaming handhelds is back at a discounted price. The Asus Ally surprised us at launch with its relatively low MSRP (for a premium Asus product), and now it's even cheaper. Has the time come for you to get in on some handheld gaming action? 7. Alienware Aurora R15 | RTX 4070 Ti | Ryzen 7 7700X | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | $1,479.99 at Amazon (save $419.98) (Dell) We have a saying around here, don't buy an Alienware gaming PC at full price. There's almost always a good deal on an Alienware gaming PC, such as this one right here. An RTX 4070 Ti for this price with a well-rounded spec to go with it. It is a shame that Dell often uses proprietary parts in its machines, which makes upgrading or replacing a hassle, but as a pick-up and go PC it's a good price. 8. Lenovo Legion Pro 7i | Nvidia RTX 4080 | Intel Core i9 13900HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240Hz | 32GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB NVMe SSD | $2,099 at B&H Photo (save $650) (Lenovo) This is a great discount on the best RTX 4080 laptop I've tested. It's a fantastic notebook, offering performance that can often match and sometimes beat an RTX 4090-based system (see our review). There's a high-performance CPU to back it up, a decent, bright 1600p screen, and a fair amount of storage. All with a discount. 9. Gigabyte M28U | 28-inch | 4K | 144Hz | IPS | $469.99 at Amazon (save $130) (Gigabyte) Here's a monitor we really rate from our Gigabyte M28U review. We actually loved this package for its blend of speed and resolution, even at its original $650 price tag. At this tantalizingly cheap price, it's that much better. 10. Lenovo Legion 5 | RTX 4060 | AMD Ryzen 7 7735H | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB SSD | 15-inch | 2160 x 1350 | 165Hz | $869.99 at Walmart (save $130) (Lenovo) We've become big fans of Lenovo laptops here at PC Gamer this generation, and this particular budget machine is ticking a lot of boxes. For an RTX 4060 laptop it has to be under $1,000, and you also get a better than average screen, though I'm a little confused over Walmart's listing of it as 2160 x 1350 when Lenovo itself claims a 1440p panel. That 512GB SSD, however, is disappointing, even in a budget laptop, but is a cheap and easy issue to fix if it becomes annoying down the line. 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