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Score the best Amazon Prime Day deals on prebuilt gaming PCs and laptops—featuring RTX 5090, 5080, and more. I've even found epic bargains outside of Amazon.

But one way you can lighten the load is to just start with a gaming laptop, which packs in everything you need to get started in PC gaming without all the extra pieces. Of course, gaming laptops can be expensive, too, but plenty of budget options also exist.