Check out the best gaming deals at Amazon ahead of Prime Big Deal Days: Prime Day is here again, and while it’s not quite as exciting as Black Friday (guess that depends on who you ask), there are still plenty of deals worth checking out.

Not all gaming laptop deals are built the same - and you can easily cheapen your way out of a playable system by shopping in the budget category and not paying attention to your spec sheet. While this most frequently happens with older RTX 3050 systems these days, it's more often the RAM that you need to watch out for.

You don't have to wait to snag savings, thanks to plenty of early deals at major retailers arriving before Prime Big Deal Days officially kicks off on Oct. 8 (that's just days away). Here are some of the best anti-Prime Day deals we've found so far.