Today's daily deals for Wednesday, July 19 include a SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 wireless gaming headset, an Anker power bank, a couple of PS5 SSDs, an LG UltraGear gaming monitor, Alienware and Lenovo Legion gaming laptops and PCs, and more.
Anker Powercore Slim 10,000mAh Power Bank for $13.19
Amazon is offering an Anker PowerCore Slim 10,000mAh power bank for only $13.19 after you clip a 40% off coupon on the product page. This is a ridiculously low price for a power bank that can charge for Nintendo Switch two times over before needing to be recharged. Note that the USB Type-C is input only, meaning it is used to charge the power bank itself. The standard USB port is what is used to charge your electronics.
Silicon Power 2TB PS5 SSD with Heatsink for $89.07
Includes built-in heatsink!
The Silicon Power XS70 SSD with a preinstalled robust aluminum heatsink costs just under $100. The aluminum heatsink is still slim enough to fit in the PS5 without obstruction. It boasts transfer speeds of up to 7300MB/s read and 6800MB/s write, comfortably faster than the 5500MB/s minimum recommended requirement. It actually performs a little better than the Crucial P5 Plus, the original WD Black SN850, and the Samsung 980 Pro, although that won't make a difference in your PS5.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless Multi-Platform Gaming Headset for $114
Today Amazon is offering the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 wireless gaming headset for only $113.99. We've awarded the Nova 7 as the best wireless gaming headset for 2023. We saw this price for less than a day the weekend before Prime Day and it sold out quickly. The price went up during Prime Day. Fortunately, it's back down, but for how long? If you're looking for a great gaming headset, I wouldn't hesitate.
The SteelSeries Arcis Nova 7 is the latest successor to the highly rated Arctis 7 series of headsets. It's every bit as good as its predecessor but with some welcome upgrades, like a USB Type-C charging port, a longer battery life (38 hours vs 30 hours), simultaneous wireless and Bluetooth connectivity, and multi-platform compatibility with the PC, Switch, and PS5/PS4 consoles (sorry Xbox gamers, you have to get the Nova 7X).
WD Black SN850X 2TB PS5 SSD with Heatsink $119.99
The WD Black SN850 is the most popular SSD upgrade option for the PS5 console. That's not a surprise, considering WD is the only company that sells an officially licensed PS5 SSD. The SN850X is WD's fastest M.2 SSD current available. It's a generation update from the original SN850 with faster speeds. It easily fulfills all of Sony's requirements, like a minimum read speed of 5,500MB/s, a PCI-Express Gen4x4 interface, and a slim yet effective heatsink that fits within the confines of the PS5 bay.
MSI Spatium M461 4TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD for $179.99
Amazon is offering the MSI Spatium M461 4TB PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD for only $179.99. This SSD doesn't quite meet the requirements Sony recommends for a PS5 storage upgrade (although it's very close and probably will work just fine), but it makes an excellent low-cost high-speed storage for your gaming PC.
Usually DIY PC builders would get a smaller 1TB or 2TB capacity SSD as their primary boot drive and a large capacity traditional hard drive for their storage. If you buy a prebuilt PC, you'd see the same thing; unless you're paying for a super high end rig, you'll rarely get more than 2TB of mixed storage. The main reason is that high-capacity SSDs are simply too expensive to justify. However, this SSD deal changes that. For under $200, you could effectively get away with a 4TB drive and do away with a second drive. Of course there are people who do need far more than 4TB of storage, but nowadays more and more people are storing backups in the cloud. 4TB is also usually more than enough storage to hold all of your apps and games although again, there are certainly exceptions. The fact of the matter is, a 4TB SSD gives you way more options than a 1TB or 2TB SSD, because those capacities are so small that you're practically guaranteed to require a second drive. In the world of SSDs where even the "slow" drives are fast, size matters more.
34" LG UltraGear GP38A 3440x1440 Nano IPS Gaming Monitor for $549
The LG UltraGear GP38A is a 34" monitor that boasts a 3440x1440 21:9 ultra-wide resolution with a slight curve (nothing too aggressive). It features a 1ms response time, up to 160Hz overclocked refresh rate, and both AMD FreeSync Premium and G-SYNC certification. LG's Nano IPS technology is similar to QLED technology in that there's another layer on the display that enhances color and increases color range. Instead of using quantum dots, though it uses nanoparticles. This is a superior panel to the standard IPS panels you'll find in other gaming monitors or in LG's lower end UltraGear monitors The GP38A is also DisplayHDR 400 certifid, meaning it has been tested to display a minimum peak brightness of 400 nits.
Alienware Aurora RTX 3070 Gaming PC From $1199.99
The Alienware Aurora R13 config features a liquid cooled Intel Core i7-12700F GPU, GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB of DDR5-4400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. The Alienware Aurora R14 config features a liquid cooled AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU, GeForce RTX 3070 GPU, 16GB of DDR4-3200MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Both systems are powered by a 1000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.
The RTX 3070 might be a generation old but it's still no slouch. It's faster than RTX 2080 Ti. Compared to the new RTX 40 series GPUs, the 3070 is neck and neck with the RTX 4060 Ti. This is a great card for running games at at up to 1440p. It's also great for running games at 1080p but with higher refresh rates that so many gaming monitors support these days, like 144Hz or even 240Hz.
Alienware x17 R2 17" Intel Core i9-12900H RTX 3080 Ti Laptop for $1899
Dell is currently offering the Alienware x17 R2 17" gaming laptop equipped with an RTX 3080 TI GPU for only $1899.99. The Alienware x17 laptop combines powerful gaming prowess with a larger screen size in a still-manageable footprint,. The X-series gaming laptops are newer, thinner, and lighter redesigns of the traditional M-series laptops. These are the thinnest Alienware laptops ever and they compete in build quality, dimensions, and performance to other high-end ultra-thin laptops like the Razer Blade.
The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is still an awesome GPU that ample amounts of power to easily handle games on the display's 1080p resolution. That's great since the display can handle refresh rates of up to 480Hz. Compared to the newer generation RTX 4000 series GPUs, it's closest in performance to the RTX 4070.
Alternative: Alienware m17 R5 17" RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Laptop for $1799
If you don't mind a laptop that's a bit thicker and heavier but still features the same premium build quality, check out this Alienware m17 R5 config. It features an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU that's comparable to the Intel Core i9-12900H CPU, and the rest of the specs are very similar.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 16" QHD+ AMD Ryzen 7 7745X RTX 4070 Gaming Laptop for $1336.49
Lenovo has this Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 16" RTX 4070 Gaming Laptop for only $1336.49 after $370 in instant discounts and two stackable coupon codes "EXTRA5" and "BUYMOREOFFER". This is a very competitive price for an RTX 4070 equipped gaming laptop, and Lenovo Legion Pro gaming laptops are highly rated for their rugged build quality, ample cooling, top notch performance, and an excellent warranty.
The RTX 4070 mobile GPU performs on par with the RTX 3080. It's a little bit faster than the RTX 3070 Ti but not quite as powerful as the RTX 3080 Ti. You'll need this kind of power to run games comfortable on the laptop's beefed up 2560x1600 or QHD+ display. Compared to RTX 30 series cards, RTX 40 series cards also support new features like DLSS 3.0, which is essentially DLSS 2.0 plus frame generation. For games that support it (like Diablo 4) this can be a pretty signifcant FPS increase over even DLSS 2.0.
2021 Apple iPad 10.2" 64GB for $249.99
Today Amazon is offering the 2021 Apple iPad 10.2" Wi-Fi 64GB tablet for only $249.99 after an additional $29.01 discount that's automatically applied during checkout. This iPad normally retails for $329, so you're saving about 25%. This is the lowest price we've ever seen for what was already the most affordable iPad you can get and matches what we saw on Amazon Prime Day
