Labor Day discounts on prebuilt gaming PCs from major retailers

Major retailers are offering steep discounts on prebuilt gaming PCs, laptops and accessories during Labor Day sales this weekend, with deals spanning budget rigs under $1,000 to top-end systems that can run games at 4K. The promotions, available online and in stores, include price cuts, instant discounts and bundled game codes that have driven some models well below typical street prices.

Walmart has been promoting a range of discounted prebuilt desktops sold and shipped by the retailer and covered by its 30-day electronics return policy. Notable offers include an iBuypower Element SE with a GeForce RTX 5060 and an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor for about $899 after instant savings, an iBuypower Slate with an RTX 5070 at roughly $1,099, an iBuypower Element Pro box with an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Radeon RX 9070 XT at $1,499, and an Acer Nitro 60 configured with an RTX 5070 Ti for about $1,799. Analysts covering the deals highlighted that the RX 9070 XT competes with Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti in raw raster performance but trails in ray tracing and upscaling features that rely on Nvidia's DLSS technology.

Dell's Alienware promotions also feature heavy discounts on multiple tiers of systems...