eBay decrees price breaks, and the PSVR qualifies
In a back-to-school themed mindset, eBay is running a 10% off coupon for select goods from select retailers. So what does that have to do with you, our fellow gamers? Well, when these random 10% off coupons show up they are often best used on rarely discounted and high-ticket items like the PlayStation VR headset, PlayStation 4 Pro, and PC graphics cards.
With VR continuing to spread adoption, the PlayStation VR core headset is seeing a $40 drop to $360 thanks to the aforementioned discount. Out of the flurry of hardware deals we’re spotting at Newegg/eBay, this is our crowning pick given how rarely the virtual reality headset goes on sale.
Continuing on, you really can’t go wrong with a $40 drop on the PlayStation 4 Pro. There was a Black Friday drop to $340 on Amazon — a deal available for mere minutes — but otherwise its $400 list price has not really been cracked in any significant way in 2017.
Beyond console equipment, the best deals here are on GPUs. Since the cryptocurrency mining craze returned in May of this year, video cards have been selling at inflated prices. A few of these cards are returning to more sane price levels at Newegg (which is also selling them through eBay).
The coupon stacks for an additional 10% savings on these GPUs, meaning GTX 1070 cards are selling for $423, Radeon RX 580s are under $300, and GTX 1060s are under $200. In fact, there was a very hot GTX 1080 deal but that is now out of stock so uh… we probably shouldn’t have mentioned something you missed out on…
Use coupon: PCOLLEGE10
PlayStation Deals
- PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB Console — $359.99 (list price $400)
- PlayStation VR Core Headset — $359.99 (list price $400)
- PlayStation VR Worlds Bundle — $449.99 (list price $500)
- PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB Limited Edition Gold Console — $269.99 (list price $300)
More Console Hardware
- Xbox One S Battlefield 1 Special Edition 1TB Bundle (Refurbished) — $269.99 (list price $350)
- Xbox One S 1TB Gears of War 4 Bundle (Refurbished) — $269.99 (list price $350)
- nVidia Shield Pro Android TV Home Media Server — $269.99 (list price $300)
Video Cards
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC Gaming ACX 3.0 8GB Video Card — $422.99 (list price $470)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 8GB Video Card — $422.99 (list price $500)
- XFX Radeon RX 580 4GB Video Card — $287.99 (list price $320)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Graphics Card — $197.99 (list price $220)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Windforce OC 3GB Video Card — $197.99 (list price $220)
Desktop Processors
- AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8-Core 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W Desktop Processor — $305.99 (list price $400)
- Intel Core i7-7700K 4.20 GHz Processor (Kaby Lake) — $301.49 (list price $500)
- AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8-Core 3.0 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor — $287.99 (list price $400)
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core 3.6GHz Socket AM4 Desktop Processor — $215.99 (list price $250)
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6-Core Processor — $193.49 (list price $215)
- AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Four-Core 3.5GHz Desktop Processor — $170.99 (list price $190)
- AMD Ryzen 5 1400 4-Core Processor — $148.49 (list price $170)
Solid State Drives
- Samsung 850 EVO SSD 2.5″ 1TB MZ-75E1T0B/AM — $287.99 (list price $400)
- Kingston SSDNow DC400 Series 2.5″ 480GB SEDC400S37/480G — $206.99 (list price $250)
- Mushkin Enhanced Triactor 3D 2.5″ 512GB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive — $134.10 (list price $149)
- SanDisk Ultra II SSD 2.5″ 480GB SDSSDHII-480G-G25 — $121.49 (list price $180)
Gaming Monitors
- HP Envy 34C 34-inch Curved Monitor (Refurbished) — $459.99 (list price $1,000)
- Dell S2417DG 24-inch 1440p G-Sync Gaming Monitor + $100 eGift Card — $382.81 (list price $500)
- HP Omen 32-inch 1440p FreeSync Monitor (Refurbished) — $278.99 (list price $800)
- HP Omen 25 1080p 144Hz FreeSync Gaming Monitor (Refurbished) — $170.99 (list price $351)
The eBay coupon does not have a long life to it. All deals will run only through Tuesday, August 1 at 11:59pm Pacific. The coupon requires you to pay with PayPal at checkout as per standard operating procedure with eBay coupons. You can only use one code per PayPal account, so choose your discount wisely.
