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One of the simplest upgrades you can make to your desktop setup is a pair of the best PC speakers, many of which are on sale now as part of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days. We've tracked down six of the best deals on speakers we've tested, some of which are among the best we've tested on the market.
If you want an alternative to headphones or don't want to keep relying on your monitor's junky internal speakers, you need a dedicated pair of PC speakers that you can use for listening to music, watching movies, and of course, playing games. The picks below are all compact, stereo speaker systems that should easily fit on most desktops — though there are larger surround sound systems available, like the SteelSeries Arena 9, if you have the space (and cash) to spare.
The Creative Labs Pebble V2 is a set of stereo speakers that connect to your PC via USB and feature a minimalist design.
Starting with an old favorite of Tom's Hardware, the Creative Labs Pebble V2 are about as simple and straightforward as PC speakers come. We've seen them for a couple of dollars less before, but at just $28 for a 2.0 stereo set of speakers, it's hard to complain. The speakers connect via USB-C (power) and 3.5mm (audio), and there's a volume dial on the front of the right speaker for quick adjustments.
We've reviewed the Pebble Pro set, which comes with an optional power boost to round out the low-end, as well as modern wireless connectivity with Bluetooth, but they're around $60. For a no-nonsense set of speakers that you plan on exclusively using with a desktop, however, the base Pebble V2s remain our go-to option.
The G2000 speakers from Edifier come with a peak power raing of 32W and a frequency response of 98 Hz up to 22 kHz, along with analog and Bluetooth connections.
Up a step in quality, you can save a solid 27% off the Edifier G2000 speakers, which currently rank as our best set of PC speakers for 2.0 gaming. With 32W of peak power, the G2000s are substantially more powerful than what you get with the Pebble V2, helping to deliver better low-end performance out of the 2.75-inch drivers.
In addition to USB and 3.5mm connections, the speakers also support Bluetooth, and there's an optional input for a subwoofer if you want to expand to a 2.1 stereo setup in the future. This is the first time this pair of speakers has dropped below $80 this year, with the set mostly selling for around $90 and $100 on sale, so now's a great time to pick them up.
The Edifier M60 speakers feature a 3-inch woofer and 1-inch tweeter, as well as 66W of total output across the four drivers.