We recently showed off South Africa’s ultimate gaming rig, built without concern for cost or necessity. At just over R100,000 it was not exactly a realistic option if you are looking to upgrade your gaming set-up.

A question then arose in the MyGaming office; how much are gamers actually spending on their PCs? Is R100,000 an amount a South Africa would spend on a rig, and if so, is he/she in the extreme minority?

We decided to ask SA-based PC builders Rebel Tech for their top 5 builds from 2014 so far, detailing how much gamers had spent and what they had spent it on. They obliged – enjoy.

R80,292

• Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K
• Cooling: Corsair H100i
• Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Extreme ROG
• GPU: 3x Asus GTX780TI
• RAM: 2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance PRO 2800MHz DDR3
• SSD: 2x Samsung Pro 256GB
• HDD: 2x Western Digital Caviar Red 4TB
• PSU: Corsair AX1200i
• Optical: LG Blu Ray

Asus Maximus VI Extreme ROG

R42,316

• Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k
• Cooling: Cooler Master Seidon 240M in Push Pull
• Motherboard: G1 Sniper Z87
• GPU: 2x Gigabyte 780ti Ghz edition
• RAM: 32GB G Skill Sniper DDR3 1866
• SSD: 2x Samsung evo 250gb
• PSU: Vanguard 1000w

Seidon 240M

R39,567 (price excludes PSU, build still in progress)

• Case: Cooler Master Stacker
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k
• Cooling: XSPC Ray Storm 360
• Motherboard: G1 Sniper 5
• GPU: 2x Gigabyte R9 290x
• RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866mhz
• SSD: Corsair LS 120GB
• PSU: Vanguard 1200W

Corsair LS 120GB

R33,953

• Case: Corsair 600t White
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4960x
• Cooling: Zalman Reserator 3 Max
• Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme – Republic of Gamers
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760
• RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133
• SSD: Samsung Evo 120GB
• HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
• PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M2, 850w

Corsair 600t

R32,248

• Case: Corsair 750d
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4930k
• Cooling: Cooler Master Seidon 240M
• Motherboard: Asus X79 Deluxe
• GPU: MSI GTX 780
• RAM: 32GB Corsair DDR3 1600
• SSD: Samsung Evo 120GB
• PSU: Cooler Master Vanguard 1000w

Cooler Master Vanguard 1000w

Would you spend this on a gaming PC, or have you already broken the bank on a similar set-up? Let us know in the comments and forum.

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