{"id":104461,"date":"2016-09-20T17:52:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104461"},"modified":"2016-09-20T17:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:55:57","slug":"insanely-expensive-gaming-pc-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/104461-insanely-expensive-gaming-pc-hardware","title":{"rendered":"Insanely expensive gaming PC hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC gaming can be an expensive hobby in South Africa, whether you’re a gamer on a budget or a hardware enthusiast.<\/p>\n

However, if you’ve got a ton of money burning a hole in your pocket and you want to buy some unreasonably expensive hardware, check out the products below:<\/p>\n

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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Sea Hawk EK\u00a0\u00a0– R16,855<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The standard GeForce GTX 1080 is expensive enough locally, but MSI’s custom-built EK water-cooled graphics card sets the pricing bar higher than ever before.<\/p>\n

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Lian Li DK-04 X Computer Desk- R23,939<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Lian Li DK-04 X is no normal desk.<\/p>\n

The desk is actually a computer case, and can hold an ATX-sized gaming PC with integrated controls and bay slots. However, the product could well be worth more than the PC you put inside it.<\/p>\n

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MSI GT83VR Titan SLI – R94,988<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The GT83VR is an ambiguously-named high-end gaming laptop, and actually only includes two GeForce GTX 1080s in SLI<\/strong> rather than two Titans.<\/p>\n

\"MSI<\/a><\/p>\n

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Intel Broadwell-E i7-6950X – R30,209<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Intel Braodwell-E i7-6950X 10-core processor is complete overkill for any gaming PC build, and remains the most expensive mainstream Intel processor.<\/p>\n

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Dell UltraSharp 27-inch 5K Monitor – R33,839<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Dell UltraSharp monitor features clear visual quality and a hefty price tag.<\/p>\n

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Asus ROG Ares II Dual R9 290X Limited Edition – R25,099<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Asus ROG Ares II Dual R9 290X is a limited edition Dual-GPU graphics card which performs\u00a0better than a Nvidia Titan Z.<\/p>\n

It features a custom-made EK water block and massive graphics processing power.<\/p>\n

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More gaming news<\/h3>\n

Epic graphics card deals in South Africa this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The best games you can play this week \u2013 darkness and dunks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gamers would rather play co-op than competitive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This crazy PC gaming hardware is ridiculously expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":104471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,8585,7],"tags":[17576,18199,13936,17514,2664,7702,1085,15713,15397,6524,8679,2163],"class_list":["post-104461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-gadgets","category-hardware","tag-best","tag-card","tag-cost","tag-expensive","tag-gaming","tag-graphics","tag-hardware-2","tag-monitor","tag-pc","tag-price","tag-pricing","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104695,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104461\/revisions\/104695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}