{"id":105609,"date":"2016-10-02T17:36:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=105609"},"modified":"2016-10-02T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T15:37:35","slug":"this-is-how-much-a-1440p-gaming-pc-costs-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/105609-this-is-how-much-a-1440p-gaming-pc-costs-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"This is how much a 1440p gaming PC costs in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking to upgrade from\u00a0playing games at a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 but don’t have the budget for a high-performance\u00a04K gaming, then 1440p gaming could be the answer.<\/p>\n

Gaming at a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440<\/strong> can provide a dramatic increase in quality while still allowing for a relatively high level of performance.<\/p>\n

We’ve selected an array of budget components which can provide good performance at 1440p while keeping the price of the overall build fairly cheap.<\/p>\n

We have also included the cost of a value SSD in the build, as a gaming PC built for 1440p gaming would benefit from the performance increase provided by a solid state drive.<\/p>\n

Check out how much it costs to build a 1440p gaming PC in South Africa:<\/p>\n

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The Build<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1440p Gaming PC Build<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Processor<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel Core i5-6400<\/td>\nR3,324<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Motherboard<\/strong><\/td>\nAsrock H110M-DGS Micro-ATX<\/td>\nR845<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Case<\/strong><\/td>\nCooler Master Elite 343<\/td>\nR490<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/strong><\/td>\nKingston Value RAM 8GB DDR4 2,133MHz<\/td>\nR571<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\nSeagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM HDD<\/td>\nR861<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSamsung 850 Evo 120GB SSD<\/td>\nR1,199<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics Card<\/strong><\/td>\nAsus GeForce GTX 1070 Turbo 8GB<\/td>\nR7,677<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Supply<\/strong><\/td>\nCooler Master CX500M 500W PSU<\/td>\nR1,120<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nR16,087<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Intel Core i5-6400<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Intel Core i5-6400 is a relatively cheap and powerful Skylake processor.<\/p>\n

Featuring four cores and a turbo clock speed of 3.3GHz, the Core i5-6400 is the perfect processor for high-end gaming builds that don’t require any overclocking.<\/p>\n

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GeForce GTX 1070 is one of the best graphics cards of the latest generation.<\/p>\n

Based on Nvidia’s Pascal architecture and a 16nm manufacturing process, the GeForce GTX 1070 provides massive amounts of performance at a reasonable price, and is more than powerful enough for 1440p gaming at 60FPS.<\/p>\n

Samsung 850 Evo Solid State Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Samsung 850 Evo is a decent SSD which strikes a balance between value and performance, and is a popular choice among gamers on a budget.<\/p>\n

120GB is more than enough to accommodate an operating system and an important game or two.<\/p>\n

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Why this game developer is happy people are pirating its game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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