{"id":120546,"date":"2017-09-11T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T10:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=120546"},"modified":"2017-09-11T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T10:33:27","slug":"the-average-gaming-pc-on-steam-south-african-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/120546-the-average-gaming-pc-on-steam-south-african-pricing","title":{"rendered":"The average gaming PC on Steam – South African pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steam has published its\u00a0Hardware Survey for August 2017<\/a><\/strong>, detailing the most popular hardware used by PC gamers on the platform.<\/p>\n

The survey provides a list of components which make up the average gaming PC on Steam, with popular items including Nvidia graphics cards and Intel quad-core processors.<\/p>\n

To see how much the \u201caverage\u201d gaming PC using Steam costs, we took the local pricing of these components and built a rig \u2013 as detailed below.<\/p>\n

Popular cards<\/h3>\n

The data showed the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 was the most popular graphics card, but it did not differentiate between the 3GB and 6GB models.<\/p>\n

However, as the most common amount of VRAM is 1GB, we included the 3GB model of the card in the component list.<\/p>\n

The data also shows that quad-core Intel processors with a clock speed of between 3.3-3.69GHz were the most popular among Steam users.<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s Core i5-7500 desktop processor fits into this performance bracket, with base and quad-core boost clock speeds of 3.4GHz and 3.6GHz respectively.<\/p>\n

It must be noted that power supplies, motherboards, and cases are not measured by the Steam Hardware Survey, and compatible models were included to provide a pricing overview of a functional PC.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Component<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Intel Core i5-7500<\/td>\nR3,227<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8GB Kingston Value DDR4 2,133MHz RAM<\/td>\nR1,143<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 3GB<\/td>\nR3,599<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Digital Blue HDD 1TB<\/td>\nR659<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gigabyte H110M-HD2 Motherboard<\/td>\nR899<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raidmax 500W PSU<\/td>\nR420<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raidmax Vortex V4 Chassis<\/td>\nR461<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Price<\/strong><\/td>\nR10,408<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Additional hardware<\/h3>\n

In addition to internal components, the survey also records data on popular peripherals.<\/p>\n

In August 2017, the most popular primary monitor resolution was Full HD (1,920 x 1,080), with the most common multi-monitor desktop resolution 3,840 x 1,080 \u2013 indicating a dual-monitor setup.<\/p>\n

Additionally, 98.5% of Steam users had a functional microphone installed on their system, while the most popular virtual reality headset was the HTC Vive.<\/p>\n

Over 50% of gamers are using Windows 10 64-bit, and Intel and Nvidia continue to dominate the CPU and graphics cards categories respectively.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Intel discontinues Skylake processors<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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