{"id":121360,"date":"2017-10-15T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=121360"},"modified":"2017-10-15T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T16:12:06","slug":"price-of-the-average-gaming-pc-on-steam-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/121360-price-of-the-average-gaming-pc-on-steam-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Price of the average gaming PC on Steam in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Popular Hardware<\/h3>\n

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

As the most common amount of VRAM is 2GB, we included the 3GB model of the card in the list.<\/p>\n

Quad-core processors with a clock speed between 3.3GHz and 3.7GHz were the most popular among Steam users.<\/p>\n

The recently-unveiled Intel Core i3-8100 desktop processor offers these specifications at a cheaper price than comparable previous-generation chips \u2013 with four physical cores and a base clock speed of 3.6GHz.<\/p>\n

However, these new chips are only compatible with 300-series motherboards, of which the high-end Z370 chipset is currently the only versioin available.<\/p>\n

As B360 motherboards become available, the price of this build is expected to drop substantially.<\/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 i3-8100<\/td>\nR1,899<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASRock Z370 Pro4 Motherboard<\/td>\nR2,240<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4<\/td>\nR1,299<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 3GB StormX<\/td>\nR3,299<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WD Blue 1TB Hard Drive<\/td>\nR659<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raidmax 500W PSU<\/td>\nR423<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raidmax Vortex V4 Chassis<\/td>\nR464<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Price<\/strong><\/td>\nR10,463<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Peripherals<\/h3>\n

The Steam survey also records data on popular peripherals.<\/p>\n

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 FHD dual-monitor setup.<\/p>\n

Additionally, 99.1% of Steam users had a functional microphone installed on their system, while the most popular virtual reality headset was the HTC Vive \u2013 closely followed by the Oculus Rift.<\/p>\n

Both Intel and Nvidia continued to take market share from their competitors in the CPU and GPU categories respectively.<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Top Internet service providers on Steam from South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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