{"id":62665,"date":"2014-03-19T02:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62665"},"modified":"2014-03-19T02:39:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T00:39:41","slug":"epic-and-expensive-gaming-pcs-built-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/62665-epic-and-expensive-gaming-pcs-built-in-sa","title":{"rendered":"Epic (and expensive) gaming PCs built in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently showed off <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/62503-sas-ultimate-gaming-pc.html\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa\u2019s ultimate gaming rig<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>We decided to ask SA-based PC builders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebel Tech<\/a>\u00a0for their top 5 builds from 2014 so far, detailing how much gamers had spent and what they had spent it on. They obliged &#8211; enjoy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">R80,292<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D<\/li>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: Corsair H100i<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Extreme ROG<\/li>\n<li>GPU: 3x Asus GTX780TI<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance PRO 2800MHz DDR3<\/li>\n<li>SSD: 2x Samsung Pro 256GB<\/li>\n<li>HDD: 2x Western Digital Caviar Red 4TB<\/li>\n<li>PSU: Corsair AX1200i<\/li>\n<li>Optical: LG Blu Ray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62669\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Asus-Motherboard-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62669\" class=\"size-large wp-image-62669 \" alt=\"Asus Maximus VI Extreme ROG\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Asus-Motherboard-1-600x480.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Asus-Motherboard-1-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Asus-Motherboard-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asus Maximus VI Extreme ROG<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">R42,316<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540<\/li>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: Cooler Master Seidon 240M in Push Pull<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard: G1 Sniper Z87<\/li>\n<li>GPU: 2x Gigabyte 780ti Ghz edition<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 32GB G Skill Sniper DDR3 1866<\/li>\n<li>SSD: 2x Samsung evo 250gb<\/li>\n<li>PSU: Vanguard 1000w<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62670\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Cool-Master.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62670\" class=\" wp-image-62670 \" alt=\"Seidon 240M\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Cool-Master.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seidon 240M<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">R39,567 (price excludes PSU, build still in progress)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Case: Cooler Master Stacker<\/li>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7\u00a04770k<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: XSPC Ray Storm 360<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard: G1 Sniper 5<\/li>\n<li>GPU: 2x Gigabyte R9\u00a0290x<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 32GB\u00a0Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866mhz<\/li>\n<li>SSD: Corsair LS 120GB<\/li>\n<li>PSU: Vanguard 1200W<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62671\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-SSD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62671\" class=\"size-large wp-image-62671\" alt=\"Corsair LS 120GB\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-SSD-600x525.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-SSD-600x525.png 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-SSD.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corsair LS 120GB<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">R33,953<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Case: Corsair 600t White<\/li>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7 4960x<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: Zalman Reserator 3 Max<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme &#8211; Republic of Gamers<\/li>\n<li>GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133<\/li>\n<li>SSD: Samsung Evo 120GB<\/li>\n<li>HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB<\/li>\n<li>PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M2, 850w<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62672\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-600t.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62672\" class=\" wp-image-62672 \" alt=\"Corsair 600t\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-600t-486x600.png\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-600t-486x600.png 486w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Corsair-600t.png 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corsair 600t<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">R32,248<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Case: Corsair 750d<\/li>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7 4930k<\/li>\n<li>Cooling: Cooler Master Seidon 240M<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard: Asus X79 Deluxe<\/li>\n<li>GPU: MSI GTX 780<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 32GB Corsair DDR3 1600<\/li>\n<li>SSD: Samsung Evo 120GB<\/li>\n<li>PSU: Cooler Master Vanguard 1000w<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62673\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cooler-master-vanguard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62673\" class=\"size-large wp-image-62673\" alt=\"Cooler Master Vanguard 1000w\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cooler-master-vanguard-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cooler-master-vanguard-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cooler-master-vanguard.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooler Master Vanguard 1000w<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Would you spend this on a gaming PC, or have you already broken the bank on a similar set-up? 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