{"id":93081,"date":"2016-05-25T17:48:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=93081"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:49:36","slug":"best-cheap-gaming-laptops-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/93081-best-cheap-gaming-laptops-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Best cheap gaming laptops in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaming laptops are typically expensive devices, even more so in South Africa thanks to the current weakness of the rand.<\/p>\n

However, if you don\u2019t buy a top-of-the-range gaming laptop<\/strong><\/a>, you can get a machine capable of playing new games reasonably well at a far more affordable price.<\/p>\n

To develop a list of the best affordable gaming laptops in South Africa, we looked at the picks and rankings of The Wire Cutter<\/a><\/strong>, Computer Shopper<\/a><\/strong>, and NotebookCheck<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The most highly-rated budget gaming laptops on these publications are given below.<\/p>\n

\n

Dell Inspiron 15 7000-series<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR22,475<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/th>\n15.6-inch Full HD (1,920×1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel i7-6700HQ quad core<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n8GB (1x8GB) DDR3L 1,600Mhz Memory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n1TB 5,400 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive + 8GB Embedded Flash Cache<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Lenovo Ideapad Y700 (15.6-Inch)<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR21,999<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/th>\n15.6-inch Full HD (1,920×1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel Core i7 6700HQ (up to 3.5Ghz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n16GB DDR4 RAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n128GB Ultra-Fast SSD + 1TB Hard Drive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Gigabyte P55W v5<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR26,999<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/strong><\/th>\n15.6-inch Full HD (1,920×1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 970M GDDR5 3GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel Core i7-6700HQ (up to 3.50GHz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n8GB 2,133MHz DDR4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n1TB 7,200RPM HDD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Acer Aspire V Nitro Black Edition<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR25,735<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/th>\n17.3-inch (1,920\u00d71,080) IPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel Core i7\u20136700HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n16GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n256GB SSD + 2TB HDD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

MSI Apache Pro GE72<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR27,709<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/th>\n17.3-inch Full HD (1,920×1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia Geforce GTX 970M 3GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel Core i7-6700HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n8GB DDR4 2,133MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n1TB HDD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Asus ROG G552VW<\/h3>\n

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

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/th>\nR21,750<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/th>\n15.6″ Full HD (1,920×1,080)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics<\/th>\nNvidia GeForce GTX 960M 2GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/th>\nIntel Core i7-6500HQ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/th>\n16GB DDR4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard drive<\/th>\n1TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

More PC hardware news<\/h3>\n

Here is how much a VR-Ready PC costs in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 insane benchmark scores revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

GTX 1080 \u2013 review roundup, video and benchmarks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

GTX 1080 Founders Edition South African pricing revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Best gaming laptops in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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