{"id":95915,"date":"2016-06-26T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95915"},"modified":"2016-06-26T21:03:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:03:51","slug":"where-to-buy-cheap-pc-gaming-hardware-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95915-where-to-buy-cheap-pc-gaming-hardware-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Where to buy cheap PC gaming hardware in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a PC gamer in South Africa can be tough on your wallet to say the least, with modern gaming hardware costing significantly more than international retail prices.<\/p>\n<p>We have compared a number of products across different online storefronts in order to find the best prices for gaming hardware in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>We <strong>only included stores that stocked the latest gaming hardware<\/strong> (i.e. the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070), as newer hardware generally offers a better price-to-performance ratio and is set to prove popular among average consumers.<\/p>\n<p>We selected products that are widely stocked\u00a0among the\u00a0included stores, although accounting for every store was impossible in some cases (Evetech only stocks MSI GeForce GTX 1070 cards while Rebeltech does not stock any).<\/p>\n<p>The retailers included in this comparison are <strong>Rebeltech<\/strong>, <strong>Wootware<\/strong>, <strong>Loot<\/strong>, <strong>Evetech<\/strong>, and <strong>Raru<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We compared the following gaming-related products across all stores:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Intel Core i7-6700K CPU<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SteelSeries Apex M800 Mechanical Keyboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung 950 Pro NVMe M.2 512GB SSD<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Corsair CX 500 Power Supply<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several websites such as Takealot and WebAntics were not included due to their lack of newer hardware stock.<\/p>\n<p>The table\u00a0below reflects the price of common gaming hardware at different\u00a0online retailers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"6\">PC Hardware Price Comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"16%\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Evetech<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Loot<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Raru<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Rebeltech<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th width=\"16%\">\n<div align=\"left\"><strong>Wootware<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Samsung 950 Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R5,999<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loot.co.za\/product\/samsung-mz-v5p512bw-950-pro-solid-state-drive-512gb-p\/dflk-3451-g8a0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R5,276<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R5,604<\/td>\n<td>R5,401<\/td>\n<td>R5,575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>SteelSeries Apex M800<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/PC-Hardware\/steelseries-apex-m800-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-1224.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R2,649<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R3,728<\/td>\n<td>R3,601<\/td>\n<td>R3,603<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Intel Core i7 6700K<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/PC-Hardware\/intel-core-i7-6700k-1241.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R6,199<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R6,525<\/td>\n<td>R6,655<\/td>\n<td>R6,349<\/td>\n<td>R6,349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>MSI\u00a0GTX 1070<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R9,999<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loot.co.za\/product\/msi-geforce-gtx-1070-gaming-x-8g-graphics-card-pci-e-3\/zblk-4024-g980\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R9,399<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R9,515<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>R10,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>MSI Z170A Motherboard<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R4,899<\/td>\n<td>R4,205<\/td>\n<td>R4,222<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/lga1151\/10649-msi-z170a-gaming-m7-lga1151-intel-z170-chipset-atx-msi-z170a-gaming-m7-intel-z170-lga1151-4x-dual-channel-ddr4-3600oc-6x-sata6g-.html?search_query=MSI+Z170A+Gaming+M7&amp;results=1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R4,108<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R4,199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>MSI Radeon R9 380<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>R5,776<\/td>\n<td>R5,769<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/r9-series\/10363-msi-radeon-r9-380-4gb-ddr5-pci-express-30-gaming-msi-radeon-r9-380-r9380gaming-4g-gaming-edition-4gb-256bit-gddr5-core-memory-97.html?search_query=R9+380&amp;results=11\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> R5,613<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R5,699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Corsair CX 500<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/PC-Hardware\/corsair-cx500-v2-500w-gaming-power-supply-223.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>R749<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td>R1,077<\/td>\n<td>R1,118<\/td>\n<td>R1,067<\/td>\n<td>R1,158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Evetech offers the lowest\u00a0pricing on three products, with Rebeltech and Loot also offering the cheapest deals on two products.<\/p>\n<p>The pricing across all retailers seems <strong>relatively consistent<\/strong>, <strong>with the exception of Evetech&#8217;s low SteelSeries Apex M800 price and Rebeltech&#8217;s absence of an MSI 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