An entry-level gaming desktop is built around one honest target: 1080p. Competitive shooters run fast at that resolution, and heavier single-player titles stay playable at medium settings with upscaling doing part of the work. Most buyers at this level are moving off a console, a work laptop or an ageing family machine.

Choosing here is mostly about sequencing. Settle the resolution and refresh rate of the screen you will actually use first, because a budget tower paired with a 1440p panel wastes both. Then let the graphics card take the largest share of the money, and check that nothing else in the system is weak enough to hold it back.

Evetech assembles and tests every system before it leaves the Centurion warehouse, and everything listed is new stock. Orders reach Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban in one to three business days, with regional addresses taking three to five.