{"id":2253,"date":"2015-08-18T18:26:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T08:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2015-08-18T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T08:27:14","slug":"custom-gaming-pc-best-least-selling-hardware-by-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/custom-gaming-pc-best-least-selling-hardware-by-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Gaming PC Best (&#038; Least) Selling Hardware By City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Evatech we love data! Not selling or sharing personal data with ad agencies, but generalized market data that can help us better understand and serve our customer base. \u00a0Just in case anyone else finds this as interesting as we do, \u00a0here is a look at what gaming hardware PC gamers are buying broken down by city.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Best Sellers by Custom PC Component<\/h3>\n<h3>Sydney<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 970<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i5 4460<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : Z97 Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 8GB Dual Channel\u00a0Red<\/li>\n<li>Chassis : NZXT Phantom 410 White<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive : 256GB SSD<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 600w 80+ Bronze<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 8.1 Home<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler : Corsair Hyrdo H55<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive : Internal DVD Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $1795<\/p>\n<h3>Melbourne<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 960 OC<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i5 4590<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : H97 Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 8GB Dual Channel\u00a0Core Black<\/li>\n<li>Chassis :\u00a0Corsair Carbide Spec-03<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive : 128GB SSD<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 600w 80+ Bronze<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 7 Home<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler : CoolerMaster Hyper 212X<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive : Internal DVD Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $1866<\/p>\n<h3>Brisbane<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 980<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i7 4790<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : Z97 Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 16GB Dual Channel\u00a0Red<\/li>\n<li>Chassis : NZXT H440 Black &amp; Red<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive : 128GB SSD<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 700w 80+ Gold<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 8.1<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler : CoolerMaster Hyper 212X<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive :\u00a0None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $2197<\/p>\n<h3>Adelaide<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 960<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i5 4460<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : B85\u00a0Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 8GB Dual Channel\u00a0Blue LED<\/li>\n<li>Chassis : CoolerMaster K282<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive : 1TB 7200RPM<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 600w 80+ Bronze<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 8.1<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler :\u00a0Intel Stock Cooler<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive : Internal DVD Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $1466<\/p>\n<h3>Canberra<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 980<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i7 4790<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : B85\u00a0Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 16GB Dual Channel Core Black<\/li>\n<li>Chassis :\u00a0Corsair Carbide 300R<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive :\u00a0256GB SSD<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 600w 80+ Bronze<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 8.1<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler :\u00a0DeepCool Maelstrom 120K<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive : Internal DVD Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $2231<\/p>\n<h3>Hobart<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GPU : GTX 960<\/li>\n<li>CPU : i7 4790<\/li>\n<li>Motherboard : H97\u00a0Chipset<\/li>\n<li>RAM : 8GB Dual Channel\u00a0Blue LED<\/li>\n<li>Chassis : NZXT Source 340<\/li>\n<li>Primary Hard Drive : 128GB SSD<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply : 700w 80+ Bronze<\/li>\n<li>Operating System : Windows 8.1<\/li>\n<li>CPU Cooler : CoolerMaster\u00a0Hyper 212X<\/li>\n<li>Optical Drive : None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Average Custom PC Price : $1776<\/p>\n<h3>Most popular Game<\/h3>\n<p>While less than half of our customers actually tailored their custom PC to suit the hardware requirements of a specific game using our game database, those who did chose the following; (<a href=\"http:\/\/evatech.com.au\/games.php\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Grand Theft Auto V<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Witcher 3<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Elite Dangerous<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Far Cry 4<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Call of Duty Advanced Warfare<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>TLDR;? It seems like the biggest spenders on average are the Canberra while the lowest average budget goes to Adelaide. Every single city on list prefers a different chassis, and only Melbourne stuck with Windows 7 for as the favorite while all the other major cities went with Windows 8.1. Canberra &amp; Sydney gamers prefer liquid CPU coolers and only in Adelaide did gamers stick with the tried and true Intel stock CPU cooler for the majority of custom PC builds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS : Least Favorites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Favorites are all well and good but what were the least favorites? Well instead of breaking them down by city here&#8217;s a quick look at the least selected hardware components from all our customers Australia Wide. Bare in mind these only include the options we list in our custom gaming PCs, not every single possible component we sell separately.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GPU<\/strong> : GTX 750 TI<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU<\/strong> : i3 4170<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motherboard<\/strong> : H97\u00a0Chipset<\/li>\n<li><strong>RAM<\/strong> : 32GB Dual Channel\u00a0Blue<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chassis<\/strong> :\u00a0Bitfenix Pandora Silver Windowed with Icon Display<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Hard Drive<\/strong> :\u00a03TB Enterprise 7200RPM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Supply<\/strong> :\u00a0850W 80 Plus Silver Modular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operating System<\/strong> : Windows 8.1 Pro<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU Cooler<\/strong> :\u00a0Corsair Hydro H75<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optical Drive<\/strong> :\u00a0BluRay External USB Writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, that&#8217;s right, we sold more Titan&#8217;s than GTX 750 TI&#8217;s! Aside from that, all the others were far less surprising. Keep in mind just because they are the least favorite in terms of sales doesn&#8217;t make them bad, or not the right choice for your next custom PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> : Data above taken from completed custom gaming PC sales during Q1 &amp; Q2 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Evatech we love data! 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