Most expensive laptops in South Africa

Gamers, graphic designers, and developers have a range of high-specced laptop beasts from which to choose, with the most expensive in South Africa being MSI’s CreatorPro X17 A13VM for R178,449.

MyBroadband looked for the most powerful and expensive laptops in South Africa and found several options for over R100,000.

For some, paying these prices for a portable PC may seem ridiculous. However, machines like these are beneficial for gamers, graphics designers, and other professionals who require a PC with a lot of processing power.

For example, videographers often store and edit large video files while on the move. Therefore, these expensive machines can be critical for their jobs.

Evetech sells a range of MSI CreatorPro X17 A13VM configurations, with the most expensive packing 96GB of DDR5 memory and 12TB of SSD storage.

The 17.3-inch laptop is priced at R178,449 and features an Intel Core i9-13980HX processor and Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada Generation GPU with 16GB of video RAM.

We included the most expensive option available for specific model ranges to keep our list diverse. For example, if we had included different MSI CreatorPro X17 A13VM configurations, they would take up at least three spots in our list.

MSI tends to dominate the space with its gaming and creator laptops. The second-most expensive option available is the MSI 13VI-099ZA Titan GT77 gaming laptop for R123,990 from Wootware.

The gaming-oriented laptop packs 64GB of DDR5 memory, 2TB of SSD storage, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 with 16GB of video RAM, and an Intel Core i9-13980HX.

The MSI 13VI-099ZA Titan GT77 is the only laptop listed to feature an OLED display. It has a 17.3-inch MiniLED display with a 3,840 x 2,160-pixel resolution and a refresh rate of 144Hz.

The highest-specced MacBook Pro you can buy in South Africa takes the third place spot at R93,990 from iStore.

For this price, the MacBook Pro features a 16-inch 3,456 x 2,234-pixel 120Hz Liquid Retina display, an Apple M3 Max chip, 48GB of unified memory, and a 1TB SSD.

Another MSI CreatorPro laptop features in the country’s top five most expensive laptops. However, this time, it is an older generation.

Takealot sells the MSI CreatorPro M16 with an Intel Core i7-13700H, Nvidia RTX A1000 GPU with 6GB of video memory, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and 8TB of SSD storage for R89,420.

Lastly, South African gamers can get a high-specced Asus Rog Strix Scar 18 gaming laptop for R79,999 from Evetech.

It is the only laptop on the list to pack one of Intel’s latest generation of CPUs — an Intel Core i9-14900HX.

The CPU is combined with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 with 16GB of video memory, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2TB of SSD storage.

Five of the most expensive laptops you can buy in South Africa right now are listed below with specs and pricing.

MSI CreatorPro X17 A13VM — R178,449 (Evetech)

MSI 13VI-099ZA Titan GT77 — R123,990 (Wootware)

MacBook Pro 16-inch — R93,999 (iStore)

MSI CreatorPro M16 — R89,240 (Takealot)

Asus Rog Strix Scar 18 — R79,999 (Evetech)