Building a PC for Dark Souls 3 on a R40,000 SA budget needs a practical check before you shortlist anything. Compare fit, compatibility, warranty support, timing, and total setup balance for South African buyers.
At R40,000 an Evetech build with an RTX 4070 SUPER or RX 7800 XT and a Ryzen 7 7700 or Ryzen 7 7800X3D runs Dark Souls 3 at its hard locked 60 fps at 1440p Max with frame-time headroom to spare, since the game is locked at 60 fps. That same rig is then ready for far heavier modern titles.
The core of a sensible R40,000 rig at Evetech is an RTX 4070 SUPER or RX 7800 XT, paired with a Ryzen 7 7700 or Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32GB DDR5-6000 and 2TB Gen4 NVMe SSD. Feed it with a 750-850W 80+ Gold unit and a case with at least two intake fans. This combination targets excellent 1440p Ultra and capable 4K, which comfortably covers Dark Souls 3.
Dark Souls 3 is hard-locked at 60 fps in FromSoftware Dark Souls engine, so chasing higher averages is wasted spend. Put the budget into a clean, quiet build instead and run everything maxed. The settings worth your attention are Lighting Quality and Shadows; you can leave Depth of Field on without cost. Where the spend does help is a quieter cooler and faster storage for shorter load times.
Evetech assembles and tests these builds in-house, so the rand price already includes the labour a first-time builder might otherwise pay for. Spend first on the GPU and a quality power supply, then storage — an NVMe SSD removes the texture and level-load stutter you would feel on an old hard drive in Dark Souls 3. Add fans before RGB; thermals decide whether your frames hold over a long session in a warm SA summer.
Yes. A R40,000 Evetech build around an RTX 4070 SUPER or RX 7800 XT runs Dark Souls 3 at locked 60 fps at 1440p Max, which is at or above maxed settings for this game.
Plan for 3-4GB at 1080p, 6GB at 1440p. Dark Souls 3 is not the most VRAM-hungry game, but matching VRAM to your resolution keeps frame-times flat in busy scenes.
No — Dark Souls 3 is locked at 60 fps, so extra GPU power adds nothing in this game. Spend up only if you want headroom for other, heavier titles.
Build your Dark Souls 3 rig with Evetech. Use this guide's spec as your shortlist, then have Evetech assemble, cable-manage and stress-test the build so it lands at your door ready to play.
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