Quick Answer

Be honest about the title: Celeste runs flawlessly on a phone-class GPU, so a R100,000 machine is wildly over-specced for it alone. At this budget you are really buying a 1440p/4K all-rounder that happens to also play Celeste at a locked 144+ fps. If Celeste is genuinely all you play, a R15,000 build does the same job and frees the difference for a great monitor and chair.

What a R100,000 actually buys for Celeste

Celeste asks for almost nothing — it will run on a laptop iGPU — so none of a R100,000 is needed for the game itself. What the budget does buy is a system that plays demanding 2026 titles at high settings while Celeste sits in the background at a flat, tear-free frame rate. A Ryzen 7 9800X3D or Ryzen 9 9900X3D with a RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 class covers both jobs; the 32-64GB DDR5-6000 only matters if you stack heavier games beside Celeste. If you truly only play Celeste, scale down to a R15,000 build and bank the rest.

Smarter places to spend on a R100,000 setup

Since the GPU is barely working, redirect spend to things you feel every session. A 1080p or 1440p high-refresh panel makes Celeste feel buttery; a quiet aftermarket or AIO cooler keeps the room silent; and a roomy 2-4TB Gen5 NVMe means no shuffling installs. For Celeste specifically, a comfortable chair and a clean keyboard do more for long farming or platforming runs than another GPU tier. Celeste's tight platforming rewards a low-latency display and a responsive controller far more than graphics horsepower.

TIP

Pro Tip

In Celeste, enable V-Sync or a frame cap matched to your monitor's refresh. On a R100,000 build the GPU is idling, so capping frames cuts fan noise and power draw to near silence.

Buying this build in South Africa

Buy it as a complete system you can collect or have delivered, and check the warranty term on the GPU and PSU first — those are the parts you want covered. A single quality NVMe boot drive and a 1000-1200W 80 Plus power supply are all Celeste will ever ask for. If your real goal is the lightest possible Celeste PC, tell the team that up front so the build is right-sized instead of padded.

FAQ

Do I really need a R100,000 PC to play Celeste?

No. Celeste runs at 60 fps on integrated graphics and a cheap CPU, so a R100,000 build is far more than the game needs. It only makes sense if you also play heavier titles or want a machine that lasts years.

What frame rate will Celeste hit on this build?

Effectively your monitor's ceiling — 144 fps, 165 fps or higher — because Celeste never stresses a modern GPU. The only limit is the panel's refresh rate and any in-game frame cap.

What should I spend the surplus on instead?

A high-refresh 1080p or 1440p monitor, a larger 2-4TB Gen5 NVMe, quiet cooling and a good chair. Those upgrades improve every session of Celeste far more than a bigger graphics card you will never load up.

Right-size your Celeste build at R100,000 Compare complete Evetech systems near this budget and pick one matched to a high-refresh monitor, not a bigger GPU. Tell the team if Celeste is your main game so the spec is balanced for comfort, not raw power.