P115K 1440p Gaming PC
Target budget ₱115,000 · parts re-picked daily from live Shopee and Lazada prices
This is where 1440p actually starts. The RTX 5070 and RX 9070 are the cheapest cards that hold high settings at 1440p rather than dropping to medium, and they carry the ray tracing headroom the tier below simply does not have. The Ryzen 5 9600X keeps frame times tight, and a proper tower cooler replaces the stock unit because Zen 5 deserves better than throttling.
Parts list
Each slot shows the cheapest part that fits this build today. Prices are canvassed live from Shopee and Lazada.
| Component | Part | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ₱11,695 | |
| CPU Cooler | ₱1,627 | |
| Motherboard |  Gigabyte B850M FORCE WIFI6E V2 AMD B850 · Micro ATX | ₱8,195 |
| RAM |  Crucial Pro 32 GB DDR5 · 2×16 GB · CL48 | ₱23,999 |
| Video Card |  GeForce RTX 5070 Zotac GAMING Twin Edge OC GeForce RTX 5070 · 12 GB | ₱44,499 |
| Storage |  ADATA LEGEND 960 MAX NVMe · 1 TB | ₱13,399 |
| PSU |  SAMA G750 750 W · 80+ Gold | ₱3,878 |
| Case |  Corsair 3200D RS ARGB ATX Mid Tower | ₱5,845 |
| Total | ₱113,137₱1,863 under budget | |
Why these parts
- CPU
- The Ryzen 5 9600X keeps frame times tight at 1440p and anchors the build on value. A Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the gaming-first upgrade on the same socket if you would rather spend on the CPU than bank the savings.
- CPU Cooler
- A proper tower cooler replaces the stock unit because Zen 5 deserves better than throttling, and air stays within a couple of degrees of a 240mm AIO with no pump to fail.
- Motherboard
- A curated B650 or B850 board with a VRM strong enough to feed this CPU and to take an X3D chip later, rather than the cheapest board that merely fits.
- RAM
- 32GB DDR5 in two sticks. If the DDR5 market is ugly the day you buy, a 16GB kit still runs everything at 1440p today; keep it to two sticks.
- Video Card
- The RTX 5070 or RX 9070 is the cheapest card that holds high settings at 1440p instead of dropping to medium, with the ray-tracing headroom the tier below lacks.
- Storage
- Name-curated to known-DRAM Gen4 TLC drives (990 Pro, SN850X, T500 and peers). DRAM and NAND type matter more than raw gen for sustained writes, and the catalog cannot express that with a spec filter, so we pin the models.
- PSU
- A high efficiency tier is chosen for this GPU class; it costs little over the tier below and runs cooler and quieter.
Who this build is for
Gamers moving to a 1440p high-refresh monitor who want every peso to show up on screen.
Upgrade path
The B650 or B850 board takes X3D chips when prices drop, and the 650W+ supply covers an upgrade to an RTX 5070 Ti class card without touching anything else.
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