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So... was actually talking about something similar with the IT guys at my work. What they told me is that even though you have "user" settings for things like updates etc.. in a shutdown process microsoft/windows will scan for new service packs or security updates. Which is why they recommend you shutdown or restart your PC when you're done with it for the day, so even though windows "closes" its still paging files in the background.--- this is all speculation though but makes sense to me.

Dude the i7 or i5 are useless nowadays because they lack any multithreading but AMD has SMT in their whole lineup. If you need an i5 equivalent then the 3600/X will be the best choice as it makes up in everything else that it loses in that little bit of gaming performance. The i7 equivalent is of course the 3700X/3800X where the same is true. Not to mention the Intel security issues and the SMT advantage so there you have my take on it. 3600/3700X however your budget allows it. 
Cheers and good luck choosing!

which is better will depend on the game. Think of the 3600 as the alternative of Intel's i7-8700, lower clock speed than the 9600k but SMT lets it pull ahead in multithread performance.

The 3600 is a better all around CPU than the 9600k. You will be essentially the same gaming performance out of both cpus especially because you will most definitely be gpu bottlenecked which isn't a bad thing. As for anything else the 3600 will win 99% of the time. Also if you are not interested in overclocking the 3600 is a much better cpu as it comes out of the box with amazing performance while the 8600k really needs to be overclocked in order for it to be worth its cost. It should also be noted that the motherboards required for overclocking any 9th gen intel cpu are quite a bit more expensive than a b450 motherboard capable of overclocking the 3600. 

i believe the general consensus would be to go with a ryzen 5 3600 and a b450 board

R5 3600

I would not touch an intel i5 at this point. At that price point the 3600 is a much better deal. 

at 1440p you wont see any difference between an R5 or i5 or i7 without some really good GPU, say the 2070 Super with a 144Hz monitor.