Should I buy a 10500?

[Turtleloverdyl]

Hi guys.

 

I haven't really been following the PC space for a few years now so I need help figuring out if a i5 10500 is a good option.

Essentially there's a few discounted i5 10500s lying around at work as its not been a very popular seller. 

I can get one for £150 and a MSi B460 MORTAR mobo for £110. 

This looks good to me but ive been told the Ryzen 3600 is a very popular choice. I can get one for £175 and a Msi B550m PRO-VDH Wifi for £110.

Im pretty sure ill buy a standard set of Corsair 2x8GB 3200mhz CL16 RAM for £55. I understand that the B460 mobo limits this to 2933mhz.

 

I've got a 1440p 144hz monitor and would just use it for gaming. Id like to play at 1440p with 60fps but 144hz where applicable (lighter games, esports games).  Im looking to buy a £350-£500 gpu, but im waiting till the AMD Big Navi release to choose one. Having onboard Wifi is also a necessity for me.

 

So essentially which platform would make sense to buy? Id like to keep the stock cooler if possible but i could replace it. Ive also heard you can overclock the non k processers in some way using BCLK, anybody have any expereince doing this?

[Br3tt96]

I would honestly go with the Ryzen imho

[SupaKomputa]

anything other than 10900k on the intel side, probably better buy a Ryzen instead.

[Turtleloverdyl]

34 minutes ago, Br3tt96 said:

I would honestly go with the Ryzen imho

Any particular reason?

[Br3tt96]

23 minutes ago, Turtleloverdyl said:

Any particular reason?

Benchmarks are slightly better on the Ryzen chip, AM4 will probably last longer than LGA 1200 and I would switch to AMD any day over intel