Mid range pc help

[SomeGuyOnTheInternet]

Budget (including currency): 1300$ Canadian

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ARMA 3,  League of Legends, total war, Xcom, Civ, all while running discord.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): My friend only has a laptop, keyboard and mouse. He needs a monitor to go along with the computer, anything with a decent refresh rate and 1080p would be stellar.

 

Current build I have

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/DarkLordMatt/saved/HGDdmG

[Daniel Z.]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$234.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	MSI H410M PRO Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$87.50 @ Amazon Canada
Memory	GeIL EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$74.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$120.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB PULSE BE Video Card	$371.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$44.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$94.99 @ Amazon Canada
Monitor	LG 27GL650F-B 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$285.99 @ PC-Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1316.43
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-04 16:48 EST-0500

 

[SomeGuyOnTheInternet]

Mind me asking the change from Ryzen to Intel? Almost every guide I seen said that Ryzen is better for mid range systems like this.

 

[Daniel Z.]

1 minute ago, SomeGuyOnTheInternet said:

Mind me asking the change from Ryzen to Intel? Almost every guide I seen said that Ryzen is better for mid range systems like this.

 

The Ryzen 3600 costs more and is slightly worse for gaming

[Streetguru]

22 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

The Ryzen 3600 costs more and is slightly worse for gaming

That's more for the i5 K part, not so much for the locked part, especially factoring in some memory tuning to like 3600mhz CL16.

[Streetguru]

25 minutes ago, SomeGuyOnTheInternet said:

Mind me asking the change from Ryzen to Intel? Almost every guide I seen said that Ryzen is better for mid range systems like this.

 

And the memory you had there is 16-19-19, ideally you want some 16-16-16 stuff, or 3200mhz CL14 to overclock.

[Daniel Z.]

18 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

That's more for the i5 K part, not so much for the locked part, especially factoring in some memory tuning to like 3600mhz CL16.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-10400f/21.html

In 1080p gaming, it's faster than the 3600. The better graphics card afforded by using Intel here vastly outweighs the CPU difference anyways.

[Streetguru]

4 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-10400f/21.html

In 1080p gaming, it's faster than the 3600. The better graphics card afforded by using Intel here vastly outweighs the CPU difference anyways.

The R5 3600 is 2% faster than the i5 10400F in that chart

 

The K i5 is indeed faster before memory tuning, but ryzen still also gives you a potential upgrade path as well.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Staples) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($98.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB PULSE BE Video Card  ($371.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Antec VSK10 Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2458-mhd 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($212.97 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $1255.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-05 01:40 EST-0500