which cpu ?

[exeo]

so , i am starting to plan for a build with mid tier-ish performance

the gpu is going to be a gtx 1650 because that's the only one availble in my country 

i figured out all the rest exept for the cpu

please help me choose one of those with the least possible bottleneck :

-Intel Core i5-9400F 

-Intel Core i5-10400F 

-Intel Core i5-11400F 

- Amd ryzen 5 3500x 

-AMD Ryzen 5 1600

 

the rest of this system is going to be 16 gb ram , 256 gb ssd with 1 TO hdd storage , and a 600 watt psu

[Middcore]

You should really tell us what country "my country" is so that we can try to determine local pricing and make recommendations accordingly.

 

Generally, there is no reason to use any of these CPU's because there are newer generation models available which outperform them which are quite affordable... at least in North America where most of this forum's users live. 

[Pixelfie]

None of them should bottleneck a 1650, but it depends on the price which one is the best.

 

Also is a 12100F an option? It's slightly faster than a 10400F but newer.

[exeo]

i live tunisia , the problem is that we don't have a wide variaty of pc parts 

[exeo]

yup there is a 12100f but i think 4 cores are not really that good 

[Pixelfie]

3 minutes ago, exeo said:

yup there is a 12100f but i think 4 cores are not really that good 

Apart from the 11400F it's faster than the CPU's you talked about, even in multicore. Not only that but it allows for the best upgrades, and it supports much newer features (PCIe 5.0, DDR5, etc. Not that you should be using one of these features with this price point)

 

What about Ryzen 5 5500?

[exeo]

we don't have ryzen 5 5500 in tunisia , but are 4 cores really good for gaming ?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, exeo said:

we don't have ryzen 5 5500 in tunisia , but are 4 cores really good for gaming ?

The i3 12100F beats the R5 5500 in most games. I would go with the i3 over the 5500 any day, and you still have a good upgrade path. Pair it with a board like the MSI B660/M-A, Asus B660/M TUF or Gigabyte B660/M Gaming X etc.

[RONOTHAN##]

19 minutes ago, exeo said:

but are 4 cores really good for gaming ?

Four cores is fine. Most games only use one core anyway, and for the ones that do use more than 4, it has better multithread performance than almost all the CPUs you listed there anyway, so it'll still perform better than everything but the 11400F. 

 

Basically, in ~90% of games the 12100F will be the fastest, and in 10% the 11400F will be the fastest, and since the 12100F has a stronger upgrade path than the 11400F, I see it as the best option. 

[exeo]

thank you all guys for you suggestions