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Out of the CPU world for so long... help!

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Hi all

I currently run an i5-6400 which has served me quite well. I'm looking to replace it as it has started to feel slightly sluggish at boot and when doing CPU intensive activities. I am also planning on getting a new graphics card and monitor (upgrading from AMD R9 380) and feel the new card would benefit a new MB + CPU.

In the past 4 years AMD seems to have made quite the come back - still, I haven't had an AMD since the Athlon 700 so am not quite sure what to choose - I'm looking at the Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel I5-9600KF... what do you all recommend?

Main use is desktop with some gaming (mostly WoW up until now so not exactly very graphics intensive).
 
So is the general consensus that AMD is the way to go? Even if $$ were excluded from the equation?
 
So the B450MAX MSI is recommended for future proofing correct? How about the X570 chipset then?

Main reason is the B450 MAX does not seem to come in ITX!
 
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