ve watched a few benchmarks and it seems like a 9060 XT 16GB (the card I'm building with) still doesn't get CPU bottlenecked in most games at 1080p with a 3600 or a 5500. I don't see why people recommend anything over that, if even a 5500 gets the 9060 XT to 100% usage.

Video reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDGl2H8XUwI