Jenny, I don't know much about Raedon processors... what do you think of the Ryzen 5 1400 CPU?
Radeon is AMD's video card, Ryzen is their processor. I'm not sure which you meant.
I always go with AMD video cards when I build my own, as does my brother.
They give you more for the same price. As long as you're not looking for top-of-the-line fastest thing out there spare no expense, Radeon cards are worth consideration.
For the Ryzen 5 1400 processor I found this
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/AMD-Ryzen-5-1400/Rating/3922They say the Ryzen 5 1400 is "entry level" but it's the video card that's the important thing for gaming anyway.
Also keep in mind that benchmarks favor Intel processors, not because they are better but because of how the processors work. For real world results I've read that you won't see Intel processors as being appreciably better, especially for similar price, and for some applications Ryzen is better.
This one is right at $800. It has a Core i5 8400 processor and a GTX 1060 video card, but the video card score is still similar to the RX 570. The scoring I could find gave the Core i5 8400 significantly better marks than the Ryzen 5 1400.This one also doesn't have a CD drive.
I don't think many computers come with a CD/DVD drive anymore. Even if you have one custom built, the option for a CD/DVD drive is often them sending you a USB CD/DVD drive along with the computer (the way they may send you a mouse or keyboard separate from the computer) and not having one built in.
Interesting that the Radeon RX 570 in this computer
https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/29wshas 4 GB of video memory
while the nVidia GeForce GTX 1060 in this computer
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-5680-gaming-desktop/ndblutcf103sonly has 3 GB of video memory.
I'm not sure how many upcoming adventure games require as much or more than 3 GB of video memory. Probably not many.