Not sure what a "Scarlett Mini" is but if it's a Focusrite product I doubt it can drive passive monitors. Maybe you could be specific about your interface model, as well as the size of your mixing room?
When you say "budget" monitors, what is your budget?
The usual suspects are Yamaha and JBL - I've had both in the 5" sizes, though my JBLs were a generation or two back. I've read some positive reviews about the very latest KRK (gen4?) monitors, but don't have any experience with those. You can spend a lot more than those brands, and I'm sure I've missed an obvious brand someone else might mention. (I currently use a pair of HS5s in a small, badly shaped, 11'x11'x8', but reasonably treated, room.)
The thing that's kind of surprising is that even though these monitors are all designed to essentially do the same thing, if you can go somewhere to listen to them next to each other, you'll realize they all have their own sound.
You don't get real bass down to 30-35Hz with 5" drivers. It requires learning to hear a bit differently, and for many folks using reference tracks is part of that process.
I've heard subwoofers can be problematic, especially in small rooms. It may depend on what you are mixing, but I'd guess the majority here do not use them, at least when mixing.
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