a cpu upgrade

[vincentiusgerardo11]

hey guys, i want to ask the community.
i have an i5 4460 for about 2 years as a gaming machine.
my specs:
i5 4460 @3.2Ghz
ECS H87
8gb OCPC ram
Galax GTX 1060 6GB

i also feel it's bottlenecking my pc on cpu intensive games like GTA V.
the frame rate sometimes goes down a lot

My options are the ryzen 7 2700 and the 2700x.
I'm gonna use my pc for gaming and use it for virtual machine (vmware) i like to try new OS.

which one is worth it ?

i live in indonesia, the price is so close

i'm also thinking about upgrading my power supply to 650w i think.

which one is better ? and a reason please i want to upgrade in a few months.

 

[asoroka]

If you are mainly looking at gaming then the 2700X is a much better option, also consider the 2600X or the i5-8600K.

Performance wise they will be on a par so you can base your decision on price.

Any of them will be fine to run a few virtual machines at a time. You need to get more RAM if you intend to run any VM.
16GB or even 32GB, depending on how many VMs at the same time.

 

[vincentiusgerardo11]

If you are mainly looking at gaming then the 2700X is a much better option, also consider the 2600X or the i5-8600K.

Performance wise they will be on a par so you can base your decision on price.

Any of them will be fine to run a few virtual machines at a time. You need to get more RAM if you intend to run any VM.
16GB or even 32GB, depending on how many VMs at the same time.

what about an i7 8700 ? which is more worth it ?

 

[asoroka]

I would say the extra money will not worth the gain.

You won't see any real benefit in games and the R7 will have more threads for running VMs.

Use the money saved to buy extra RAM.

 

[MrChicken]

I agree with others, honestly just buy more ram. Your CPU is not great but its not bad either, its at that point where upgrading it feels like a total waste of money. i have a i5-4470k 3.4 ghz, a bit better than yours, but I certainly won't upgrade it for at least 4 more years (It's been in my comp for 4 years already)