Crossfire dual R9 270x or a single GTX 1060 6gb upgrade

[jeremyzheng418]

I have used this PC for years and i want to upgrade but i am struggling to decided between building a new pc, upgrading the GPU to a GTX 1060 6gb, or buying another R9 270x with a compatible motherboard to use crossfire.
The specs on the PC are:
CPU: i-5 4460
GPU: R9 270x 2gb MSI
Motherboard: Asus H81M-Plus
Ram: 8Gb ADATA single stick
Power supply: 500 Watt
SSD : 128 GB
Harddrive : WB 1 TB

I had this PC for 6 years and i am considering upgrading. I currently don't enough to build a new PC but i do have intentions to build a 1000 dollar PC and giving my currently one away. I want to get some advice because i know that my current motherboard does not support crossfire and i would have to upgrade both the mobo and get another GPU. On the other hand, buying a used R9 270x and a used LGA 1500 mobo with crossfire might be cheaper than a GTX 1060.

Thank you.

 

[Barty1884]

You'd likely also need to replace the PSU for CrossFire too. 270X's are 180W TDP cards

IF a given title scaled really well with CFx, then 2x 270X's might be a decent idea.
BUT, stronger single-card performance is always preferred over CFx or SLI solutions.
Limited titles support CFx/SLI and even when they do, scaling isn't 2x.

An i5-4460 is still a solid gaming CPU these days - and should pair nicely with a 1060 most of the time.

I'd opt for a 1060 (6GB) for now.