For Emulator games: i5 or i7?

[NonTechSavvySheep]

I'm planning to build desktop and I want to play most games included games that are actually emulated. like some PS2 games or from arcade machine games. As far as I know, Emulators are very not optimized and I might need beefier CPU in addition to beefy GPU.

Should I choose i5 6500, i5 7500, i7 6700 (k) or i7 7700 (k)for my desktop?

is over clocking necessary? if I OC, do I gain significant performance benefit? Thanks

 

[Finstar]

Most cpus nowadays are more than capable of running emulators (unless they're really badly optimized for relatively new consoles, like cemu) if you want the absolutely best cpu for this purpose, get the i5 7600k/i7 7700k and overclock it. if you're on a budget, get the Ryzen 1500x since it's nearly as fast but a lot cheaper.

 

[atljsf]

completely agree with finstar

some emulatorsclove more a certain brand of gpu than ohters, some like nvidia, others amd, that is important too, but that matters more wiht well done emulators, new emulators run on cpu purely, that is what matters most for most emulators

 

[benchapat.p]

.......Sorry........

 

[Finstar]

Most cpus nowadays are more than capable of running emulators (unless they're really badly optimized for relatively new consoles, like cemu) if you want the absolutely best cpu for this purpose, get the i5 7600k/i7 7700k and overclock it. if you're on a budget, get the Ryzen 1500x since it's nearly as fast but a lot cheaper.

and What about i7 8700 for Gran Turismo 4 in pcsx2. I bought my notebook acer nitro i7 7700hq last year and it emulated badly , the speed fell down to 50% mostly all the time & in this year I'm aiming on 8600k, 8700 & 8700k (& may be 8086k with the cheapest h310m board). the 8700 build is the cheapest but i'm in doubt that whether it's powerful than 8600k(OC 4.8-5Ghz) or not. while 8600k build's cost is a bit higher but will it run smoothly than i7-8700 non K ? if I OCed it to 4.8 - 5 GHz.

What will be the better choice to guarantee smoothly play on Gran Turismo 4 PCSX2 ps2 emulator. especially between 8600k(OC 4.8-5Ghz) & i7 8700

thx in advance

i'm from Thailand
Apologize for my poor english

Did you ever happen look at the date this was posted?
Why not go tell the people wondering if Athlon 64 is better than Pentium 4 about how much better the i7 8700 is too while you're at it.