Is i5-4460 good?

[joao.sbsilva]

Im thinking buying a i5-4460 with a gtx 970, is it good for gaming, and will not bottleneck even if i upgrade for a 1050, 1060, 1070 ...
Does the cpu support one 75hz monitor and not bottleneck?

Im portuguese sorry for the bad english, and thank you

 

[Math Geek]

the cpu is a few generations old now but paired with a 970 would be a decent gaming build. you give up a good 15-20% performance or so over the newer gen cpu's but you should still get a year of use out of it if it is cheap enough to justify the purchase. i'd not pay full retail prices for it for sure but for cheap, i'd say go for it until you can afford to upgrade to newest generation stuff. i still run a 4690k in my pc and it's not showing it's age very much at all. the 4460 is only slightly slower than the 4690k.

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

thats still a good processor, shouldnt have any problems with a 970.

that CPU can run any card out right now, although it might slow down a top tier GPU just a little bit.

 

[Karadjgne]

Considering that you are probably still using a 1080p/60Hz monitor, slowing fps from 300 to 250 is honestly a moot point. Your fps in most games will be far above monitor refresh, so any slowdowns will almost never be seen.

The only place where the 4460 will really suffer is in brand new, uber graphical setting, intense cpu, multi thread games, but so will any i5 4core/4thread cpu, only the i7 will give you any breaks there.

So yeah, it's just as good as any other i5 really.

 

[hdgaming]

it should be doing fine with a 970, I wouldnt really pair it with anything higher than a gtx 970/1060, a 1070 will definitely be bottlenecked by an i5 4460, especially in cpu intensive games at 1080p.

Also it depends on the price, is it a brand new one? or are you upgrading from an i3 4xxx for example, you might even want to look at a second hand 4th gen i7, instead of i5. the i7 4770/4790(k) is still a very good cpu. I have it myself paired with a 1070 and it will be doing fine for few more years to come.

so if you could tell a bit more about your situation like do you already have your motherboard or are you going to buy everything new etc etc... then we can help you a bit better