Best for running emulators? i5-4460 or i5-6400?

[mmmike]

Hi!

 

Im looking into getting a PC for my arcade cabinet and am currently tossing up between two. Both are almost identical, except one has the i5-4460 Processor and the other with the i5-6400.

 

I know either of these would do the job for the low end emulators, but how would they fair in running the Dolphin emulator or PS2 etc.

 

Any help would be immensely appreciated.

 

Michael

[THK]

Get the one with the higher clock normally. But the 6400 is 2 generations newer, ddr4 instead of ddr3, so more future proof.

 

So I think the 4460 will do a bit better in single core performance, which most emus use, though multi core support is the way forward.

 

Personally I think I'd pick the 6400. But as I'm not using my PC much in the way of emulation, so I might not be the best source for info.

 

(Personally run an i7-4770k @4.2Ghz)

[mmmike]

Thanks you for your response! I'll look into seeing if I can afford something better like the i7-4770k

[THK]

Thanks you for your response! I'll look into seeing if I can afford something better like the i7-4770k

 

That might be a bit overkill. I'd save some money and go for a i5-6500, I think that's around the best bang for your buck. If you want to throw some more money against it and overklock, go for a i5-6600K

 

You'll save around a $100 over an i7. The i7 might help in a few modern pc games and a lot if you're doing heavy photo/video editing, but for emulation you won't need the HyperThreading an i7 brings to the table.