CjCondor

Looking for some advice, I am looking at two different configurations for a new rig The first is an i7-8750H, with GTX 1050ti for graphics The other is an i5-8300H, with GTX 1060 for graphics I'm wondering what the balance would look like for not only gaming, but running Virtual Machines, programming in Java and Python, etc. I am a CyberSec major, and I feel like I should know these things, but I don't. (maybe it's because i haven't taken hardware classes yet) Thanks in advance