New Intel i7 3930K

[mikeysg]

The main reason wasn't for the performance gain but functionality. I was short sighted and bought a budget motherboard when I bought the 2500k. It only has 2 USB 3.0 plugs on the back and it isn't a very stable overclocker. I'm just in a strange place for upgrading. It isn't often when the CPU is fine but the motherboard is lacking. If Ivy wasn't the marginal upgrade over sandy that it proved to be, it would be much easier to justify the switch to a Z77 board.

Oh well, maybe Piledriver will be interesting

Yeah, I had noted the Biostar mobo in your sig, not exactly tier 1 mobo maker I must say. Stark contrast with the GTX680 I might add, should you be looking for a new mobo, look at Asus, I was won over by Asus years back....my P5E has been with me for years and, with the HD6970, is my 2nd rig. This Asus M5A97 EVO has two USB3.0 ports at he back, plus a header for front panel USB3.0, only snag is, my dated Mozart tx case has no such port. Good OCer as well, upped my FX4100 to 4.2ghz using the UEFI BIOS just like that. Just installed Asus AI Suite II, I find options for Fast and Extreme OCing. I have heard good things about MSI and Gigabyte mobos as well.