LGA 775 Mobo Help

[Sp12]

I'm currently running a Q6600 (G0) at 3.4Ghz (378*9) on an "Asus p5k deluxe Wifi AP". On hand, I have a Gigabyte "ga-ep45-ud3p".

I'm considering upgrading sideways to the gigabyte board, as it's a P45 chipset. Would it be a significant upgrade worth the rebuild? I'd get a newer, supposedly better OCing chipset and PCIe 2.0 with crossfire capability; however, the p5k was a higher-end board upon release, despite being P35.

I've definitely planned my next full-system upgrade for socket 2011 Q3 next year, so I'm hoping this would give me a little more use from my Q6600 and DDR2. I'm also planning on and have budgeted for the Intel G3 SSD for Q3 this year. What are the thoughts on the Q6600 vs. the Q9550?

I'm running eyefinity, so I'm not all that CPU limited in games, but I am considering switching to an AMD hexacore (I edit/rip/encode a bit) with 6g/s sata for the SSD. However, that's a 500 dollar change for the cpu/mobo/ram.

 

[faxon]

if you have the board on hand i would just move to it and then stay with that until Q3 2011. c2q chips are probably gonna be the longest lived generation as far as gaming performance goes, and unless you're doing a LOT of encoding, i think waiting till sandy bridge comes out is worth the wait. the UD3P is also a REALLY nice board, you may be able to get more out of your CPU OC with it if you have a really good chip/cooling

 

[o1die]

As long as your system runs well, I wouldn't upgrade until next year. Your q6600 will probably hold it's value dropping little if any.

 

[mhouck]

you'll be better served by waiting for the new architecture in 2011 instead of the Q9550.
The amd hex core cpu/mobo upgrade would be my 2nd choice since AMD seems to do a better job of keeping their legacy hardware compatible w/ newer products. So even if you did get the a 1090t and wanted to upgrade the processor later it isn't like you would be without an upgrade path like you will be with the 775 boards.

 

[Sp12]

KK, it seems that he consensus is to move to the gigabyte board.

Just wondering, does anyone know if it's possible to save the 'built in' Wifi card from the P5K? It's USB.