can anyone recommend a mobo + cpu combo

[Champagne]

i recently upgraded my pc with a evga gtx460 video card, 8gb ram and a 128gb ssd but my motherboard is holding me back because i cant rly upgrade to a better processor.(i could but its hard to find processors for sale and for a decent price and it wont be a huge upgrade)

currently i have the p5ql pro mother board with core 2 quad q8200

any suggestions ?

thx,
Champagne

 

[elucid]

Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

 

[Champagne]

hmmm go big or go home huh.

its just alil but more than i wanted to spend but it does look really nice

 

[MnM]

Processor (Intel? Core™ i7 3930K Processor (6x 3.20GHz/12MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 3930K))
Motherboard ([3-Way SLI] ASUS P9X79 Pro -- 4x PCI-E x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0, On-Board Bluetooth))

 

[elucid]

hmmm go big or go home huh.

its just alil but more than i wanted to spend but it does look really nice

budget build lol...

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
Newegg.com - ASUS P8Z68-M Pro LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

 

[Champagne]

Processor (Intel? Core™ i7 3930K Processor (6x 3.20GHz/12MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 3930K))
Motherboard ([3-Way SLI] ASUS P9X79 Pro -- 4x PCI-E x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0, On-Board Bluetooth))

that does look badass but out of my price range. im going with the ones elucid posted up.

thx guys

 

[Champagne]

budget build lol...

i went with ur first option

 

[Champagne]

next might be a nice water cooling system and i should be set with my system.

 

[thekingkong]

Processor (Intel? Core™ i7 3930K Processor (6x 3.20GHz/12MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core i7 3930K))
Motherboard ([3-Way SLI] ASUS P9X79 Pro -- 4x PCI-E x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0, On-Board Bluetooth))

That is one mean motherboard....

 

[Kickazz006]

what is your price range? $200, 300, 400, 500? (for both together)

 

[Champagne]

the first two elucid posted up came out to $500 together. thankfully there is no tax or shipping fees. so my tops is $500

i ordered those but there is still tons of time to change my mind

 

[zackn06]

Asrock Extreme 4 or 6 Z77
Good cheap reliable all gold capped well built and designed motherboard. Just because you dont know Asrock now doesnt mean they're not good. Give it a few years and they'll be heavily competing for your market.

And an I5-2500k or I5-3570k You can find them both for about the same price. Sometimes the 3570k you can get cheaper with MIRebates and coupons

 

[Diktat]

I went with 2700k and asus maximus IV extreme z, but that's because I love overclocking to the very edge.. And that was a year ago. Could probably find better now.