Thinking of upgrading CPU

[itsanss]

Built my computer (first one ever) back in October 2009. In these years of owning and using this computer every single day, I've made very few changes to my setup - actually, I've only made one change! I bought a new GPU last year. Anyway, I was wondering what processor ya'll could recommend to me based on my current setup. I really don't have a desire, currently, to replace my mother board. I think there is still some room to [cheaply] upgrade what I currently have without building an entire new machine.

Here's what I've got...


Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case


Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply


ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard


Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor


Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 1366 RT CPU Cooler


ASUS R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5 Radeon R9 290X 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card


mushkin 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory


Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - x 2 in RAID 0


Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit


LG 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 6X BD-ROM 2MB Cache Blu-ray Burner Model BH08LS20


LG W2753V-PF Black 27" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 50000:1 w/ Smart Package - x 3 in 5760 x 1080 Eyefinity


Logitech 920-000969 G19 Keyboard with Color Display


RAZER DeathAdder 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Precision Optical Gaming Mouse with Blue Light LED





Anyway, the gist of my thread is, based on my setup and motherboard, what processor would do me justice over the i7 920?

Thanks!!!

 

[Dave420]

Uh LGA 1366 is pretty much EOL now, you'll mostly find Intel xeons using that socket but they're usually expensive af and would probably not suit your needs. I've searched a while and most other processor's that fit your socket are also really expensive. Here's an example http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-950-Socket-LGA1366-Processor/dp/B002A6G3V2
So if you're willing to spend a lot of money you can go ahead and get something like above but you might even save some money getting a new motherboard and then a new cpu with the same performance but more upgrade possibilities for later on. Your choice though.