Looking to upgrade my E5200 because: (1) the virtual machines I'm running are a bit sluggish, (2) I need the VT-x instruction set to run certain OSes in the VM. I could:
1) swap my CPU with my wife's Q8400
2) buy an upgrade for this MB (say, a E6800 for $100)
3) upgrade to Sandy Bridge (i5)
The i5 upgrade will cost me around 500 bones (2500K, BIOSTAR TP67XE, CORSAIR 8GB DDR3). Ouch.
My question: if I get the new CPU/MB/RAM, can I reuse my old case and power supply (both Antec, 550W PS), or have those changed?
Also open to any other advice. Is the i5 a big enough upgrade over a Q8400 that I should desire it (mostly consider with VM performance, and maybe build speeds and Vim/VS snappiness ^_^)? Should I wait for 22nm?
1) swap my CPU with my wife's Q8400
2) buy an upgrade for this MB (say, a E6800 for $100)
3) upgrade to Sandy Bridge (i5)
The i5 upgrade will cost me around 500 bones (2500K, BIOSTAR TP67XE, CORSAIR 8GB DDR3). Ouch.
My question: if I get the new CPU/MB/RAM, can I reuse my old case and power supply (both Antec, 550W PS), or have those changed?
Also open to any other advice. Is the i5 a big enough upgrade over a Q8400 that I should desire it (mostly consider with VM performance, and maybe build speeds and Vim/VS snappiness ^_^)? Should I wait for 22nm?