So ATM I have E7200 on a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R and I'm planning to upgrade to a good quad core (not i7 though). I have a few choices I'm thinking of - buy a q9550 to go in place of the E7200 or get a new motherboard and a Phenom II CPU but I'd want to stick with the DDR2 RAM I already have either way. I was looking towards maybe the 940/945 or something. Also if I was to go the AMD route I don't really want to spend more than the cost of a q9550 TBH, which could be a problem since that doesn't leave much for the motherboard. Suggestions?
Thanks