I'm finally on the way to finishing my studio and may have the money to do a computer upgrade as well.

You can see my current setup (in signature) which is no slouch but financially the timing is pretty good right now.

geeze, Mike... ur lookin' pretty good to me!  It is soooo frustrating the trend to mobility and lack of any real competition has shifted intel's focus away from serious power user enhancements!  One thing I'd really like is a more hugely powerful primary core, as this is what tends to saturate, along with 5 ,7 or 9 ancellary cores... 
 
 
Right now I don't think much has happened to make our systems obsolete.  I periodically track this, with CPU porn running in my veins and the ability to squish mine with some of airwave's omnisphere multis or breaktweeking..and SPlat's print to audio now solves much of the overload for me... Plus I just don't see anything worth the money beyond maybe going with VEP Pro and hanging a couple new/old DAWs on the VastMaschine... but this takes brains and time to configure... you probably gots it bedder den me in dat area!
 
I'll be curious what the pros say to your queri... I'm subscribing to ur thread!  

I agree with Dana here.  You've got a powerhouse system already.  Unless you are routinely hitting above, say, 60-70% on your cpu, that's probably not where you should be spending your cash.  I was faced with the same "dilemma" a few months back.  My rig isn't even close to yours in terms of speed, yet it does everything I need -- with room to spare.  So instead, I spent my money on SSDs and a more sophisticated backup system.
 
So, find another part of your setup where you could better utilize an "upgrade". 
 
I wouldn't go out and buy a $2000 lava lamp, but surely there's a guitar/keyboard/zither out there with your name on it...
 
(Again, obviously if you are hitting the wall cpu-wise, you should just ignore my rantings and maybe give Jim R. a call for an upgrade consult).

I don't see anything in your signature - what are you running now?

Disadvantage of using a mobile device.

Ahh - that's better ;-)
I was interested in this - because I'm starting to look at the specs of what's available in the new CPUs and mobos.
From my limited research - I don't think you're going to find anything that's much better than what you've already got. Plus you always take the chance of introducing new "incompatibilites" or "issues" when you change motherboards ;-)
 
You'll see in my signature, I'm running a i7 3770K @ 4GHz with Z77 chipset, and I'm thinking I might wait another year or two before worrying about upgrading. I thought the only upgrade path that's worthwhile for me - is to move to 6 (hyperthreaded) cores - but you've already got that too ;-)

My setup is in its 5th year which is starting to seem old even though performance wise I haven't ever run into a wall despite slamming it with plugins and big projects.

My reasoning is that I have the money at the moment and IF there's a good value combo around I may well get it.

I only need CPU, MOBO and RAM probably. Drives, case graphics, power supply will all stay as it is. Though I could just build a whole new machine and have a studio backup.

In any case at this stage I'm only thinking about it and to be honest because this computer has been solid as a rock I haven't really kept up with all the latest in CPU s MOBOs chipsets etc. if someone had a suggestion for a best value combo around that would give me somewhere to start looking.

I asked a question and am still waiting for an answer. I like to stay one small step behind the expensive rigs and look for performance with value for money. There's a sweet spot where value and performance cross over and that's what I want to know.

Hi Mike,
I'm in a very similar situation to you, which is why I was looking at answers to this thread too.
I think I'm coming to the conclusion that it's not really worth upgrading right now - but see what others say...
(I won't hijack your thread - I'm just looking over your shoulder) ;-)

Mike,
Your set up looks pretty muscular already. 
The only thing you don't mention is your HDDs.  Are they SSD? Raptor?
If not, you might want to spend some of the extra cash and upgrade them in that direction.
You would see an immediate jump in speed and stability. 
Also, Dave (Bitflipper) has posted a "beginners" video on CPU usage vs Real Time Performance that was REALLY good in explaining the difference (and some reasons why).  Definitely worth a view http://forum.cakewalk.com/Another-good-video-for-beginners-m3370512.aspx
 
 

I'm in the market for an i7 6700 based system with a motherboard that supports 64 GB. Most standard systems from Dell and HP only seems to support 32 GB, which is a bit of a bummer. I gave up building my own years ago, but it might be necessary.
 
I"ll scan this Forum, but if there are any recommendation meeting my base requirements, I'd appreciate a note.