Well I'd like to thank everyone for their advice.  Jim and Scott, as usual, your input is greatly appreciated.  All of the advice helped me make up my mind. 
 
Since I'm going from a 775 quadcore with 8GM DDR2, I'm going for a serious bump.  I'm going for the Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E 3.4GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80633i74930K.  I've been really pushing all four cores and the memory on my DAW.  I use samples for multiple drum and keyboard tracks.  This combined with plenty of subtle Fx push my system hard.  I just think the 6 core\12 thread CPU will give me a big boost I'm looking for. 
 
Thanks for all the help,
Kevin