[I-Hate-Hulse]

So I've been soldiering on with my old stock Q6600 since 2007. That's absolutely an epic record for me as I used to upgrade every year or two - but since I don't game a lot anymore....you know how it goes.

I'm looking to finally upgrade this Boxing Day and am starting to keep an eye on pricing.

- budget is anywhere between $500 and $1000 for CPU, MB, Memory
- would like to recycle the PSU (A corsair HX620 modular) and the GPU (EVGA GTX 280. However if you tell me the GPU is a wicked bottleneck I could be convinced to replace.
- I need a minimum of 1 DVI connector for my dual monitor setup.
- will be doing some light to moderate Adobe Premiere / PS work to tweak videos of the new baby. The odd encoding/rip of a DVD. Just need something reliable and maintenance free (ie no time to OC like the old days - unless it's simple.)
- will use stock cooler.

Got a few questions for the guys that are up to date:

- LGA1150 or 2011? I'm keeping this for another 5 years so please make this last as long as possible.
- i7-4820K or i7-4770k?
- Any recommendations on going with a Z87 or X79 chipset? (dictates CPU of course)
- Would love to have this run as quiet as possible and am open to suggestions (using a LianLi-PC70 case, has a bunch of 80mm fans unfortunately)