consolidating my pc around a fanless water cooled system

[loady]

I have decided i am done with fans, i am going to upgrade my Pc using the RESERATOR1 V2 Fanless Water Cooling System, the water block it comes with is compatible with socket 1366, is this a good socket to base my new mobo on ?..i have some other questions below as well.

1. The i7 is a little to pricey for me although i will consider it if performance is much better, currently i have an i5 on a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 P55 Socket 1156 with 6gb DDR3, im looking to dump the mobo, ram and chip into another pc, i am interested in the sandybridge i5 cpus but given my graphics card is a mid rangish one (Nvidia geforce 9600 GT) is it pointless me getting a SB cpu or will it enhance the performance of the graphics card ?..essentially..is there any point buying a sandybridge socket 1155 cpu over a i5 socket 1156 ? as a side note i am looking to do some heavy video rendering of home movies and i also do a lot of mass par repair which really slows things down

2. If i was to lump for a SB cpu, then being aware of the issues with the first gen p67 boards what is the mobo of choice these days ? epox used to be quite good but of late i have used gigabyte, are they still forerunners and are thier P67 boards good..should i look to a X58 ?

3. With regard to the water cooling i am looking at, i cant seem to see any 1155 socket water blocks, there are 1156 a plenty, are these of the same fit ?

I hope theres not to many questions here, i would really appreciate some input as i value good advice and opinions..please also mention other options or ideas..im looking to spend in the region of around £300- £400

Thanks

 

[pastymuncher]

Waterblock/cooler wise, 1155 spacing is the same as 1156.

Why you would go from a 1156 system to a 1155 system though? For the money spent the upgrade is not worth it. What can't your 1156 rig do?

The 9600GT is crap. No cpu is going to make it better.

 

[loady]

I would go to a 1155 system so i could have a sandbridge processor, the processor being an upgrade, no ?..also the reservator V2 from zalman comes with a 1156 water block though im sure i could change this, essentially im going to move the mobo, chip and ram into another pc as an upgrade to that which is currently a dual core..ill sell that on.

Im a bit confused with these sandy bridge processors though...are they better capable of handling video rendering or something.

Why is the card i have crap ? other than the fact i cant stand the noise from the fan (i removed it and have a fanless heatsink on it)..i RARELY play games on the PC, if ever...i dont want to spend £200+ on a new graphics card to maybe play a game once or twice..but you know what its like...you just gotta have it there in case...initially i thought i could get a mobo 1155 socket and use the onboard VGA along with the SB cpu..but i think i am way off course there.