New Build - Need your Opinions

[CrazyZero]

Hello guys, I'm looking for a new CPU and with that comes a new motherboard. Here is what I'm looking at:
Motherboard 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157389
CPU 1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117316
Total of $320

Motherboard 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130703
CPU 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116987
Total of $365

So as you can see I want i7 performance really cheap. Not really concern with the motherboards since right now I have a single 6950 and DDR3 1333 2x 4GB. Will not overclock.
I would like to know if the Xeon would work with that motherboard and if you guys have any suggestion and/or other recommendations for similar setups.

 

[Sanjay Srivastava]

i7 is better since it is hyperthreaded

4 cores x 2 threads* = 8 threads

more threads more performance

*2 threads because it is hyperthreaded

 

[rockie_]

For the Xeon , the motherboard might need BIOS update . But this is new and supports the Xeon for sure .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157564&cm_re=h97_anniversary-_-13-157-564-_-Product

the microATX - Asrock H97M Anniversary

source
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H97%20Anniversary/?cat=CPU

 

[rockie_]

i7 is better since it is hyperthreaded

4 cores x 2 threads* = 8 threads

more threads more performance

*2 threads because it is hyperthreaded

The Xeon also has the Hyperthreading
http://ark.intel.com/products/80910/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1231-v3-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz

 

[rockie_]

a good mATX motherboard for Intel E3-1231 v3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157512&cm_re=h97-_-13-157-512-_-Product

 

[CrazyZero]

Thank you man! I'll go with the H97M Pro4. I bit more money but it's worth it.