Please HELP me to choose a NEW CPU!!

[Westpalmdan]

I have been researching for a little while now and have possibly narrowed the field to 4 cpu choices (unless you all add more. These choices should based upon a Non-gamer platform that instead needs multitasking capabilities with some minor video editing and Photoshop with the capability to run multiple monitors. I do have a holdover GPU from last system that works fine with my current set up 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (MSI). I do also have 8gb of 1066 DDR3 left over as well.

**All will be priced with Motherboard and 16 gb of RAM.

1. Core I5 6400 2.7GHz $341
2. Xeon 1231-v3 3.4GHz $354 ($302 w/existing 8gb RAM)
3. Xeon E3 1230 3.4GHz $442
4. Core I7 6700 3.4GHz $430

With these choices do I have a cooler fan included or do I buy that separate?
Also will there be a need for more than 16gb of RAM on any of these?

 

[apk24]

Intel will still be making newer and better cpu's for the LGA1151 socket, which is what the i7 6700 is compatible with. The same isn't true for the older socketed cpu's.

I get it you are talking Motherboard. But there is no guarantee that the next gen Intel will work on a 1151 either right?

There is also the point of a skylake motherboard supporting better/newer peripheral standards, e.g. PCIe3.0 for add in cards, NVMe for storage, more USB ports, DMI 3.0 for a faster link between CPU and peripherals in general, etc. Skylake CPUs also max out at 64GB ram for Xeon e3 and Core i3,i5,i7 cpus where as the older ones max out at 32GB. Things like that mean that upgrading your computer in gneral, and prolonging its life will be easier and viable for longer on a skylake build than an older cpu architecture.

no. everything skylake supports haswell does two minus ddr4 ram which means nothing. and xeons will support MUCH more ram then core cpus regardless of gen

Xeon E3s are pretty much the same as the i7 CPUs from the same generation. They do not support anymore RAM than the i7 from that generation. They support ECC, but not more. Xeon E5 support vastly more RAM, and their cost reflects that.

i7-6700 supports 64GB ram vs e3-1231v3 supporting 32GB
Faster bus speed (DMI 3.0 vs DMI 2.0)
http://ark.intel.com/compare/88196,80910.

H170 has double the number of PCIe lanes from the PCH when compared to H97
PCH PCIe lanes are 3.0 rather than 2.0.
Greater maximum number of USB 3 ports on H170 than H97
Vt-d support on H170, not on h97 (Most people won't care about this unless you are running a large virtual environment and need to pass through peripherals)
http://ark.intel.com/compare/82010,90595