Working/gaming rig: 4460 vs 4570 vs 4670 vs xeon e1230 worth higher cpu?

Istarion

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Ok I'll try to be fast:

-4460 149€ / 204$
-4570 162€ / 221$
-4670 187€ / 256$
-e1230v3 212€ / 290$

So between i5 it's a roughly 5% for every cpu increase (but 4570 is older and doesnt have certain extensions: fma3,em64t, f16c). Then we have the "i7" cheaper alternative.

I'm gonna use the pc for programming mainly, so it's gonna have plenty of web browser tabs (I mean a lot, 20-30 usually), android emulator, eclipse and visual studio at the same time. Sometimes I even play games leaving everything else in the background (maybe I close just the emulator), so it's also a gaming rig.

Would I benefit from hyperthreading? Is it worth it? Or it's only for video/audio encoding (I'm not planning to do that on a regular basis, maybe once or twice a year and I've been doing that with a q6600 so either way is a big improvement :p).

Other parts of the config are:
asrock z97 pro3/4 or maybe extreme 3
ati 270 / ati 280 / ati 290
crucial 2x4gb 1600mhz cl9
ssd (crucial probably because of budget)
cooler master b600

Thanks in advance!
 
An i5 would do just fine. There isn't much more that eclipse would need from the CPU. Unless you're recording along with the gameplay, there isn't much need for the xeon. I'd say get 16gb ram instead of spending more on the CPU.