Soldato
You've still not posted the details of your mobos...
Oh well, since you couldn't be bothered I'll have to ask the following (probably insulting but..)
Are your mobos 1155 or 1156? Both have i7 chips that fit in them and your i7 is an 1156. I was only concerned as people have mentioned z68 boards which are 1155s
If you're honest with yourself mate you've made a total balls of this, and behind it all is your loathing of intel, and subconsciously you've got that at the forefront of your mind and it has totally clouded your judgement and informed how you have gone about things.
God only knows what you were expecting with that MOBO.
Step back, and think about it.
I once did a straight swap, of a Q6600 & Mobo for the Phenom 9550 and DS3 Mobo purely so I can say that I had a 9550 in a DS3 Mobo in both Intel and AMD flavours. and even though the Intel 9550 was almost twice the power of the AMD, the AMD was still my main PC.
Pretty much says it all really, you've got no common sense whatsoever.