Core i5 Support

[Ragnar22]

I have dell optiplex 7010 with 6gb ram and core i5 3470, 3.20ghz processor can my motherboard support core i5 4th gen processor

 

[superninja12]

no it cannot. that requires lga 1150

 

[Ragnar22]

what is lga 1150

 

[superninja12]

the socket that supports 4th gen intel processors( i3 i5 i7) yours is lga lg1155( supports 3rd gen i3 i5 i7)

 

[unreal9400]

Your motherboard only support 3rd gen and 2nd gen Intel CPU.
For 4th gen i5 you need a new motherboard because they have different CPU pin count.

 

[why_wolf]

Intel changes the CPU socket every other generation so once your motherboard is more than a couple years old it can't support the latest Intel CPUs by physical design.

LGA 1155 - Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge
LGA 1150 - Haswell and Broadwell
LGA 1151 - Skylake (current model for Intel) and Kaby Lake (next years model)