does it matter for the motherboard to specifically used with its generation cpu

[akbar1223]

i know this is a noob question, because i am a beginner on this stuff.I am planing to build a gaming pc and am planing to buy a 6th gen motherboard for gaming, but i am on budget and am planing to reuse my CPU that is core i5 3470S will it work with it or not ? (please be in detail)

 

[DSzymborski]

You can not do this. It's a completely different socket. Intel motherboards rarely support more than two iterations of their CPUs. So a motherboard that can handle a Sandy Bridge can typically handle an Ivy Bridge with a BIOS update. Same with Skylake and Kaby Lake. But you can't use your Ivy Bridge on any motherboard that runs a Nehalem (the generation before Sandy Bridge) nor can you run it on a Haswell motherboard or a Skylake/Kaby motherboard.

 

[nitinvaid20]

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Question from akbar1223 : "does it matter for a motherboard to have the same gen cpu or old cpu can work in a new gen motherboard"

i am planing on reusing my core i5 3470S on a new 6th gen motherboard for gaming purpose will it work or not. As i am on budget. please give a detail answer and if you have any suggestion for cheap but good gaming motherboard give it in your answer. For both SLI and single graphic card use

i am planing on reusing my core i5 3470S on a new 6th gen motherboard for gaming purpose will it work or not. As i am on budget. please give a detail answer and if you have any suggestion for cheap but good gaming motherboard give it in your answer. For both SLI and single graphic card use

no it will not work the CPU sockets should be same for both the motherboard and the CPU and there is a 3 Gen Difference