Intel I7 fit I5 motherboard

[larry459714]

I see motherboards for sale fitting I5 and I7 but the I7 I have is bigger requiring more pins than an I5. So I am confused

 

[Zerk2012]

All that matters is if the socket is the same as the processor have the right BIOS version.
The exception is the new Intel 8xxx processors need a z370 board.

 

[alexoiu]

Could you give a specific example?

 

[captaincharisma]

an example, the intel i5 6600 and i5 8600 both need a motherboard with a LGA 1151. there are motherboards with 170Z, 270Z, and 370Z series chip sets. the i5 6600 will work with a motherboard that has either a 170 or 270 chip set but the i5 8600 only works with the 370Z chipset

 

[bignastyid]

Mainstream boards(socket 115x) support celerons, pentiums, i3s, i5s and i7s(sockets and chipsets do have to be compatible).

With enthusiast level boards socket 1366, 2011, 2011-3 use i7s, Socket 2066 uses i7s, the new i9s, and 1 model of i5(the i5-7640X). Sounds to me like you have an enthusiast board. Some of these also support certain Xeons cpus.

 

[alexoiu]

an example, the intel i5 6600 and i5 8600 both need a motherboard with a LGA 1151. there are motherboards with 170Z, 270Z, and 370Z series chip sets. the i5 6600 will work with a motherboard that has either a 170 or 270 chip set but the i5 8600 only works with the 370Z chipset

Indeed, it might confuse.
So, the golden rule would be:
Z170 boards work with 6th gen CPUs and 7th gen CPUs after a BIOS update
Z270 boards work with both 6th gen and 7th gen Intel CPus, no matter the BIOS
Z370 boards work with 8th gen CPUs only.