Would a quad core work on a GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2H?

[jackson10t]

I'm thinking about buying a

Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80605I5760

for my

GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2H

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

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It will work right? Also would it be a huge improvement from my dual 3.33ghz i3?

 

[Vendetta]

From the page you linked to:

"CPU Type - Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1156)"

 

[jackson10t]

From the page you linked to:

"CPU Type - Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1156)"

yeah I know. I just want to make sure the motherboard could handle that processor. But yeah. thanks.

 

[Vendetta]

From the page you linked to:

"CPU Type - Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1156)"

yeah I know. I just want to make sure the motherboard could handle that processor. But yeah. thanks.

Yes, it can.

 

[jackson10t]

From the page you linked to:

"CPU Type - Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium (LGA1156)"

yeah I know. I just want to make sure the motherboard could handle that processor. But yeah. thanks.

Yes, it can.

Comparing to my i3 3.33Ghz, how much faster is it? Is it extremely noticeable? thanks!

 

[Vendetta]

Comparing to my i3 3.33Ghz, how much faster is it? Is it extremely noticeable? thanks!

That's pretty hard to say. It depends what you're doing. It depends on the if the process is CPU intensive, as well as if the software supports multiple threads.

Is it noticeably faster in benchmarks? Yes. Is it noticeably faster in real world use? That's more subjective, and again, it really depends on what you're doing. For some things it will be, but for others it won't make a difference. For most people, they wouldn't notice the difference.