I'm in the process of building a new PC and my friend offered to give me a motherboard that's for 4th gen intel processors. My budget will only allow for me to get a third gen intel i5, but will it be compatible?
No, to keep it simple, the i5-3350 uses the LGA1155 socket whereas the 4th generation i5 processors use the LGA1150 socket. What is your budget for a CPU?
Thanks for the replies. I've only got about 150 right now to spend on a Processor.
My goal is to build a PC that can be used to run the game TERA: Rising well without stuttering issues that I have with my AMD processor (game is optimized for intel processors). I have everything but RAM and a CPU ready.