Will I have full virtualization with MSI CSM-Q87M-E43 motherboard and Intel i5-4460 CPU?

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Hello everyone.

According to this link ( http://ark.intel.com/products/80817/Intel-Core-i5-4460-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz ), the i5 4460 processor supports both VT-x and VT-d.

Also, according to this link ( http://ark.intel.com/products/75007 ), the MSI CSM-Q87M-E43 motherboard supports VT-d.

Does this mean that a computer built with this CPU and motherboard will have full virtualization support (VT-x and VT-d), or only partial support (VT-d)?

I suspect that it will have full support, because it seems to me that VT-x is something processor-specific (so not involving the motherboard), but I would REALLY appreciate if someone could confirm or deny this, because I need full virtualization support, and if these parts would not give me that, it would be a very costly mistake for me to have purchased these.

Any input would GREATLY appreciated!
 

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Thanks for the answer.

Having said that, why does Intel's website only mention VT-d for the Q87 chipset then?

Is it because for VT-d to work, it is implicitly assumed that VT-x support is available?