Upgrade Processor i3 2120 3.3Ghz TO i5 3340 3.1Ghz

JOE-93

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my knowledge about computers is pretty basic but recently because of my work i need to upgrade my processor but i want to make sure that the PC will work properly after upgrading also is the i5 better in every aspect ? bec i see that the i3 is 3.3 GHz but the i5 is only 3.1
My PC :
Motherboard: GB P61A-D3 with socket 1155
Ram : 2 x 4 GB Kingston hyper X fury
CPU : i3 2120 3.3 GHz

an IT guy told me that the motherboard doesn't support 4th Generation processors and i should buy the 3rd Generation i5 3340 3.1 GHz and he said it would cost me 200$
 
Your IT gut is correct; your motherboard won't support Haswell CPUs, but has he done any diagnosis on your PC? What sort of work do you do?

An easy way to check if the CPU is a bottleneck is to launch whatever programs you normally have running, launch Task Manager and check the 'CPU Usage History' under the 'Performance' tab. Are all four line graphs close to the top?