Please excuse my stupid, but does this fit this? Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3-DDR3 + Intel Core i3-4170

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I'm contemplating whether or not to buy a new motherboard and processor based on Tom's Hardware recommendations, but I'm not 100% clued-up on compatibility.

Will this processor work with this motherboard?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Core-Processor-LGA1150-Socket/dp/B00VHKZ6I8%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI3INFIGIMW2PG6XA%26tag%3Dshopping_rev-uk-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00VHKZ6I8&ascsubtag=%5Bsite|thauk%5Bcat|%5Bart|%5Bpid|B00VHKZ6I8%5Btid|1449867633774218%5Bbbc|LEPRIX

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Z170-HD3-DDR3-GA-Z170-HD3-DDR3-Motherboard/dp/B013TAU4IU%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI3INFIGIMW2PG6XA%26tag%3Dshopping_rev-uk-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB013TAU4IU&ascsubtag=%5Bsite|thauk%5Bcat|%5Bart|%5Bpid|B013TAU4IU%5Btid|14498648480184037%5Bbbc|LEPRIX
 
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No. If you want to use that motherboard you need to use a 6XXX (Skylake) series intel processor where the processor you linked is 4XXX (Haswell). If you would like to use that processor, you would need to use a Haswell motherboard (HorZ9X).
 
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Thankyou Gilbadon and Anarkie. that saved me some messing around. :)

I'm not sure whether to choose a different motherboard or a different processor, they both have glowing reviews, but I guess it doesn't really matter all that much, it's a bit of a coin-flip. That alternative processor looks to be cheaper than normal, so that's tempting.
 
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