Does modern motherboard supports dual core cpu?

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Mahmood Ur

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I have an pc which i bought in 2009 ... The specs are
Asus P5KPL-AM mobo
Intel pentium dual core e5200

I want upgrade my pc .... But i can not afford the whole upgrade at once ... I want to upgrade one by one...... I want to buy a modern motherboard now which supports i5,i7 procssors....... My question is that will i be able to run my dual core processor on this motherboard? ....because i can not afford the motherboard and processor at the same time....
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No, you'll only be able to use motherboards roughly from that time frame. We're several generations of sockets past that CPU now, none of which will work with that CPU.

I'd recommend you save and wait to do anything until you have enough for a modern, budget PC. And...
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You cant put old cpu into new motherboard, it just wont fit. You need cpu for that exact socket motherboard has. What is your budget? Maybe you can buy something less powerful that will be enough for your needs. If you are buying new motherboard, then you need not just new cpu but new ram too. PSU, graphic card and hard drive can be swapped and still be used, even though anything you can buy now is more powerful, even if it is just radeon rx 550.
 
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No, you'll only be able to use motherboards roughly from that time frame. We're several generations of sockets past that CPU now, none of which will work with that CPU.

I'd recommend you save and wait to do anything until you have enough for a modern, budget PC. And *then* you upgrade piece-by-piece. Upgrading a rig a little at a time can be done, but you have to actually start before everything is obsolete; a good point to do that with this PC was back in 2011 or 2012.

But we're nearly halfway through 2017 now and any significant upgrade you can make to your PC will be hard for you to get value out of because the rest of the parts would remain obsolete. Modernizing your CPU means a new motherboard and new RAM and new copy of Windows as well and you'll still be stuck without a modern GPU. Upgrading the GPU likely means a new power supply but then your CPU would hold you back.

At this point, your money is best saved for something modern rather than signking money into this build. Save up $600, get a good budget build with room to upgrade and *then* upgrade piece-by-piece. That strategy for this one comes far, far too late.
 
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