LGA 1155 H67 Pentium compatibility

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I haven't bought a non-Core processor is...a while. Is there actually some sort of compatibility issue between an 1155 Pentium (G620) and any old H67 1155 motherboard? If NE or another website list compatibility as "i3/i5/i7" can I really not use that board? I even saw one that was "i3/i5/i7/Celeron" but no Pentium.
Nope, should work... odds are good the Pentium G-series chips just weren't out when that particular motherboard was introduced, and hence certifying it would work wasn't possible.

Of course there is still are slight odds there's a microcode oddity somewhere that could cause issues.
Thanks, I've been checking some mobo candidates website's specifically and that seemed to be the case, but doing it one-by-one was pretty rough.
The differences between Pentium and i3 is branding and features-- the cores are the same.
While there are some differences between the Intel® Core™ i3's and the Intel Pentium® Desktop processors based off the 2nd generation Intel Core microarchitecture in almost every case they should work on any 1155 socket board (always check the boards supported processor list. Here are a list of Intel Pentium processors for socket 1155 http://ark.intel.com/compare/53480,5348 ... 3491,53492
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