I have an H66 I5 2500k with 1155 socket. I see that this is designed for H77 chipset but then it also states that it is compatible with any 1-3rd generation of intel core cpus with 1155 socket. That being said it sounds like it should be compatible with my H66 I5. Can anyone confirm this?

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I have an H66 I5 2500k with 1155 socket.  I see that this is designed for H77 chipset but then it also states that it is compatible with any 1-3rd generation of intel core cpus with 1155 socket.  That being said it sounds like it should be compatible with my H66 I5.  Can anyone confirm this?

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The H77 refers to the chipset on the motherboard itself. Also your i5-2500k is a second gen processor not a third gen. It will work but you'll not have all the features that an ivy bridge based CPU will give. The biggest, iirc, memory clock speeds and PCIe 3.0

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