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by jrockway 5719 days ago
It depends. I bought an i7 when they first came out a few years ago. My motherboard is still compatible with the newest i7s; if I wanted a 6-core CPU, I could pop one in right now.

Only problem is that the 6-core CPUs are $1000 :)

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operative phrase -that- common

Just because you can doesn't mean you will, in many cases.