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Intel i5 64-bit processor?

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Hello everyone,

My question is the following: can the Intel i5 processor handle a 64-bit OS?

Thanks in advance for your answers!!

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Nabla's Posted messages 18201 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   3 228
 
google and wiki are your friends:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i5

Instruction set MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2 x86-64, VT-x

So yes, it supports 64-bit (I think all processors from the last 3 years do, except for exceptions like the atoms).
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14MOMO14 Posted messages 1392 Status Member 104
 
Thank you, I had looked on wiki of course but "MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2 x86-64, VT-x instruction set" didn't really mean much to me...

So we can install Windows Seven 64 bit if we have an i5 processor or does it also depend on the motherboard?
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Nabla's Posted messages 18201 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   3 228
 
On LDLC, it's written clearly:
http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00096255.html

Yes, any motherboard that accepts the Core i5 will be compatible with 64 bits

So there’s no problem installing Vista 64 bits, nor any other 64-bit OS (except for systems for IA-64 Itanium processors)
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