New processor for 2010 iMac???

Just bought a late 2010/early 2011 27" iMac with a pentium i3 processor. Is it possible to upgrade it to an i5?
Thanks.

Whoops! Didn't mean to get two of the same threads going concurrently.
I'd like to make my computer faster, if at all possible. Thought upgrading the processor would help, but, I guess it's not realistic. The reason being that I am using Garageband and would like to upgrade to Logic Pro 9.

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