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Motherboard replacement questions (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Mighty@lemmy.world to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world

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Hi y'all, i used to be so prolific at the whole pc building thing. but now i'm out of the game with age and not buying stuff in a while. so here's my question:

my PC is fine and i upgraded parts of it during the years. but it may be time for a new motherboard, since mine only supports 32gb of RAM which isnt enough anymore.

what do I need to do to replace my motherboard? I guess, i'd have to re-install everything, right? Isn't windows and all the software kinda bound to my motherboard?

since i'm fine with my 2060Super, i guess getting a new PC is not worth it, my case and hard drives are fine. i will need new RAM and SSDs. So what should I look for in a motherboard?

thanks for reading this ramble

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

4th Gen. Intel only supports DDR3 which maxes out at 32 gigs of ram across the 4 sockets. You’d need to upgrade your entire CPU/MOBO/RAM to get more than 32.

Getting a new mobo you can only sidegrade at best. You could get z97 for M.2 NVME support, but not more ram.