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Bro does not have servers
RAM: âI need 2x16GB of DDR4, Iâll purchase 2x16GB of DDR4 from literally any brandâ
Mobo: âI need something to hold my CPU, let me check the socket, number of PCI ports, number of USB ports, how many of them are USB-C, how many of them are for power only, also my CPU has an iGPU but the Asus FU42069 doesnât have support. Only the MSI 8008135 RGB (military grade gamer edition) has it, but only has a single PCI 16x slot. The ASRock BLNK182 has iGPU support and 2 PCI slots but only USB 3.1 Type A Class S AMG Turbo Dieselâ
If you find out that your current ram is obsolete, you probably have lots of other ancient stuff in your computer too. By the time your ram is too slow or there isnât enough of it, your CPU is going to be abysmally slow by modern standards. Even if your mobo is still fine at that point, it wonât support any of the upgrades you have in mind, so youâll end up changing everything anyway.
There are only 2 reasons I would buy a motherboard:
- The current one broke
- Want to upgrade some other part (usually CPU) and itâs incompatible.
What feature would make you upgrade just the motherboard? Especially given how expensive they are nowadays (sometimes even more expensive than the CPU).
i literally did both at once for my most recent upgrade.
